Exhausted after Holiday cooking

[highchef]

Anyone else in my position? parents are gone so we are The grandparents! Wow! That came on like a ton of bricks!

4 pies, turkey and six sides, doing the whole thing as fresh as possible and making sure everyone gets their favorites. Salads,2 potatoes,organic as i can get,......and I'm frickin tired! Man, if I lived near a whole foods, well, there'd be a lot more salads!

[Lisa Shock]

I cooked take-home-and-reheat dinners at work Wednesday, then cooked for a potluck today. The good news is that everything worked out, plus, I managed to make a killer bread pudding from leftover sticky buns. The best news is that I'm finally home relaxing with my feet up! Back to it tomorrow...

[MattyC]

Just got back from 13 hours of cooking at work, for about 500+ people. I worked one of the apps, and the turkey entree from part of the 4 course dinner we were doing. Everyone and their mother ordered the damn turkey as the third course choice. So yes, i'm a little tired. If I even see another damn turkey in the near future i'm going to vomit.

[Lilija]

This is the first year in about 20 that I didn't cook one thing for Thanksgiving, but yes...I really getcha. Every year, I do a huge Thanksgiving, for 8-20 people, then start in on "the buckets" which go out to around 35 people, give or take a few, for the holidays. They are comprised of a few varieties of cookies, a few pounds of fudge, and some random new confection that I try every year. Also, as a Christmas gift for a beloved aunt, I cook for her and her brother, a month's worth of multi-course meals. Then, every year, a New Years Eve all night themed cocktail party that I cater.

Then, we eat salads, takeout, and one pot meals till March, because I barely even want to step foot in my kitchen.

[Mjx]

I'm experiencing a bit of a rush! Only disappointment is that I did not get to do a trial run on the 'deer back', and am still in the dark as to what it even is.

[highchef]

Deer back is backstrap, no? the best part! Brown and braise, I treat it to a good red and some veal stock! excellent choice for a holiday meal!

You guys have me feeling bad for bitchin...I'm feeling lots better now. Except for my feet, they're still wanting a soak and massage.

Right on bout the turkey, Christmas Has to be something else. I'm leaning to lamb, with a salad with any leftovers the next day. I really,really cannot do another turkey that soon, even if I've finally got the thing down perfectly...

School starts back on Monday, I'll worry about it later, after I've had a few days off, and no teenagers to feed all day.

[CaliPoutine]

This was my first Thanksgiving back in the US in 8yrs so I went a bit overboard. We also travelled to my partner's hometown of Milwaukee. Im exhausted. This year I cooked for 20. I baked a lot more than I ever bake for Thanksgiving. 2 pumpkin pies, 1 apple pie( all scratch), a 9 x 13 cake, magic cookie bars, ginger cookies, peanut butter blossoms, pecan pie bars, black magic cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting. I made chex mix, 2 dips, turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, homemade rolls, gravy, homemade green bean casserole and cranberry sauce. It was so much work, but a lot of fun and there were hardly any leftovers so I guess that is the best compliment.