One week ahead
• Make and freeze the tamales.
• Make and freeze the corn bread.
• Make and freeze the pie dough.

Two days ahead
• Make a simple turkey stock with the neck and giblets and canned chicken broth.
• Make the corn bread stuffing.
• Make the pots de crème.

One day ahead
• Bake the pecan pies.
• Make the creamy anchos.
• Assemble the sweet potato-chile rajas.
• Make the creamed corn.
• Prepare the shrimp with garlic butter.
• Make the crab salad for the tostaditos.

Early Thanksgiving Day
• Roast the turkey and make the gravy.

Before hors d'oeuvres and dinner
• Finish the tostaditos and the shrimp.
• Steam the tamales.
• Bake the stuffing and the rajas.
• Cook the green beans.
• Rewarm the creamy anchos, gravy and creamed corn.