Post by eyeofthestorm on Jul 25, 2024 5:47:24 GMT -6
So. This year, we will be out of town over Thanksgiving. Backstory:
We always try for a vacation as a family. As the boys have gotten older, naturally, it's gotten harder. For the last two summers, we could only manage a three day weekend. (Ironically, it was the older boys' school work that was the obstacle.) We finally took a trip the week before Christmas and got home on the 23rd. It was a little stressful on the back end. I "warned" DH that I ordered Christmas dinner (so he didn't expect home made)... and the store kind of messed up the order, not having everything I ordered. No explanation of why, since they had weeks advance notice, but whatever. We made do and it was fine.
While we were there, we were offered a deal to come back for three nights at a steep discount, so we took it.
This year, the week that is woring out for everyone is the week of Thanksgiving. We'll use the days we pre-purchased and then move to another hotel that we'll get with DH's travel points. Most of my students ghost me that week, so it's not a big deal to officially schedule those days off.
But... Thanksgiving dinner!
We always get a place with a kitchen, but when DH brough it up, I said that I don't want to make a turkey dinner there - there is too much involved in terms of having the right pans, etc. Thinking over our options, I really don't want to deal with leftovers, either. We'll probably start driving home on Friday or Saturday.
I figure I have several options:
So... if you had freedom, a full kitchen but weren't 100% sure what pots/pans you'll have... what would you make for a holiday meal?
We always try for a vacation as a family. As the boys have gotten older, naturally, it's gotten harder. For the last two summers, we could only manage a three day weekend. (Ironically, it was the older boys' school work that was the obstacle.) We finally took a trip the week before Christmas and got home on the 23rd. It was a little stressful on the back end. I "warned" DH that I ordered Christmas dinner (so he didn't expect home made)... and the store kind of messed up the order, not having everything I ordered. No explanation of why, since they had weeks advance notice, but whatever. We made do and it was fine.
While we were there, we were offered a deal to come back for three nights at a steep discount, so we took it.
This year, the week that is woring out for everyone is the week of Thanksgiving. We'll use the days we pre-purchased and then move to another hotel that we'll get with DH's travel points. Most of my students ghost me that week, so it's not a big deal to officially schedule those days off.
But... Thanksgiving dinner!
We always get a place with a kitchen, but when DH brough it up, I said that I don't want to make a turkey dinner there - there is too much involved in terms of having the right pans, etc. Thinking over our options, I really don't want to deal with leftovers, either. We'll probably start driving home on Friday or Saturday.
I figure I have several options:
- Buy a small (as small as I can), precooked turkey and make sides.
- Buy a small (as small as I can), ham and make sides.
- Go our for that day's meal. I just hate this option because I hate that those workers are serving meals instead of having one with their own families.
- Have a completely different meal - just choose something not too impractical but something we don't usually have.
So... if you had freedom, a full kitchen but weren't 100% sure what pots/pans you'll have... what would you make for a holiday meal?