What's everyone cooking for turkey day?

[brewer]

Thanksgiving always scares me a bit. Our family friends do a good job of it, and don't pressure us to eat. But still, it's like society is pressuring us, and we feel obligated to eat too much, and too heavy. 

That having been said, if I had to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, I like the idea of some traditional things and some not. So, maybe:

Turkey/cornish game hen
ground turkey chili with pinto beans (grated cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, oyster crackers)
haricots verts
spinach
funeral potatoes
sweet potatoes
cheap white rolls
cranberry sauce
dressing made with wheat bread, some of it toasted to well done
apple pie
pumpkin pie
shoo fly pie and 
biscuit pudding
(vanilla frozen yogurt, cool whip)
hot chocolate

I had to google three of those. Funeral potatoes, for the turkey, too funny!

[brewer]

We don't celebrate it over here, but I hope everyone has a lovely day when it comes.

Do it anyway!

[c172]

It's a Mormon dish. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_potatoes

Funeral potatoes (also known as Mormon funeral potatoes or party potatoes) are a traditional potato hotdish, or casserole,[4] that may have originated in the Intermountain West region of the United States. Both Mormon and Southern [5] people call this dish funeral potatoes because the casserole is commonly served as a side dish during traditional after-funeral dinners,[6] such as those planned by members of the Relief Society[7] (a LDS auxiliary organization). Funeral potatoes are also served at other social gatherings, such as potlucks, typically in areas with a significant Latter-day Saint population in the Mormon Corridor.[8]


The dish usually consists of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese (cheddar or Parmesan), onions, cream soup (chicken, mushroom, or celery) or a cream sauce, sour cream, and is topped with butter and corn flakes or crushed potato chips.[9] Ingredients in other variations include cubed baked ham, frozen peas, or broccoli florets.

[AceBoogie]

Da fuck are 'funeral potatoes'??

Boru

They look tasty, that's for sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_potatoes

I've always known these as picnic potatoes. Weird.

[c172]

Thanksgiving always scares me a bit. Our family friends do a good job of it, and don't pressure us to eat. But still, it's like society is pressuring us, and we feel obligated to eat too much, and too heavy. 

That having been said, if I had to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, I like the idea of some traditional things and some not. So, maybe:

Turkey/cornish game hen
ground turkey chili with pinto beans (grated cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, oyster crackers)
haricots verts
spinach
funeral potatoes
sweet potatoes
cheap white rolls
cranberry sauce
dressing made with wheat bread, some of it toasted to well done
apple pie
pumpkin pie
shoo fly pie and 
biscuit pudding
(vanilla frozen yogurt, cool whip)
hot chocolate

I had to google three of those. Funeral potatoes, for the turkey, too funny!

Funeral potatoes for the turkey? I might have lost you a bit. Which did you google? I'll guess biscuit pudding, shoo fly pie, and funeral potatoes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoofly_pie

http://southernfood.about.com/od/breadpu...40320a.htm

[Aroura]

We don't celebrate the genocide bit either, but since I grew up with ithe and it's hard to ditch holidays entirely, my family have decided in recent years to celebrate it instead as Thors Feast Day. So we cook and enjoy old world foods and learn about some other culture each year. This year I've got a bunch of great recipes from my new Feast of Thrones book. Some fantasy, but some traditional medieval European foods as well.

We'll be having game hen, mushroom oyster soup, turnips in butter, pease porridge, oat cakes, sweet lemon cakes, Roman honey fingers, goat cheese w/apricot tarts and Cream Swans. Well, we'll see about the cream swans. They look difficult, but my daughter is excited to make them, so I'll give it a shot and we'll make them a couple of days ahead of time. To drink we'll be making lemon sweet and mulled wine.

I'm really looking forward to something besides turkey and sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. I like those things, but I can have them any old time.

At any rate, even if you don't want to celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving,  there is always some excuse you can make for a feast!

[brewer]

I had to google three of those. Funeral potatoes, for the turkey, too funny!

Funeral potatoes for the turkey? I might have lost you a bit. Which did you google? I'll guess biscuit pudding, shoo fly pie, and funeral potatoes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoofly_pie

http://southernfood.about.com/od/breadpu...40320a.htm

Sub out the pudding and in haricot verts.

I've had the taters for years, even at funerals, just never heard that name.

[brewer]

We don't celebrate the genocide bit either, but since I grew up with ithe and it's hard to ditch holidays entirely, my family have decided in recent years to celebrate it instead as Thors Feast Day. So we cook and enjoy old world foods and learn about some other culture each year. This year I've got a bunch of great recipes from my new Feast of Thrones book. Some fantasy, but some traditional medieval European foods as well.

We'll be having game hen, mushroom oyster soup, turnips in butter, pease porridge, oat cakes, sweet lemon cakes, Roman honey fingers, goat cheese w/apricot tarts and Cream Swans. Well, we'll see about the cream swans. They look difficult, but my daughter is excited to make them, so I'll give it a shot and we'll make them a couple of days ahead of time. To drink we'll be making lemon sweet and mulled wine.

I'm really looking forward to something besides turkey and sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. I like those things, but I can have them any old time.

At any rate, even if you don't want to celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving,  there is always some excuse you can make for a feast!

Thanks for turnips. I have a great parsnip recipe I'll need to add to the list.

[mlmooney89]

We don't associate it with the pilgrims or Native Americans at our house. It is very much like Christmas, just a day to get together and eat a lot, no real meaning behind it. With that said,

I usually get ugly looks for this but I can't stand turkey. I hate cranberry sauce, pumpkin anything, sweet potatoes, brown gravy... I mean the list goes on. I am so picky about Thanksgiving food. I eat mostly sides; deviled eggs, mashed potatoes with giblet gravy, stuffing, green bean casseroles.

[Athene]

I'm waiting to get word on what Thena Sr.'s making; IF she decides to get off her duff, and cook at all. 
I swear, someone needs to to straighten that woman out, and remind her where the goddamned kitchen is...and that it's her DUTY to be there.