This is in response to Jeff

It is tradition in my household as well that the females cooked and the men ate the food. All joking aside, in my early 20's I began to help out regularly with pre-meal preparations, which could consist of going to the grocery store, setting the table, etc. Now, I am "Mr. Turkey Fryer" for my family. Each Thanksgiving, I fry one turkey for my family and will fry additional turkeys for members of my family, but I do not step foot in the kitchen to prepare any type of side dish on the stove. This year, we hosted Thanksgiving for my entire family (25 people) this year and I assisted my wife with the pre-dinner preparations and the post dinner clean-up. Not sure how soon "we" will tackle that feat again, but I can tell you "we" were exhausted afterwards! :-)