Holiday House Rules " Bring Napkins, Not 9 TO-GO Plates!!!!!

We lay down the real do’s and don’ts for holiday gatherings, from what to bring and who eats first to bathroom prep, parking, and why to-go plates need limits. Expect humor, straight talk, and clear rules that protect the vibe and keep everyone welcome.

• asking the host what to bring, not arriving empty handed
• leaving leftover contributions unless invited to reclaim them
• letting elders, kids and those with health needs eat first
• parents fixing kids’ plates and bringing snacks
• handwashing and sanitizer at the start and end of the line
• staying out of closed rooms and asking for help with coats
• stocking bathrooms with essentials, cleaner and spray
• keeping grace short, organized and designated
• appropriate “living room” attire and smoke etiquette
• invites only, no surprise plus-ones, street parking
• avoiding first-time recipes on the holiday
• choosing store-bought or practiced dishes if needed
• knowing the difference between dressing and stuffing
• turkey defrosting and safety realities

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:11

Hello, hello, hello.

SPEAKER_02 0:13

What's going on? We're all in your business. All in your business. Once again. All in your Thanksgiving business. All in your Christmas business. All in your holiday business.

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All in your Swanza. All that.

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All that. We all in your biz. We want to thank you again for tuning in to our show.

SPEAKER_00 0:30

Oh, I thought you were going to say our sh okay.

SPEAKER_02 0:33

Yeah. Okay. Alrighty. How about how about we do it this way? Just get straight to the point. How about that?

Don’t Come Empty-Handed

SPEAKER_01 0:39

All right.

SPEAKER_02 0:40

How about these are do's and don'ts for the holidays?

unknown 0:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 0:46

Do's and don'ts for the holidays.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

Because we need rules. Because if we don't have rules, I'm sure, you know, things will just happen. So we do need to establish the rules.

SPEAKER_02 0:54

Yeah, people will be doing just whatever they want to do. So I think it's, you know, we'll give you a couple days ahead of time to kind of check yourself before you wreck yourself. Okay. So you got a couple days coming up for Thanksgiving. So these are going to be some do's or don'ts. So hopefully we cover some of the things that you may plan that you may have planned on doing.

unknown 1:18

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:19

Or not doing.

SPEAKER_02 1:20

However, these are things that you don't want to do because people are gonna talk. Okay. And if we find out, it's gonna be us. Alrighty. So number one, okay, here we go. Don't come empty-handed.

SPEAKER_00 1:39

What is that?

SPEAKER_02 1:41

So number one, if somebody invites you over for the holidays, out of courtesy, you want to ask them, Do I need to bring something? So that means you don't just show up. You know, it's like one of them unspoken type things, you know. Ask, hey, can I bring some napkins, some ice, bring something on the case? So do you don't come empty handed.

SPEAKER_00 2:08

Do you ask the host can I what can I bring? Or do you decide what you want to bring yourself? Because I think I think the host should determine. Because if you're the type of person, let's just let's just call it what it is, you may not be the cleanest person.

SPEAKER_01 2:25

Right.

SPEAKER_00 2:25

Or you may have animals that like to hang out on your countertops. And if someone asks you to bring some canned sodas, don't be offended. Right. Just say, okay, what kind would you like for me to bring?

SPEAKER_02 2:38

But you gotta ask.

SPEAKER_00 2:39

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 2:39

You gotta ask.

SPEAKER_00 2:40

You always ask the host that you're you're invited over. What can I bring? So you agree with that. I do agree with that. So okay. Even if they say nothing, but do ask.

SPEAKER_02 2:51

Okay, then that's the only time you can bring nothing. And then I still would bring some napkins or something, you know.

SPEAKER_00 2:57

Or some flowers or a bottle of wine. Something like that.

To-Go Plates And Portion Respect

SPEAKER_02 2:59

Hey, I appreciate a case of water. Do something, okay? Don't just come empty-handed. That's what that's what I mean by that. Okay. What you got for it?

SPEAKER_00 3:08

Do not take a million plates home and host it, tell you to.

SPEAKER_02 3:12

To go plates.

SPEAKER_00 3:14

Especially if you didn't bring anything. Do not. Yes, allow the host to offer you to take something home. Don't just assume you're taking home some slices of ham, some turkey, some fried chicken, some jerk chicken, all of that for your kids for the rest of the week. Don't do that.

