Thanksgiving Day was spent at my mother-in-laws.  Aunts, cousins etc.  MY MOTHER IN LAW IS A SHITTY COOK.  Always has been.  Thanksgiving has always been at our house, wife and I are excellent cooks and always put out a decent spread.

This year, MIL wants it here at her house.  Her new boyfriend, her mother, her sister, her sisters kids, grandkids, plus my wife and our kids.  Fine.  I agree to go.

Was a debacle.  One 12 lb turkey for twenty people.  Grandma cooked it because MIL was late from driving out to pick up her boyfriend.  Cooked it too long at too low a temp;  popup thermometer didn't pop.  I get picked to carve.  She has TWO knives in the house that aren't butter knives.  A bread knife and a steak knife, both serrated.  WTF.  I have a Kershaw that I use for butchering deer, it's razor sharp.  Literally can't cut the meat from the bone, try as I might.  Meat is hard and dry.  For sides MIL has a green bean/mushroom soup casserole and a broccoli/velveeta casserole and a package of 12 croissant rolls.  No potatoes, no gravy, no cranberry sauce.  One package of generic stuffing.

Meal sucked so yesterday we did it right at our house.  Turkeys were on clearance at Wal Mart so we bought several on Black Friday.  Yesterday I roast two.  Stuffing with sausage, onion, celery, potatoes, gravy, rolls, Texas toast, cranberry sauce, roast squash, green beans, some greens with bacon, the whole nine yards.

When the meal was over we had a two gallon ziplock of sliced turkey, light and dark meat, everything off one bird.  Second bird is untouched, wrapped and put in the fridge.  Son #1 was working 2nd shift and got home last night around 3am.  Instead of taking turkey from the huge bag in the front of the fridge, he moves the bag, takes out the tupperwares of potatoes, stuffing, etc, and pulls out the wrapped whole turkey.  Carves into one side with a knife and fork, eating off the turkey bit by bite, basically one entire side, plus drumstick.  Puts turkey back in fridge, replaces bag of sliced turkey and the containers of sides.

I get up at 6:30 to take out the garbage and feed the livestock.  Open the fridge and see how he destroyed what was going to be another family meal this week.  Nine am and I'm still pissed.  I expect this kind of shit from my four year old daughter, son is freaking eighteen.  Haven't gone in to talk to him about it. I'm too pissed, if I go in there now he's gonna say he didn't think he did anything wrong or he didn't know there was sliced turkey in a bag.  The bag he had to pick up and move to take the wrapped whole turkey out of the fridge.

...it's just a turkey bro

First world problems.....

Teens gonna teen

I have a 20 yo in College. Hit a curb and debeaded 2 tires. Then drove on to his apartment.

Go hug your kid and tell him you love him even though he's a dumbass.

We lost a son at 16. 15 years ago. Still hurts like it was yesterday

i'd have cut it off the bird as well....

I read all of that for............that?

So carve the turkey he munched on, add in the turkey you'd already carved, still have a family meal.  I'm failing to see what the big deal is here.

Oh, and turkey is disgusting anyway, so he actually did you a favor.

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My baby didn't eat nuffin..
He a good boy.

Hahahaa. I have one of those...a 15 year old version of what you've got and mine's only going to get worse. Actually, yours shows initiative. Mine would have polished off the prepped stuff like termites on a balsa wood model because it would have been less effort on his part.

Meh, it's your call of course ...But I'd cut him some slack when you ball him out about it. Might be that he was just tired from working a late shift and had his head up his ass a bit too far to notice the sliced turkey for some reason. Note to self though, make sure he gets a text/voicemail in the future as a reminder not to snag the uncut bird from here on in since there will be cut/sliced turkey already available. Also may want to check with the SO to make sure she didn't tell him some shit like " Since you missed dinner, there's another whole turkey in the fridge" or some variation on that theme...

had to get all the yummy skin lol

He's a growing boy

Eighteen huh?  Just wait, it gets much worse!

Sounds like he saved you some carving......you should be thanking him

No big deal, I bet you would have done the same thing at his age.

Words of wisdom. Sorry for your loss.

That's one HUNGRY young man!!

kids, our son (22) swerves to miss a deer hits guard rail, with entire driver side of car

since it's dark when we go to work we didn't see it until saturday morning.....WTF

We asked him about it, he says..hugh?...oh yea!!h I hit the guard rail a week ago forgot to mention it


How do you forget???

You are upset by this?

With an 18 year old son one would think you'd have learned to pick your battles by now.  He must be perfect in every other way if this is what gets your goat.

Aspiring turkey carver?

He is a teenager and was hungry.  Count yourself lucky that any of the second turkey is still left

This

 

Let it go

Sounds like he enjoyed your cooking, I don't see the problem, especially after you complained about the other shitty turkey your MIL cooked

I'D BEAT HIS FUCKING ASS INTO THE GROUND HOW DARE HE TOUCH THE UNCUT BIRD WHAT'S HE MAJOR MALFUNCTION [: (!]







is it really that big of deal?

OP, I've got three sons, oldest is 25 youngest is 19.  I wish I could tell you it get's better!!!!

He came home from work.  I'd say that alone says he's a pretty decent kid.

were you planning on reheating the whole turkey?

Is you kid named Bumpus?

I bet you waste time putting the little twisty thing back on the bread package, too.

Some folks are a little too invested in food.

This is how I felt also.  


What was the whole turkey for? I assume to eat  like the first was.

18 yr old comes home beat at 3am and does something completely thoughtless....

Does he pay rent? He ought to.

Teaching opportunity

You take him shopping for a nice fresh turkey and all the ingredients needed to make another one just the way you like it and the way it should be done.

Take it and him home and show him step by step how to fix that bird properly.

He learns to prepare it cook it serve it and clean up after like it should be done..

He learns a valuable lesson and appreciation

When he gets up tell him there are leftovers in the fridge, but don't mess with the whole turkey.  Its for a family in need.

Sounds like that bird might make a decent impact weapon.  

Lol

 

anything cooked and in the fridge is fair game.

This is winning right here

I can't imagine, KCR.

Yep, OP, my 18'er does some (beyond) stupid shit--but he still hasn't eclipsed the stupid shit I did at his age.

Give him shit about it and beat him with the leftover turkey but end it on a funny note and as much of a hug as he will permit.  Then, when HIS 18 yo idiot does something, he'll remember this "Dad lesson".

Happy Thxgiving!

TC

I fail to see a problem

I love him.  Early morning is not the best time for me to discover my food has been messed with.

So he doesn't know not to eat "your food"?

bro! do you have any other cool stories?!?

meh. there is still tons of food to eat. He in fact effected nothing of the  next meal. Only the way YOU WANTED TO DO IT.

Your choice, but really. Don't worry about it.

it's just a turkey..
he deserves a beating for that!!
some of you guys must have been a joy to grow up under

if its a whole bird,  there's plenty leftover for another meal..  what's the big damn deal??

Missing the issue, and go feed the livestock



The issue I see is that shitty meal the MIL made.  You should have brought backup, what were you thinking?

He forgot to make a meal for the MIL's house



We would have



 

Really?