Turkey Help-Swear words have been uttered

julieq

Couple of ways of persuading sceptical men but they both involve slight discomfort bordering on pain.

First one is to jam the palm of his hand onto a hot ring for a couple of minutes and ask him to notice how the muscles tend to contract when heat is applied and relax over time subsequently.

The second is to have a little bet with him as to what point it would be comfortable after heating to have a cooked turkey sitting on his naked lap. It would be well worth doing this before Christmas with a reasonably priced frozen bird, otherwise you risk spending the afternoon in front of a rather stern looking triage matron rather than snoozing in front of Bond (and potentially spoiling the taste of the Kelly Bronze).

Or you could just do what I do which is to tousle the hair lightly around 11am, affect a slight smell of gin and cooking sherry, and fix a wild eyed and slightly dangerous looking stare on any male within 40 yards of the kitchen area. It will also get the house vacuumed before the guests arrive, and if you're lucky and have a past history of minor (but contextually fair) aggression you may well get the bathroom cleaned too.

Barneysmom

My thoughts exactly Julieq! :cool:

I will so miss all the kerfuffle this year, having been and bought a big turkey breast, how on earth am I going to persuade His Lordship (without threat or violence ) to get the house vacuumed :rotfl:
The bottle of Baileys hidden in the cupboard under the sink has been a Godsend these past years, come 11.00 a.m. I'm not fussed when how or what we have for dinner, as long as there's cake afterwards.......;)

nearlyrich

looby-loo wrote: »

Please, please would you come round and show my husband that this really does work - that meat is better for being rested. He refuses to have it removed from the oven until the veg is all done - then complains that the veg is not perfect because I need to keep it waiting for him to carve. In 27 years, on the odd occasion that I've managed to sneak any joint out 20 mins or so before, he has commented on how good and juicy it was but when I told him this is what I did he'll say, 'ahh! good flavour but a bit cold':mad:

My Hubby thinks that too but I have convinced him after 20 years that I know what I am doing LOL;)

Glad it all worked out OP:T and thanks for letting us know;)