Thanksgiving food: What's on your table this year?

[Paschale]

I always seem to ask this question at holiday times--since I love food TOO much!  But since Thanksgiving's soon upon us, I'm just wondering what'll be cooking on your stoves, and what are your family's Turkey Day traditions.

I only have time to make a pumpkin cheesecake this year--I might whip up a couple of cheese dips, maybe a sundried tomatoe and garlic spread.  I'm just too busy this year to do much cooking.   :  But we'll have mom's cherry pie, which just can't be beat, the Turkey, mom's fruit salad which is the best ever.  My Sis-in-law's making some homemade rolls, and bringing the requisite green beans.  Of course there'll be mashed taters, and stuffing.  No pumpkin pie it sounds like.  I guess my pumpkin cheesecake'll take the place of that.  BTW...this cheesecake's a definite winner.  It always gets rave reviews, and it's a nice change from the standard pumpkin pie. 

So...what's a cooking in your neck of the woods? 

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!   8)

[Jeff]

I'll have ta get back to ya on that, cause we are dining with Chet and the Wax Lady and Fam and I wont know until we get there. If we get there in time...

[woodmills1]

Turkey, spiral ham, mashed taters, yams, peas, crannbury sauce, rolls, gravy, pumpkin and apple pie and mulled cider.   All but the pies cooked by the thanksgiving Nazi  (me)    GIT OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANYTHING GETS COLD :D :D :D :D

[Modat22]

I have to be a little different, I like rabbit and dumplings, mashed spuds, this years ocra, green beans and of course corn on the cob. With black loose tea hot and strong.

[sprucebunny]

We're having prime rib instead of turkey. Yumm !!!

Turkey makes you sleepy and my guests will be in the middle of deer hunting. You snooze you lose :D

Also roast potatoes and squash and green beans and a frozen apple pie.

Happy eating, everyone ;D

[sawguy21]

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.  8)

[Engineer]

Well first, you can't expect them folks from frozen Canuckistan to respond - their T-Day ain't the same as ours.

That said - dry turkey (thanks to my sis-in-law), and the usual, traditional, ho-hum, boring, put-ya-to-sleep Thanksgiving food.  My mother-in-law whips the mashed tatars until they are glue.   At least my wife and I get to bring the stuffing and the hors'd'oeuvres (danG appetizers!) so that part won't be so bad - we're making the cornbread today for tomorrow's stuffing.  Little fresh sage, sausage, some dried cranberries, fennel, mmm tasty. 

[Lud]

Two medium sized turkeys,  one traditional and one deep-fried. Squash soup, mashed taters, My sister in law's famous sweet poptato soufle' with the crunchy melted brown sugar top we fight over. good gravy, vino and several pies.

Going back to my great grandfather's day- when asked if he'd care for any pie,  he'd respond," I only like 5 kinds of pie!"

If the lady of the house rose to the bait with, " Ooh, what are those?"

He'd say,  "Hot pie, cold pie, open-faced, closed-face,  and criss-cross!"

Ludwig men throughout the country tell this story at Thanksgiving and every other family gettogether.

Happy Thanksgiving to the Forum.  I'm thankful I found all ya'all.

[Paschale]

the thanksgiving Nazi  (me)    GIT OVER HERE AND SIT DOWN RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANYTHING GETS COLD :D :D :D :D

When I'm cooking, that's me too!  Gotta corral the kiddos about 15 minutes before things hit the table to have anything remotely warm.    ;D

[beenthere]

We're having prime rib instead of turkey. Yumm !!!
................and a frozen apple pie.

Prime rib here too (but on Sat. when some of the kids and grandkids can come - nurses have to work Turkey day) but not going to serve them "frozen apple pie" - cept that may help keep the hunters awake (just not as good as cooking their eggs in Joy liquid dish soap   ).  More seriously, our tradition, in place of hors'd'oeuvres, we have the dessert before the big meal. Much more enjoyable when not full, IMO.  

[farmerdoug]

Prime rib here.  8) I love it and it has become a tradiion here.  Turkey is good but a big bird gets old fast.  Of course we have all of the sides too, mashed potatoes, stuffing, veggies, pies, watermelon and pies. ;D

Farmerdoug

[wiam]

We are taking a 23lb turkey that we grew and frying her.

