This year, like every year, there are so many things to be thankful for — family, friends, loaded stomachs, and, of course, painfully funny Thanksgiving fails people have shared online that make you immensely grateful aren’t yours. Because let’s face it, as much as this holiday is supposed to be a time of gratitude and enjoyment, it can swiftly turn into a wild cooking show where at least six things are bound to go terribly wrong.
Whether we like it or not, the pressure to whip up Michelin-worthy meals is high. But there’s no amount of preparation, education, or meditation that can ensure the feast goes off without a hitch. From doomed turkeys to scorched casseroles and completely sabotaged ovens, many households across the country recently found out just how quickly things can go south.
So in honor of Turkey Day, we at Bored Panda have compiled some of the most unfortunate, embarrassing, and downright tragic fails from this Thanksgiving people have shared online to get some sympathy. And let me tell you, after seeing this list, you'll definitely want to say thanks that your own celebration was, in fact, not that bad. So continue scrolling and upvote the most painfully funny mishaps. Then don’t miss the chat we had about planning elaborate dinners with food blogger and journalist Ellen Manning, and let us know how your Thanksgiving went in the comments!
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Y’all Gon Be Battling Food Poisoning Up To New Years
And don't bury it in the snowbank. It's cold, yes, but I've heard of Thanksgiving being ruined by larcenous racoons.
Load More Replies...The fridge drawers usually come out. I take out the empty drawers and put them in the closet to fit the turkey in. And stuffing a turkey is an extra step that can prevent it from cooking all the way. I always do stuffing separately on the stove.
I have had too many bad experiences. As a retired food safety consultant, I rarely eat OPF.
A friend put his in oven on "preheat" to thaw. Stank up the whole house and he Still wanted to use it
You should not stuff a turkey. The stuffing absorbs the uncooked blood and frequently this part of the roasting process does not reach a suitable temperature to kill bacteria. Leaving it in the oven over night to absorb even more blood just allows bacteria to multiply as the ambient temperature is an ideal breeding ground.
As a chef of over 20 years I would not be concerned by this provided the bird was cooked to the right temperature for a sufficient amount of time. Infact because the bird will be at room temp it will cook through better and more quickly. Obviously this then comes down to trust but if someone can't cook turkey then they wont cook it well straight from the fridge either.
Toxins produced by happily growing bacteria do not get destroyed by cooking. Toxins cause intestinal bleeding, kidney failure, liver damage, paralysis, death. As a chef, which is about a 15 year qualification, you should know what you just said goes against all food handling laws, and very dangerous.
Load More Replies...This might take a few comments to do, but here it goes. Update from OP's Twitter: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 I am on the phone with her. She saw the TikTok I made about this and she is VERY UNHAPPY. More later... Next tweet: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 THE UPDATE!!! My MOTHER (@petits4 on Twitter) saw my tweet BEFORE my cousin saw the TikTok. So my mother had called her and convinced her to get the turkey into the fridge. It still wouldn't fit, so she turned the oven on and cooked the turkey last night. BUT... *Quick pause from this update: I said on Twitter because I didn't want anyone to get confused with the @ followed by OP's mom name on Twitter. Back to the update* Third tweet: She's still mad at me. Because I sang the "you can't eat at everybody's house" song on my TikTok. She said I made her sound incompetent. I don't think she'll be speaking to me for a while. But the baby and the cancer patient at her table today won't get sick from that turkey.
Load More Replies...Overnight, not good, but if it is cooked properly, including getting it up to the correct temperature, it shouldn't be a problem.
Poultry is a damn filthy product, treat it as such.
Load More Replies...Grew up thawing by turkeys via countertop method. It can be done safely without harm of getting sick. Yet its always safer to thaw it in the fig.
My Lonely Thanksgiving Dinner At Work. At Least I Got Turkey And Potatoes…
Dang, you got two spam bots on your comment... Downvote and report people!
Load More Replies...Thanksgiving is about being thankful, not just the feast. You got that. So sorry you had to work but you have a great attitude!
