Thanksgiving menu?

[HeyItsSara]

Does anyone have theirs ready and do you know who's coming?

It would be a carb-heavy meal if it includes stuffing, sweet potatoes AND pumpkin pie. We need to choose!

 

[cjmmytunes]

We are going to my cousins house. I am bringing my mom's picked cucumbers, haven't a clue what anyone else is bringing.

 

[dragnlaw]

Posting it again, just because I love this picture!
'tis the season afterall.

 

[dragnlaw]

 

[larry_stewart]

I signed up for a 20 day Thanksgiving themed Vegan Thanksgiving Recipe class to build up my recipe arsenal and help me get some new ideas. I've signed up for it in past years and was very happy.

 

[caseydog]

Just look at our family Thanksgiving menu posts for the last several years, and you've got it. Actually, last 60 years, but I wasn't on DC then.

One change. I am brining and roasting a turkey breast, instead of a whole turkey.

CD

 

[Linda0818]

The whole family gets together every year and the host (usually the same people every time) does the bird, the mashed potatoes, the corn pudding and the stuffing (as well as appetizers and relish trays) and everyone else brings dishes, both dinner food and desserts. And every dang year I'm in charge of the green bean casserole that nobody eats. I don't even know why I bother. But my son's Aunt always says "Don't forget your green bean casserole!"

It's like.... why? I mean, I personally love green bean casserole. But besides myself, maybe one or two other people will eat it and that's it. I've literally downsized my green bean casserole over the years to a measly 8x8 casserole size, like for an entire houseful of people. And, at the end of the meal, there's still about 3/4 of it left.

 

[larry_stewart]

The whole family gets together every year and the host (usually the same people every time) does the bird, the mashed potatoes, the corn pudding and the stuffing (as well as appetizers and relish trays) and everyone else brings dishes, both dinner food and desserts. And every dang year I'm in charge of the green bean casserole that nobody eats. I don't even know why I bother. But my son's Aunt always says "Don't forget your green bean casserole!"

It's like.... why? I mean, I personally love green bean casserole. But besides myself, maybe one or two other people will eat it and that's it. I've literally downsized my green bean casserole over the years to a measly 8x8 casserole size, like for an entire houseful of people. And, at the end of the meal, there's still about 3/4 of it left.

Although not Thanksgiving, years ago we had some kind of get together and my wife decided to make deviled eggs. She figured it was a popular dish , and we had a bunch of chickens laying a bunch of eggs. So, she boils like 2 dozen eggs, shelled them ( and if you never shelled freshly laid eggs, you dont know what you're missing). It took her hours to prepare the eggs. When she brought them, the only people that ate them were her and my mother. She has never made them since ( partially because of their lack of popularity, partially cause she's now vegan, and partially cause all our chickens died).

Any time I cook/ bring something, Im always keeping a close eye on who eats it, who leaves it over on their plate and how much was eaten.

 

[Linda0818]

Although not Thanksgiving, years ago we had some kind of get together and my wife decided to make deviled eggs. She figured it was a popular dish , and we had a bunch of chickens laying a bunch of eggs. So, she boils like 2 dozen eggs, shelled them ( and if you never shelled freshly laid eggs, you dont know what you're missing). It took her hours to prepare the eggs. When she brought them, the only people that ate them were her and my mother. She has never made them since ( partially because of their lack of popularity, partially cause she's now vegan, and partially cause all our chickens died).

Any time I cook/ bring something, Im always keeping a close eye on who eats it, who leaves it over on their plate and how much was eaten.

I would have definitely been into the deviled eggs. We have those every year as well. My son's cousin, David, gets upset if there are no deviled eggs at every single get-together, including Thanksgiving.

I've tried getting out of making the green bean casserole a couple of times, mentioning that not many people touch it. But nope... my son's Aunt insists I bring it every year. So okay, whatever. At least her and I will eat it. But really, we have so much food and so many different dishes (including homemade chicken and noodles, which has become a tradition over time) that only one, maybe two, servings of each dish can be eaten.

