I don't care how you're related to me, take the last spoon of moms sweet potato casserole and one of us has to die.

11/21/2011 7:43:14 PM

Fuck that I'll bring my own.

11/21/2011 7:43:53 PM

Green bean casserole is my absolute favorite. Squash casserole is a close second.

[Edited on November 21, 2011 at 7:50 PM. Reason : squash]

11/21/2011 7:48:11 PM

Pecan Pie.

11/21/2011 7:49:53 PM

11/21/2011 7:59:45 PM

traditional is pecan pie or the sweet potato casserole but the tradition in my family is greens with pepper relish. No one really will fight me for it but I would be willing to if there were any takers.

11/21/2011 8:20:27 PM

Woah. Do I have to choose?

I <3 green bean casserole, corn pudding, mashed potatoes, pecan pie...oh and stuffing too...oh lawd.

11/21/2011 8:23:29 PM

Stuffing.

11/21/2011 8:23:47 PM

There is a fast food joint in Buena Vista, Va called "Kenny's" and I always stop there and get a "sauce burger with onions, extra sauce" the day before.

That's my favorite thanksgiving food.

11/21/2011 8:24:55 PM

Shit, I forgot about corn pudding

11/21/2011 8:25:33 PM

And then there is the day after Thanksgiving when you get to make a turkey & stuffing sammich from the left overs.

11/21/2011 8:27:15 PM

Yeah, I like to just put random leftovers in a bowl and mix it all up. Looks like vomit but tastes sooooo good

11/21/2011 8:30:17 PM

my family goes caserole crazy at thanksgiving, so the only thing I really enjoy is the turkey. bourbon soaked pecan pie gets an honorable mention, but I hate the extra 5 hours at the gym it takes to undo the damage of demolishing half a pie.

11/21/2011 8:51:19 PM

My favorites were 2 things that I'll never have again. My grandmothers greenbeans (I have no idea what she did to them, but I've tasted any that were like them since). The other was this homemade strawberry cake with strawberry icing that my grandma's friend used to make us every year. Will never taste it again either

11/21/2011 8:53:52 PM

There are typically 4 things on my plate. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, cauliflower with cheese melted all over it. When it's available, I'll take some brussels sprouts. By the time I'm done, there's usually not enough room left for pumpkin pie.

11/21/2011 8:55:06 PM

^^ why aren't you allowed to eat them anymore? those sound delicious!

11/21/2011 8:56:44 PM

My mom makes these banging sweet potatoes with maple syrup and other mystery ingredients, but my husband hates sweet potatoes so we don't make them for Thanksgiving

11/21/2011 9:15:40 PM

Turkey.

11/21/2011 9:15:55 PM

I don't really have a favorite thanksgiving food. I'm kind of meh about thanksgiving food.

11/21/2011 9:16:32 PM

Oh yeah and spoonbread. NOM NOM SPOONBREAD And brussel sprouts, though I eat those a lot when they're in season. And homemade cranberry sauce.

Day after Thanksgiving I like making turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, cranberry sauce, lettuce, mayonnaise sammiches.

11/21/2011 9:21:19 PM

I like to make day-after-thanksgiving sandwiches with left over rolls, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, and turkey. if it's dry i add a little gravy. nom nom nom!

11/21/2011 9:33:51 PM

Quote :

"I don't really have a favorite thanksgiving food. I'm kind of meh about thanksgiving food."

You're doing it wrong



I love my Grandma's turkey, rice and gravy actually. And her cocoanut cake and cheesecake and banana pudding and sweet potato casserole and corn and pretty much every thing she makes except for fatback.

11/21/2011 9:52:44 PM

lol y'all inspired me to make spoonbread even though I already have enough food lined up for Thursday. All I need to pick up is a can of corn

11/21/2011 9:56:55 PM

stuffed salmon

pumpkin soup

11/21/2011 10:17:59 PM

you people

spoonbread? WTF is that?

My fav traditional Thanksgiving food is cornbread stuffing, but I love when my mom veers off the path and makes seafood gumbo mmmm yum

11/21/2011 10:22:49 PM

sweet potato casserole with marshmallows!!!! Oh, and turkey is pretty good too I guess

11/21/2011 10:23:06 PM

Turkey.


Dat 190% Dark Meat.

11/21/2011 10:25:43 PM

the sage stuffing...omg...i'm drooling just thinking about it now. can't wait!

11/21/2011 10:26:33 PM

Stuffing.

11/21/2011 10:26:59 PM

sweet potatoes

11/21/2011 10:32:30 PM

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"why aren't you allowed to eat them anymore? those sound delicious!"

