Q: What happens if I forget to thaw the turkey? A: Smaller turkeys can be thawed in a microwave oven. Make sure your microwave oven is large enough to hold the turkey especially if the oven has a ...

I had always assumed, based on my mother’s easygoing Thanksgiving Day manner, that roasting a 22-pound turkey was a breeze, but now that I’m old enough to make my own bird–and my mother lives 500 ...