Figuring out how long to leave your Thanksgiving turkey in the oven feels like a stress nightmare from high school algebra. Converting pounds of turkey into minutes of cooking is way easier when you’ve got a tangible reference point. Say, two adorable holiday-themed kids movies.
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Most of you will use ovens to cook your turkeys tomorrow. But most of you aren’t NASA. We asked their engineers and science writers how they would cook a turkey to perfection using their high tech gear instead of traditional methods. Here are the results:
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With so many people cooped up in a tiny cabin 30,000 feet in the air, it’s inevitable that at least one flight experience in your life is going to be less-than-stellar. But some experiences are much, much worse than others. So while you’re traveling home this holiday season and that baby next to you won’t stop screaming, just be glad you weren’t on any of these flights. And if you were, we are so, so sorry.
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If you celebrate Thanksgiving, odds are you’re going to see a variety of different foods on the table tomorrow. Accounting for everyone’s allergies and dietary preferences means that those of us lucky enough to enjoy a nice meal with family and friends will prepare lots of different foods to suit everyone’s needs.
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For once, let’s not lie to ourselves about how we’re going to "take it easy" this Thanksgiving. Most of us are going to give thanks by indulging like gluttonous pigs. It’s okay, we can give ourselves a pass every now and then, but let’s be real: if we don’t want to have more chins on our chin’s chins by New Year’s, we’re going to have to work it off.
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Every family has some dish that only they eat on Thanksgiving. Maybe it’s from the old world. Maybe it’s some amalgamation of mincemeat and lime flavored gelatin. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want you to share it—and the recipe.
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Black Friday isn’t all about shopping carts, it’s also about shopping cars! Retailers of all stripes are targeting drivers this year and some are being mighty creative in their quest to win over car owners. Umm, please keep in mind the term “door crasher sale” isn’t to be taken literally.
This will be the first Thanksgiving I’ve ever spent away from family. I really couldn’t take another round of traveling on the worst travel day of the year. And although I’m looking forward to a jolly, boozy holiday with my friends, in the back of the mind I will miss gorging myself on turkey in close proximity to the people with whom I share genetic material.
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A New Zealand break-out singer from New Zealand is out front again this
holiday season. Back in August when she released her successfully
popular top forty pop hit, "Royals," she confused the public with a
somewhat contradictory world debut. While on the one hand, she hid
behind the pseudonym ‘Lorde‘ to protect her anonymity, on the other. . .
People seem to take Thanksgiving decorating way too seriously! The lack of funny stuff for Thanksgiving is appalling. We need our readers to represent and send in your best wild, wacky, crazy and OMG funny Thanksgiving decoration photos! After scouring the internet, here’s what we found as the 8 Best Ideas for Slightly Twisted Thanksgiving Decor:
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