My least favorite 8pm night-before-thanksgiving phone call

mondo joe

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:24 AM
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My least favorite 8pm night-before-thanksgiving phone call

"Are you making the stuffing?"

NO! NO YOU LUNATIC! YOU are making the stuffing! YOU said you were! WE made a list and YOU said you WANTED to make the stuffing!

So you had fucking better DO IT because I don't have A GOD DAMN THING here to make stuffing with!

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Cerridwen

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:25 AM
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1. My mom called you, too?

Geez, sorry 'bout that.

:evilgrin:

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mondo joe

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:26 AM
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2. The stuffing is the one thing I REALLY care about

So whichever fucker says they are making it had better god damn do it.

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:45 AM
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9. Me, too.

You can have the turkey! Please pass the stuffing!:9

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BlueJazz

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:28 AM
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3. You could have said:

"Oh..NOW..you want me to make the stuffing? You want me to tell you where I'm gonna' stuff-it ?"

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Hello_Kitty

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:30 AM
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4. Well if you get stuck with it make Stove Top from the box

Bring it over in a casserole dish and act like you slaved for hours on it. Put an ungodly amount of salt on it for good measure. Overcook it too. That'll learn 'em.

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mondo joe

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:32 AM
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5. I would rather swallow my own tongue than Stove Top

I've done the turkey and stuffing for 3 years running only because I REALLY care about the stuffing.

I was happy to turn it over to someone else.

But I sure thought they'd REMEMBER they took on the job.

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Hello_Kitty

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:36 AM
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7. You don't have to eat it.

Then again, whoever else made it probably wouldn't make it homemade as well as you do. Maybe you have raised the bar too high. :shrug:

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mondo joe

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:38 AM
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8. Nah - they'll make it. Might burn it, but they'll make it.

I mostly hate the call the night before.

If I was making stuffing I'd have had my supplies last weekend - I wouldn't be figuring it out the night before!

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:52 AM
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10. And use broth instead of water

This gives it more flavor. You don't need more salt and you can't overcook this stuff. You can add a can of mushrooms. And use the mushroom water from the can. I've done that, if I was making something that I couldn't possibly stuff. I agree that homemade is best, but we do what we can, at the last minute.:-)

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Heyo

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Thu Nov-25-04 10:33 AM
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6. Crap!

How long does it take tomake stuffing?

Can somebody swing it in time? Gotta have stuffing!

:dunce:

Heyo

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sandnsea

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Thu Nov-25-04 11:06 AM
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11. Bread, onion, giblets

Seasoning, voila, stuffing. And it tastes very good. So if worse comes to worse...

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Thu Nov-25-04 11:09 AM
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12. My mother's stuffing includes apples and pecans too

we're going to my aunt's house this afternoon, and unfortunately, her stuffing isn't that great. :-(

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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Nov-25-04 11:11 AM
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13. Check out the last paragraph in this recipe, since you aren't making

the turkey. I saw it made on TV and it looked really good. You can even leave out something, if you can't find it, and it will still be good. Just make sure that you have the bread and the broth. But doesn't anybody make stuffing in-the-bird, these days? That's the way my mother always did it, so I do too. There is now a Cooking forum on DU and you'd probably get more replies from them. I also cook, but make in-the-bird giblet stuffing. Good luck!:-)

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_29166,00.html

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