When I see something like this, I wish I could march up and give them a bottle of alcohol-free beer and a turkey sandwich with stuffing and cranberry sauce and a slice of cheesecake. You may be at work, but I don't see why you can't have something a bit better. To be honest, if you're working on Thanksgiving then surely the boss can give thanks by laying on a lunchtime buffet for the staff
I wanted to post a photo of my thanksgiving-work-dinner but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to lol I’m grateful to work in a hospital call center where my department gets to eat for free and they did offer a traditional turkey dinner. I don’t like all that stuff so I just had egg rolls and soup lol The holidays stress me out horribly so I actually don’t mind working them lol
Aww, sad. Hopefully they can have a do-over another day when they're off work.
lucky duck, all i got was a cold pancake i made for myself cuz i couldent see my famliy cuz my brother had the flu >:[
Cats Decided My Pumpkin Pies Were Too Blasé
After the cat finished lending a helping paw, it sits back and quietly says to itself "Purrrrfect".
I was just gonna say whipped cream covers a multitude of sins.
Load More Replies...My cat kept trying to get into a pizza we were opening on the table and I kept putting her on the floor. Cat paws on the table is gross and yes she had food. When I opened the box, she jumped up fast and sat right in the middle of the pie licking her paws. She was the only who tasted the pizza that night. I hoped the pepperoni oil stung! (R.I.P. Lucy-furr Meow-meow)
We have a void named Lucy-fur, prince of meowness. He has been banned from pizza night for a similar reason 😆 Condolences for the lost cat, and the ruined pizza
Load More Replies...If you've got kitty cats, cover your pies. Especially your pumpkin pies, since they seem to like the smell of them.
Pumpkin is a good source of fiber for cats and some like the taste.
Load More Replies...Blasé: adjective, unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before. Example: "She was becoming quite blasé about the dangers." "The cat was blasé about her boring cat toy." An inanimate pie cannot feel blasé.
I think the OP meant bland or boring. English may not be their first language
Load More Replies...For some, the idea of getting the whole family together during Thanksgiving brings incredible joy. For others, the seemingly bottomless to-do list coupled with coping with relatives carries an onslaught of anxiety. So yeah, Thanksgiving is kind of a weird holiday. With so many responsibilities, tasks, family reunions, elaborate dinners, first-time introductions, and many other tiny little details that demand your attention at once, it’s easy to feel worried. And as we can see from the examples in this list, not everyone can handle the pressure.
Surprisingly, a 2022 TODAY survey found that the most stressful part of the holiday is the mess and all of the cleaning that follows. However, cooking ranked as the number two stress point for poll participants. It’s easy to see why, as stuffing yourself and your loved ones up until the point you cannot move anymore definitely requires a ton of effort.
While 21% of Thanksgiving merrymakers said that nothing about the holiday was stressful, others mentioned that additional anxiety-inducing situations include political conversations, kids' behavior, travel, and the expectations of relatives.
My Oven Decided Thanksgiving Had Gone Too Smoothly. So It Spontaneously Did This While We Ate
And it looks to be only the outer one as well, so wouldn't have been that bad even if they were still cooking.
Load More Replies...Happy Thanksgiving
Now I got "Black No. 1" stuck in my head 🖤
Load More Replies...Is this the super expensive breed of chicken which is completely black including bones and meat? Because it surely does look like one.
That is an Ayam Cemani, and they aren't really all that expensive, or even that rare... They are rare, just not super super rare. Since I raise chickens, I thought about getting one, but they don't lay blur eggs, they lay brown, and I desperstely need some hens that lay blue eggs, so I did not purchase one in the end... But the meat in the picture looks like turkey to me🤷♀️
Load More Replies..."If this turkey tastes half as good as it looks, I think we're all in for a very big treat" - Clark W. Griswold, Jr.
Came here for the Clark Griswold comment. Was not disappointed
Load More Replies...Friends Ordered A Precooked Turkey From A Local Restaurant
Moreover, the high expectations from friends and family about dinner can make everything even more overwhelming. Interestingly, a survey conducted by OnePoll found that when it comes to cooking, preparing, and serving the Thanksgiving Day meal, the average American says six things don’t go exactly as planned.
The meal that’s most likely to go wrong? You guessed it — turkey, the centerpiece of the celebration. It is the hardest part about hosting the feast for more than half (56%) of the respondents surveyed.
My Wife's Cousin's Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffed With A Loose Handful Of Plain Celery
She has high-functioning autism and is discovering her love of cooking. She has her own unique sense of aesthetics. If you guys like this one I have several more that are great.
This is a little bland, and definitely odd looking, but not actually bad. Most experts tell you not to fill your turkey with "stuffing" but loosely adding some aromatics is ok.
