Will you have to go-broke buying extra cookware? No, but it's fun!
What hardware will you need?
- 2 gallon stock pot (or bigger)
- To make turkey stock
- To make mashed potatoes
- For some reason, most cookware sizes in the US are measured in quarts: 2 gallons = 8 quarts.
- Roasting pan
- For the turkey. If your roasting pan is a little rusted/pitted at the bottom, you should just go buy a throw-away foil one from the grocery store. $5 max, and clean-up is a non-issue. If you have a $200 All-Clad one from your bridal shower, use it - this is it's one time per year appearance. Only 39 more times before it becomes a bargain over the throw-away foil pan.
- Cheap roasting pan
- To roast the sweet potatoes. You can certainly break-out the All-Clad, but if you have a cheap metal cake pan or glass 13x9 baking dish - it will do the job
- Attractive baking dish
- For stuffing. You will want to bake the stuffing in a dish that can be put on the table
- Ricer
- For mashed potatoes. My recipe calls for the cooked potatoes to be "riced." A ricer is a hand-held press that squishes the potatoes through small rice-sized holes. This action results in the most tender potatoes possible. Some people use a potato masher - perish the thought - what is this, a penitentiary?
Ricer on the left; masher on the right
- Half-sheet pan (a.k.a. cookie sheet)
- For stuffing. You will toast the bread in the half-sheet pan.
- For the brown n serve rolls. We're not making home-made bread - we have enough to do
- Medium saucepan
- For cranberry sauce
- Gravy boat
- If you're ready to cook Thanksgiving, you're ready to own a gravy boat
- Big-ass knife
- For chopping
- And murder, if necessary
- Some other things you'll need:
- Tin foil: don't try to wheeze-past with regular foil - get heavy duty!
- Paper towels: it's going to get messy. Be ready for clean-up
- Gallon-sized plastic zip-top bags: for leftovers and whatnot
- Kitchen string: you'll want to tie the turkey legs together while cooking; pick-up some string
- Anything else can likely be accomplished with the stuff you already have lying around
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