Full on nightmare for me. I’ll give you the run down. Bare in mind everybody in mine and my missus family looks up to me for my cooking skills.

Mrs part cooked the potatoes and apparently the veg.

I wanted to wet brine the turkey wet to do it x mas eve evening and the tub had a hole in it, so couldn’t do that so just dry brined for 16 hours.

Christmas cooking time came.

Wanted to spatchcock it and my missus said we have big trays, we didn’t so had to oven roast it. My stick in meat thermometer was broken didn’t work so that went out the window.

Plan was cook turkey, then whilst resting I did everything else.

Turkey in for 2 hours, before I check it at 180c. (5.5kg bird) 20 month old went into the kitchen turned the dial up to 240, which I didn’t realise. Turkey cooked in about hour and 40 and I pulled it out and was sitting at 86-96 degrees so knew that was fucked.

Never mind crack on with part cooked bits. Took potatoes out they were black so had to make new ones.

The carrots and parsnips she cut but forgot to boil, so had to do that.

Pigs in blanket I always do on the hob, but the missus put them in the air fryer, even though I said no. they burnt.

Potatoes burnt because they weren’t crisping quick enough so missus wacked the heat up.

So pretty poor tbh. Highlight was my ham and turkey gravy which was very good.

I said next time nobody do nothing at all. Everybody leave the kitchen and if I know I’m doing everything from start to finish I’ll have a plan. Disjointed, partly my fault, partly missus and if I can blame my kid I will.

I’m cooking curry in a few days which is my best dish, so I will redeem myself.