~~GTKY: Thanksgiving Edition~~

Into+the+Kitty

What food can you absolutely not live without when it comes to Thanksgiving?

TJ1979

Obviously turkey. And, well, pie. But sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are pretty mandatory too.

EssJayCee

Honey baked ham and slow cooked green beans

sarenu1

Garlic mashed potatoes and apricot walnut stuffing.


Also cranberry fluff.

sarenu1

Can I say all of it?

But in reality good stuffing is a must.

PipSqueak0313

I can live without all of the traditional Thanksgiving foods. I love them but don't limit them to just T day so the year we decided to go totally non-traditional and have homemade fried pizzas instead was met with no complaints from anyone.

sasq09

Chocolate pie! My grandmother always made chocolate pie for thanksgiving and now I've taken over

Loriimagination

Cornbread dressing! I love it so much. Cheesecake is also a must.

Loriimagination

Cornbread dressing! I love it so much. Cheesecake is also a must.

unaveragejane

I'm really only into the ham and the rolls. Everything else is pretty hit-or-miss for me. Like @PipSqueak0313‌'s family, mine started going nontraditional a few years ago doing a shrimp boil instead. I'm so sad we're not going down for that this year. I asked DH what he wants to do instead since we're having a traditional thanksgiving on Friday. He wants tbones!

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Guennie

Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. They can be made in various ways but I must have all four on Thanksgiving. I don't mind mixing it up with the other sides.

bumpuser9353653

Homemade stuffing with fresh herbs. Stuffed into the bird is best.

CLLDLL

Pie. And I'm pretty partial to green bean casserole...but with homemade mushroom gravy, not canned soup.

km_md

Mashed potatoes. I love my family's big dinners though because we always have a huge variety of vegetables. I could skip Turkey and stuffing but I love having a huge plate of different veggies.

ComeMai

Dressing & banana creme pie. :-)

ElleBeeDub

Homemade rolls I'm on board with non-traditional too, though. We've done pot-lucks with friends the last few years, and I loved that (they weren't organized enough to coordinate who would bring what, I there was no telling what we'd have).

redrockmama

Stuffing and pumpkin pie. Mmm can't wait

PipSqueak0313

lbs2012 said:

I can live without all of the traditional Thanksgiving foods. I love them but don't limit them to just T day so the year we decided to go totally non-traditional and have homemade fried pizzas instead was met with no complaints from anyone.

What are fried pizzas? This sounds amazing! I've never heard of this...I think I've been missing out.

Think calzones only deep fried instead of baked. They came from the region of Itally where I lived between the ages of 9 and 12. My brother spelled the name of them fritelli. We make them by rolling some bread dough into a circle (you decide size of circle but it's usually 1 per person in our house so smaller circles of dough) pile pizza type toppings in the center, fold dough over fillings and seal, then deep fry until dough is cooked. Let cool a moment and enjoy.

JEPES1348

Stuffing!

PipSqueak0313

unaveragejane said:

I'm really only into the ham and the rolls. Everything else is pretty hit-or-miss for me. Like @PipSqueak0313‌'s family, mine started going nontraditional a few years ago doing a shrimp boil instead. I'm so sad we're not going down for that this year. I asked DH what he wants to do instead since we're having a traditional thanksgiving on Friday. He wants tbones!

Tbones.......yum. Great idea for a special, nontraditional meal.

EssJayCee

The ILs just sent out the Thanksgiving menu. No honey baked ham. o.O

Nvywife

Pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream.

stoneycakes

I'm sorry @missmimsyy.

springbeduk2

Stuffing stuffing stuffing and pumpkin pie. Though now I'd also be sad without cranberry crisp and shri khand which is an Indian yogurt-based dessert we added to the menu when dh and I got together and he wanted to contribute to our feast.

@starmile‌ I've made non-dairy mashed potatoes that came out pretty good - using Yukon gold potatoes which give a pretty creamy consistency on their own and then with coconut oil, rice milk, and some of the cooking liquid (boiled the potatoes already cut up) mashed in.