Thanksgiving food cut-off point?

[Micca]

Do you ever get so hungry for turkey/potatoes/dressing/gravy/cranberry/etc.
that you can't wait for the big day? Do you allow yourself to indulge only a week or two prior to Thanksgiving? We have a big turkey dinner several times a year, but it somehow seems like we are cheating if we eat these dishes too close to bird day. I just ate a small Boston Market turkey/potatoes/gravy frozen entree for dinner. Am I a cheat?

 

[SDFgirl]

Funny you should mention this...I had my fiance pick up a pumpkin pie at the grocery store tonight.

But I'm not worried, I'll never get out of the mood for pumpkin pie.

 

[rnd4life]

My DH doesn't like turkey that much and says he can only eat it once a year lol. If it were up to me, we'd have it more often but I just stick to turkey from the deli for myself as a snack.

 

[Linnie The Pooh]

I definitely have it early, but not because I can't wait. I love to make the dinner and I have a technique to get the turkey really juicy and when we go to my parents or in-laws, the bird is usually so dry you can hardly choke it down. This way, I get a decent turkey dinner. How egotistical do I sound?!

I would invite others to my house, (I used to), but my dad is ill and is now a shut in so he doesn't go anywhere except the doctor's. My family doesn't like to have Thanksgiving without him so we go over to their house. So I get 2 dinners every year. And I do have to admit that the last 2 times my mom made turkey it was excellent!! Better than mine!!

 

[disykat]

There must be a lot of people who "cheat". I was in a grocery store today that has a huge premade meals section. They had casseroles of sweet potatoes and stuffing ready to take home and pop in the oven. I can't imagine that someone would be buying those already to serve on Thanksgiving. 10 days in advance is a bit much. I suppose someone could freeze them, but they hadn't been cooked yet.