It's because I have to take them over to my parents house. Just a couple of miles but I don't want to have to dirty Mom's pot for the tatters. I can prep it all before the dinner, let the roast rest during transport but the roasted garlic mashers I'd like to be hot for service. If I make them at home then they get less than hot, I considered using a preheated crockpot on high but I've never tried it and I'm not sure if they would get watery. Mom's not in the best of health and neither is my sister, so it's all on me. I'd hate to ruin the dinner, Dad deserves a feast. Smoked sirloin tip, roasted garlic mashers, corn and freshly made garlic bread. I was too sick to do anything more than give him a card and some chocolates for Father's day and he deserved better. Next up is ribs and smoked BBQ beans for Mom because I was too sick for Mother's day. Sister gets BBQ chicken because I was too sick to do more than buy a card for her birthday. Being sick sucks when you want to do something special for your family. Also, I owe a couple of racks of ribs for the friend that took me to the ER, resulting in my admittance and curing treatment. I told him that besides a special place in the hereafter, he'd earned ribs for life, or pork butt, sirloin tip, standing rib roast, chicken, etc. If I BBQ, he gets a share.