Name ONE THING you don't want to see on the Table during Thanksgiving Dinner?

[SMG15]

I really hate seeing HAM on Thanksgivng and it makes me want to puke every year. Not sure why my mom makes it when we have Two Turkeys


What about you?

[PSXer]

My mother-in-law!

[SMG15]

Originally Posted by PSXer

My mother-in-law!

LMAO


Ok I guess I can say my Mom's CAT

[Kat]

At our family Thanksgiving, we are not forced to eat every food available, so it doesn't matter whether dishes that we don't like are included, we are allowed to not eat those.

[tunaman]

Banana pudding. It's the unofficial (official?) dessert of North Carolina. Every fucking time there's a family get together - Memorial Day, Independence Day, someone's birthday, a graduation, Thanksgiving - someone makes a huge dish of it. And every fucking time they ask "don't you want some?" with that tone of voice implying that if I say no they're going to add me to their personal Unamerican Activities Committee list. Thing is, though, this has happened several times a year for the past 14 years. Every fucking time I'm like "no, you've been offering me banana pudding six times a year since 2003, and every single time I've opted for pecan pie, or chocolate cake, or whatever". But no. Every single time it's like "you DON'T LIKE banana pudding?"

I feel the same way about cole slaw on barbecue sandwiches. It's like religion here, and every time I've asked for it to be left off the sandwich, the person taking my order stops what they're doing... to ask the chef if they can legally sell them that way. Sorry, North Carolina: I grew up in Georgia, where the only valid barbecue sandwich topping was two pickle chips, and if you didn't want those it was no big deal to leave them off.

[Detroit Hoser]

Originally Posted by PSXer

My mother-in-law!

Yeah? When did you get married and move out of your mom's house?

[Flying Saucerian]

A live komodo dragon. That would spoil the whole holiday....

[TheChileanBlob]

Uncle Fred's hairy ass. Not this year. Not again.

[krisolov]

The decorations on fire?

That and home made cranberry sauce. I love to cook and appreciate the thought. I have made it myself. And no one ever really eats that much of it.

Sorry, that's two things.

[Anacanapuna]

Your elbows.

[Random Precision]

A possum. Live or dead, not that you can always tell the difference. (The smell is the same. )

[hilarity n. suze]

Kale.

There will be some though.

[Anacanapuna]

Originally Posted by tunaman

Banana pudding. It's the unofficial (official?) dessert of North Carolina. Every fucking time there's a family get together - Memorial Day, Independence Day, someone's birthday, a graduation, Thanksgiving - someone makes a huge dish of it. And every fucking time they ask "don't you want some?" with that tone of voice implying that if I say no they're going to add me to their personal Unamerican Activities Committee list. Thing is, though, this has happened several times a year for the past 14 years. Every fucking time I'm like "no, you've been offering me banana pudding six times a year since 2003, and every single time I've opted for pecan pie, or chocolate cake, or whatever". But no. Every single time it's like "you DON'T LIKE banana pudding?"

I feel the same way about cole slaw on barbecue sandwiches. It's like religion here, and every time I've asked for it to be left off the sandwich, the person taking my order stops what they're doing... to ask the chef if they can legally sell them that way. Sorry, North Carolina: I grew up in Georgia, where the only valid barbecue sandwich topping was two pickle chips, and if you didn't want those it was no big deal to leave them off.

Hey, it could be worse. They could accuse you of being a closet Yankee. Yeah, so being on the Unamerican Activities Committee list isn't so bad now, huh?

[PSXer]

I live in North Carolina and I like banana pudding and I like bbq sandwiches without coleslaw


just thought you'd like to know

[Jaglavak]

I'll make a note of it.

[Marlitharn]

Those damned old sickeningly sweetened sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top.

Unfortunately, not only will they be on the table, I have to make them, as my husband will whine forever if they're not there. Past efforts to introduce him to a sweet potato dish that's not revolting have been fruitless; he wants those nasty-ass marshmallow things, like his mother made and probably her mother and HER mother and on and on back into Midwestern potluck infinity.

[Mr. Plumbean]

Grape salad. I don't care if it's the state Thanksgiving dish.

#JokesMostPeopleWontGet

[Pere]

Originally Posted by Marlitharn

Those damned old sickeningly sweetened sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top.

Ugh. Yes, that would put me right off as well.

