With next week being Thanksgiving Day, likely most know by now whether we will dine out, have our meal catered, do the cooking ourselves or just chuck it all for a Big Mac.
For those catering in or cooking at home, certainly there will be leftovers. Southern cooks are notorious for cooking gargantuan quantities for this holiday.
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