I was listening to a local radio show talk about a near Thanksgiving fail and it was pretty funny. If you’re looking for a chuckle I’ve included their link
Anyone have an interesting or funny Thanksgiving fail or near fail story to share?
I’ve been married for just over 20 years now due to my abundantly patient wife. When we were dating, I cooked a turkey for her and her mom… and ended up leaving the bag with the neck and giblets inside while it cooked. The next year I was resolute that I wasn’t going to let that happen again and removed the bag.
Turns out there were two bags. I hear about it every year
@capnjb Our favorite family Thanksgiving fail story: My wife’s younger sister joined us one year (many years ago). She decided to make a pumpkin custard pie for the feast. She used a purchased graham cracker crust for the pie. When it came time for dessert, we discovered that she had forgotten to take the plastic liner off the crust before adding the filling. OOPS! It has now become a tradition to retell that story at every year.
YOU’RE NOT ALONE!! I come from a long line of great cooks and I was totally embarrassed when I had to go back and tell on myself. Not only did I leave the packages inside my bird (Henrietta) BUT I also cooked her upside down!! Juiciest white meat we ever had!! Lol
@Lynnerizer I remember reading a recipe at one point time that actually recommended cooking the bird breast side down and then only turning it right side up for the last third or half to brown it.
I have one, not a turkey fail but still for Thanksgiving. It was the first cheesecake I’d ever attempted. So rather than follow one recipe, I pulled in like 5 different things. On top of that, it was the night before because I brushed it off and pushed it off so I only had time and stuff for one cheesecake. It was terrible, for instance usually there is a hint of lemon in a cheesecake, but I squoze (squoze?) in an entire lemon in there. I overcooked the cheesecake, for instance, you cook it and then you leave it in the oven door cracked for an hour then move it to the fridge overnight. Well, I did that, but after an hour Master Baker Targaryen thought it looked too “loose” when I jiggled it. So, I pulled it back out and cooked it again and another hour in the oven. Come back, the top is brown and the edges are cracked. This needs steam to moisten it I go look up the steam bath method and slap my cake springform pan and all in water (forgot to foil the bottom) so the graham cracker crust that was still edible was soaked. I haven’t messed up like that since then, pretty sure I made every mistake you could make baking a cheesecake in that one day.
@RiotDemon Yeah, I was supposed to bring that to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving. Luckily, someone brought one of those giant multi-cheese cake samplers.
Not Thanksgiving but just as a thank you from years ago - What is your favorite pie? Apple. OK, I will make you a homemade apple pie. Series of phone calls- I am cutting the apples, I am baking the pie and it smells good. Brings the pie in a store brand box. Cut the pie and …cherries! It is now a running joke - what kind of apple pie is it?
I’ve been married for just over 20 years now due to my abundantly patient wife. When we were dating, I cooked a turkey for her and her mom… and ended up leaving the bag with the neck and giblets inside while it cooked. The next year I was resolute that I wasn’t going to let that happen again and removed the bag.
Turns out there were two bags. I hear about it every year
@capnjb Our favorite family Thanksgiving fail story: My wife’s younger sister joined us one year (many years ago). She decided to make a pumpkin custard pie for the feast. She used a purchased graham cracker crust for the pie. When it came time for dessert, we discovered that she had forgotten to take the plastic liner off the crust before adding the filling. OOPS! It has now become a tradition to retell that story at every year.
@macromeh That one is tough to recover from
YOU’RE NOT ALONE!! I come from a long line of great cooks and I was totally embarrassed when I had to go back and tell on myself. Not only did I leave the packages inside my bird (Henrietta) BUT I also cooked her upside down!! Juiciest white meat we ever had!! Lol
@Lynnerizer I remember reading a recipe at one point time that actually recommended cooking the bird breast side down and then only turning it right side up for the last third or half to brown it.
@Lynnerizer @RiotDemon That’s what we do - works well.
@Lynnerizer Can’t say that I’ve never not cooked a bird not upside down (containing a bag of parts). Or something.
@RiotDemon That’s too funny, never imagined it was really “a thing”! It really WAS the juciest bird ever!! Happy Thanksgiving!!
I have one, not a turkey fail but still for Thanksgiving. It was the first cheesecake I’d ever attempted. So rather than follow one recipe, I pulled in like 5 different things. On top of that, it was the night before because I brushed it off and pushed it off so I only had time and stuff for one cheesecake. It was terrible, for instance usually there is a hint of lemon in a cheesecake, but I squoze (squoze?) in an entire lemon in there. I overcooked the cheesecake, for instance, you cook it and then you leave it in the oven door cracked for an hour then move it to the fridge overnight. Well, I did that, but after an hour Master Baker Targaryen thought it looked too “loose” when I jiggled it. So, I pulled it back out and cooked it again and another hour in the oven. Come back, the top is brown and the edges are cracked. This needs steam to moisten it I go look up the steam bath method and slap my cake springform pan and all in water (forgot to foil the bottom) so the graham cracker crust that was still edible was soaked. I haven’t messed up like that since then, pretty sure I made every mistake you could make baking a cheesecake in that one day.
@Targaryen squeezed, and lol. That must of been one dry cheesecake… Besides the waterlogging.
@RiotDemon Yeah, I was supposed to bring that to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving. Luckily, someone brought one of those giant multi-cheese cake samplers.
Not Thanksgiving but just as a thank you from years ago - What is your favorite pie? Apple. OK, I will make you a homemade apple pie. Series of phone calls- I am cutting the apples, I am baking the pie and it smells good. Brings the pie in a store brand box. Cut the pie and …cherries! It is now a running joke - what kind of apple pie is it?
@speediedelivery That’s my favorite kind!