Where to have Thanksgiving Dinner

[AlyLynn]

We had ressies at the Crystal Palace, which we had to cancel when we cancelled our hotel ressies--but for a good reason--we bought our travel trailer!
While I did piece together Thanksgiving week, we could only get Thanksgiving ressies at Portobella Yacht Club. I'm thinking of cooking myself. Does anyone else cook themselves? I figured I'd do as much as possible at home. Thanks!

 

[poohbearwithme]

Another thing you might want consider is the "almost" ready meals that grocery stores sale at that time of year. Publix usally has a good one. You just put everything in the oven for a couple of hours and then you have dinner. Kind-of makes it feel a little more like home cooking.

 

[AlyLynn]

Thanks! We'll look into that option!

 

[bxtx]

You can do it... we managed to cook up a great TG dinner last year whilst dry camping in Big Bend National Park. We used the turkey breast w/ gravy and baked that, and managed everything else on the stovetop/grill!
BX

 

[big kahuna1]

We cook at the campsite. I actually deep fry a Turkey for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Wife buys the pre-made stuffing, mashed taters and stuff at Publix and just has to warm them up. Works out great!

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Those premade mashed potatoes from Publix are great. A lot better than instant.

Colson does Thanksgiving at the fort with his parents, I believe. He has done a turkey in a roaster and will post a picture if you ask nicely. In fact, that may be an option for you - stop by his site and bring a plate and utensils.

 

[razorbacklady]

We will be there Thanksgiving as well. We plan on cooking some turkey breasts in a crockpot. We also have a great recipe for crockpot dressing. That way we can play all day and come back to the camper and have a great dinner with the family!

 

[mr.merlin]

We will also be there Thanksgiving. We've dined at the CP and Trail's End and both were good. The last few years we've cooked steaks and turked at the site. I think I prefer being with the family at the camp (there are 25 of us). It makes for a relaxing and enjoyable time.

 

[Colson39]

I was going to say, when we get there, I'll just give you my campsite number and you can have a slice of turkey

And since FtWildernessGuy asked so nicely, here is our turkey cooking last Thanksgiving at the Fort (this is a portable cooker that I bought I believe at Super Walmart or Super Target in the camping section, works absolutely great):

And I agree, the premade mashed potatoes at Publix are very good, and they have lots of different flavors. We get those for the house quite a bit (although the DW makes great mashed potatoes, so only if we're being lazy ).

 

[DaddyDon]

I was going to say, when we get there, I'll just give you my campsite number and you can have a slice of turkey

And since FtWildernessGuy asked so nicely, here is our turkey cooking last Thanksgiving at the Fort (this is a portable cooker that I bought I believe at Super Walmart or Super Target in the camping section, works absolutely great):

And I agree, the premade mashed potatoes at Publix are very good, and they have lots of different flavors. We get those for the house quite a bit (although the DW makes great mashed potatoes, so only if we're being lazy ).

Yes we cook are's in a nessco also we love it!I love to have a fresh turkey as apposed to a store bough pre cooked one!Happy camping!