Happy Thanksgiving.

[rareboy]

I always love this time of year.

First we have Thanksgiving on October.

Then Thanksgiving on November.

And then Turkey at Christmas.

And then leftover turkey and turkey pies and soup all year long.

What are your traditional family dishes for this dinner? We have turkey with stuffing and I will make a Pumpkin pie...maybe some baked squash and sweet potatoes (NOT candied)

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

And remember the good old days?

 

[Rickrock]

We almost always have turkey and stuffing (dressing), stuffing is usually out of a box, not home made. We often have sweet potatoes, sometimes candied, and a vegetable. We used to often have pumpkin pie, but only mediocre enjoy it, we so are having apple pie or strudel. Sometimes we have had more than one choice of meat, or potatoes, or vegetables, or desert, especially when there was a large group of people.

 

[Rickrock]

^ Strudel or poppyseed roll are other desert choices besides pies.

 

[NotHardUp1]

The peripherals are what make a feast a feast to me, even in this day of dining out and with Thanksgiving buffets as an option. For my part, I dislike eating out on Thanksgiving or Christmas, and would rather dine alone at home than with strangers out.

It's the special sides and condiments that make a great table great. Cranberry relish or chutney, perfectly devilled eggs, a cup of cheer, gravy made from the drippings, hot and freshly buttered homemade rolls or cornbread, a rum sauce just made for the bread pudding, or a fruit salad that perfectly rounds the meal -- these are what shifts a good dinner into a feast.

Of course, there are dozens of others, but I gave the more common ones.

 

[rareboy]

FRom Jonathan Durham:

"Just a reminder that if you’re going to argue politics during Thanksgiving, you might as well get it going as early as possible, that way if somebody gets mad and storms out you can totally have their deviled eggs, follow me for more holiday tips"

 

[rareboy]

Advice from Jen:

"When your relatives start arguing at Thanksgiving, calmly grab your favorite serving bowl of food like you're going to the kitchen to refill it, and just don't come back. Quietly escape with your favorite food. "

 

[Natello4]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

 

[rareboy]

 

[NotHardUp1]

I never recall a single feast where anyone argued. We were alwayed focused on being together.

 

[CochondeMontreal]

So I wasn’t born in Canada, I’m salvadorean by birth and we didn’t celebrate thanksgiving there so we never really celebrated it here. Normally a friend in my twenties and thirties would invite me for dinner. Then I started doing my own thing…

I like the idea of an autumnal feast. Something to sort of celebrate the seasonal change, cuz to be frank I really love the food. It seems to me that cross culturally there’s been this period of time where different cultures celebrate the end of summer and a harvest of sorts. So I guess I’ll go with that. Not because I have some moral aversion to thanksgiving, whatever the reason people do, why not. Societies all need their holidays and celebrations and rituals and sacredness. They need their get togethers whether secular or theistic.

I LOVE turkey! I love making it, eating it, in sandwiches, in soup, with stuffing and gravy. I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, I love mashed potatoes. And I generally like cooking and having friends over for a dinner party.

So not a tradition per se for me, but I like doing it. I also like the smell of autumn, the leaves, the cinnamon, the maple syrup, baked apples, caramel scented candles. I love that stuff!

In Canada thanksgiving falls in the second weekend of October. My birthday is the first day of autumn, then some days after the Victorians uses to celebrate Michaelmas which apparently was a big deal once upon a time. So the way o see it, there’s this need to celebrate autumn as tho it were Christmas

 

[NotHardUp1]

I LOVE turkey! I love making it, eating it, in sandwiches, in soup,

What kind of turkey soup do you recall/prefer? My friend's mother used to boil the carcass afterwards, and make a rich broth, and added only some sauteed celery and carrots and a handful of rice to a large pot. It was very light and appealing after the overeating the day before -- almost a bit of the hair of the dog that bit you kind of thing.

 

[rareboy]

 

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[pornoboy]

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[rareboy]

What fresh Hell is this?

 

[rareboy]

And of course...it wouldn't be Thanksgiving....