I would have used a lemon and some garlic, but yes
Load More Replies...This is actually a “thing.” I don’t stuff my turkey- I cook the stuffing separately- and put a couple stalks of celery and an onion in the cavity of the turkey to add flavor. 🙂
I usually put two onions cut in quarters, dipped in salt. We don't eat stuffing anyways.
Load More Replies...So, just so that I'm clear...since this is a list of "People Having a Worse Thanksgiving Than You"...is OP shaming their wife's autistic cousin for how she stuffed the turkey? Because that's how this reads to me, and I'm really not okay with that
That's what I'm wondering. I was also thinking that OP's cousin was getting shamed by other family members, but that's just my guess. Nonetheless, I think OP's cousin did great!
Load More Replies...I love that this person is exploring their love of cooking, but as for many people learning to cook *please* get them an instant read thermometer. They are affordable and the internet can provide the "done" temperature of basically everything. Food safety first.
Cooked in Turkey = stuffing. Cooked next to Turkey = dressing
I thought it was a matter of geography. I am in Arizona, and no one says dressing, either in or out of the bird.
Load More Replies...How is het cooking related to her neuro level? Why can't it just be "she is discovering cooking only now" without patronising her using her condition?...
It was previously called Asperger's, but the latest ICD11 has replaced it as high-functioning Autism or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). A lot of us ASD don't like the term "high-functioning" because like everyone, we have good and bad days. Safest bet is to just say ASD and avoid the inevitable arguments that will ensue, because 2 autistics = 3 opinions 😅
Load More Replies...This is why I came to the comment section! I was thinking, is it done???
Load More Replies...Anddd Just Like That Thanksgiving Is Cancelled… Hand Foot Mouth Disease
Caught this too... though in my mid-teens (obviously it's supposed to be a toddler's/children's disease). Up today I have no idea were I caught it besides from using public transportation (a standard in my country). But it indeed was more than unpleasant 😬
Load More Replies...I've never had it, but my husband did. It was so bad, I almost called an ambulance. Fever got to 104 and wouldn't come down and he was almost delirious. I couldn't carry him to the car, but he didn't want me to call for help. The spots are horribly painful and he could barely walk for a week afterwards. Wouldn't wish this on anyone.
I had this too. Landed me in the ER with a fever of 104. It came on so fast. At lunch time I felt like I was starting to get sick with something. By the time my husband got home, at 4pm, I was delirious and had that high fever. He had to call 911.
I caught this from a treadmill at the gym - always wipe down the equipment before use, folks! And after, of course. Anyway, I can confirm that this sucks. Especially if the sores are inside your mouth/throat instead of outside.
It's a really common childhood infection. It circulates daycares and preschools all the time, and then they bring it home and give it to their parents.
Load More Replies...Not related to the cattle disease 'foot and mouth' . It's a viral illness (where have we heard that before) and doesn't respond to antibiotics. Coxsackievirus.
Load More Replies...Never heard of this before, but it looks like chicken pox, and if it's anything like it I pity you.
Less itchy, more painful, especially the ones in the mouth and throat.
Load More Replies...I only thought that happens when a crazy uncle says something embarrassing at the table!
This Is What I Always Look Forward Too For Thanksgiving
I used to make homemade cranberry sauce and was told by my sister she preferred the can shaped kind. 🤷♀️
I love the jelly much better than the big pieces; it doesn't spread the same way.
Load More Replies...try it instead of mayo, or mixed with mayo on your next turkey sandwich, yum!
It takes a lot of skill to get the sauce out in that classic shape. Presentation counts.
So how can we avoid unfortunate blunders during the holiday? And how can we ensure we have a great, stress-free time while hosting a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner? To gain more insight on the topic from an expert, we reached out to food lover, writer, and journalist Ellen Manning. Being the author of the acclaimed Eat With Ellen blog, she was more than happy to share her thoughts on the matter.
He Had To Prepare A Thanksgiving Gift
That's not that bad. Doggo is happy, car is one carwash visit from the perfect state.
