Thanksgiving Week: To Do List

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Monday

* Clean silver
* Check linens/wash and iron if necessary
* Sweep and dust all rooms
* Shop for groceries, wine, candles
* Make Spicy Nuts
* Make table decorations


Tuesday

* Make Cranberry Sauce
and Cranberry Relish
* Clean bathrooms
* Mop floors/clean baseboards
* Make chocolate pilgrim hats
* Make Autumn Sangria


Wednesday

* Bake rolls (halfway -- finish just before dinner)
* Bake Pumpkin Corn Bread; wrap tightly with plastic wrap
* Wash fruit for cheese tray
* Make rosemary butter for the turkey
* Set dining room table
* In the evening: make mashed potatoes; place in crock pot crock and refrigerate


Thursday

8 a.m.
Bake Apple Crumble Pie

9 a.m.
* Set aside dishes for kitchen table
* Set out all serving dishes and utensils

10 a.m.:
* Wash turkey and let sit at room temp for an hour or so
(here is the USDA's web site for roasting timetable)
* Make Sausage Stuffing; refrigerate
(Chop extra onion for green beans)

10:30 a.m.:
* Rub rosemary butter under turkey skin
* Stuff turkey with onion and celery and rosemary
* Truss turkey and place in roasting pan
* Preheat oven to 400 degrees
* Peel sweet potatoes and start them boiling

11 a.m.:
* Place turkey in 400 degree oven
* Place neck and giblets in pan of water on stove-top on low heat; season
* Make Sweet Potato Souffle; refrigerate

11:30 a.m.:
* Turn oven down to 325 degrees
* Fry bacon for corn and green beans; reserve grease
* Make vinegar/sugar mixture for green beans

noon:
* Take green beans out of freezer to thaw
* Slice cabbage for beans; refrigerate
* Take corn out of freezer to thaw

2 p.m.:
* Place crock pot crock filled with potatoes in base and turn to low. Top with milk/butter mixture; cover

3 p.m.:
* Set cheese out at room temp.
* Place turkey legs in pan and season
(I roast extra legs because two is never enough)

3:30 p.m.
* Place turkey legs in the oven
* Remove stuffing from refrigerator to sit at room temp.
* Place butter in butter dishes on tables
* Fill ice bucket

4 p.m.:
* Serve cheese and fruit
* Serve spicy nuts

4:30 p.m.:
* Remove turkey from oven
* Turn oven up to 350 degrees and put stuffing, sweet potatoes in oven
* Chop giblets and make gravy

5 p.m.:
* Make green beans; keep warm
* Make corn; keep warm
* Slice pumpkin Pumpkin corn bread and place in basket
* Fill water glasses
* Light candles
* Place wine bottles on tables

5:15 p.m.
* Put rolls in oven
* Carve turkey
* Serve

Eat.
Work for a week and eat it in 20 minutes! The things we do for love.

Can you think of anything I missed?


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