What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?

[IrishEyes]

My friends and I are trying to figure out what to make for thanksgiving dinner. I personally love sweet potato casserole. Do you have a favorite thanksgiving food?

[Kali]

1. leftovers!

[Ptah]

16. Leftovers from someone else's kitchen.

[LiberalElite]

2. Turnips. nt

[Capt. Obvious]

71. Rutabagas

[LiberalElite]

77. six o' one, half a dozen o' the other -

http://www.irishamericanmom.com/2012/11/14/how-to-cook-rutabaga-or-turnip-irish-style/

"Rutabaga is a very popular vegetable in Ireland, but the name is never used by the Irish to describe this favorite side for a chicken roast, ham or bacon dinner. The Irish call this root vegetable a turnip."

I'm Irish-American and didn't know 'till reading this article now that Turnips/Rutabagas are an Irish thing. We especially ate them every Thanksgiving. No sweet potatos in my house ever.

According to my mother, when I was very young I liked to eat them raw.

[Capt. Obvious]

78. We called them turnips

They were a staple in boiled dinners.

Years ago I nagged my wife to get turnips for the St Patrick's day boiled dinner and she actually bought turnips. Not the turnips I was looking for.

[LiberalElite]

79. Which turnips were you looking for?

I only know the ones that are generally purple on the outside and orange on the inside.

[Capt. Obvious]

80. Those kind

Those are rutabagas here. They were turnips where I'm from

[mnhtnbb]

3. pumpkin pie

[Sanity Claws]

4. Roasted turkey breast

[restorefreedom]

5. cranberry and walnut stuffing. nt

[GeorgeGist]

6. Orange rolls.

[estate]

37. It's very good, I like it!

[ColesCountyDem]

45. Mincemeat pie with real whipped cream.

[azurnoir]

70. my hat's off to you

somebody actually likes that stuff

the real stuff made with meat or the modern stuff made with raisins and figs(?)

[ColesCountyDem]

73. Yes.

It's a bizarre taste, but I absolutely love it!

[azurnoir]

74. Hey I think I'm one of the 20 or so people that prefers whole berry cranberry sauce

unfortunately I don't live with any of the others

[ColesCountyDem]

75. I love cranberry whole/fresh sauce!

So easy to make, now that we have food processors.

[smirkymonkey]

82. Me too! I make it with orange juice and zest.

It's so easy and it's delicious!

[onecent]

7. gravy

[Lochloosa]

8. My collard greens.

[Lisa D]

9. A simple sage stuffing.

And pecan pie

[geardaddy]

68. Yes, stuffing is my fave.

[sarge43]

10. I like the New World menu - food found in the Americas

Turkey

White potatoes with gravy

A tomato, sweet pepper, corn salad

Cranberry sauce

Pumpkin pie

[petronius]

19. I was going to say mashed (white) potatoes and gravy, but I really like your NW structure

Never looked at it that way...

(Do you have a good recipe to share for that salad?)

[sarge43]

27. Food, not gold or spices, was the NW treasure trove

Quick and easy recipe: Slice tomatoes and peppers (color mix is nice), sprinkle corn over them, drizzle with your fav oil and vinegar. I like sherry vinegar with this. It's mild so it doesn't overwhelm the veggies.

Cheating a bit, spinach as a bed or shredded in the mix

[KamaAina]

54. Mom's boyfriend's daughter's know-it-all boyfriend whipped that up one year

not that exact menu -- I believe sweet potatoes are also found in the Americas -- but close. Yum!

[sarge43]

55. Yum indeed

Sweet potato: Americas

Yams: Africa

I forgot to add squash to a NW menu, but the pumpkin pie will have to do.

[PennyK]

11. My mother's stuffing...

...cooked IN the bird. heaven, exquisite, delicious. Sadly, Mom is elderly, I love 1,000 miles away, and I'm on a low-carb regimen. But I can dream!

[Aerows]

12. Green Bean Casserole

I have never been able to get enough of it.

It is ludicrously delicious.

Stuffing in a far second, but it is also on the list.

[sarge43]

39. Oh yes

A thin crust of bread crumbs, lightly toasted and almond slivers in the beans. Mmmm

[FrodosPet]

81. For a contrasting viewpoint about GBC

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=815824

(I'm in the pro-GBC camp myself)

[Major Nikon]

13. Whiskey

[NobodyHere]

15. Wild Turkey

[Wolf Frankula]

25. Is that Straight

or with, soda, water or Coca Cola?

