http://fridayplaydate.com entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26863 STL Mom Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:37:48 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26863 The first Thanksgiving dinner that I cooked, it was just my husband and I, so I bought a turkey breast. Halfway through the cooking time, the ancient oven in our horrible apartment died. I had to finish cooking the turkey in the microwave! Actually, it wasn't that bad. But I was really glad not to be cooking for guests. The first Thanksgiving dinner that I cooked, it was just my husband and I, so I bought a turkey breast. Halfway through the cooking time, the ancient oven in our horrible apartment died. I had to finish cooking the turkey in the microwave!
Actually, it wasn’t that bad. But I was really glad not to be cooking for guests.

]]> http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26858 Donna Scheppe Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:48:46 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26858 Hi Susan, Sounds like your grandmother could have been on the Butterball Turkey Talk Line. In fact, I am working on the talk line now, and was working there in 1992, you could have called there! But, I am glad you got all the right info from your grandma. Hi Susan,
Sounds like your grandmother could have been on the Butterball Turkey Talk Line. In fact, I am working on the talk line now, and was working there in 1992, you could have called there! But, I am glad you got all the right info from your grandma.

]]> http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26854 Shannon Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:09:28 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/#comment-26854 I'm a mostly-vegetarian, though once (when I was in graduate school, too) I did make a turkey breast (not an entire turkey; there were only 3 of us eating) with help from my mom over the phone. Since then I have been at my family's pretty much every Thanksgiving. This year I am hosting my mother-in-law for the first time, and am trying to decide what to do. I don't really want to roast a turkey (or even just a breast); I rarely eat meat and it seems so complicated. I'm considering maybe a nice hearty vegetarian autumnal stew (corn-and-bean chowder, anyone?), with sweet-potato biscuits and cranberry compote and spiced roasted carrots and pumpkin pie. But I'm still undecided, and everyone expects a turkey on Thanksgiving, don't they? I’m a mostly-vegetarian, though once (when I was in graduate school, too) I did make a turkey breast (not an entire turkey; there were only 3 of us eating) with help from my mom over the phone. Since then I have been at my family’s pretty much every Thanksgiving. This year I am hosting my mother-in-law for the first time, and am trying to decide what to do. I don’t really want to roast a turkey (or even just a breast); I rarely eat meat and it seems so complicated. I’m considering maybe a nice hearty vegetarian autumnal stew (corn-and-bean chowder, anyone?), with sweet-potato biscuits and cranberry compote and spiced roasted carrots and pumpkin pie. But I’m still undecided, and everyone expects a turkey on Thanksgiving, don’t they?

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