SPEAKER_02 3:32

That's you know what? That's a good point. Because I was just thinking about that. Now, I don't care now. This is no offense. Okay. I don't care if you got five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten kids. You are not taking ten to go plates. Let me tell you that right now.

SPEAKER_00 3:46

And you need to take, if you have multiple kids, you need to take kid food. That's for you. Don't take steaks and oxtails.

SPEAKER_02 3:54

That's for you.

SPEAKER_00 3:55

Exactly. Okay, you know your kids don't have an oxtail palate, especially if you have 10.

SPEAKER_02 4:00

Yeah, let's not play these games.

SPEAKER_00 4:01

Unless you got some stamps. Now, maybe if you have some stamps, your kids may have a more uh developed palate because they are used to eating or maybe used to eating, you know, more developed foods. But just go on and take them a few slices of ham and I'll share that. Yeah, but don't be greedy. Take the meatballs, take some greens, you know, macaroni, something that the kids will eat because there's nothing worse than you taking a bunch of food and it goes in the trash. And it could have been, it could have went to someone else. So don't be greedy. If you're invited to someone's house, let the host let you know what you can take. And if they give you two to go boxes, you better put your meats in one and your desserts in the other.

SPEAKER_01 4:42

Exactly.

SPEAKER_00 4:43

But don't get crazy. Don't get crazy. That's rude. Okay, I agree with that.

Who Eats First And Kids’ Plates

SPEAKER_02 4:47

I agree with that 100%. How about this? If it's time to eat, okay, you want to wait till the older people and the kids and then the people of that house eat first.

SPEAKER_00 5:00

Okay, that's fair.

SPEAKER_02 5:01

Okay. If your big grown self is gonna jump in front of them kids and eat whatever it is and you knocking them down, then it's something wrong with that. Okay. The kids, the older people, the diabetics, all of them people need to eat first.

SPEAKER_00 5:18

People don't want to announce if they're sick or not.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

But we know who got sugar and who don't, okay? Playing these games.

SPEAKER_00 5:23

Okay. Children and and if you do have children and if they are under the age of 14, please fix their plates. Don't don't have your kids with the runny nose that's been playing with the dogs in their plate because you don't want to do that. Get up there and put a piece of ham and a little Hawaiian roll and some greens and a little macaroni and cheese on their plate. Do that. Don't don't have the kids serving themselves. Say that again. Say that again. Don't have your kids serving themselves. There's a line, it's moving fast, people are hungry. People have been hungry all day. Do not have your 10 kids in line serving themselves.

SPEAKER_02 6:04

Right. This is nothing but do's and don'ts of the holiday. So please get your pen and paper. And if you need to rewind the back, please do so.

Hygiene, Handwashing, And Sanitation

SPEAKER_00 6:11

If it doesn't apply, let it fly. But you know, you know, and you've seen people who have allowed their kids to get in line. And especially, oh, before anybody gets in line, let's let's wash some hands. And hosts, please have your uh, I said host, not hose. Hosts, please have a bottle of sanitizer hand sanitizer at the beginning and the end of the table, the serving line. Because sometimes people don't like to wash their hands for whatever reason. And if this is a self-served occasion, please have some sanitizer just in case people just forgot to wash their hands.

SPEAKER_02 6:50

Some more nasty hands yourself. Get them clean. Okay, I got one for you. Don't be roaming around nobody's house. If everybody downstairs and you just feel like the need to roam around the house. Okay, if everybody downstairs, your hind parts need to be downstairs. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 7:11

Okay.

Stay Out Of Closed Rooms

SPEAKER_02 7:12

Don't be just roaming around time, you putting your jacket up, you all in my room. No. Okay. You can come in without a jacket as far as I'm concerned and all, but you ain't gonna be running around the house.

SPEAKER_00 7:23

I agree with that.

SPEAKER_02 7:24

It ain't gonna happen. That's so disrespectful. If doors are closed, yes, that means do not enter.

SPEAKER_00 7:30

And speaking of doors being closed, if the bathroom door is open, please host, make sure your bathroom is clean. Make sure it is stocked with a plunger, toilet scrubbers, and an abundance of toilet paper and hand soap.

SPEAKER_02 7:46

Wait a minute, you're missing the main ingredient.

SPEAKER_00 7:48

Some spray.

