We have much to be thankful for this week.

I, for instance, went to AT&T Stadium to see how the Cowboys were getting ready for Thursday’s game.

They’re getting ready by doing a lot of cooking, but it left me with a lot of questions:

Where’s the extra turkey legs? Where’s the extra turkey legs, AT&T Stadium Culinary Team?! Who ever heard of a two-legged turkey?!

And why isn’t Dak Prescott cooking the turkey? He’s a rookie, after all. He needs to earn his keep.

AT&T Stadium had 350 cooks preparing (and these numbers are true) 9,200 pounds of turkey, 3,200 pounds of ham, 1,800 pounds of mashed potatoes and 3,800 pounds of cornbread.

In case you’re worried your mouth might get dry, they also made 420 gallons of gravy, which actually seems like a small amount of gravy. I’ve done a lot of research on this issue, by which I mean, I googled, “How much gravy should I have per person?”

So, if everybody at AT&T Stadium gets a half cup of gravy (I imagine some will take no food and just sip from a mug of gravy), that’s 45,000 cups of gravy.

Google would also explain that there are 16 cups in a gallon.

That’s 2,812 gallons of gravy! They’re gonna run out! I assume Jerry Jones reads this blog. Attention, Jerry! We’re gonna run out of gravy! We gotta stop this thing!

This year, the stadium is also introducing “Truffle Mac and Cheese.”

Because I’m kind of a big deal, the stadium gave me the recipe. Sure, it’s also posted online, but the important thing is I’ve got it, in case I ever learn to cook and buy, like, a pot or something. Or learn what a shallot is.

I believe a shallot is a type of cottage found in the Alps.

I was a little disappointed that we were only allowed to watch them make the food. The Rangers let the media show up and try all their new stuff every year.

Here, Jerry Jones stood over our shoulders and sternly told us, “Now you just watch them cook! What are we, the Texas Rangers?!”

So I watched a bunch of li’l old ladies bake thousands of pies with loving care. In retrospect, the phrase “li’l old ladies” is probably a misnomer. Looking at that picture, those ladies don’t look that old, and I’m pretty sure that’s a guy facing away from us.

Back to the stats, though: the chefs have 140 gallons of whipped cream. Again, that doesn’t sound like enough. I feel like I’d whip through 140 gallons of whipped cream if I just held a can of Redi-Whip up to my mouth for ten seconds. I may do that now. For science.

In that same room were dozens of carts filled with cookies. Just filled with them.

Who’s gonna eat all these cookies?

In conclusion, I absolutely did NOT sneak out a cookie. Or several thousand. I didn’t sneak out several thousand cookies, either.

Here’s a rundown of Thanksgiving stats from the stadium:

Expected attendance: 90,000
Turkey: 9,200 pounds
Ham: 3,200 pounds
Cornbread: 3,800 pounds
Broccoli Rice and Cheese Casserole: 4,500 pounds
Green Bean and Mushroom Casserole with Crispy Onions: 2,700 pounds
Yukon Gold Potatoes: 1,800 pounds
Sweet Potatoes: 1,200 pounds
Mac and Cheese: 5,100 pounds
Cranberry Sauce: 180 gallons
Gravy: 420 gallons
Whipped Cream: 140 gallons

You saved $.65 with your Kroger Plus Card, AT&T Stadium.