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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thank you!!!  You are ALL awesome!

15:56  - My husband can help me, but neither one of us has hosted Thanksgiving before.  He refuses to look at recipes though, with sometimes surprising results...!  :)

16:06 and 16:50:  Will check out the websites, including the Pioneer Woman!  And thanks for the drinks recommendatins, and the make ahead recipes.  I'm thinking of doing the butternut squash apple cranberry bake actually!

18:39:  Thanks, yes, I definitely want the fresh cranberries, don't like the canned stuff myself.   And I will look at the deconstructed turkey.

22:53  Which gravy do you recommend from Whole Foods, I mean what is it called?

22:53 and 10:56: Yes, have to check on the roasting pan, and maybe buy one.  Thanks for the equipment check, I need to really look what I have.  I have a meat thermometer for example, but it was not expensive.
10:56 Oh, and forgive me for asking something so stupid, but I m glad you brought it up:  How do I sort the cranberries (and why?)  What am I looking for?  I actually saw something to that effect mentioned in my cookbook (America's Test Kitchen) and did not understand it.

11:06   Thanks for the insight into your menu as well, the pies, do you make all of them?  I am actually getting kind of intimidated after reading the pie recipes now.

12:10  Our friends cannot bring anything, they are driving from out of state... it would spoil, and they have toddler also.  What is a turkey bag?  I thought the turkey sits in the roasting pan?  Sorry if this is a silly question?

Yes, the timing is my concern, people usually want to talk and help in the kitchen, and I really need to concentrate, unfortunately, or I forget and confuse everything.  Wish it wasn't so.    My little hopefully will nap in the afternoon.  But DH wants to eat early, and then watch football...!  Have to ask when our friend's son naps nowadays...

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