Because both my grandmother and her friend have both passed. And like I said, I have no idea what my grandma did to her green beans to make them taste the way did, and my mom has tried but she hasn't been able to make them the way Grandma did. And I wish I had gotten the strawberry cake recipe. I know there are several out there, but again none quite like that one.

Of the stuff that is still around I dig my dad's candied yams (which I made for Brett for the first time the other day), mom's mashed taters and gravy and deviled eggs, preferably when I'm the one who made them.

11/21/2011 10:46:29 PM

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"spoonbread? WTF is that?"

It's like a cross between cornbread and corn casserole.

Quote :

"4 tbsp. unsalted butter (1 tbsp. softened, 3 tbsp. melted) 3 cups milk 1 1/4 cups finely ground white cornmeal 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. fine salt 2 eggs, well beaten 1. Grease a 9" round cake pan with some of the softened butter. Cut out a parchment paper circle to fit inside the pan, nestle it into the bottom, and grease the paper with the remaining softened butter. Set the prepared pan aside. 2. In a 2-quart saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, whisking occasionally, over high heat. While whisking, pour in the cornmeal in a steady stream. Whisk vigorously to incorporate the cornmeal, for about 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside to let the cornmeal mixture cool to room temperature. 3. Heat oven to 350°. Transfer the cornmeal mixture to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the remaining butter, baking powder, salt, and eggs and mix on medium speed until uniform and aerated, about 15 minutes. 4. Pour cornmeal batter into the prepared pan and bake until golden brown and puffy and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Serve immediately. SERVES 6–8"

But I also usually add corn kernels to it.

11/22/2011 8:52:16 AM

Sweet potato dumplings.

11/22/2011 8:54:36 AM

oysters

11/22/2011 8:58:02 AM

the stuffing from inside the turkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/22/2011 9:00:35 AM

sweet potato and sausage stuffing with gravy!

Fried Turkey

11/22/2011 9:26:08 AM

post pre and post holiday weight here!

Quote :

"fatty"

11/22/2011 9:26:49 AM

IF ITS GONNA BE THAT KIND OF PARTY

11/22/2011 9:32:49 AM

if i had anyone else to eat with this year, i would love to attempt an oyster casserole. however, since i don't im just making the shit i love, which is turkey, spinach greens, cranberries, jalapeno cornbread and a slice or two of pumpkin pie

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 9:45 AM. Reason : .]

11/22/2011 9:45:42 AM

I am a little sad that as I have cleaned up my diet I don't enjoy most of these foods as much as I used to Except I had some sweet potato stuff last weekend that was baller. And I am in charge of bringing sweet potatoes this year, so I will attempt to recreate it. And I also love cornbread stuffing, but probably won't have that this year.

11/22/2011 9:46:10 AM

^ I think though that it's possible to make Thanksgiving foods that are healthier and yummy. I definitely don't like shit like green bean casserole anymore now that I eat healthier but I love me some roasted brussel sprouts.

11/22/2011 9:54:46 AM

Ditto on the oysters!

11/22/2011 9:55:25 AM

I didn't say otherwise. I said most of the stuff itt is not as tasty to me now, because most of it is not the healthier types of stuff.

11/22/2011 9:57:20 AM

Turkey, stuffing, sweet potato casserole (the kind with nuts, not marsmallows:sick, pumpkin pie, man so many things.

Also one of my family members makes these amazing mushrooms in the crock pot that taste like tiny super tender steaks.

11/22/2011 10:09:42 AM

11/22/2011 10:13:18 AM

Thanksgiving, the one time of year your aunt/cousin who has never made anything fresh in their entire life decides they are Top Chef.

Quote :

"Why are you putting flour in that? Isn't it mac and cheese? I never put flour in my mac and cheese! Why are you heating the turkey pan? What's the vinegar doing out. I never use vinegar for anything! Why are you opening the wine now?"

*shudders*

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 11:37 AM. Reason : a]

11/22/2011 11:36:59 AM

goblet of gravy

11/22/2011 12:07:50 PM

Stewed potatoes, and green beans cooked all day in a crock pot with potatoes and fat back. Ooh, and deviled eggs! Haven't seen those on here, yet.

11/22/2011 1:20:38 PM

it's probably just me but deviled eggs seem to be more of an Easter food, not a thanksgiving food. Much like ham or coleslaw...

11/22/2011 1:24:16 PM

deviled eggs are welcome at every holiday

11/22/2011 1:29:59 PM