OT: Favorite Thanksgiving Food
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...and the best part.. long expired...I respectfully recommend the addition of some browned ...
after a slow start on Monday where we saw Sweet Potato of all things running neck and neck, Stuffin really layed the haymaker over the rest of the choices
Almost 15 years in for me and still have not added in the oxtail, curry goat and jerk pork shoulder I’m having...
when I do this poll and type other, I am ALWAYS thinking of you hahaha...true story
No LoBro on the menu bac?
The only thing on the list that I actually like is stuffing. Turkey is my least favorite meat, meaning I'll eat it, but won't go out of my way for it, which is why we're going to Stage Left today for really good steaks.
The only thing on the list that I actually like is stuffing. Turkey is my least favorite meat, meaning I'll eat it, but won't go out of my way for it, which is why we're going to Stage Left today for really good steaks.
I think every year in this thread you say you don’t like turkey lol
Stuffing, but it’s got to have it the sausage in it . If not I will say turkey with lots of gravy .
This year we are doing 2 turkeys: one roasted and one fried. Do any of you people have other meats or ethnic specific entrees at thanksgiving?
Wife is Italian so there is always an Italian dish. This year it’s homemade manicotti. I don’t fill up on that because that’s like a regular Sunday dinner meal for us all year. But it is pretty damn good and in most years the manicotti and lasagna go faster than the traditional thanksgiving stuff . What can I say we are dysfunctional!
This year we are doing 2 turkeys: one roasted and one fried. Do any of you people have other meats or ethnic specific entrees at thanksgiving?
Wife is Italian so there is always an Italian dish. This year it’s homemade manicotti. I don’t fill up on that because that’s like a regular Sunday dinner meal for us all year. But it is pretty damn good and in most years the manicotti and lasagna go faster than the traditional thanksgiving stuff . What can I say we are dysfunctional!
Thank you sir...
It’s funny...back when I first met my wife, she would go out of her way to add turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes etc to her Caribbean feast- you know, for the white guy and his kids...lol
It took her a couple of years to notice the me and my two young sons at the time, feasted on her Caribbean food and never got to the turkey.
Same with breakfast...the breakfast of choice for holidays and birthdays is a kid and saltfish fried dumplings or festival, and fried plantains
And of course her rum cake with generous amounts of wray & nephew overproof white rum will give you a buzz
Mickey D's is what I've eaten after not eating much at a traditional T-giving dinner - this time it's just my wife and son and only my wife likes regular TG food, so we overruled her this year, lol...
Wine, it makes everything taste better, doesn't take-up much space in your tummy, and helps if the conversation with the relatives is lets say, boring.
Gravy has to be homemade for me. It's not hard and I don't understand why people go with the jarred stuff. You slave making this great meal and you're going to put gravy on 60%-70% of it. So you're going to taste the gravy a lot.
One TG at my stepmother in-laws I look up on the fridge and see 6 cans of Franco American gravy in the tin cans. I looked at my mother in-law and said, "look at that". She said, "oh no" and preceded to take the pan drippings and make gravy.
We enjoy this simple menu:
Roasted Turkey
Gravy
Whole cranberry sauce (freshly prepped with orange and honey)
Sweet potato casserole (extra buttery with Jameson as the "secret ingredient")
Roasted vegetables (green beans, asparagus, mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper)
Cornbread dressing
Sauvignon blanc
Mixed berry crumble w/vanilla ice cream
Coffee
My fav? It's the whole menu, the sum of all those parts, shared with good company, of course.
Give thanks, all. Happy Thanksgiving.
Roasted Turkey
Gravy
Whole cranberry sauce (freshly prepped with orange and honey)
Sweet potato casserole (extra buttery with Jameson as the "secret ingredient")
Roasted vegetables (green beans, asparagus, mushrooms, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper)
Cornbread dressing
Sauvignon blanc
Mixed berry crumble w/vanilla ice cream
Coffee
My fav? It's the whole menu, the sum of all those parts, shared with good company, of course.
Give thanks, all. Happy Thanksgiving.
very similar
Side dishes include
Mashed potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Brussels sprouts with pecans and cranberries
Carrots multiple colors with honey
Onions with some type of heavy cream sauce
String beans almandine
Broccoli casserole
2 types of stuffing
Typical low calorie fare
There are also about 7 homemade pies. The big discussion on pies is do you use butter or lard. More controversial than pro or anti Trump.
My nephew married a girl who is a baker and she makes two fantastic cakes. She went to culinary school and has a very successful company. To date she remains silent on the great butter/lard debate.
In order to keep the peace I make sure to enjoy all the pies. It would be so wrong if I showed any favoritism
There are opportunities galore to mix sweet and savory.. and pineapple is a good choice fairly often.
Same here, Never cared for turkey but it
was a tradition we kept. but I think the
radicals will kill it anyway.
Checked a bunch, but have been celebrating with a group of 10, one with a ski house in the Catskills for years. One veggy in the group, and my contribution is a pureed butternut squash and apples with curry. Even the carnivores (me included) like it. Time consuming but easy to make.
I lived in Michigan and Texas, and I can never remember green bean casserole being a favored dish in either state.
