well jon - I can see cooking it seperate if you are having a nut roast - because trying to stuff all those nuts would be very time consuming - and there wouldn't be enough in each one to bother with anyway!

re: Thanksgiving in May - or whatever - I do a turkey whenever I feel like it - I've done three since November - and it's about time for another one. Turkeys are one of the "multi- sensory" meals - and sometimes it's more about smelling the turkey in the oven then it is about eating the meal.

My dad, for a couple years after the nest emptied out would cook up turkeys for people specifically so he could smell it cooking. (Momn said she wasn't cooking a turkey for only two people) then He'd cart the roasting pan over to them when it was done.