Even after a quick hose-down... Happy doggie is more important :)
Load More Replies...It is a Belgian Malinois, but indeed beautiful :) (I've owned both breeds)
Load More Replies...What a jerk 😊. My one boy would so do this; he identifies as a gopher and has dug many holes in my yard
Ordered Chinese Food For My Family For Thanksgiving, To Be Untraditional
I showed up when they told me to, and they were closed. I'm sure I'll get the money back... but now I'm driving around town. I've gotta figure out something for thanksgiving dinner... And literally nothing is open.
For future use, we just found out Golden Corral is open on Turkey Day and has all the fixins and more! This was the first Thanksgiving without my grandfather, and I just couldn't find the motivation. Nothing was mind blowing, but nothing was bad. And no clean up!
This is my first everything this year without my grandfather. It has definitely been hard. I am so sorry for your loss but glad you found a way to still enjoy the holiday and have a break from the cleanup!
Load More Replies...A Chinese restaurant closed on Thanksgiving? What planet were you visiting?
Fil Thought Temp Gauge Was A Timer
It is wearing one of those newfangled burn looking ones...
Load More Replies...Every time a siren is heard on Thanksgiving we nod and agree - Another turkey fryer garage fire.
That's a turkey? I thought it was a Doberman puppy diving into a hole in the ground smh
And I thought it was Niffler from HP 🤭
Load More Replies...Shouldn't be allowed to use a turkey fryer without reading the manual.
Read your equipment’s manual before even thinking of using it. Had they done that, and maybe done a trial run in the weeks before Thanksgiving, deep frying a whole chicken or something, they would’ve had a better chance of not f*****g it all up.
Does anyone actually have success with deep frying a turkey? It's either burnt or starts a massive fire.
IF, you use common sense and caution, a deep fried turkey can be one of the finest versions you've ever tasted!
Load More Replies...When asked why big feasts are notorious for not going as planned, she told Bored Panda, "If you think about it, it’s very rare that most of us cook for a big group so we basically never practice then try to pull it out of the bag on big occasions."
"Cooking for large numbers takes practice — it’s daunting, timings might be different, and things might need approaching in a different way. If the last time you did it was a year ago, the chances are it’s going to be a challenge, hence it often goes wrong," Ellen added.
I Picked Up Some Last Minute Thanksgiving Items On Lunch Break And Left Them Tied Up In A Bag In The Break Room Fridge. This Is How I Found My Pie
I would go to security and see if there's camera footage. Also make a complaint with HR. Who does this thing!!? Psychos!!!
Maybe that poor bugger who had a turkey stick a can of pop and some crisps at work.
Load More Replies...Especially food thieves! I have suffered their depredations. If there is a Hell, I hope it has a special place for unrepentant food thieves.
Load More Replies...I would personally track down the culprit’s fingerprints and beat them up. Leave it to me.
I don't get why people do that. If you're not a witness to the cutting of the cake, nor given a slice - don't touch!
If you have company slack channel- I would be blasting it all over it calling them out on their thievery. How rude!
Why does anybody think that food in a fridge is free for call. Especially ifvitvis in a plastic bag. That person is a douche bag.
Happy Thanksgiving Y’all
Of course, it was perfect. It was the best pie that had ever been made in that house. Murphy's Law.
Load More Replies...Anyone remember Friends, when Rachel/Chandler/Joey ate cheesecake off the apartment floor? Yep. Totally down there with a fork. edit: ate, not at
My Grandpa has pies he freezes before Thanksgiving... Yesterday at a dinner party, he brought a pie he had frozen since MAY 13, 1983!!!!!!!!
My son was carrying a pie to the table when he was younger, and it fell upside down, but also on top of a floor register.
This Salad A Family Member Brought For Thanksgiving
Banana and lettuce drenched in mayo? They REALLY don't want to be invited back next year do they.
Some of the most common reasons things go wildly wrong when cooking and preparing food are bad timing and not starting early enough. "Prep is important at the best of times but when it’s large volumes for lots of people, it’s even more so," the food blogger warned.
My Brother Made The Most Upsetting Pie I’ve Ever Had In My Life
Maybe clear lemon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUmdcd_8Vwc
Load More Replies...Looks like it should be in a museum with the title . EARLY ETRUSCAN POTTERY.
Thanksgiving, A Tragic Story
That's bad, but at least your house is still standing and not on fire, which is nice.
Do these people think setting the oven to 500 will just help cut down on time? ugh
My sister thought exactly that when she made some brownies as a teen. Tbf, she was high AF at the time too. We've never let her live it down
Load More Replies...Timers, people!!! Especially when you're juggling multiple dishes.