Wolf

[El Supremo]

40. Sparkling Burgundy

[Contrary1]

14. I love stuffing/dressing, but...

I won't eat any that I don't prepare myself. I, along with about 8 other guests, suffered food poisoning a few years back. If you make some, be careful.

Also...deviled eggs.

[PasadenaTrudy]

17. Baked yam casserole

with brown sugar and marshmallows.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. I love most of it - EXCEPT FOR THAT AWFUL SWEET POTATO THING!

You know - the baked sweet potato, brown sugar and marshmallow glop. Eww.

That's the only Thanksgiving dish that I won't eat on a bet.

[murielm99]

26. My grown children love that.

I have to serve it.

[MrMickeysMom]

20. Smoked turkey and homemade cranberry sauce...

Then, saving the left-overs and making turkey pot pie with it all.

Better go to bed now and dream of food...

[IrishEyes]

21. Thank you for all of your ideas.

There will be a lot of people coming for dinner this thanksgiving. I like most thanksgiving foods except cranberry sauce. I'm also not really a pie person. Unfortunately, pies are usually the staple dessert dish at thanksgiving.

[Renew Deal]

22. Turkey and cranberry sauce

I like the cylindrical one that comes out of the can.

[mrmpa]

23. I just made a new soup today, that might become..........

a first course..........Butternut and Acorn Squash soup.

I went to the food bank for the monthly Product to People program & received 1 each of the above mentioned squash.

The soup is very easy to make: Sorry couldn't copy it over. I found it on allrecipes.com

it was delicious here's the link: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/59635/butternut-and-acorn-squash-soup/?internalSource=staff%20pick&referringId=16370&referringContentType=recipe%20hub

[mythology]

24. Mine is mashed potatoes and gravy

Although with my parents being vegetarians and using almond milk, it's hard to get good gravy or mashed potatoes any longer.

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. Me too. The real deal

Russet potatoes, butter and I use plain yogurt instead of milk to give them a bit more flavor.

[smirkymonkey]

35. Mashed potatoes. Fluffy ones!

yum!

[bigwillq]

28. Stuffing, Mashies, Pumpkin Pie

I am not a huge turkey fan.

[hobbit709]

29. Pecan Pie

[femmocrat]

30. Stuffing.

I make my mom's recipe. So good!

[jpak]

47. ...

[fizzgig]

31. we've added brussle sprouts to our menu

we're doing a salad this year of spout leaves, hazelnuts and hot bacon dressing

[Iggo]

32. Filet Mignon.

[pinboy3niner]

33. Cilantro

[geardaddy]

69. Ha!

I'll just eat a bar of soap instead.

[fleur-de-lisa]

36. A couple of Cosmopolitans . . . or eight

They are made with cranberry juice, after all. Does that count?

[hibbing]

38. my mom's dressing

Baked so the top and bottom are crunchy and the middle is soft.

Peace

[Algernon Moncrieff]

41. Sausage Balls

Stuffing and rolls are close seconds

[Renew Deal]

42. I have a few

Plain old stuffing
Plain old cranberry sauce
Pecan pie
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin cheesecake
Turkey gravy

I'll pick at anything.

[jmowreader]

43. A big ol' hamburger the day after Thanksgiving

I have no fond childhood memories of Thanksgiving, so Thanksgiving food is anathema as far as I'm concerned. But the day AFTER that abysmal day...man, I hit Five Guys and chow the fuck down.

[IDemo]

44. Nachos

Who needs turkey?

[ohnoyoudidnt]

46. A turkey sandwich with stuffing,

homemade cranberry sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie and creamed peas on rye.

[yuiyoshida]

48. THIS year I am doing something Different for T-day...

I got tired of Peking Duck.

[KamaAina]

56. How exactly do you plan to pull that off?

For those of you back East, Dungeness crab season usually starts about now off the Northern California coast, thus giving rise to a Thanksgiving tradition. But thanks to global warming an algae bloom in the Pacific, the season has been delayed.

[yuiyoshida]

58. Crab is sold all year round at Fisherman's wharf...

and there is also a Chinese restaurant that not only serves it, but will deliver it to your door.

[KamaAina]

59. It'll be from elsewhere, and the prices will reflect that

not to mention the quality.

[yuiyoshida]

62. well its not frozen

They keep them in a tank. Fresh is fresh..

