With or Without: a Thanksgiving Meh-rathon

Hosting Thanksgiving without a Calphalon Premier 15-Piece Self-Sharpening Knife Block Set in Dark Wood

You put your nephew, Jack, in charge of some of the prep work. Chopping onions, chopping potatoes, chopping carrots, et cetera.

The only problem? Your crummy old knives are dull.

Jack complains of wrist pain.

“Is it carpal tunnel?” asks John, your brother-in-law. Jack responds, maybe. Now John’s up in your face. “Is this some sort of sick joke? Giving my son carpal tunnel? The day before his audition for the vaunted trombone scholarship to get into Juilliard? Do you know how much tuition is without a scholarship? I’m ruined, you hear me, ruined!”

Wait, a trombone audition? The day after Thanksgiving?

“We can’t all be hitting the doorbuster like you,” John says, with disgust.

None of the veggies get prepped.

Hosting Thanksgiving with a Calphalon Premier 15-Piece Self-Sharpening Knife Block Set in Dark Wood

You put your nephew, Jack, in charge of some of the prep work. Chopping onions, chopping potatoes, chopping carrots, et cetera.

With your sharp set of knives, it’s easy. He asks to help with some other stuff, gets really into it.

“Maybe I want to do culinary school instead of music school,” Jack says, dreamily.

“They got a great culinary program at the local community college,” says John, your brother-in-law. “Tuition’s pretty nice too!”

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