It’s a YouTube Thanksgiving

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    • CleverYTThanksPOV.pngThanksgiving dinner. It’s the one time of year we can sit around with
    our stretchy pants on, nibbling all day and no one is going to judge us.
    That being said, I have been to Thanksgiving dinner where no one did
    much more than push their dinner around on their plate to make it look
    like they were eating. We’ve all experienced the horrors of dried out
    turkey, canned cranberry sauce and gravy that tastes like flour paste.

    

Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, and YouTube, I am sharing a few video’s that will not only help make your Thanksgiving more successful, but will also prevent you from spending more money on antacids than necessary.
    One of the basics to having a great Thanksgiving dinner – and holiday for that matter – is cooking the turkey. It’s a staple of the traditional Thanksgiving. This video from Howdini shows a great way to prepare a moist, succulent bird:



    Another essential: How to Carve a Turkey. This video from Cooking.com is a good demonstration of what to do when you have to carve a bird. Folks of a certain age should just *know* how to do this. If you’re old enough to be living on your own and you can host a Thanksgiving dinner at your place, carving a turkey is simply a requirement to being a good host(ess):



    Thanksgiving gravy seems to scare people. So, I felt the doyenne of domestic, Martha Stewart, would be the best to show us how to get our gravy on. It doesn’t hurt that the lovely Jennifer Garner is in this video.Make sure you watch her face when she eats the raw cranberry. Priceless!

    Lisa Frame
    Lisa Frame
    A member of the Clever Girls Collective, Lisa Frame lives on the outskirts of Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and 10-yr. old son. She is an aspiring picture book writer, cupcake connoisseur, lip gloss wearing, retro-loving, wine enthusiast. An avid reader, photographer and coffee addict, Lisa also has a knack for coming up with fun ideas for moms and kids, cooking memorable meals (some for the wrong reasons), lives as green as possible, and blogging about whatever comes to mind. You can find more about Lisa over at A Daily Pinch and Mommyality, wrangling city editor duties at Savvy Source or follow her on Twitter @Daily_Pinch and @Mommyality.

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    • http://profile.typepad.com/elenasonnino Elena Sonnino

      Thanks for the great how to’s! As someone who is about to host 10 people for Turkey day–in a brand new house and kitchen-this will be my first attempt to make Turkey in a very long time. The last time resulted in finding the giblets inside the cooked turkey :(

    • http://profile.typepad.com/mommybknowsbest MommyBKnowsBest

      This will be the first year that we are having Thanksgiving in our own home, so this post helps so much!! Thanks for posting these great turkey tips!

    • http://profile.typepad.com/amybhole Amybhole

      VERY helpful videos — thank you!

    • http://profile.typepad.com/ooph Ooph

      Thanks for the tips. Excellent!

    • http://profile.typepad.com/mcjunkie1 MCJunkie

      Oh my good gosh, what fine videos you posted. So makes me want to drag my frozen turkey out of my freezer right now and cook it up.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406335175 Risna

      This year im thankful for my close fnrieds,family and my 2 jobs. Since last thanksgiving my life has had many ups and downs, mainly downs. If it wasnt for my close fnrieds and some select family i would have never been able to get though it. Specially my second family (denise,kari,and nan)they have helped my doggie paddle my way through the hardest year of my life! i love you guys!!