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Thanksgiving is time of reflection, celebration, and of course, our favorite part, the dinner. But as wonderful as many Thanksgiving dinners have been, there have also been some disasters. Here are some photos that highlight some of the blunders of the holiday, and be sure to read more "oopsies" below from some of our readers.
Dear Edmonson Voice,
About 10 years ago, my father-in-law decided he'd deep-fry the Thanksgiving turkey in his brand new fryer. He'd read the directions over and over and had everything set up out in his driveway. He paid close attention to his marinade that he injected and thought he was really doing something. He cooked the turkey just right and everything seemed to be fine until we all realized he fried the turkey with the wrapper STILL ON IT. We scraped most of the melted plastic off the turkey, but the taste of burnt plastic is something you don't ever forget. Dear Edmonson Voice, I have a large family and Thanksgiving is a big deal for us. Each year before we eat, my grandpa calls on somebody to bless the food. It's common for somebody to say a few words about how thankful we all should be before the prayer. One year, my aunt was counting all our blessings and she got real emotional. Everybody was real still cause it was a real serious moment. At least until my 6 year old nephew let the biggest fart you ever heard in your life. His mom was so embarrassed, and all the kids were trying their best to not laugh, but they couldn't help it. He still denies it to this day, but I swear my brother was snickering as he said the blessing. Dear Edmonson Voice, One year my 12 year old son really got into tricks and magic. He had a couple magic trick kits and watched different magicians and illusionists on tv all the time. We were at my mom's house setting the table and making last minute adjustments. All the sudden we heard a huge crash and realized that my son had tried to pull the tablecloth out from under all the food. The turkey, mashed potatoes, and dressing all hit the floor. We picked carpet fuzz out of the food for 30 minutes, but needless to say, the magic tricks ended that day. Dear Edmonson Voice, My sister is notorious for bringing her sick kids to whatever is going on. Three or four years ago, her whole family showed up to my grandparent's house for dinner and her 4 year old son had a stomach virus. She had already told everybody about 3 times how he was running a fever and had thrown up the night before. Everybody had gathered at the table and was settling down before my grandad said grace. Just as everything got quiet, my nephew started heaving and puked all in his plate. Puke splashed over into the corn bowl, which caused my cousin to throw up. He was able to turn his head, but puke was going everywhere. We had to throw the corn out, take everything off the table and remove the vomit-soaked tablecloth. By the time everybody got settled back down, no one wanted to eat a bite of anything. That year will ever be known as "Thanksgagging." Dear Edmonson Voice, We've always gone to my mammaw's house for Thanksgiving. She's 88 and not been able to fix the whole dinner for several years, so different family members fix different dishes and we all pitch in. Last year, everybody was there getting everything together except my sister, who is always late to everything. She fixed the turkey and everybody was waiting on her. She finally pulled up in the driveway and opened up the hatch on her car. Just as her husband got the turkey out of the back, he got his feet tangled up as the dog ran up. He fell and dropped the turkey all over the car port and the dog had half the turkey drug off before we even knew what was going on. We ended up eating ham sandwiches and frozen pizza to go along with all the side dishes. My sister isn't allowed to ever cook turkey again.
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