Just for fun: What does and does not belong at a Thanksgiving feast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make the rolls, love them. Controversial—gravy is disgusting and I can’t figure out why everyone eats it

Good gravy is delightful. Bad gravy, not made fresh with the drippings, is gross.

[Anonymous]

People who bring cake for dessert. WTH? This is PIE DAY people. PIES.

[Anonymous]

I know this may irritate some, but soda and beer do not belong at the thanksgiving dinner table.

Water- still or sparkling, in a glass, or wine.

Cocktails before dinner, coffee with dessert.

Beer is fine in the other room while watching the football game. But at dinner, I’d prefer not to see your Busch Light can on the table. I won’t say anything of course, but it silently bothers me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who bring cake for dessert. WTH? This is PIE DAY people. PIES.

We always have one rum cake, decorated like a turkey. New name every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this may irritate some, but soda and beer do not belong at the thanksgiving dinner table.

Water- still or sparkling, in a glass, or wine.

Cocktails before dinner, coffee with dessert.

Beer is fine in the other room while watching the football game. But at dinner, I’d prefer not to see your Busch Light can on the table. I won’t say anything of course, but it silently bothers me.

I agree, unless you are a kid, and then you get your gingerale in a wine glass. And for the love of god, beer goes into a glass on thanksgiving, at the very least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who bring cake for dessert. WTH? This is PIE DAY people. PIES.

We always have one rum cake, decorated like a turkey. New name every year.

Actually I like that idea? Does anyone ever eat it?

[Anonymous]

Must:

Turkey
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing (no fruit, sausage or oysters included)
Corn (just regular kernel corn)
Mac & cheese
Rolls
Dessert of some kind, usually chocolate pie in our house as cooked fruit is not good.

Nope:
Corn casserole/creamed corn - Regular corn is so much better than any casserole or creamed corn dish I've ever had.
Sweet potatoes - No one in our house likes them
Cranberry sauce - No one in our house likes this either

Creamed onions is something I've never had before. Similarly don't have much experience with sausage in stuffing. Are those southern things, maybe?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who bring cake for dessert. WTH? This is PIE DAY people. PIES.

Most pies are gross, so it's good to have some variety for dessert.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this may irritate some, but soda and beer do not belong at the thanksgiving dinner table.

Water- still or sparkling, in a glass, or wine.

Cocktails before dinner, coffee with dessert.

Beer is fine in the other room while watching the football game. But at dinner, I’d prefer not to see your Busch Light can on the table. I won’t say anything of course, but it silently bothers me.

The hell? No way!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My normal Thanksgiving is:

Turkey
Stuffing (yes sausage, obviously)
Mashed potatoes
Cranberry sauce (both canned and homemade)
Green bean casserole (all components homemade: fried shallots, and a mushroom cream sauce in lieu of soup)
Rolls

Also pies, you need a variety of pies. We usually do three types, even if we've only got like five people.

Some years we've done
Corn pudding
Sweet potatoes
Turnips

My only real hard no is salad and soup, I think they work badly with the rest of the meal and its weird for Thanksgiving to have courses (apart from maybe some deviled eggs and nuts put out while the food cooks). That said, I think the biggest rule of Thanksgiving is that any thing anyone brings goes on the table. If you bring a salad, I'll put it out happily, I just don't want any.

Ha, yes, I mean, you absolutely need apply pie AND pumpkin pie AND pecan pie. More pie is fine, too, but those three are must haves in our house no matter how few people.

[Anonymous]

Does belong:

Turkey
Sausage stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Homemade cranberry sauce
Green beans in some form
Wine
Pumpkin pie

Does not belong:
Seafood
Things that masquerade as mashed potatoes but are not
Beets -- I don't like food that bleeds

[Anonymous]

Mac and cheese.

That's for cookouts or weeknights.

[Anonymous]

You know what doesn't belong at Thanksgiving? Guests of guests. No, you don't get to bring your cousins along.

[Anonymous]

Turkey
Gravy
Stuffing
Sweet potatoes
Cranberry sauce (prepared from the bag o’ cranberries and used mainly for leftover Turkey sandwiches)
Mashed potatoes
Corn casserole on the back of the Jiffy box
One fresh green thing - I like steamed green beans

Nope
I don’t have any nopes. If it’s your tradition, I’m down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this may irritate some, but soda and beer do not belong at the thanksgiving dinner table.

Water- still or sparkling, in a glass, or wine.

Cocktails before dinner, coffee with dessert.

Beer is fine in the other room while watching the football game. But at dinner, I’d prefer not to see your Busch Light can on the table. I won’t say anything of course, but it silently bothers me.

What about beer in a glass? My dad doesn't like wine!