Thanksgiving!

[withm]

TG is at my sister's and the menu has not varied one iota in 20 years, or more. PRobably 12 people and a couple of dogs will feast on

hors d'oeurves & crudites
Roast turkey, stuffing, gravy
Mashed potatoes, a very sweet sweet potato casserole
Brocolli casserole (I love it but am sooooo tired of it)
Green salad with grapefruit, avocado slices, and cream cheese balls w/ chives
2 kinds of cranberries
Spiced peaches (I make these, home canned)
Home made rolls (I bring these as well)
Apple, pumpkin, and probably another pie
Sour cream cookies
Spiced sugared pecans
various wines and champagne

It's getting to be so much food that I am almost sickened by it all. But everyone wants to bring something and when you have 12 people - well you end up with a ton of food. It will all be home made, some home-grown, and all delicious, (well if you like sweet potato/marshmellow/syrupy casseroles that is - LOL) but I sure would like to lighten up the menu.

What I would like to see earn a place on the menu is roasted sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts. So much so that Tues and Wed my dinner will be just that.

But it will be fun to see everyone and visit over the weekend. I'm bringing my bike though and hoping the weather holds out so I can go for a ride on Fri or Sat, or I may stop in St. Michael's for a ride on my way home.

Happy Thanksgiving!

[shootingstar]

Canada has its Thanksgiving in Oct. Our home meal:

squash-carrot soup
roasted beets, parsnips and celery root
gourmet sausages (bison, venison)
heirloom tomatoes marinated in some oil, vinegar and garnished with fresh basil
salmon fillet lightly sauteed with orange sauce and herbs
dessert focaccia (embedded fresh cut figs, plums, grapes and blueberries. Dessert was my contribution. He added wine-flavoured whipping cream as topping.)
red & white wine

[Bike Chick]

It's so interesting to see what other's serve for Thanksgiving in other parts of the country. Ours is a pretty traditional dinner. I'm doing the cooking and my parents, in-laws, children and grandchildren will be here---it's my grandson's 7th birthday on Thursday, too.

Turkey
Ham
Sweet Potato Casserole
Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry Salad
Apple-grape Salad
Broccolli
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
and Ice Cream cake for the birthday boy!

I'll be so sick of it all by the time we eat that I won't want to look at it much less eat any of it.

[Catrin]

Going to a friend's house and they always have a TON of food. I will be taking the beer

[limewave]

The last few years I've made a vegetarian dish to share at Thanksgiving, usually a recipe from 101Cookbooks.com

This year I was assigned dinner rolls. ONLY DINNER ROLLS (they were very specific). I guess if it isn't deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, and cheese with some broccoli--they aren't happy

[redrhodie]

The last few years I've made a vegetarian dish to share at Thanksgiving, usually a recipe from 101Cookbooks.com

This year I was assigned dinner rolls. ONLY DINNER ROLLS (they were very specific). I guess if it isn't deep fried turkey, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, and cheese with some broccoli--they aren't happy

That's obnoxious. So because they don't want it, you can't have it? What, is there no room in the house for one more dish?

Being who I am, I'd somehow fill the rolls with spinach, just to bug them.

[indysteel]

I am so jealous of all these wonderful dishes. DH and I are going to my parents on Thanksgiving. My mom is a decent cook, but a couple things work against her on Thanksgiving: (1) A blind adherance to the dishes she's been making for the past 50 years of married life; and (2) a tendency to overcook things. Her dishes are not exactly inventive or fresh tasting. Think green bean casserole and lifeless peas and carrots.

I've offered over the years to contribute some dishes, but my mother is also a control freak and will have none of that. DH and I will try some things for our New Year's dinner together instead.

At least it's what I'm used to. DH and I spent the last two Thanksgivings with his family and family friends, and they don't do much more than microwave premade food. It's a crime against humanity. The first year I actually found myself pretty offended by it. Nothing says the holidays like Stovetop Stuffing.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy the day!

[limewave]

That's obnoxious. So because they don't want it, you can't have it? What, is there no room in the house for one more dish?

Being who I am, I'd somehow fill the rolls with spinach, just to bug them.

Lol. Good idea!
It wouldn't be the holidays without obnoxious relatives

[kimikaw]

Going to a friend's house and they always have a TON of food. I will be taking the beer

Sounds like my plan. Spending the week in Nashville with my brother, and having dinner at his ultra hostess Aunt-in-laws. Great food, great company. And for this meal all we have to do is bring the beer (and wine and spirits). Both hubby and I work in different bits of the bev alcohol biz, so a natural for us.

Last year the spread was incredible. Looking forward to seeing what's in store this year.

Oh, anyone see the Bobby Flay/Pioneer Woman Thanksgiving Throwdown. Dying to try the Brussels sprouts with pomegranate recipe. Ditto the pumpkin bread pudding. Maybe as part of Christmas feast.

[bmccasland]

Will be wandering across the street to a neighbor's. Was supposed to drive to a friend's around Puget Sound (hour drive), but with our icy weather, I'm reluctant to drive anywhere. And since I'm still in the kitchen restocking process, I'm not cooking anything. But I will take over some homemade jam that survived the move. Think I have jars of blueberry and blackberry (separate) worth sharing.

Everyone's menus sound good. I'm hoping for some good mashed potatoes, and a stuffing that doesn't have mushrooms or oysters in it. Blech. I've never had chestnut stuffing / dressing, that sounds interesting.

My Louisiana grandmother would make a cornbread - in a cast iron skillet a day or two before, and let it get stale, to make her stuffing. Or is it dressing?

[Crankin]

Here's my menu... well, not mine, but the friends' we are going to. I would never send a printed menu!

Thanks giving 2010 Menu

Appetizer cheese and crackers
Appetizer Salad of mixed greens, walnuts, and goat
cheese
Main course
Herb roasted turkey with shallot pan gravy
Corn bread, apricot and toasted pumpkin seeds stuffing
Sweet potato and apple butter casserole
Cranberry sauce from Verrill Farm
Broccoli with fennel and red pepper sautéed with shallots
Dessert Tofu cheese cake with fresh strawberries
Blueberry pie from Helen’s with ice cream

Hosts will have: Wines- plenty of red & white; Beer- Corona