Stuffing and deviled eggs. However my family is also full of deviled egg fiends, so mostly stuffing
Whatever I bring. Seriously, the ex gets my kids this year. Of course I’m going for them, but:
- no alcohol
- no soda
- low sugar
- no corn anything
- very little spice of any kind
- none of my family’s traditional foods unless I bring it
While they’re making my favorite pumpkin pie, somehow it can’t have any spices this year. Just pumpkin. So bland but might as well be mayo
Is this some kind of weird puritanical family or something?
Sure I tell them they’re weird all the time, but in this case it’s just understandable compromises adding up to wtf
My ex’s father came to live with her. He doesn’t drink, is diabetic, and is having digestive issues. He also had a bad food experience involving corn so can’t stand the smell. My ex has banned soda to improve her health. I can be understanding of any of these, but it adds up to too much
Collards. I only recently discovered them as a transplant to the southern part of the country, and I love making them because they’re phenomenally tasty. Plus you can justify that they’re dark leafy greens (never mind the gratuitous pork fat).
Green bean casserole.
I was grossed out as a kid, but that stuff is the bomb.
I don't like mushrooms so I make what's basically cream of onion soup as the sauce and it's amazing. Also, stuffing. My mom doesn't really like either one and it's just us, so I get to eat all of it myself.
It's my sister-in-law and I who practically eat the whole dish, lol.
Now I'm hungry lol
Nice! My family doesn't like mushrooms either, so my mom has always subbed in cream of chicken, but onion sounds pretty great too.
Stuffing. I would eat stuffing every Goddamn day of the year except I'd get fat as fuck. I have to literally limit myself to eating it once a year for Thanksgiving or I'll gradually work it into my regular dinner meal plans and even that is too much.
Stuffing has no flavor when my family makes it. Plus the texture makes me gag but texture is like 90% of my hangups with food. I'm a picky eater but I really don't want to be.
Man then your family is doing it wrong, sorry. I use fresh bread, a ton of butter, onions, celery, thyme, sage, salt and pepper, then bake it so every bread cube is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. I have food texture issues too, so I feel your pain, but there's definitely a wrong way and a right way to make stuffing. Also, NEVER put stuffing inside the turkey, it can result in undercooked stuffing and salmonella from the turkey.
The stuffing. I frickin love stuffing
I always have stuffing in my pantry because I'm not waiting around for 1 dinner a year to have it.
I wish it was a more common side. Like if a restaurant had that as a side I would totally get it on non holidays
Leftovers
Political discourse.
I ordered the Popeyes Cajun turkey and i make great stuffing so I'm looking forward to both of those.
Stuffed mushrooms, my aunt's scratch made wheat rolls, and bacon wrapped asparagus.
Candied yams from a can with toasted marshmallows is all I need! Everything else is details.
Cranberry sauce from the can; is it mostly sugar? Yes. Is it yummy? Hell yes. Does it have cool little ridges? Absolutely.
Just polished off the trial run of the dressing and gravy, happy to have them again next week.
I normally make stuffing (we don't stuff but have always just called it that) this week for my coworkers but my new boss sucks and i don't cook for people i don't like, so i just bought a small ham for the luncheon instead. Can't wait to have the stuffing next week!!
Deep fried turkey. We have used the Butterball electric frier for over a decade and it turns out awesome every year.
I’m far from family, so probably my vegan tater tot casserole. I don’t live in the Midwest anymore, but for some reason on Thanksgiving I crave this very heavy food along with my wife’s Mexican green pasta recipe (to die for!).
Always mashed potatoes. I am a freak for some potatoes.
Also my wife's grandma always makes Mac and cheese and usually 2 different kinds. I'm a big Mac and cheese fan so I'm hoping they have that but maybe not since she's getting pretty old now. Maybe I'll have to make them this year!
Stuffing and mashed potatoes. I make the mashed potatoes, and I am really good at it. I am not sure why, since it's just ordinary yellow (or russet, depends on what they have) potatoes, milk, salt, and butter. I don't even peel them, but it gets all the rave reviews.
Making good mashed potatoes is an art form honestly. I'm really good at it too. I go as far as weighing each potato just so I can have the perfect ratio of ingredients. I think most people's potatoes are hit or miss because they just add shit until it looks right but if you have a method they can be consistently awesome.
I'm making Bizzle's Sticky Wieners, which I'm sure already have a name but holy cow I couldn't pass up that joke. It's lil smokies wrapped in bacon and topped with brown sugar, then baked. It's pretty decadent though so I only make them for thanksgiving, I've been looking forward to it all year.
A giant slice of Costco pumpkin pie with a gallon of whipped cream on top. Anyone who expresses disapproval is secretly envious.
Envious? No, I pity the fool who prefers pumpkin pie over the other delicious options!
Nothing in particular. It will all be food.
Mac and cheese with bechamel and a little tomato
Butternut squash soup
Roasted brussel sprouts and bacon.
That is fascinating. Would you mind elaborating on how roasted brussel sprouts and bacon are cooked and how you have a good memory of that?
It's just a simple dish, there's many recipes online with different variations.
Typically, I just slice the sprouts in half and put them in a glass baking dish (nice and fresh, don't use frozen or they will turn to mush). Then, bacon is cut into small pieces and pre-cooked in a pan, nice and crispy. Drain the bacon, then add it to the sprouts, adding back a little of the bacon grease, just enough to cover the sprouts. Into the oven at about 400, giving them a stir halfway through. They're ready when the sprouts are easily pierced by a fork (usually about 20-25 min).
Sometimes, I also add things like onions, beets, turnips, butternut squash (all cut to about the same size as the sprouts). If I'm making a medley like this, I don't always add the bacon, opting for a little oil with crushed garlic, salt and pepper to taste.
Roasted vegetables is one of my most favorite side dishes, as it's pretty easy to make and so very tasty. My parents weren't always cooking easy fixes for dinner and I have vivid memories of things like this at the table. Other Thanksgiving favorites: real cranberry sauce (no canned) and mashed rutabaga. Now I'm so hungry!
Not Peking duck unfortunately. For a couple of years instead of a turkey my brother would get Peking duck. Last year they didn’t do it because we didn’t have as many people coming so they got a turkey breast thing from Trader Joe’s (it wasn’t good, I gave my portion to my dog). This year my mom is insisting on getting thanksgiving stuff from Costco so no Peking duck this year either. Oh well, at least there’s going to be stuffing.
Just about everything, minus the green bean casserole I'm pretty sure my sister-in-law is making. That's one thing I just don't like.
The chaos is my favorite part, the people. I am hosting so make the turkey plus a bunch of vegan sides because one kid is vegan and otherwise she gets not much. So for her a stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted sweet potatoes with chili paste, green beans & mushrooms, "creamed" greens in coconut milk, confit of parsnips.
Now would I rather be putting butter in most of those,and eggs in the stuffing, and sausage? Fuck yes. But I'm her best chance at getting something that is delicious not just vegan, so I do only vegan sides. We have two grandmas attending and one insists on bringing a whole Thanksgiving no matter what I ask so there is all the regular stuff. Like sometimes she literally brings another turkey with her, it's ridiculous. I only want her to bring pies, I cannot pie.
$256 after taxes, and the next day I'll probably buy some fancy Japanese food for $40. Thanks for buying Christmas gifts and cat litter y'all 🤑🤑🤑
white russians and if i catch anyone trying to water them down with milk, they're banned from my special greenbeen casserole
ITT: People who don‘t give two shits about indigenous people
Not surprising coming from settler americans.
What should they be saying in response to the title question, that would be more caring towards indigenous people?