 

[rodentraiser]

I usually get Chinese Take Out, pizza, or fish minus the chips (I'm not crazy about fries) for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years in no particular order. I think this year for Thanksgiving I might get the fish. I get about 10 pieces of fried and battered cod and that will give me three good meals. The other two look iffy at the moment. The pizza means I have to make a round trip of 60 miles and that depends a lot on the what the weather is doing. My favorite Chinese take out place closed and I haven't found another one yet. I better start looking. I'm missing chicken almondine something terrible (called almond chicken in the Bay Area, but that's totally something else here in Puget Sound).

 

[Linda0818]

I usually get Chinese Take Out, pizza, or fish minus the chips (I'm not crazy about fries) for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years in no particular order. I think this year for Thanksgiving I might get the fish. I get about 10 pieces of fried and battered cod and that will give me three good meals. The other two look iffy at the moment. The pizza means I have to make a round trip of 60 miles and that depends a lot on the what the weather is doing. My favorite Chinese take out place closed and I haven't found another one yet. I better start looking. I'm missing chicken almondine something terrible (called almond chicken in the Bay Area, but that's totally something else here in Puget Sound).

Ain't nothing better than good, batter-fried fish.

And wow, I thought I was the only person on the planet who doesn't like fries. Well, unless they're McDonald's fries. I'll eat those. But anytime I order a dish in a restaurant that comes with fries, I always ask for a substitution. A salad, cottage cheese, coleslaw, anything but the fries.

PS - I love almond chicken

 

[caseydog]

I usually get Chinese Take Out, pizza, or fish minus the chips (I'm not crazy about fries) for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years in no particular order. I think this year for Thanksgiving I might get the fish. I get about 10 pieces of fried and battered cod and that will give me three good meals. The other two look iffy at the moment. The pizza means I have to make a round trip of 60 miles and that depends a lot on the what the weather is doing. My favorite Chinese take out place closed and I haven't found another one yet. I better start looking. I'm missing chicken almondine something terrible (called almond chicken in the Bay Area, but that's totally something else here in Puget Sound).

Funny... I'm not a big fan of turkey, don't like candied sweet potatoes (and my family refuses to let me make MY sweet potatoes), can certainly do without GB casserole, and hate cranberries.

My Thanksgiving plate has a tiny bit of all of those things, and a huge mound of mashed potatoes and gravy.

BTW, my twice-baked sweet potatoes with butter, maple syrup and diced jalapeños...

CD

 

[rodentraiser]

Ain't nothing better than good, batter-fried fish.

And wow, I thought I was the only person on the planet who doesn't like fries. Well, unless they're McDonald's fries. I'll eat those. But anytime I order a dish in a restaurant that comes with fries, I always ask for a substitution. A salad, cottage cheese, coleslaw, anything but the fries.

PS - I love almond chicken

The almond chicken in California is just chicken in sauce with lots and lots of almonds. The first time I ordered it in Washington, it came with breaded chicken, a little sauce, and fewer almonds. I finally figured out if I want what I used to get in California, I'd have to order the Chicken Almondine.

I used to really like Burger King fried, but the ones I liked they discontinued. I'm not crazy about fries from any fast food place, although I do love thick cut steak fries.

 

[Aunt Bea]

A small casserole of turkey and gravy topped with traditional bread stuffing, maple glazed carrots and cabbage salad.

Dessert will probably be vanilla ice cream with walnuts and maple syrup.

 

[caseydog]

A small casserole of turkey and gravy topped with traditional bread stuffing, maple glazed carrots and cabbage salad.

Know what? That sounds good. I'm not a big fan of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, so a "casserole of Thanksgiving dinner" doesn't not sound bad at all to me.

I'm hopping the cabbage salad is not part of the casserole. That would be a bit weird.

CD