[Texasgal]

86. Did they re-open the season?

I heard there was something going on? I'll be in your beautiful city in January! I hope I get to eat some CRAB!

I also heard that Sam Wo re-opened. I need some Won-Ton soup!

[yuiyoshida]

88. If you go down to Fisherman's wharf

its always crab season.

[lame54]

49. Once you cover the plate with gravy it's all one food

[KamaAina]

51. You don't cover the plate with gravy, silly!

You make a lake in the mashed potatoes, fill it, and then pour more over the turkey and stuffing. Everybody knows that!

[lame54]

52. I thought i just said that

[KamaAina]

50. Sauerkraut

It's a Bawlmer thing. Supposedly it aids in the digestion of everything else.

Actually, I don't have a non-favorite Thanksgiving food except maybe green bean casserole.

[dorkzilla]

53. Stuffing! and, although its not American its a tradition in my family...

a good old-fashioned sherry trifle just like my sainted Irish Grandma made every Thanksgiving and Christmas, although I buy REALLY good sherry and am much more generous with it.

[DFW]

57. The whole package!

We've ordered an 18 kilogram turkey, and have 18 guests slated to come, from the USA, Austria, and a bunch of Germans who know from past experience where the best meal in Germany is to had next week.

We get stuffing and cranberries from the States, and my wife makes amazing cranberry sauce from scratch. Mashed sweet potatoes, amazing gravy, and an $85 (divided by 20, it's not so bad) half kilo box of dark chocolate aiguillettes from France.

[2naSalit]

60. Cranberries

I like to take the raw berries and chop them up into relish in a food processor, add 1/2 an orange, peel and all except seeds (1 orange/ 2+lbs of berries), some brandy, a little sugar (optional). Chop all ingredients together, place in a bowl and chill for about a half hour then serve cold. I'm sure some sprigs of something green and fragrant would go well with it but it's just awesome with all the other flavors just like it is.

[Codeine]

61. Tofurkey! And pumpkin pie.

And everything else, too.

I just like eating, really.

[Tipperary]

63. stuffing!

[GOLGO 13]

64. Something with liquor.

Apple pie is close second.

[Scuba]

65. Venison roast with Yorkshire Pudding.

[Enthusiast]

66. Wow!

Like a crown roast? Well, that sounds like too much trouble. I think you mean a regular venison roast. Since we practically live on venison around here it wouldn't seem special.

Yorkshire Pudding. Now that is a departure from traditional fare. I had to look it up since I really didn't know what it was. But make no mistake we are highly sophisticated.

[Ex Lurker]

67. My BIL spent 25 years in the Navy

He will only canned cranberry sauce, the kind that plops out in one cylindrical blob, with the imprint of the can still on it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

72. Sweet potato casserole makes me hurl.

It's the one traditional Thanksgiving dish that I won't eat on a bet. Everything else is fine as long as there aren't onions in it.

[d_r]

76. cornbread dressing nt

[smirkymonkey]

83. We have butternut squash instead of sweet potatoes.

I love it just plain. We also have a few green vegetables - usually a Brussels sprout dish w/ balsamic vinegar and cranberries/pine nuts and some sauteed green beens.

[WinkyDink]

84. Stuffing! Stovetop Stuffing (with added celery, onions, butter, and broth)!

[pscot]

85. Pie

[dilby]

87. Pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce.

Then they day after I love to sit down for a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce and stuffing in it and lots of mayo plus lettuce and tomatoes, the best.

[Initech]

89. Pumpkin beer!

[Xipe Totec]

90. Make, model and year? I've had some nice ones and then, I've had some Gawd Awmighty horrible shit. n

[Initech]

91. Yeah true kind of a mixed bag.

Some of the mass produced ones are either OK or nothing to write home about. Some of the smaller batch ones I've had are much better.

[Xipe Totec]

92. Three versions by the same brewery in Maine went from Good to Ok, to Barf it out.

Shipyard brewery:

https://shipyard.com/content/pumpkinhead

Pumpinkead is great. Then they decided more was better, so they came up with smashed pumpkin. Not as good as Pumpkinhead, but still tolerable.

https://shipyard.com/content/smashed-pumpkin


Then they went full bore, cranked up the alcohol and the everything, aged it in bourbon barrels and came up with an abomination that is barely drinkable. Check that, undrinkable. It tasted like pumpkin and bourbon had a schoolyard fight, and Ripple won.


Stay away from this one:

https://shipyard.com/content/double-esb