[SMG15]

I don't like seeing SOFT DINNER ROLLS

I like the hard European Rolls

[krisolov]

Originally Posted by Marlitharn

Those damned old sickeningly sweetened sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top.

Unfortunately, not only will they be on the table, I have to make them, as my husband will whine forever if they're not there. Past efforts to introduce him to a sweet potato dish that's not revolting have been fruitless; he wants those nasty-ass marshmallow things, like his mother made and probably her mother and HER mother and on and on back into Midwestern potluck infinity.

Mashed baked sweet potatoes with a generous amount of sour cream, butter, salt and ground black pepper is a really good savory alternative. Bake it in the oven for a while for extra goodness.

Oh, and I don't want to see sex toys on the table at Thanksgiving, for the record.

[Glazer]

My family. Good thing there's no chance of that happening.

[SMG15]

Originally Posted by krisolov

Mashed baked sweet potatoes with a generous amount of sour cream, butter, salt and ground black pepper is a really good savory alternative. Bake it in the oven for a while for extra goodness.

Oh, and I don't want to see sex toys on the table at Thanksgiving, for the record.

I don't mess with mash potatoes on TG, just turkey, stuffin, and mac and cheese and spinach

[krisolov]

mac and cheese I get, but how do you do the spinach? cooked down like greens?

We always had mashed turnips that no one ate, thanks to Grandma.

What's your position on green bean casserole? Me? I'm all in.

[SMG15]

Originally Posted by krisolov

mac and cheese I get, but how do you do the spinach? cooked down like greens?

We always had mashed turnips that no one ate, thanks to Grandma.

What's your position on green bean casserole? Me? I'm all in.

Never heard of Green bean casserole

[krisolov]

oh, dude.

I am just going to let some others describe this absolute staple of Thanksgiving.

What I really want to know about is the spinach.

[Despotic Harridan]

Mom used to make a Jello mold that was simply horrendous!! It had carrots and shit in it--in Jello!! However it was fun to watch her try to get it out of the mold pan without the damn Jello breaking. But she gave it up when we all ganged up on her. She would put MAYONNAISE on it. Yecchhh

[Ludovic]

GBC sounds not-unappetizing if you'd just use something else to deliver the savory rather than cream of mushroom. Maybe just cream: got it: cream of broccoli. I'd eat that.

[Zeener Diode]

I could do without a centerpiece. It's usually something mom pulled from her attic, all dusty and spider-infested, or someone's precious snowflake's art project that falls over during the meal. Either way, it takes up valuable table space that could utilized for MOAR FUD.

[Mr. Plumbean]

Originally Posted by Ludovic

GBC sounds not-unappetizing if you'd just use something else to deliver the savory rather than cream of mushroom. Maybe just cream: got it: cream of broccoli. I'd eat that.

Cream of celery is really good.

But in truth the whole thing is just a vehicle for lots and lots of the French's fried onions.

Dammit didn't there used to be a Homer smiley.

[NAF1138]

Originally Posted by Marlitharn

Those damned old sickeningly sweetened sweet potatoes with marshmallows melted on top.

Unfortunately, not only will they be on the table, I have to make them, as my husband will whine forever if they're not there. Past efforts to introduce him to a sweet potato dish that's not revolting have been fruitless; he wants those nasty-ass marshmallow things, like his mother made and probably her mother and HER mother and on and on back into Midwestern potluck infinity.

I have a kick ass recipe that might make you happy and give him the marshmallow topping he wants. I have switched to a pecan/brown sugar strussel topping in recent years, but marshmallows still work, and because the dish is actually intended to be eaten that way it's not cloying and gross.

[Flying Saucerian]

Come to think of it, a dead komodo dragon wouldn't be much better...

[pickle berry]

Originally Posted by Kat

At our family Thanksgiving, we are not forced to eat every food available, so it doesn't matter whether dishes that we don't like are included, we are allowed to not eat those.

This is us all well.

Originally Posted by tunaman

I feel the same way about cole slaw on barbecue sandwiches.

I hate cole slaw on my BBQ sandwich. I also hate cole slaw.

Originally Posted by SMG15

I don't like seeing SOFT DINNER ROLLS

I like the hard European Rolls

Well looky here, I didn't know Posh Spice posted here.

Originally Posted by SMG15

Never heard of Green bean casserole

Are you a communist?

