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c/dinner-table-fightsthe_margaretthe_margaret8d agoProlific Poster

My uncle spent 45 minutes arguing about the proper way to carve a turkey

Last Thanksgiving, my uncle Steve insisted you have to cut the legs off first before touching the breast, citing a YouTube video he watched. Meanwhile my aunt was hiding in the kitchen because she'd already pre-sliced the whole thing in private to avoid the fight. Anyone else got a relative who turns a simple carving job into a full family feud?
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james_singh7
Your aunt hid in the kitchen carving the turkey beforehand to avoid the argument? That's wild. The family tension got so bad she had to go stealth mode with a knife. Uncle Steve sounds exhausting with his YouTube commandments. I'd be hiding too if someone was about to throw down over poultry technique. Turkey carving shouldn't require a covert ops mission. Honestly that's one of the most passive aggressive Thanksgiving moves I've heard.
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the_nina
the_nina8d ago
OH MY GOD the stealth turkey carving is GENIUS though. My cousin's husband did this last Christmas where he spent TWENTY minutes explaining the "correct" way to slice a ham while she was just trying to get food on the table. She eventually just handed him a fork and told him to go carve his own plate somewhere else. People get SO weird about meat.
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