Article: TURKEY 101; Whether you're a first-time cook or have many Thanksgivings under your roasting pan, here's a lesson in streamlining the traditional meal.(TASTE)

Byline: Rick Nelson; Staff Writer

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Make Thanksgiving dinner? You must be joking.

Millions of Americans - and you know who you are - have long relied upon well-established networks of family and friends to sweat the myriad details that go into preparing the D-Day of all holiday meals, Thanksgiving dinner.

But not us. We didn't just flunk home-ec, we skipped it entirely. Even the holiday's broad strokes are way over our heads. We haven't polished our sterling since the North Stars left town. Put us on gravy duty? Please. You might as well ask us to make a Titan missile.

We've neither pondered USDA-suggested ...

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