Mac and cheese with bechamel and a little tomato
Butternut squash soup
The chaos is my favorite part, the people. I am hosting so make the turkey plus a bunch of vegan sides because one kid is vegan and otherwise she gets not much. So for her a stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted sweet potatoes with chili paste, green beans & mushrooms, “creamed” greens in coconut milk, confit of parsnips.
Now would I rather be putting butter in most of those,and eggs in the stuffing, and sausage? Fuck yes. But I’m her best chance at getting something that is delicious not just vegan, so I do only vegan sides. We have two grandmas attending and one insists on bringing a whole Thanksgiving no matter what I ask so there is all the regular stuff. Like sometimes she literally brings another turkey with her, it’s ridiculous. I only want her to bring pies, I cannot pie.
ITT: People who don‘t give two shits about indigenous people
Not surprising coming from settler americans.
What should they be saying in response to the title question, that would be more caring towards indigenous people?
Cranberry sauce from the can; is it mostly sugar? Yes. Is it yummy? Hell yes. Does it have cool little ridges? Absolutely.
Stuffing and deviled eggs. However my family is also full of deviled egg fiends, so mostly stuffing
Stuffing. I would eat stuffing every Goddamn day of the year except I’d get fat as fuck. I have to literally limit myself to eating it once a year for Thanksgiving or I’ll gradually work it into my regular dinner meal plans and even that is too much.
Stuffing has no flavor when my family makes it. Plus the texture makes me gag but texture is like 90% of my hangups with food. I’m a picky eater but I really don’t want to be.
Man then your family is doing it wrong, sorry. I use fresh bread, a ton of butter, onions, celery, thyme, sage, salt and pepper, then bake it so every bread cube is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. I have food texture issues too, so I feel your pain, but there’s definitely a wrong way and a right way to make stuffing. Also, NEVER put stuffing inside the turkey, it can result in undercooked stuffing and salmonella from the turkey.
I add spicy breakfast sausage and bake it crispy on top. It’s so good!
Sounds better than the flavorless mushy bread crumb mess my family serves
Yes! Another fan of spicy sausage in stuffing! My mom one year made the stuffing (not cornbread-based–Stove Top brand with savory herbs, I think) with half mild sausage and half spicy sausage for younger me who didn’t like much spice. We also added pecans and dried cranberries in addition to onion and celery. We’ve barely ever deviated from that recipe since!
It’s so good! I can’t wait!
The stuffing. I frickin love stuffing
I always have stuffing in my pantry because I’m not waiting around for 1 dinner a year to have it.
I wish it was a more common side. Like if a restaurant had that as a side I would totally get it on non holidays
Stuffed mushrooms, my aunt’s scratch made wheat rolls, and bacon wrapped asparagus.
Leftovers
Always mashed potatoes. I am a freak for some potatoes.
Also my wife’s grandma always makes Mac and cheese and usually 2 different kinds. I’m a big Mac and cheese fan so I’m hoping they have that but maybe not since she’s getting pretty old now. Maybe I’ll have to make them this year!
Stuffing and mashed potatoes. I make the mashed potatoes, and I am really good at it. I am not sure why, since it’s just ordinary yellow (or russet, depends on what they have) potatoes, milk, salt, and butter. I don’t even peel them, but it gets all the rave reviews.
Deep fried turkey. We have used the Butterball electric frier for over a decade and it turns out awesome every year.
Political discourse.
Just polished off the trial run of the dressing and gravy, happy to have them again next week.
I normally make stuffing (we don’t stuff but have always just called it that) this week for my coworkers but my new boss sucks and i don’t cook for people i don’t like, so i just bought a small ham for the luncheon instead. Can’t wait to have the stuffing next week!!
I ordered the Popeyes Cajun turkey and i make great stuffing so I’m looking forward to both of those.
Popeyes makes turkeys??
Yep. I’ve seen them advertised but never bought one before. It’s $100 (which i though was kind of a lot) and says it feeds 8-10 people. Arrives frozen, fully cooked - thaw for 3 days and then heat.
Whoa $100?! That’s criminal. There’s no turkey in the world worth a bill. Then again I don’t like turkey, but still. Shits like .80¢/lb.
I guess if everyone chips in on it it’s fine but it can’t possibly be that good. Popeyes is sub-par at chicken, which is like their whole thing.
We’re cooking in an airbnb, so I’m paying for no prep. There will only be 5 of us and one is vegan so it will likely become sandwiches and gumbo on Friday and Saturday.
That’s fair then. I’m just blown away at that price tag though.