SPEAKER_02 7:49

Some damn spray.

SPEAKER_00 7:50

Because that food is heavy.

SPEAKER_02 7:53

It's about to be on it popping.

SPEAKER_00 7:54

Make sure you have enough toilet paper and spray and hand soap for those bathrooms. And make sure you have some Clorox wipes. Sometimes people have to do a little cleanup, you know. Make sure that there's an abundance of these cleaning supplies in these bathrooms. All the essentials are there. Make sure that the plunger is there, the toilet swerker is there, the plunger. Sometimes that macaroni and cheese is a little cheesy. It's good. Exactly. But it's a bit cheesy and a bit rich. And you know, some of us can't handle too much cheese and dairy.

SPEAKER_02 8:25

You know, so your stomach be all messed up.

SPEAKER_00 8:28

And you gotta open doors and use bathrooms that you were just told not to go into. So just make sure that the bathrooms are right.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

All right. So be aware. If the door's open, you can enter. If it's closed, I don't care if it's a laundry room, don't go in it. Okay? Yeah. Because it's closed.

SPEAKER_00 8:44

Don't do that. Or ask the host to help you. You know, if you need some assistance and the host can take your purse or your jacket, then do that. But don't just assume that it's okay to go into people's rooms and close doors. Don't do that.

Leave What You Brought

SPEAKER_02 8:57

Exactly. And this is something we talked about in the earlier part of the year, and I still stand on it. Okay. If you bring something to the party, okay?

SPEAKER_03 9:09

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 9:11

And say for instance, it's liquor or something like that.

SPEAKER_03 9:13

Liquor.

SPEAKER_02 9:14

Okay?

SPEAKER_03 9:14

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 9:15

And then people don't drink it all, and it's, you know, still some left, you leave it there.

SPEAKER_00 9:22

Unless the host tells you to take that cheap mad dog.

SPEAKER_02 9:26

Oh, whatever it is. Yeah, I agree. You don't just bring it and then if people don't use it, then you take the remaining back to the house. Okay. Because that's like a token of like appreciation once you bring it.

SPEAKER_03 9:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 9:37

And then it becomes, it belongs to the house now. You know, if you brought some cinnamon rolls, okay, and it was six of them in there, and it's got like three left, you don't just pack it up and take it back to your house.

SPEAKER_00 9:50

Now let's just say, what if somebody brought some pea salad, right? And nobody touched it.

SPEAKER_02 9:56

Well, and then it goes in the trash.

SPEAKER_00 9:58

If somebody was trying to be nice and they put the spoon in there and mixed it around a little bit, you can take that. I'm sure the host will say, Hey, you can take your pea salad back home. I'm sure you would enjoy that at home. But allow the host to regulate permission to take things home. Don't just assume that it's okay to take things back home. Yeah, that's not okay.

SPEAKER_02 10:19

That that's not okay. You got one? Because I got like a couple, four, five, six tomorrow.

Keep Grace Short And Organized

SPEAKER_00 10:23

Okay, so I have one. When it's time for the grace, well, let's not take all day. We we people have been fasting.

SPEAKER_01 10:32

I know blood.

SPEAKER_00 10:33

The week of Thanksgiving and the week of Christmas, headaches, and the week of Kwanzaa, people have been fasting, eating sandwiches, noodles, egg sandwiches, all these things because the refrigerators have been full of holiday festi food and we're hungry. So if dinner is at two and they tell you it's at two and people aren't done cooking until 4:30, five o'clock, when it's time to pray, get to the point. I think God knows your heart and God understands.

SPEAKER_02 11:05

Wait a minute, you putting the cap on the grace?

SPEAKER_00 11:07

Sometimes it has you need to be praying while you're making the food. Well, if the food is is if dinner is to be served at two and the food is not ready until five, you should already be praying. And then when it's time to eat, when the last thing comes out the oven, it should be short and sweet.

SPEAKER_02 11:24

Okay, so so how about this? What's the time frame, whether it be minutes or seconds, that each person can say a couple, two, three words?

SPEAKER_00 11:33

It depends how many people are invited.

SPEAKER_02 11:34

Okay, say if it says 20 people.

