I brined the turkey per Alton Brown- some vegetable stock, some kosher salt and brown sugar, peppercorns, ginger, a few other things. Sat in the briney icewater from ten wednesday to noon thursday. Then it was just “stick in a bag and cook”. Turned out yummy. Other than that, the daughter helped the wife with the lions share of the other cooking. And it was all most excellent. I killed a sweet potato pie, just to watch it die.