How to solve the most common Thanksgiving dinner disasters？

　　Don't panic and there's practically no Turkey day fiascothat can't be fixed. Really !You'll need:Aluminum foil, a sieve, flouror cornstarch, chicken broth, a casserole dish, cheese grater. Butter,cheese and cans of whipped cream or heavy cream for whipping. Optional:salt, soy sauce, fortified wine, port, or bourbon and chicken stock。

　　Step 1.Gotto thaw your Turkey. Put it still wrapped in the sink tub and coveredwith cold water. Replace the water every half hour. It will take aboutthirty minutes per pound to thaw completely Tip:You did thaw the birdbut forgot to put it in the oven in time for dinner? Simply cut it intopieces, rub them with oil, pan-fry until the skin is crisp and thenbake them in 350 degrees for about an hour。

　　Step 2. Speedup a slow cooking bird by turning up the oven to 450 degrees but nohigher. Cover with foil to avoid burning the skin. Uncover the bird tenminutes before taking it out of the oven.Tip:Don't worry if you forgotto take giblet packet out of the turkey. Today's packaging as he proved: it won't harm the bird。

　　Step 3.Smooth the lumpy gravy by putting it into a sieve. They can too thin gravy by dissolving ateaspoon of cornstarch flour and to a few tablespoons of cold water,then slowly adding it into simmering gravy. Then thick gravy with somewater or chicken broth. Tip:Spice up bland gravy with salt, soy sauce, pepper, chicken stock and/or a dash of fortified wine port, or bourbon。

　　Step 4.Moisten dry turkey by putting slices into a casserole dish. Cover them with twocups of chicken broth that you brought to a boil with some pantrippings, covering the dishes with foil and baking it for about tenminutes。

　　Step 5.Rescue slightly burned dinner rolls by stripping off the black parts of the cheese grater。

　　Step 6.Savesoggy stuffing by spreading it on a greased cookie sheet, separating itwith a fork and baking it uncovered at 325 degrees for about fifteenminutes。

　　Step 7.Salvage gloomy mashed potatoes by transferring them to a casserole dish. Topping them with butter and grated cheese and heating。

　　Step 8.Solvepractically any cheese cakes you have by spooning the good parts of thedesert into parfait glasses. Alternating with layers of whipped cream。

　　Step 9.Speakingwith cream. Keep the tool on hand to artfully cover unsightly desserts,Stretch any small ones. Your guest will never know the difference.You do know: The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line established in 1980 is mostly manned by to home economics teachers。