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[knee-highs]

Because I like to do special things for my students, I planned and paid for a Chritmas party thinking it would brighten everyone�s mood during this gloomy cold snap. Since I don�t have an oven and my coworker does, I asked him if he would mind roasting the turkey for our little party. It was agreed that I would purchase the bird and stuff and prepare it and all he had to do was pop it in the oven for 3 hours.

So last night we had the party with a few coworkers and about 30 kids. I had slavishly sought out ingredients, scouring the streets of Itaewon and even making a trip out to Pyongtaek to obtain some fresh sage for the stuffing.

I had cranberries, which no one ate. Mashed potatoes and gravy. (The potatoes all disappeared but only a brave few took a dollop of gravy.) The pearl onions, the cucumber salad, the tri-colored coleslaw and the Paris Baguette dinner rolls were about half finished. The candy canes, fudge brownies and 3 boxes of donuts were all gone in minutes.


But the topper? The turkey, piled-up in a shapeless gelatinous mess, sat in the middle of the table looking like yesterday's dog barf.

�What did you do to the turkey?�

Turns out my coworker got lazy, asked his mother in law to cook it, so she took it out of the roasting pan I had paid for, placed it in a big old pot and boiled it on high for 3 hours --- stuffing and all.

I barely slept last night thinking of the poor kids who probably think Christmas is something to avoid in the future. My coworker shrugged it off as if it was no big deal and now I am left wondering if his actions were neglectful enough for me to raise a fuss at work.

Should I make my co-worker pay for the turkey?

[Xuanzang]

He should pay but he won't.

[redaxe]

Yes.

My friend's maid put his business suit in the washing machine, and he made her pay for that. Same thing.

Next time, just get a cooked turkey with all the fixings and side dishes from Dragon Hill Lodge, it's way easier.

And then eat it with your foreign friends. Treating Koreans to western food that you prepare yourself is almost always a complete waste of your time, money, and effort.

[jmuns]

you should have been there to cook it, why expect someone to cook something they never have before in their lives the right way.

[Hightop]

[Xuanzang]

I'm surprised she had a pot big enough. I would never trust another reason with my own Christmas party dinner. I can't say I'd have much faith in a Korean young ajeoshi either.

[carpetdope]

[blackjack]

[Forward Observer]

That's what you get for mixing with the unwashed masses kneehighs.

[knee-highs]

I should have added that the man is a middle aged Canadian from some backwater hamlet in Alberta. He knows how to roast a turkey, that was never a question. And as I stated, I don't have an oven and he had agreed to roast the thing weeks ago.

I don't blame his Korean mother in law at all. But I think the guy should at least have the decency to reimburse me for the turkey.

[knee-highs]

[pkang0202]

[jmuns]

[jdog2050]

[Goku]

How much was this turkey?

hahaha she boiled it. I have to wonder what that tastes like...

at least no one could complain it was dry... hahhahahhaa