Post # 1
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Buzzing bee
This will be my first time cooking a Thanksgiving dinner, and I just want to see what everyone usually cooks! I didn’t really have any traditions growing up (didn’t even have turkey every year), so I’m trying to do a pretty traditional Thanksgiving this year, but if there’s something unique that you/your family cooks, I want to hear about that too!
Here’s what’s on my menu:
- Turkey
- Green Bean Casserole
- Sweet Potato Balls
- Sauteed Carrots
- Stuffing
- Cranberry Sauce
- Dinner rolls
- Caramel apple cheesecake
So what’s on your menu?
Post # 3
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Honey bee
sounds delicious!
my family always has cajun food, but fi’s mom cooks turkey, mashed sweet potatoes, mashed regular potates, cranberry sauce, 2 types of stuffing, rice, green beans, carrots, bread, and lots of different pies.
Post # 4
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Sugar bee
Um. Turkey. What else is there??
Yes. Turkey w/vegetables roasted in the oven. With gravy made from the roasted turkey juice. And crescent rolls. I could care less about everything else.
Did I mention Turkey?
We had our first turkey of the season yesterday. hehe.
P.S. Put your turkey in a brine for 24 hrs beforehand. Shhh. It’s our little secret. Creates the most tender turkey EVER.
Post # 5
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Honey bee
We’ve already had Thanksgiving here in Canada, but I want to play anyways!
We usually have:
– Turkey
– Stuffing
– Mashed potatoes
– Carrots
– Squash (mashed)
– Gravy
– Cranberry sauce
– Sometimes turnip (mashed)
– LOTS OF WINE 🙂
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
Looks good, but you missed the most important item: GRAVY
Thanksgivings not Thanksgiving without gravy! 😉
Post # 7
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Busy bee
This is about the usual for us:
- Turkey
- Dressing with gravy
- Spiral Ham
- Sweet potato casserole
- Corn
- Potato Salad
- Rolls
- Greens
- Mom’s famous mac n cheese
- Cranberry sauce
The only thing I contribute are the desserts. This year I will be making (all from scratch I may add):
- German Chocolate Cake
- Mini Apple Pies
- Mini Cheesecakes with cherries on top
- Chocolate cake
- Pecan Bars
- Maybe a small banana pudding for my dad
That’s it!
Post # 8
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Sugar bee
like Ottawabride we already had turkey day we do
- turkey stuffed with dressing (stuffing) and baked with baby potatoes & other root veggies (carrots, parsnips, etc)
- wild rice casserole
- butternut squash soup
- acorn or butternut squash bakedmashed with spices (cinnamon, with a touch of cloves & ginger)
- wild rice casserole
- mashed potatoes au gratin with bacon (there were other things in this dish, but I did not make it so I am not sure what, but it was freaking delicious)
- three bean sweet salad
- sauteed green beans with garlic & pepper
- carmalized carrots with pecans (super easy to make)
- rolls!
- home made cranberry jelly
- gravy
- home made apple cider
- homemade pumpkin pie
- traditional “English“ cherry rum pudding (my partners g-ma made it)
If my uncle B had been around this year he would have brought pulled pork, corn on the cob, a garden salad and some sort of decadent cheesecake, but he was on the east coast & we missed his cooking dearly!
now I am hungry..
Post # 9
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Buzzing bee
How could I forget the gravy!!??!! Of course I’m going to have gravy too!
Post # 10
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Helper bee
WHat’s a sweet potato ball?
Post # 11
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Buzzing bee
@Miss Peach Tree: Here’s the link for the recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/sweet-potato-balls-recipe/index.html
I had them last year at my friend’s house, and O.M.G. So delicious.
Post # 12
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Sugar bee
- Fried Turkey
- Regular turkey
- Ham
- Chitlins’
- Pulled BBQ
- Rice
- Dressing
- Baked mac and cheese
- collard greens
- gravy
- potato salad
- dinner rolls
- sweet potato pie
- chocolate cake
- nut cake
…and whatever else folks bring. There are a lot of us so we have TONS of food for the holidays.
Post # 13
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Helper bee
@Boston Bee: of course! paula dean. the cause of and answer to all eating dilemas.
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