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Nope! But I am this year for the first time...I'm a little nervous!

I've cooked Thanksgiving dinner for the last 5 years... and I'll be cooking it again this year! I love doing it, and my parents love that they don't have to cook, haha.

The first year we were married, I did a big Thanksgiving dinner for the whole family. It was fun but in reality our place is too small so I prefer to bring lots of things to someone else's house for the time being.

I've never hosted. I'd love to some day!

Yup, it's a lot of work but very fun. I am not hosting anyone this year, though. I am way too busy. I'll cook a mini feast just for our little family.

Only once when we didn't go to family/friends. It was not super successful.

@cram88: @aprk: first year for me, too! We're having 9 people over, so I'm pretty terrified! Crossing my fingers that I don't ruin the turkey!!

@Pepper: Same here! DH and I have hosted for the last 4 years, this is our 5th. I hope to continue this!

It started because I worked at a bank and always had to work the day after Thanksgiving and didn't want to have to travel all over the state and our families get along just fine so it works out well for us. Oh, and I LOVE to cook and honestly the only person who is better than I am is my Dad and he doesn't want to do a big meal like that anymore so it guarantees that we get a kickass meal (if I do say so myself...)

@Bookworm: I highly suggest the bags that you can cook the turkey in, it's pretty fail safe! I can't remember what brand they are? Reynolds? Glad? Hmm..hang on...ah! Reynolds:
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I will mix softened butter and lots of herbs, garlic and dried onion flakes then make that the rub for the turkey (inside and out) and it give it really awesome flavor!

Yes. I've cooked it every year since I was 15. I'm the cook of my family, and the last three years I cooked it for both my family and the inlaws. This year it's just us and my grandparents though.

yes twice! the first time all by myself in college and i must say that it turned out fantastic! the second time my mom helped, and it was awesome. it was so much fun.... wish we had tons of family near so we could have thanksgiving together!

I roasted the turkey this year (Canadian, we already had thanksgiving) and it was deeelicious. I once did a whole dinner for my friends, but not a full turkey, just the breasts. So, I've done all the pieces but not at once?

No. My parents never did a big traditional thanksgiving. We have a big brunch with about 60 people so my mom will just get a premade turkey because she has no time to cook dinner, she has company over all day long, and we'd eat leftovers from brunch.

Now we go over to my inlaws for dinner.

@aprk: Thanks, I will!
@babyjmama: Thank you! I was going to try a recipe that called for covering the turkey, these would be much easier to mess with.

Oh yeah. I cook almost every year unless we visit my parents, then Mom cooks.

I cook Thanksgiving every year for a local home for homeless veterans; my mom hosts Thanksgiving every year and won’t cede power!

IMO, it’s not *hard* to make a full Thanksgiving dinner on your own; but you do have to plan and map out everything. Stuffing can be made the night before, turkey you just throw in the oven and let the oven do the work, you can prep your potatoes the night before, cranberry sauce and pies can all be made several days ahead of time. I roast winter veggies (squash, yam, etc.) and prep those the night before and they roast at the same time the turkey cooks. I also make mac and cheese; which I prep the night before (shred the cheese and cook the noodles) and then just make the cheese sauce and put everything together in the morning. Green bean casserole can be put together the night before and just cooked the morning of. It’s not so daunting if you divide up your tasks.

This will be my third year in a row cooking Thanksgiving dinner. I started to realize that I wanted to eat food that I really liked, so I just started cooking it. We host in our tiny apartment, but I like to do it. It saves me from having to go to my in-laws.

I did one year. It was so much work and preparation, but my family said it was one of the best turkeys ever! The only small catastrophe we had was the roasted pecans caught on fire

Nope, but hubby claims he makes a mean turkey. We've been together for 6 years and I still have yet to see this turkey! haha!

Hubby's uncle makes Thanksgiving lunch and we all go over there. We'll bring a dish to contribute, but normally, he has more than plenty of food as is! Then we go over to his Aunt's house and she's got her own thing going so we house hop while stuffing our faces at each place. Talk about food coma galore!

Never by myself. When I was 15 me, my brother and his wife all cooked together (for some reason that year it was just the 3 of us and their baby).

I had one year in my early 20s where my then-roommate (who was a chef) cooked, and every year since we've gone to DH's aunt's cabin on the Chesapeake Bay. She does the bulk of the cooking, but MIL and I have been slowly taking it over from her (she's thrilled). Last year I did all the breads and desserts and MIL did the potatoes (regular & sweet potato), stuffing and cranberry sauce. This year I'll do breads and desserts and maybe bring another side or two, just have to figure out what...