Dude, there’s way too much serious good cooking information and advice contained in there from points 1,2,3, and especially 5 for you to not get the cranberry locked from scratch. Make the cranberry the day before and drain it some, then allow to sit in fridge overnight. It’s so fuggin good.
1. No brining. Oven bag is the way to go if you actually stuff your bird with something sweet. Can’t have all that salt messing with the stuffing.
2. Damn straight.
3. Mash? Hell no. Roasted! Use peanut oil and Lowry’s Seasoned Salt to excess.
4. I tried making my own cranberry. Yuck. Not trying that again.
5. Move the green bean casserole directly from the oven to the trash can. Ain’t no one got time for that.
Dude, there’s way too much serious good cooking information and advice contained in there from points 1,2,3, and especially 5 for you to not get the cranberry locked from scratch. Make the cranberry the day before and drain it some, then allow to sit in fridge overnight. It’s so fuggin good.