1 hour ago, Heartland said:

Sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon and get to enjoy some of that Turkey.

I feel much better today! The chills remain but other than that I feel normal now.

Wrong time of the year to be getting sick, I feel for you. 

My wife's grandmother could put most master chefs to shame when it came to good old southern style cooking and my wife learned pretty well from her, so we usually have those huge spreads of several meats and numbers of vegetable's and deserts for thanksgiving and Christmas eve.  Enough food to feed and army and all the kids and grandkids start asking a month before, if she is going to be fixing dinner. 

I also do a lot of cooking but my thing is more along the lines of gourmet Italian dishes, various breads and fancy deserts.  Just got through making Alton Browns killer coconut cake I've been making for a couple years now. Coconut if my favorite cake and his is the best I've ever eat, however, it's not that easy to make.   After living it Italy for almost six years, I feel in love with traditional Italian cooking.

Here’s what we ate for Christmas. 11 lb prime rib and twice backed potatoes