I bet its only the pineapple that's burnt because of the sugars in it. The meat is probably fine. Speaking as someone who came home to find a completely boiled dry ham on the stove. Yes there was an adult in the house. Yes there was a smell of burning. Yes I will just slice off the burnt bottom
Load More Replies...It looks like the middle should be salvageable given its only the top / edges. I guess it depends if it still needs cooking 🙂
Deliciously S***ty Thanksgiving Cake
Manager: I need you to decorate some cakes for Thanksgiving. Minwage: Yes sir. What kind of decoration? Manager: Well, I had this clever idea. Make it look like Mr. Hanky fell off a roof top but just as he was about to hit the sidewalk his fall was broken by an overripe tomato carrying a jug of orange juice. Minwage: I'm on it sir!
And this, my friends, is why you never ever ever use a smooth piping tip with chocolate frosting.
Mr Hankey is not the Thanksgiving poo but couldn't wait for Christmas
So what can you do to ease the stress and avoid screw-ups in the kitchen? Well, according to Ellen, it’s quite simple: "Plan plan plan."
"Work out what you need, what order you’re doing things in, and do as much ahead of time as you can. Literally working backward from when you plan to serve and writing yourself out a step-by-step timeline, down to the minute maybe, will make you feel in control and ensure things don’t get forgotten or left or cooked for too long," Ellen concluded.
Day Before Thanksgiving And My Oven Element Burned And Snapped In Half. Yay
I had that happen the year I invited my parents and in-laws to our house for Thanksgiving. My mom moved the entire event to her house and my dad installed a new element the day after Thanksgiving. It’s now a favorite memory of “The time I hosted Thanksgiving...in Mom’s kitchen.”
Me too. I had the element break right before a holiday. It’s funny how I felt like I was the only one. apparently not… by a long shot
Load More Replies...I had this happen last year. Quick run to Home Depot, and YouTube video and presto, fixed it myself. I was quite proud.
A clean break like that can often (temporarily) be fixed with a small vise-grips to 'close' the circuit.
Load More Replies...Maybe ovens feel so neglected and unappreciated the rest of the year that they get passive-aggressive at Thanksgiving, as a way to seek attention.
Years ago, my oven slipped into a coma ON Thanksgiving. The turkey never got done, even though it was in there for more than eight hours. Guess what I did on Black Friday? Yep, bought a new oven.
That also happened to me one year literally broke in the middle of cooking
Moms Turkey Exploded, Christmas Vacation Style
Hahaha just tell them you spatcocked it (it's not a dirty word BP! It's an actual cooking term for a specific style of cooking poultry!!) doing it this way actual gives juicy turkey/poultry and everything is cooked evenly! Not the typical presentation though but it is delicious!
Good question. I'd like to know too. Never seen this before.
Load More Replies...My Mom Is Staying With Us This Week For Thanksgiving
She wanted to make tea but instead of asking for help with the electric kettle she microwaved my chargeable self heating mug and caught it on fire.
What kind of monster uses a microwave to make tea in the first place?
😳 That exact cup is my most treasured possession I use daily (I don’t even wear my wedding ring every day lol)
"Asking for help with the electric kettle" is one of the most American things I've ever heard.
Someone New Recipe For Thanksgiving?
I love pickles and I love pumpkin pie but why would you do this
Load More Replies...Petition to make it illegal everywhere else, please?
Load More Replies...Why the f**k would someone THINK this would be either a good idea or good tasting dish?
This is e x a c t l y the same as putting pineapple on pizza. Sweet with salt. And the world is OK with it. So why shaming this fantastic pickle dessert?
Load More Replies...Someone From My Snapchat At Thanksgiving
I am always vegetarian from the time in school when I picked out a few dead flies from my meat. Since then, 8 years and still traumatized.
Load More Replies...What is that gelatinous tentacle looking thing on the left bottom corner???
I believe that is a human hand wearing a vinyl glove.
Load More Replies...Turkey Crafted From Spam, Merry Thanksgiving
A Perfect Addition To Thanksgiving Dinner
Nothing a dusting of icing sugar can’t fix
Load More Replies...When your BIL is a dermatologist and tries to insert his melanoma awareness campaign into the holiday festivities.
