THE REAL Thanksgiving Food Thread 2021

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Amazed there are no Turkey tips in this entire thread. I have hosted thanksgiving overseas for 6 years in Australia where I now live and everyone raves about the turkey most of all. They have me making one at Christmas now.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s THE best stuffing? Cornbread? Chestnut? Oyster? sausage?

I think the best is probably whatever you grew up eating. For me, Scot Peacock's cornbread dressing recipe comes closest to ideal.

I didn't grow up with any traditional dishes, so never developed a taste for anything specific! Just me and a single parent, so we typically got an invite somewhere different each year. I just loooove stuffing, and want to learn how to make the best haha!

Half cornbread half bread cubes, a ton of butter fried sage, sausage, a few boiled eggs. Follow a recipe but make those tweaks.

This is dressing not stuffing

Many people use the terms interchangeably. I never heard the word “dressing” until I was an adult.

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Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

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I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

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Anonymous wrote:
Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

+1

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

Most Americans? Did you pull that stat out of your ass? Speak for yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:
Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

+1

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

Most Americans? Did you pull that stat out of your ass? Speak for yourself.

Enjoy your bland turkey.

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Anonymous wrote:Favorite cranberry sauce recipe?

I just boil a package of cranberries over medium with one cup of water and 3/4 cup of sugar until they start popping, then I lower/stir/eventually turn off the heat. I like my cranberry sauce really simple. I always do this one or two days before.

This is the ONLY way to do it. Although I don't measure stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazed there are no Turkey tips in this entire thread. I have hosted thanksgiving overseas for 6 years in Australia where I now live and everyone raves about the turkey most of all. They have me making one at Christmas now.

There’s a turkey thread here: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1012341.page
And a mashed potatoes thread here: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1013816.page

Great gravy info in here, major points to whomever wrote the headline:
https://www.foodandwine.com/holidays-events/thanksgiving/how-to-upgrade-your-gravy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

+1

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

Most Americans? Did you pull that stat out of your ass? Speak for yourself.

Enjoy your bland turkey.

Maybe you should learn how to properly cook a turkey? Or eat whatever it is you like to eat. No need to come shitting all over people who like different things. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

+1

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

Most Americans? Did you pull that stat out of your ass? Speak for yourself.

Enjoy your bland turkey.

Maybe you should learn how to properly cook a turkey? Or eat whatever it is you like to eat. No need to come shitting all over people who like different things. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?

Manners? Says the person who asked if I “pulled something out of [my] ass?”

[Anonymous]

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Great gravy info in here, major points to whomever wrote the headline:
https://www.foodandwine.com/holidays-events/thanksgiving/how-to-upgrade-your-gravy

Headline is great but the photo is terrifying: I love mushrooms, but not in gravy, and the stuff in the gravy boat appears to be the consistency of pudding.

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Anonymous wrote:
Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods.

+1

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.

Go away! Most Americans secretly don’t like the bland, heavy traditional Thanksgiving dinner and would welcome the opportunity to try something new.

Most Americans? Did you pull that stat out of your ass? Speak for yourself.

Enjoy your bland turkey.

Maybe you should learn how to properly cook a turkey? Or eat whatever it is you like to eat. No need to come shitting all over people who like different things. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?

Manners? Says the person who asked if I “pulled something out of [my] ass?”

If you don't like being called out for your rudeness, stop being rude. Pretty simple.