If this holiday season you will be spending time with relatives who are going to be yelling at you anyways you might as well have them complain about things you don't care about. For example I tend to make and bring mash potatoes to a family meal. I know how to make them as smooth as silk or lumpy as hell. Either way they still taste good and people eat them. For family meals I always bring the lumpy kind. That way people complain about the lumps in the potatoes rather than my hair, clothes, boyfriend or lack there of, what I am doing with my life etc. Basically they are too busy complaining about a few simple lumps in potatoes to remember to nag me about something I actually care about. This can be extended to deserts as well. If you make a cheesecake that doesn't come out of the pan well. Basically by not baking the crumb crust for a few min. Then the focus will be on your lack of skills as a pastry chef. You can even roll with poor presentation skills of the dish. Start by saying something like "it tastes better than it looks... I think" and all the focus in suddenly on the dish. You can even make a dish that doesn't taste good. Just throw in spices that don't belong. Your relatives will be complaining about it all evening and leave the more sensitive subjects alone.
I hope that helps you all have a happy holiday season.
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