My cat is a food expert
Donna Sparaco-Meador
One year, I lived on Boulevard opposite side of the New York City Skyline. The view was magnificent. I was in my early 20’s and decided I wanted my whole family over for Thanksgiving! The table took up the whole living room, but it was striking! Everyone was having a great time, eating, drinking and conversing. I went into the kitchen to get the 20lb turkey that was cooling off, only to find the cat enjoying a feast!
I never told a soul until this moment but the cat was right!
It was delicious!
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Sarah Witenhafer
"What's for Christmas dinner?" my husband asked.
We just moved our family of five into an apartment while we waited for our home to be built. The potted pine tree I decorated had wilted while we slept and looked exactly like Charlie Brown's. The ornaments had all slid off. And the kids were sick.
"I thought you were cooking steaks," I whispered. Dale shook his head. "Wait! I have a lasagna in the freezer!" Glory. An hour later, we found out the oven didn't work when it came out half frozen half burned. But the tree lived... and now its 50 feet tall.
The Case of The Flying Gravy
MacKenzie Belley
Thanksgiving in our household revolves around one thing. My father's gravy. It takes two days to make and tastes like liquid gold. One of the final steps in his recipe is to leave the gravy in the refrigerator for a few hours so that the fat rises to the top to be taken out before reheating.
Well I didn’t know that step. 30 minutes before Thanksgiving dinner I decided the gravy needed to be heated up, I placed the whole dish into the microwave and pressed go. By the time my father realized what I'd done it was too late. To this day I swear there's still gravy on the ceiling from it being thrown down the sink in despair and we keep a can of rescue gravy - just in case.