There isn’t enough room in the refrigerator to store all the food prepared for Thanksgiving. What do you do? If the temperatures are cold enough, you can use the garage, deck or patio as auxiliary cold space, but before you do, read below.

We were still living in the suburbs of Detroit; a family friend was hosting Thanksgiving dinner for about 20 guests. Food was covered and stored in their unattached garage. Near the dinner hour, several of us went out to the garage to bring in the food to heat and serve. Apparently, the garage door was left open revealing some sort of circus inside. A family (or two), of muskrats from the Ecorse Creek were jumping on plates, tearing off foil and plastic wrap and pushing each other to get at the pies, salads, and yam casserole. I half expected them to start tumbling or eating fire.

Man! They loved that yam casserole!

I don’t remember where, but I came across this simple but brilliant solution!

Use your cooling racks!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!