“She just kinda tosses it on the table , as if to say “And you’re damn lucky I stopped at the store and bought it!”
And that, in a nutshell, is why family holiday meals have turned into the equivalent of company pot-lucks.
And that is why I have holiday meals with my REAL family, my little family, my kids and grandkids. So much less stress, and they don't care if I bake pies and cakes in my Easy Bake oven (that's what I call my toaster oven, no room in here for a stove).