SPEAKER_00 11:36

If it's 20 people, you may need to write it down on a piece of paper and pass it around, pass it around while you're eating. Like I think maybe the host and maybe the oldest person and the youngest person, something like that. Something clever so that people can eat. Because you know, if it's a lot of people, I'm not gonna, I don't have the attention span and the bandwidth to go through a house of 50 plus people to hear what you're thankful for.

Manage Kids And Arrive Prepared

SPEAKER_02 12:01

Right. And you know, some speaking of grace and all, you know, it is disrespectful now, and maybe I'm like old school. If you somebody invites you to their home, right, and say for instance, you wanted to eat real quick, and then they saying, okay, it's time for grace. You don't just start, you don't just start saying grace and all. Like you have to be the designated praying person, right? So it's usually the person of the house, right? They say, Hey, would you like to say prayer, Rika? Or would you like to say prayer loss? And I'll be like, okay, sure.

SPEAKER_00 12:33

Or what if I said no?

SPEAKER_02 12:35

Well, I mean, you said no, you know, it ain't I guess nobody eats, you know. What? Nobody eats.

SPEAKER_00 12:40

What if you're not, you know, a publicly praying person or person that's comfortable with praying?

SPEAKER_02 12:46

Cool. I mean, but that's something you kind of like beforehand, you kind of say, hey, would you like to say prayer? You know, okay, you know, but don't just blindside people, don't just blindside people, and then you just be praying and praying and praying like so. There is a cap.

SPEAKER_00 12:59

And draw he and thank God for the bread and the legs and the thighs, none of that. No, no, none of that.

SPEAKER_02 13:05

Because we hungry is I don't know what.

SPEAKER_00 13:07

I don't want to hear all that.

SPEAKER_02 13:08

Okay, how about this one? And uh, no offense to kids, but see, kids be like the main problems that we be having at these little get-togethers, okay? And I'm we just gonna just put it out there. Yeah, I need you to give your badass kids a warning or a talk to before y'all even get to this place. That means before you go in and you get to the house, y'all need to take five, ten minutes outside just sitting in the car, talk about what you can and cannot do. Okay, and you need to threaten them too. Okay, you need to threaten them. So that means they remember that from the time they step out their car till they go up in there, they need to say one, like hello, give out hugs and do all you ain't just walking up in nobody's house and not saying nothing. That's number one.

SPEAKER_01 13:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 13:52

Number two, don't be asking for nothing. Okay, when it's time to eat when it's time to eat, we're gonna eat. Don't be going to no no rooms with the doors closed. Like, you need to talk about this stuff ahead of time.

SPEAKER_00 14:03

Because if your kids are young and they're doing this, what's gonna happen when they become adults? They're gonna do the same thing. Yeah, their feelings are gonna get hurt. So, but here's the thing, too. If you have smaller children and you know that dinner is at two, and you know, traditionally, they say it's at two, but folks don't show up till three, and then the food doesn't come out the oven until five. Feed your kids prior. Yeah, because they're hungry and then they get antsy and they get irritated, and then we gotta hear they they they laugh. Yeah, and then you're gonna get looked at funny if you come in the kitchen trying to pull some ham off and make a little sandwich. You know, you're gonna looked at you're gonna be looked at crazy. She didn't come prepared. Yeah, you have to be prepared when you have smaller children. Feed your children, you know, an hour or so before it's time to come. That way, if dinner is not on time, then they're not like dropping like flies because they're hungry. Bring some snacks, you know, do something, make sure that they have a nap. If their attitude is bad, they probably gonna end up getting whooped on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Just if you don't, I will.

SPEAKER_00 15:06

Yeah, so just be mindful of that as parents, you know.

SPEAKER_02 15:10

Okay, okay, okay, okay. That's what's up. Well, you got another? Because I can keep going. I got a whole bunch of do's and don'ts. Because we want your holiday to be.

Dress Code And Smoking Courtesy

SPEAKER_00 15:17

I have something. Okay. Full of joy. So you know what your living room outfit is, right?

SPEAKER_01 15:23

No, tell us.

SPEAKER_00 15:23

Okay, so living room outfit is uh something that moo moo? No, folks of color like to get dressed up for occasions, right? So you may see people going out buying an outfit for Thanksgiving or Christmas just so they can sit in the living room and look fly, look nice, right?

SPEAKER_01 15:42

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 15:43

So make sure you're sitting in the living room attire is appropriate. If you I was just about to say that. If you have on an ankle monitor, please don't come with your legs exposed. Put on some joggers or some pants. Yeah, we don't need to know that you have prior offenses, okay?

