11/10/2025
Happy almost Thanksgiving! Seriously, it's right around the corner, and if you're like me, you realized this just yesterday and panicked just a little. I like to change things up year to year, so time to work on the menu!
Brian is busy as usual and only has 7 more work days available before the big day. We will be closed Wednesday the 26th, back on Monday the December 1st.
Brian will be heading to Chicago once again the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to perform in the Chicago Thanksgiving day parade on Thursday. He drives straight home after the parade to make it in time for dinner! Then back to back parades Friday and Saturday in Grosse Pointe and Garden city!
So before the big day gets here, allow me to make a few suggestions to help ward off potential mishaps:
1. It's always a good idea to keep a thermometer in your oven to make sure your temps on your display are accurate. Most brands allow you to calibrate your oven temp +35 or -35 degrees. Check your owner's manual for instructions. Don't have an owner's manual? Just go on to the manufacture's web page, most will provide an owner's manual by model number.
2. DO NOT SELF CLEAN YOUR OVEN! ( yes, I was yelling, this is so important). It's better to have a dirty oven that works, than a clean one that doesn't.
3. If your dishwasher gives you trouble, go get another one from the living room! In our house, since I do all the cooking, all of the men do all of the dishes. It's a fair trade-off.
4. It's not a bad idea to have a back-up cooking source like a roaster or counter-top convection oven. Bonus, a turkey cooks quicker in a roaster than in an oven (especially if that oven stopped heating). I also use my smoker. Nothing better than smoke turkey legs!
And lastly, have a good time. Don't sweat the small stuff. It's just dinner. What matters most is the people you are gathered with. Enjoy yourself and remember, don't talk politics with Uncle Butch!!