Originally Posted by Ludovic

GBC sounds not-unappetizing if you'd just use something else to deliver the savory rather than cream of mushroom. Maybe just cream: got it: cream of broccoli. I'd eat that.

Instead of GBC I'm making green beans with bacon, pecans and blue cheese. I've never had but it sounds awesome. So I'm just going to surprise everyone with that instead of GBC.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/c...se-recipe.html

[Marlitharn]

Originally Posted by NAF1138

I have a kick ass recipe that might make you happy and give him the marshmallow topping he wants. I have switched to a pecan/brown sugar strussel topping in recent years, but marshmallows still work, and because the dish is actually intended to be eaten that way it's not cloying and gross.

Yes please. Anything.

My preferred method of making sweet potatoes is to cube them small, toss them in butter, red curry powder, and a pinch of cayenne, spread them single layer on a well-greased cookie sheet, and bake them at about 400F until they're GB and D, stirring once or twice so they brown evenly. This, apparently, makes me weird.

[Queen Tonya]

Wise, not weird.

[Marlitharn]

Originally Posted by Queen Tonya

Wise, not weird.

Will you be my new mom?

[Mr. Plumbean]

GB and D?

14 K of G in a F P D?

[Khampelf]

14 kinds of graft in a French police department.

Golden brown and ??? Done?

[NAF1138]

Originally Posted by Marlitharn

Yes please. Anything.

My preferred method of making sweet potatoes is to cube them small, toss them in butter, red curry powder, and a pinch of cayenne, spread them single layer on a well-greased cookie sheet, and bake them at about 400F until they're GB and D, stirring once or twice so they brown evenly. This, apparently, makes me weird.

Your sweet potato method sounds amazing. But I love sweet potatoes, I'll eat em any which way.

Try this. It's a very old recipe and is more like a not too sweet, sweet potato pie. I have been adding about a 1/2 tsp of ginger recently as well. The recipe calls for a marshmallow topping but I think it's great with brown sugar and cinnamon and pecan strussel instead. Play with it, it's forgiving.

You will need 2 cups cooked and lightly mashed sweet potatoes/yams
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups whole milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (fresh is better, dried is fine)
4 tbs melted butter

2 cups mini marshmallows


Bake the sweet potatoes (1 hour, like a regular potato) and peel and place into the work bowl of your mixer. The slower you cook them the more naturally sweet they will be.

Mash lightly with a potato masher or even just a fork. The main idea is to break them up a bit, you don't need to go crazy.

Combine eggs, milk, butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and melted butter in the mixer and beat until smooth.

Edit: if you want to be really fancy you can work this mixture through a mesh strainer to really smooth it out. My wife prefers this and complains if I don't, but I think it's more work then benefit.

Pour contents into a pyrex loaf pan and bake for 25 minutes at 425, then reduce heat to 325 and continue to cook for an additional 40-50 minutes or until a knife pulls clean from the center.

Remove from oven and cover with mini marshmallows.

Set oven to broil and place dish in the oven until marshmallows begin to brown and melt. (It won't take long, less than 5 minutes, I just watch it.)

Remove and let rest for 15 minutes, serve hot.

It's amazingly simple and insanely good. Spicy (cinnamon spice not pepper spice) but not too sweet. I like pyrex over a metal loaf pan because it makes for a better presentation and you can (and should) serve straight from the dish. A metal pan is fine if you don't have another option.

[Wolf Larsen]

Originally Posted by Despotic Harridan

Mom used to make a Jello mold that was simply horrendous!! It had carrots and shit in it--in Jello!! However it was fun to watch her try to get it out of the mold pan without the damn Jello breaking. But she gave it up when we all ganged up on her. She would put MAYONNAISE on it. Yecchhh

You used to be able to buy that at the grocery store. It was horrendous.

[NAF1138]

My grandfather's second wife and would make "cheese salad" for pretty much every major holiday. This was two types of shredded cheese, usually cheddar and Swiss, mixed with mayo, sour cream, onions and capers. It was the consistency of cottage cheese and flavor of... I'll leave it to your imagination. Whatever you are thinking, it was worse.

She would eat it all, no one else would look directly at it.

[Marlitharn]

Originally Posted by Khampelf

14 kinds of graft in a French police department.



Golden brown and ??? Done?

Close! Golden brown and delicious.

Alternately. great bollocks and drama. Grim bunnies and death? I may have consumed half a bottle of wine with dinner.