Will

[Max sawdust]

I prefer to look at the wild turkeys in the yard and have venison saurbrataen with potato dumplings, spatzel and red cabbage.  Our gun deer season is over thanksgiving and nature provides deer ;D

This year I am suckered into Turkey Cranberrys (from the marsh behind the house) squash stuffen and taters
max

[Furby]

I'm waiting to hear if Kirk had the heart to put "thanksgiving" on the menu ???
;D :D

[Kirk_Allen]

Furby your killing me :D :D :D :D :D

We got invited to some freinds for Thanksgiving dinner so at least one Goose is spared :D

[Furby]

"Christmas" still a go ???

[sawguy21]

"Christmas" still a go ???

Just think, only a month and you get to do it all over again. :D :D :D :D

[isawlogs]

  I am going to cook a nice deer roast and get some taters and carrottes mashed up together some greens in there too , a bottle of honey wine and enjoie the new snow thats supose to come down ... And a blueberrie pie for the desert .

  Joan ...  I do think that thawing out the pie would work better   ;)  I know it would for me  ;D ;)

[sawguy21]

 :D :D :D :D :D :D

[sprucebunny]

 Apple pie popsicles :D MmmmMmm ;D

[asy]

Well, I've had a read through, and I'd be going to Max Sawdust's house... Yummm...

We don't have T-day here, but we do a roast Christmas day with Andrew's parents, which is seriously yummy. I just found out I"m cooking this year, and I'm real happy about that, coz Andy's mum isn't so well and I was really worried about troubling her.

I'm making Roast Lamb Shanks in Tomato and onion, baked really slow and roast mixed veg. I take all the roasting veg, taties, sweet taties, pumpkin, carrot, onion, and zucchini, and cube them to about 1/2 in cubes, then mix them in the baking tray, drizzle oil, salt, pepper, capsicum and crushed macadamia nuts over it and roast slow along with the shankies.  yummy...

Also Russian Vinaigrette (Beetroot salad) and a nice green salad with a really special dressing...

Andy's mum's made traditional Christmas pudding, with sixpences in it and all! But I think I'll also do a raspberry parfait/gelati type thing, just for fun.

I am salivating now.

asy :D

[L. Wakefield]

   They all are spoiling me rotten this year- Joe is doing the turkey, Mike stepped up to the plate (literally), and decided he'd do a pot roast from the recent beef- I made the Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana- Mike already got a (store-bought) pie- works OK for me.. and so I think I will do the regular cranberry thing, stuffing on the side, a Mexican corn recipe I just tried- frozen corn from this summer, taco or burrito seasoning sprinkled on, a little salsa, and cheese on top. They will look at me funny, but..

   Ooh, gravy- have to call Joe up and see what his plans are with that.

   I think I may try to do the green bean casserole too. Never tried that before, but God knows we had a bumper crop of them this year.

   Now if I put Jerusalem artichokes out too, they will *really* look at me funny. Just dug some but I think I'll save em for another day.

   Mike will let us know if deer tenderloin will be on the menu- it isn't yet..  lw

[ohsoloco]

We're all getting together at the parent's for our traditional turkey, taters, giblet gravy, stuffing, corn, and cranberry sauce in the shape of a tin can  ;)  I made this pie out of the hickory nuts from the field using a pecan pie recipie to go along with the apple, pumpkin, and mincemeat pies  ;D

[Tom]

I ate one of the best pecan pies today that I've ever had in my life.   The wife claimed it was burned, but it was just right.  The nuts were toasty and the filling was almost candied.

Had an egg custard pie too.  I've still got some of that left.   Wow!  I love those things.  it reminds me of eating in the Morrison's cafeteria when I was little. 

The regular fare was good too.  Had a good turkey, mashed potatoes, jellied cranberry sauce, corn bread stuffing and a bunch of Ice Tea.

I'm stuffed and still eating.  ;D

[sawguy21]

Sounds like everyone is fat and happy. My leftover pasta was o.k. filled the hole :D Guess what, another month you get to do it all over again