This might be one of the most intelligent jokes that I have heard/seen in a very long time. Kudos to you!
Load More Replies...I'm Such An Amazing Chef Man
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Load More Replies...Well, I feel like an a$s now. I basically made a longer version of this joke before I saw this reply. Sorry.
Load More Replies...OMG. My CAT is named Toothless!! She's so named because she looks just like the dragon when she pulls her ears back a little...
I read that toothless was based off of cats. Coming full circle now
Load More Replies...Take my upvote. But you owe me a new glass of chai, since a good portion of it just went out my nose and into my cup.
Load More Replies...Thanksgiving Turkey Was Rubbed With Brown Sugar And Seasonings Before Being Deep Fried. Got Carmelized
If you’re deep frying a turkey, inject it, but don’t put anything on the outside of the turkey.
Facebook Found Deviled Eggs. Happy Thanksgiving!
Yep. I’d say the Devil had a hand in these abominations.
Load More Replies...You MONSTER......quchehdhd I looked back at it after adding the comment and. They didn't even CUT THE EGGS IN HALF oh my god the yolks....
All I keep thinking is that my grandmother would be crying if she was ever exposed to those eggs, including just the picture. That woman makes bomb deviled eggs. Those "deviled eggs" just need to be hit by a bomb.
Load More Replies...Completely aside from the horror of not actually slicing the eggs and blending the ingredients, that is far too much mustard and why is there no sweet relish in there?
I don't like eggs...deviled or otherwise, but even I know that these aren't what deviled eggs are supposed to look like.
X90j I Orders For Thanksgiving. UPS Was Not Kind
If FedX and UPS merge they could be called FedUps.
Load More Replies...UPS should get their s**t together. In Czechia, I *never* EVER get damaged package in my life, no matter which company did the delivery (and I make multiple orders every month)
Here too, if they pulled that s**t here in the Netherlands, they would go bankrupt.
Load More Replies...In my area the postal service is the worst of all. I had one of them drive right past my house instead of delivering my package and I got a text saying my package was being taken to the post office instead "at my request" and had to go chase them down to get my package.
My Mom’s Thanksgiving Turkey
I’m not sure that’s the correct description term anymore
This is what happened to my mom's turkey she just de boned it and shredded it... we didn't care we r Portuguese and food is food 😋 😂😂😂
I Guess We Don't Have Thanksgiving Dessert
It's supposed to be frozen. So it was thawed and then frozen again at some point.
Load More Replies...Please be careful when opening overhead bins, as objects may have shifted in flight.
For a second, I thought someone had returned a half eaten pie that this poor person then bought lol. Somehow the defrosting situation is way less gross.
Just Got Home From Thanksgiving Dinner At Mom’s
It keeps up on hair. I'd hate to not have one with pets.
Load More Replies...I spent my thanksgiving alone so even the mistakes look like a blessing. Be thankful for your friends and family.
Here's mine! Me and both my brothers have been sick so, we didn't go to ours. They sent our cousin over to give us a ton of leftovers since they made so much. Glad we got the food atleast.
Mine that went from bad to awesome discovery: one year the oven died on Thanksgiving morning. I can say with certainty that's exactly when, bc it had been working at 1am when we were doing some early prep and cooking. So we had to run to Walmart and get us ANYTHING to cook the dressing in. We ended up, funny enough, getting a turkey cooker....to cook dressing. I absolutely hate eating it from the oven now. The cooker keeps it SO amazing moist inside. We also discovered a turkey cooker is great for BBQ (just wrap in tinfoil, occasionally opening it to reapply sauce).
Load More Replies...I had to have emergency surgery this week and missed Thanksgiving. I don't really mind as it's also the anniversary of my mom's death.
When I was prepping my turkey this year, I pulled the neck out and THE BEAK was ATTACHED! Like, full on trachea and face parts! I've never seen anything like it before. First time we bought a "big brand" turkey, too.
