Which don't you want? Just a question.

And actually I gave up on turkey, it's a huge disappointment every year despite my decades long efforts to find the long lost flavor.

It's always nice for hot and cold turkey sandwiches and pot pie though.
 
RadishRose said:
Please don't candy the sweet potatoes, they're already sweet. Just gobs of butter.
I don't want gravy on my potato salad.
Mac and cheese isn't a cultural thing, it's just a cheap and delicious baked casserole.
I also hate cornbread.
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Well it is cultural according to the cultures I've lived among!!
 
Gary O' said:
Deviled eggs
gotta have 'em
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Cream cheese stuffed celery

and........



These!

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Ruthanne said:
What don't you want on Thanksgiving?


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Don't want ham, Mac and cheese (WTF?), corn bread, or the potato salad (thought that looks more like mashed potatoes to me). When we were still hosting that meal it would there'd be everything else along with Brussel sprouts in butter and horseradish and (because my niece and nephew would be there, we'd have Hawaiian rolls). This year it will just be my brother and his two kids and my wife will make her traditional persimmon pudding and so cut down on the pies as well as a fresh cranberry relish instead of sauce.
 
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This what I call a rutabaga, waxed turnip, or swede. They have yellowish/orange flesh and are prepared the same way as mashed potatoes. They used to be a huge Thanksgiving item, but it's been dying out for decades and is really an afterthought nowadays.

Creamed onions are a once a year treat on Thanksgiving or Christmas!

PEI farm tour

Every year, 3 weeks before Thanksgiving, my father would say "you wouldn't believe how many loads of waxed turnips and white boiler onions(to make creamed onions) we used to sell."

"Yeah, ok Pop."

Brings back a lotta good memories - kinda misty eyed right now.
 
MarkD said:
Don't want ham, Mac and cheese (WTF?), corn bread, or the potato salad (thought that looks more like mashed potatoes to me). When we were still hosting that meal it would there'd be everything else along with Brussel sprouts in butter and horseradish and (because my niece and nephew would be there, we'd have Hawaiian rolls). This year it will just be my brother and his two kids and my wife will make her traditional persimmon pudding and so cut down on the pies as well as a fresh cranberry relish instead of sauce.
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I zoomed in on that photo, because I thought that the mashed potatoes had been mislabelled.

Although I’d heard of it, I had to look up what a persimmon was. Seems like a mild dessert.
 
againstthegrain said:
This what I call a rutabaga, waxed turnip, or swede. They have yellowish/orange flesh and are prepared the same way as mashed potatoes. They used to be a huge Thanksgiving item, but it's been dying out for decades and is really an afterthought nowadays.
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When I went to your link re turnips/rutabagas, I was surprised to read that people eat the greens. I’ve never ever seen the greens.
 
Jules said:
When I went to your link re turnips/rutabagas, I was surprised to read that people eat the greens. I’ve never ever seen the greens.
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"The flowers, seeds, stalks, and tender leaves of many species of Brassica can be eaten raw or cooked.[4] Almost all parts of some species have been developed for food, including the root (swede, turnip), stems (kohlrabi), leaves (cabbage, collard greens, kale), flowers (cauliflower, broccoli, romanesco broccoli), buds (Brussels sprouts, cabbage), and seeds (many, including mustard seed, and oil-producing rapeseed). Some forms with white or purple foliage or flowerheads are also sometimes grown for ornament."
 
Bella said:
Oh, what the hell? Bring it all on, including mashed potatoes, and let's not forget sweet potatoes, too. Something for everyone. I'll have a little of everything! Thank you very much! 😆
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My feelings exactly. The best and most memorable T-Days I've had were the potluck variety where everyone brought something, and it was all so very good. After all T-Day is a feast day. So what's to leave out? I'd try a bit of everything; tasting it for its own sake. Yum!
 
MarkD said:
traditional persimmon pudding
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I love nontraditional foods on T-Day. I guess I've lived too long and have become bored with just a meal of the traditional fare. Variety is the spice of life. You may call it 'traditional' but, it is not traditional to me.
 

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