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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Turkey Day Oops






An oldie but a goodie.  
What was your biggest Thanksgiving faux pas?

Have a great Sunday.




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16 comments:

  1. I had to smile that picture of the pup on the Thanksgiving table could be Chow, I think you will need to watch him this year!

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    1. Cindy... I had the same (dreadful) thought. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  2. We hosted 40 for eight years in Chicago before we moved to Knoxville. I had my husband take a casserole down to the basement fridge the night before, and he had to take out the turkey to rearrange things. Thursday morning I found the turkey on the floor near the fridge. He forgot to put it back in. Quick trip to grocery stores to find a very large fresh bird! Still laugh about that one.

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  3. well does making a chicken or what I thought was a chicken (but really was a turkey) count? When everyone was oohing and ahhhing over how big it was and thinking i "knew how to pick them"....the joke was on me when we soon realized it was actually a turkey. Full discolosure, I was 22 and a newlywed!

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  4. I don't have a "oops" Thanksgiving story but when my first husband and I were first married I wanted to show off my "culinary" skills to his grandparents who were visiting us from Scotland. I thought I'd make spaghetti....who could mess that up, right?! Well, apparently me because I burned the sauce....oh well, they were very gracious about it and acted like it was no big deal.

    Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day....do you do Black Friday?

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    1. Judy, my girls are home so I have a sneaking suspicion we may be out in the throes of Black Friday! Have a great Thanksgiving!

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  5. I haven't had one but I do remember Deborah on Everyone Loves Raymond who dropped the turkey like the woman above. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  6. About 10 years ago my husband volunteered to make Thanksgiving dinner; the kids were alarmed and I was delighted. I made the cranberry sauce and pie (I wasn't letting them go down with the proverbial ship). He cooked the turkey in a bag - just like my sister - but instead of a plastic roasting bag, he tried to use a brown paper grocery bag. The gravy was watery and tasteless. And I knew we were in trouble when I walked into the kitchen at 2 pm and it smelled like breakfast, because my husband put 1 tsp instead of 1/8 tsp of nutmeg in the stuffing and proceeded to cook it alongside the turkey for hours until it was rock-hard. A memorable Thanksgiving.

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    1. Toooo funny, Paige! Sounds like that story is brought up every year. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Paige!

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  7. I left the neck and the plastic bag of giblets still in the turkey when I cooked it. I was a newlywed and in my early 20's. We found them when my husband was carving the bird! I was embarrassed in front of my family but we removed the bag and ate the turkey anyway.

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    1. Been there, done that! Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Kathleen!

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  8. Bonjour chère Katie. Ha ha, this is very funny (and disgusting!) .No Thanksgiving faux-pas , as you can guess! But for me, Thanksgiving = "Friends" + "Dr Queen"... I'm ashamed!!! Seriously, I like this idea of entertaining your family to give thanks for everything good in your life. This is very positive! Bonne journée.

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    1. Bonjour mon amie Caroline! I hope you have a wonderful week!

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  9. That was so funny but you know my favorite thing in this post is that sweet puppy getting his Thanksgiving feast! Have a great week!

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  10. Leaving my food out on the island for my late dog Hogan to ingest and need his stomach pumped! LOL! Ah good times good times!

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  11. My biggest Thanksgiving Day oops was definitely when I almost poisoned my mom with an incorrectly defrosted turkey. Maybe that explains why I'm not asked to host Thanksgiving very often...
    Have a wonderful visit with your girls!

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