This post makes me appreciate how damn awesome our family's Thanksgiving food turned out. Good grief.
well I have a good Thanksgiving story- Me and my best friend baked an apple pie for my family, and we put the second star design on the top of the pie (it's from peter pan), so we had a lot of dough left and some extra filling so we made a little mini pie for us to split. My family loved the pie! They all agreed it was the best apple pie lol. I hope this story makes this list sounds worse 😈😂
Here’s mine! We have tradition in my house for when we are done eating our meal/feast, we have apples and caramel. I have chopping up apples and we have the glass jars of caramel. I heated that caramel in the microwave and I think I heated it up to long and when I went to open the caramel, it exploded over my hand and gave me a second degree burn. My mom had to go to the store to go get burn cream and so more caramel. I had no caramel this year. My hands fine, but I do have some small blisters and the hand is aggravated. Fun! (Sarcasm)
Thanksgiving 2022, I spent as a mediator been my son and his new in laws. Let’s just say by 8pm there was 1 arrest, assault of DIL, I resolved kidnapping their 4 month old, a Pastor who is the grandfather to my DIL who showed he doesn’t know how to handle a family issue, so idk how he has his own congregation, several trips to the police and sheriff, and the in laws realizing they were in the wrong decided to “get even” but mounting a false domestic violence issue and abuse and neglect charges toward my grand baby- NONE WAS TRUE. All because my son married his wife. They haven’t even been married 1 month. Now the MIL is refusing to return their property unless they pay her $1K in “damages and back rent”, plus a daily $10 fee for storing their property in their home. Back story after much emotional, mental, and financial abuse my son and his now bride moved out of the home after they were told they needed to leave- so they did and now the MIL is furious & seeking vengeance.
that's... That's a lot. Jeez. This also sounds like something BP would post from a stolen reddit story. Would love more details 10/10
Load More Replies...I spent my thanksgiving alone so even the mistakes look like a blessing. Be thankful for your friends and family.
Here's mine! Me and both my brothers have been sick so, we didn't go to ours. They sent our cousin over to give us a ton of leftovers since they made so much. Glad we got the food atleast.
Mine that went from bad to awesome discovery: one year the oven died on Thanksgiving morning. I can say with certainty that's exactly when, bc it had been working at 1am when we were doing some early prep and cooking. So we had to run to Walmart and get us ANYTHING to cook the dressing in. We ended up, funny enough, getting a turkey cooker....to cook dressing. I absolutely hate eating it from the oven now. The cooker keeps it SO amazing moist inside. We also discovered a turkey cooker is great for BBQ (just wrap in tinfoil, occasionally opening it to reapply sauce).
Load More Replies...I had to have emergency surgery this week and missed Thanksgiving. I don't really mind as it's also the anniversary of my mom's death.
When I was prepping my turkey this year, I pulled the neck out and THE BEAK was ATTACHED! Like, full on trachea and face parts! I've never seen anything like it before. First time we bought a "big brand" turkey, too.
This post makes me appreciate how damn awesome our family's Thanksgiving food turned out. Good grief.
well I have a good Thanksgiving story- Me and my best friend baked an apple pie for my family, and we put the second star design on the top of the pie (it's from peter pan), so we had a lot of dough left and some extra filling so we made a little mini pie for us to split. My family loved the pie! They all agreed it was the best apple pie lol. I hope this story makes this list sounds worse 😈😂
Here’s mine! We have tradition in my house for when we are done eating our meal/feast, we have apples and caramel. I have chopping up apples and we have the glass jars of caramel. I heated that caramel in the microwave and I think I heated it up to long and when I went to open the caramel, it exploded over my hand and gave me a second degree burn. My mom had to go to the store to go get burn cream and so more caramel. I had no caramel this year. My hands fine, but I do have some small blisters and the hand is aggravated. Fun! (Sarcasm)
Thanksgiving 2022, I spent as a mediator been my son and his new in laws. Let’s just say by 8pm there was 1 arrest, assault of DIL, I resolved kidnapping their 4 month old, a Pastor who is the grandfather to my DIL who showed he doesn’t know how to handle a family issue, so idk how he has his own congregation, several trips to the police and sheriff, and the in laws realizing they were in the wrong decided to “get even” but mounting a false domestic violence issue and abuse and neglect charges toward my grand baby- NONE WAS TRUE. All because my son married his wife. They haven’t even been married 1 month. Now the MIL is refusing to return their property unless they pay her $1K in “damages and back rent”, plus a daily $10 fee for storing their property in their home. Back story after much emotional, mental, and financial abuse my son and his now bride moved out of the home after they were told they needed to leave- so they did and now the MIL is furious & seeking vengeance.
that's... That's a lot. Jeez. This also sounds like something BP would post from a stolen reddit story. Would love more details 10/10
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