[eleanorigby]

Originally Posted by NAF1138

My grandfather's second wife and would make "cheese salad" for pretty much every major holiday. This was two types of shredded cheese, usually cheddar and Swiss, mixed with mayo, sour cream, onions and capers. It was the consistency of cottage cheese and flavor of... I'll leave it to your imagination. Whatever you are thinking, it was worse.

She would eat it all, no one else would look directly at it.

OMG. That's appalling. Truly appalling.

[Senpai]

Originally Posted by Pere

Ugh. Yes, that would put me right off as well.

Third...ed?

I just don't like sweet potatoes. Or stuffing, but I can totally get why people eat it. It's a staple. I hate cranberry sauce too... Cranberries in general I hate... they taste like cough medicine and I hate it.

Originally Posted by krisolov

mac and cheese I get, but how do you do the spinach? cooked down like greens?

We always had mashed turnips that no one ate, thanks to Grandma.

What's your position on green bean casserole? Me? I'm all in.

my personal opinion is that all casseroles can be burned in a fire, so grossssss....

[Amythyst]

I've never eaten green bean casserole, but I don't think I'd like it. I just want plain green beans with nothing on them.

The "cheese salad" mentioned upthread sounds revolting.

[Queen Tonya]

Originally Posted by Marlitharn

Will you be my new mom?

I should have seen this earlier!

I'd have said yes and then had you wash up all the after dinner dishes for me.

[Guinastasia]

Cranberries are gross. My mother always has to have the Ocean Spray canned jelly cranberry sauce and I think she's the only one who eats it. Yuck.

I love stuffing but this year my dad put sausage in it and it was all soggy and damp. It was NOT stuffing. He's made it with sausage before, but I've never seen it look like that. Blech.

Oh, and Sara Lee pumpkin pie. My mother didn't have time to make one this year, so she bought one. It was horrid.

Originally Posted by Despotic Harridan

Mom used to make a Jello mold that was simply horrendous!! It had carrots and shit in it--in Jello!!

Human shit or animal shit?

[Marlitharn]

Originally Posted by NAF1138

Your sweet potato method sounds amazing. But I love sweet potatoes, I'll eat em any which way.

Try this. It's a very old recipe and is more like a not too sweet, sweet potato pie. I have been adding about a 1/2 tsp of ginger recently as well. The recipe calls for a marshmallow topping but I think it's great with brown sugar and cinnamon and pecan strussel instead. Play with it, it's forgiving.

You will need 2 cups cooked and lightly mashed sweet potatoes/yams
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups whole milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (fresh is better, dried is fine)
4 tbs melted butter

2 cups mini marshmallows


Bake the sweet potatoes (1 hour, like a regular potato) and peel and place into the work bowl of your mixer. The slower you cook them the more naturally sweet they will be.

Mash lightly with a potato masher or even just a fork. The main idea is to break them up a bit, you don't need to go crazy.

Combine eggs, milk, butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and melted butter in the mixer and beat until smooth.

Edit: if you want to be really fancy you can work this mixture through a mesh strainer to really smooth it out. My wife prefers this and complains if I don't, but I think it's more work then benefit.

Pour contents into a pyrex loaf pan and bake for 25 minutes at 425, then reduce heat to 325 and continue to cook for an additional 40-50 minutes or until a knife pulls clean from the center.

Remove from oven and cover with mini marshmallows.

Set oven to broil and place dish in the oven until marshmallows begin to brown and melt. (It won't take long, less than 5 minutes, I just watch it.)

Remove and let rest for 15 minutes, serve hot.

It's amazingly simple and insanely good. Spicy (cinnamon spice not pepper spice) but not too sweet. I like pyrex over a metal loaf pan because it makes for a better presentation and you can (and should) serve straight from the dish. A metal pan is fine if you don't have another option.

YUM. I made something similar to this once, with a topping made with oats, pecans, and maple syrup. Everyone really liked it, including me, but they STILL whined about the lack of marshmallows. To me, marshmallows go on s'mores, not sweet potatoes. I may embroider that on a pillow.

[SMG15]

I could have done without the 2 year old at Thanksgiving Dinner

[Despotic Harridan]

On the table???? Roasted with an apple in its mouth?

Pretty sure there are laws about that

[Jaglavak]

Oh, you bet! You have to get the internal temperature to 160.