Do you have any "atypical" foods on your Thanksgiving table?

[Augie]

33 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

We have Thanksgiving dinner the way it's supposed to be.

 

Toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks & jelly beans. 

 

Be careful with the jelly beans. One Easter our young son snuck off and ate every jelly bean in his basket. 

 

A few hours later he’s in his PJ’s on the couch being cradled by my wife. He’s screaming “WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU?!?!  I NEED A DOCTOR!!!”

 

And then he vomited jelly beans, some apparently un-chewed, all over her. She’s an awesome mother! I promise. 

 

 

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Edited November 22 by Augie

[DrW]

Anyone ever tried turducken? 

[CowgirlsFan]

I sometimes have steamed Brussels Sprouts yet I still have the green beans casserole.

[BarleyNY]

21 hours ago, DrW said:

Anyone ever tried turducken? 

Once. It was a letdown. The meats didn’t really work that well together. Despite the added difficulty and expense the dish resulted in something that was no better than a turkey IMO. 

Edited November 22 by BarleyNY

[The Wiz]

16 minutes ago, CowgirlsFan said:

I sometimes have steamed Brussels Sprouts yet I still have the green beans casserole.

I was waiting for the green bean casserole to show up.  Someone brings/makes it every year and I'm sure only the person that brought/made it, eats it.

[Augie]

Our current head count is expected to be 14-16, which is well down from years past. My sister and a family we have literally spent the last 25+ Thanksgivings with both asked what they could bring. We said nobody on earth knows better than you people what we have on the Thanksgiving table. Bring something else that you’d like. I’m curious. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

I tried making my stuffing with sautéed oysters last year, but it stunk up the joint something terrible like hard working coochie.

[DrW]

16 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

I tried making my stuffing with sautéed oysters last year, but it stunk up the joint something terrible like hard working coochie.

I had a similar experience. Our current dressing is a variation of a David Rosengarten recipe, using ground pork and/or sausage, corn bread/baguette, pecans, celery, onions, sage, thyme, chicken broth and lots of butter. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

27 minutes ago, DrW said:

I had a similar experience. Our current dressing is a variation of a David Rosengarten recipe, using ground pork and/or sausage, corn bread/baguette, pecans, celery, onions, sage, thyme, chicken broth and lots of butter. 

Story of my life, brotha.  👊🏾

[CowgirlsFan]

On 11/21/2024 at 5:44 PM, Mark Vader said:

We have Thanksgiving dinner the way it's supposed to be.

 

Toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks & jelly beans. 

Hilarious just Hilarious 😂 

[Behindenemylines]

On 11/22/2024 at 8:37 PM, Johnny Hammersticks said:

I tried making my stuffing with sautéed oysters last year, but it stunk up the joint something terrible like hard working coochie.

Sounds delicious.   It’s been a while😂

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

This thread has inspired me to serve up this year something unusual. 
 

I make a pretty great authentic Szechuan style spicy sautéed string beans. Maybe I will serve those instead of something more classic like green bean almondine.  

[Fr. Jerk]

OE 40's and gutted White Owls, ya dig?

[Simon]

On 11/22/2024 at 4:58 PM, The Wiz said:

I was waiting for the green bean casserole to show up.  Someone brings/makes it every year and I'm sure only the person that brought/made it, eats it.

 

I see you've met my wife 

[frostbitmic]

Vegetable Lasagna, my wife is Italian and vegetarian... That will be in addition to all the traditional Thanksgiving foods.

[Augie]

4 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Vegetable Lasagna, my wife is Italian and vegetarian... That will be in addition to all the traditional Thanksgiving foods.

 

I go to Whole Foods on Tuesday to pick up a lot of stuff, including full meal options  for our DIL who is vegetarian. 

 

It’s about food, but it’s really about family and friends. 

[Just Jack]

On 11/22/2024 at 5:27 PM, Augie said:

Our current head count is expected to be 14-16, which is well down from years past. My sister and a family we have literally spent the last 25+ Thanksgivings with both asked what they could bring. We said nobody on earth knows better than you people what we have on the Thanksgiving table. Bring something else that you’d like. I’m curious. 

 

My wife's family will have over 30 every year.  Even though they've been doing this for decades, they still have to discuss and debate who is bringing what every year.