funny thanksgiving cooking stories

At my family's Thanksgiving, we always have a big cooking day. One time, my cousin was in charge of the cranberry sauce. He accidentally dropped a whole bag of sugar into it instead of a cup. The sauce was so sweet it was like eating pure sugar. We still tell that story every year and laugh about his 'super sweet' cranberry sauce.

A common one is burning the mashed potatoes. You get distracted for a moment, and suddenly they're stuck to the bottom of the pan. Another is overcooking the green beans. They become limp and lose all their crunch.

One horror story was when I tried to roast a turkey for the first time. I didn't defrost it properly, so it took forever to cook. By the time the inside was done, the outside was completely charred.

My grandma once mistook salt for sugar while making the pumpkin pie. Let's just say it was not a pleasant taste at all. We all had a good chuckle when we saw her reaction after taking a bite herself.

Sure. There was this one Thanksgiving where my mom was making the stuffing. She got distracted by the parade on TV. She accidentally put in a whole cup of salt instead of a teaspoon. When we tasted it, our faces scrunched up in the most awful way. We all had a good laugh about it later, but at that moment, it was a shock. And we ended up ordering pizza for Thanksgiving dinner instead.

Here's another. A little kid at Thanksgiving dinner was asked to say what he was thankful for. He said he was thankful for the mashed potatoes because they looked like clouds on his plate. Then he started making up a story about flying on the mashed potato clouds to the land of cranberries. It made everyone at the table laugh and started a whole round of silly Thanksgiving - themed stories.

There was a story in a small Christian community. For Thanksgiving, they were planning to have a big feast and share their blessings. A little boy, who was very excited, thought he could help by bringing his pet chicken to the church kitchen as a contribution. When he showed up with the chicken running around the kitchen, the ladies cooking were initially shocked but then couldn't stop laughing. This simple act of the boy's innocent misunderstanding added a lot of humor to their Thanksgiving preparations while still being in the spirit of sharing within the Christian community.

Another joke is: What's the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner? The turKEY. This is a pun as we often think of a key as something that unlocks or is important, and in this case, the 'turKEY' is made to seem like the most crucial part of the Thanksgiving dinner in a funny way.

Here's one. A turkey says to another turkey on Thanksgiving, 'I'm a little worried.' The other asks, 'Why?' The first one says, 'Well, all these people keep talking about stuffing!'

One funny story could be about a church's Thanksgiving potluck. There was a new member who decided to bring a 'turkey' made entirely out of vegetables for the vegetarians in the congregation. When it was time to serve, everyone was so curious about this unique 'turkey'. Some kids thought it was a real, magic turkey that turned into veggies. It brought a lot of laughter and also started a great conversation about being inclusive during the holiday.