Diane, me & my Sister-in-Law Christi still working with the dressing.
This year the church purchased 26, 20 pound turkeys to be fixed. On Thanksgiving day we had one dropped off by a nice lady so we ended up with 27 turkeys this year. The ladies are picking the meat off the bones & then putting it in the roasters behind them to keep warm until we were ready to serve. Pastor Jeff was at the mission at 6:30am to start the meal preparations. Of course I didn't make it till 8:00am.
We chopped up 50 pounds of cabbage to make the coleslaw, it is also mixed together in a washtub.
Behind me is how we mix the potato's, yes we use instant potatoes, we had canned milk, water, butter, salt, pepper & the secret ingredient ..... CHEESE yummy. We mix it in a paint bucket with an attachment attached to a drill. Back in the day we mixed it with a big spoon, but that was hard, we are very Thankful to have the home made mixer now.