SPEAKER_02 15:59

Because we already know anyway.

SPEAKER_00 16:00

We know, but everybody knows everybody doesn't need to know. So make sure your living room outfit is appropriate. Exactly. We don't want to see all of your belly and your butt crack hanging out. We don't want to see you sagging.

SPEAKER_02 16:14

We don't want to see no nipples hanging out. We don't want to see none of that. You cold and everything. Yeah, your cold sister.

SPEAKER_00 16:20

If you forgot to wear your bra, just keep your jacket on. Don't check your jacket, just keep it on. If you need to go outside and smoke, you know, some of y'all have an issue where you need to smoke. You need to smoke, go out and smoke, spray yourself. We don't want to smell your backwoods. Is it backwoods, outwoods, blue woods?

SPEAKER_02 16:39

Just wash your hands, okay? Whatever you're smoking. Memph, whatever you're doing, just make sure it's outside.

SPEAKER_00 16:46

Yeah, and don't leave ashes and cigarette buds on the host's ground. Don't do that. Clean up after yourself because you won't be invited again if you you're out there acting like that. So make sure your sit in the living room outfit is appropriate, and then make sure if you smoke, clean yourself up, wash your hands, and spray something. Everybody shouldn't have to experience what you just did outside. Okay.

Invitations, Parking, And Plus-Ones

SPEAKER_02 17:10

Right. Okay. All righty. Um, here's a big one here, okay? If you're coming or you've been invited, you see how I always start if you've been invited, okay? Because you definitely ain't coming over if you wasn't invited. Okay. We just hope that that's that's standard and you know that.

SPEAKER_00 17:32

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 17:33

If you were not invited, don't come. Because y'all know y'all ain't been cool all year long. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 17:38

Or just that's my auntie. That's my don't do that.

SPEAKER_02 17:41

I don't care. Don't do that. I don't care what the relationship is. If you ain't been cool all year, Thanksgiving ain't the time to try and see if everything's good.

SPEAKER_00 17:48

Yeah, it may not be.

SPEAKER_02 17:49

It may not be. But if you were invited, okay, don't park in the driveway. You have not earned the right to park in my driveway.

SPEAKER_00 18:01

Even if it's your child.

SPEAKER_02 18:03

You don't have the right to park in my driveway.

SPEAKER_00 18:06

Right.

SPEAKER_02 18:06

And let alone don't park in the driveway and cover the sidewalk.

SPEAKER_00 18:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:13

Don't do that. You park your little your car on the street. I don't care if you in a Maybach, whatever, you park it on the street.

SPEAKER_00 18:19

Or take an Uber.

SPEAKER_02 18:20

Or you can say, hey, hey, Lowe's, is it cool if I park in the driveway? No. You know? But you need to ask. You don't just because your car, I know it's leaking.

SPEAKER_00 18:30

It might be high.

SPEAKER_02 18:31

It may not start up.

SPEAKER_00 18:32

Your tags may be expired. Who knows? We don't want that.

SPEAKER_02 18:35

So just park on the street. So repo can come pull on up and get it if need be, whatever it is, and however, but I don't want no, I don't want a class three leak in my driveway because you did you decide to park up there, you know, and then you didn't you didn't bunch everybody up in there, and then we try to give you a jump and we can't because we can't get to the hood.

SPEAKER_01 18:55

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 18:56

That happened before.

SPEAKER_00 18:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 18:58

So don't block my sidewalk. Don't park at a driveway. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 19:02

Okay. If you have been invited, keyword invited.

SPEAKER_02 19:05

Invited.

SPEAKER_00 19:06

Please don't bring 50-11 people with you.

SPEAKER_02 19:08

Oh no.

SPEAKER_00 19:09

Ask, you know, what the cap is, or if you have, you know, if you want to bring a date or a date plus some kids, please ask the host if that's okay. And and if it is, please bring something that's appropriate for a group or a family of four, five, six. Okay. Don't just show up with some napkins and expect four kids and two adults with eight to go plates to be invited to eat. Don't don't do that.

SPEAKER_01 19:37

You bet not.

SPEAKER_00 19:38

That's not. Ask and do not just assume just because that's your cousin or that's your friend, that you can bring 50, 11 people with you. Don't do that.

