I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.

And this is the last minute. The turkey is thawing and the cornbread is baking, so there is no dispute we are in the short rows of our Thanksgiving Day prep.

I think most home chefs (me included) will over-prepare for the day. Why? Because we were raised to believe that the worst thing we can do is not have enough food for the big day.

So we’ll plan too much and invariably end up with a ton of leftovers because it’s human nature to go big rather than have anyone in the family go home hungry.

The Thanksgiving meal will turn out fine, but it will also involve that inevitable dilemma of having to deal with a topic that most home chefs try to avoid – leftovers.

It doesn’t have to be tha

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