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Roa_Aoife

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:43 pm


My husband and I are going to be stationed far away from our families and unable to travel for most of the holiday season. The same is going to be true of many of the men in his flight, most of whom aren't married. So I thought, why not invite them over for Thanksgiving dinner?

Problem 1: That's a lot of people and our place is small.
Problem 2: I am a terrible cook.

While I'm having fun working this out, I'd like to suggest this to other families far from home. Are there service members with out a place to go for Thanksgiving besides the chow hall? Invite them over. Get other spouses involved. Make a big deal out of it, especially if your base doesn't have anything planned for the holiday. Work on care packages for our guys in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Just an idea.
PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:50 pm


I'll face myself...




That's a great idea!

What I can suggest is for vegetables get canned stuff all you really need to do is warm them up. Heck even cranberry sauce comes in cans. In some places you can even get pre-stuffed turkeys that you pretty much just shove in the oven and let cook with maybe doing one or two things to it. I believe you can also even get packages of mashed potatoes where you add water and cook it.

About the space, maybe you could talk to people stationed around you maybe some of them could do the same thing you want to do then you wont have to feed all of them. You can also make it more casual so people just have plates on their lap and eat that way instead of all sitting at a table.




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stacy_medina
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:29 pm


i actually went through something like that, only his parents ended up driving out here, i cooked for 8 people
the trick is lots and lots of mashed potatoes
PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:37 pm


I'm a little late for Thanksgiving, but Christmas is almost here, so....

What about pot luck? Everyone brings a dish that they can make or buy, someone just needs to coordinate so you don't have 50 pies and no meat!!

Happy Holidays to you and yours!!

littlesisser

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