SPEAKER_02 19:48

Exactly. And a lot of this can be eliminated, and a lot of heartaches and pains can can just be totally eliminated.

SPEAKER_00 19:54

And public cussing out. Yeah. If you don't want to be publicly cussed, cussed out, don't do stuff like that. All you gotta do is ask.

SPEAKER_02 20:01

Just ask somebody. You know, don't just pull up. And if my kids are listening, don't you already know. Don't just pull up. You gotta say, hey, hey, dad, is it cool if such a such and I need to know a little background about them. How you know them, how long? If you ain't known them longer than six months, they ain't coming.

SPEAKER_00 20:22

Yeah.

Don’t Experiment With Holiday Dishes

SPEAKER_02 20:23

If you just met them, like I don't care. I don't care if I know their parents and this now, or me and their daddy cool, like they ain't coming. Cause I don't know them. Okay? I don't know them like that. And then here's one for you. Don't be making nothing. What you mean? That you ain't familiar with. Like what? That means if you ain't familiar with making macaroni and cheese. Don't become familiar that during that holiday. Don't. Because you're gonna get clowned. Okay. If you ain't familiar with making, you know, gravy or whatever, whatever it may be.

SPEAKER_03 21:02

Gravy?

SPEAKER_02 21:03

Don't do it. Okay. Okay. Because it tastes more than just going on YouTube and say, oh, they did. I can no. If you ain't, if you that's why I say if you ain't familiar. Yeah. I can too. Like put it in the trash can. I can do all things with hefty.

SPEAKER_00 21:17

Okay.

unknown 21:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 21:18

So if you ain't familiar with it, don't start now. You should have been trying that like around the summer a couple times. Let people taste it and all.

SPEAKER_00 21:25

Don't just say taste and see.

SPEAKER_02 21:27

Yeah. Yeah. Don't don't just be trying to, you know, wasting your money and time, you know. And feelings. And feelings and all. And it's another thing. We was talking about this the other day. Okay. Black people make dressing.

SPEAKER_00 21:42

Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:45

Black people make dressing. Okay. Okay. That's all I would say.

SPEAKER_00 21:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:49

Okay. We make dressing.

SPEAKER_00 21:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:52

Now, now. It's a difference between stuffing and dressing.

SPEAKER_00 21:57

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 21:58

Let's just put that. You know, we ain't getting yams out the can.

SPEAKER_00 22:03

True.

SPEAKER_02 22:04

Okay. So if your if your little your little uh pantry is full of uh canned goods, that's not Thanksgiving dinner. That's just something you put in.

Dressing vs Stuffing And Store-Bought Options

SPEAKER_00 22:14

I think holiday meals are the time is the time to shine. Like you make, you take the time to work on your craft.

SPEAKER_01 22:21

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 22:22

And you take the time to make things from scratch because you're putting your love and effort. If you can. Now, if you cannot, I have seen it. Costco, let me tell you, Costco came through this year. Costco has the$40 meal, half a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, I didn't say dressing, and green beans for like$38. You can just put that in the oven. You sprinkle some seasoning.

SPEAKER_02 22:48

No, no, no. Don't give people no fun.

SPEAKER_00 22:51

I'm just saying, if you cannot, if it's not something that you can achieve, it's okay. You can you can go to a restaurant, make yourself a reservation, go to Texas Day Brazil and eat Boston Market.

SPEAKER_01 23:04

Something.

SPEAKER_00 23:04

I don't know if Boston. Something. Eat you a nice meal. However, KW, take the time to work on at least two recipes throughout the year that you would like to try.

Turkey Reality Check And Final Warnings

SPEAKER_02 23:18

Right.

SPEAKER_00 23:18

If you've never made a turkey, it's okay.

SPEAKER_02 23:21

This ain't this ain't the time. This ain't the time. You can invite it. Don't say you only bring a turkey. Hell no.

SPEAKER_00 23:25

If you leave the gibblets in next inside the cavity of the turkey, just don't. If you have not defrosted your turkey, let's say putting it in the in the refrigerator, maybe about four days before it's time to cook so it can defrost.

SPEAKER_01 23:40

Don't. It's too late.

SPEAKER_00 23:41

And it and it has spilled its juices all in your refrigerator. Just too late. Throw everything away and start over.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

It's too late.

SPEAKER_00 23:49

Don't volunteer for that.