Please share your Asian/South Asian/Middle Eastern/North African Thanksgiving recipes!

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Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

Literally none of the flavors you posted are English. Rosemary is mediterranean. Thyme is mediterranean and North African. Cinnamon is South Asian. Nutmeg is Asian. The pilgrims did not eat that stuff. They ate what the native Americans ate. Your eurocentric view of the world and history is so limited

Actually these are the most traditional English flavors and seasonings. The holiday was started by the pilgrims, and the dishes reflect it.

But by all means, no one will care at all if you dont do a Thanksgiving and put out some lo mein and go to town. No one will care. Literally no one. It just wont be a Thanksgiving feast. But whatever. Do you.

Of course it’s a Thanksgiving feast if that’s how it’s designated. What’s with the provincial insistence that it’s your food or bust? I’ve never had oyster dressing or cornmeal dressing or green bean casserole but if someone tells me that’s their thanksgiving food I don’t tell them that it isn’t everyone I know eats corn muffins and Pepperidge farm stuffing. If someone serves me lo mein on thanksgiving then that’s Thanksgiving. Heck I have vegan friends who serve an elaborate pasta spread on thanksgiving. Are you going to tell them they don’t celebrate properly because they don’t eat turkey?

It's not "my food or bust". It's about the roots of a holiday. As PPs point out, you serve certain types of food at certain holidays. You dont serve beef bourignon to celebrate St Patrick's day, you serve corned beef and cabbage. You serve a buche de noel on Christmas, not on Easter. You serve potato pancakes at Hannukah, not on Cinco De Mayo. It's really not that complicated.

I mean if you want to go rogue and throw a bunch of random sh** on the table, have at it. But it aint the holiday. And that's that. And no one will care regardless, unless they had the misfortune to be invited such a weird occasion.

But many people do serve salmon rather than corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day. My oldest was in Ireland for the holiday and never saw corned beef on the menu. Some places had lamb. And Israelis often prefer jelly donuts to latkes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

Literally none of the flavors you posted are English. Rosemary is mediterranean. Thyme is mediterranean and North African. Cinnamon is South Asian. Nutmeg is Asian. The pilgrims did not eat that stuff. They ate what the native Americans ate. Your eurocentric view of the world and history is so limited

Actually these are the most traditional English flavors and seasonings. The holiday was started by the pilgrims, and the dishes reflect it.

But by all means, no one will care at all if you dont do a Thanksgiving and put out some lo mein and go to town. No one will care. Literally no one. It just wont be a Thanksgiving feast. But whatever. Do you.

Of course it’s a Thanksgiving feast if that’s how it’s designated. What’s with the provincial insistence that it’s your food or bust? I’ve never had oyster dressing or cornmeal dressing or green bean casserole but if someone tells me that’s their thanksgiving food I don’t tell them that it isn’t everyone I know eats corn muffins and Pepperidge farm stuffing. If someone serves me lo mein on thanksgiving then that’s Thanksgiving. Heck I have vegan friends who serve an elaborate pasta spread on thanksgiving. Are you going to tell them they don’t celebrate properly because they don’t eat turkey?

It's not "my food or bust". It's about the roots of a holiday. As PPs point out, you serve certain types of food at certain holidays. You dont serve beef bourignon to celebrate St Patrick's day, you serve corned beef and cabbage. You serve a buche de noel on Christmas, not on Easter. You serve potato pancakes at Hannukah, not on Cinco De Mayo. It's really not that complicated.

I mean if you want to go rogue and throw a bunch of random sh** on the table, have at it. But it aint the holiday. And that's that. And no one will care regardless, unless they had the misfortune to be invited such a weird occasion.

But as other PPs have written, the culinary roots of the holiday are native. So if you insist on going back to the roots, start there. Don't whitewash it because you refuse reality 😤

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Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

Literally none of the flavors you posted are English. Rosemary is mediterranean. Thyme is mediterranean and North African. Cinnamon is South Asian. Nutmeg is Asian. The pilgrims did not eat that stuff. They ate what the native Americans ate. Your eurocentric view of the world and history is so limited

Actually these are the most traditional English flavors and seasonings. The holiday was started by the pilgrims, and the dishes reflect it.

But by all means, no one will care at all if you dont do a Thanksgiving and put out some lo mein and go to town. No one will care. Literally no one. It just wont be a Thanksgiving feast. But whatever. Do you.

Of course it’s a Thanksgiving feast if that’s how it’s designated. What’s with the provincial insistence that it’s your food or bust? I’ve never had oyster dressing or cornmeal dressing or green bean casserole but if someone tells me that’s their thanksgiving food I don’t tell them that it isn’t everyone I know eats corn muffins and Pepperidge farm stuffing. If someone serves me lo mein on thanksgiving then that’s Thanksgiving. Heck I have vegan friends who serve an elaborate pasta spread on thanksgiving. Are you going to tell them they don’t celebrate properly because they don’t eat turkey?

It's not "my food or bust". It's about the roots of a holiday. As PPs point out, you serve certain types of food at certain holidays. You dont serve beef bourignon to celebrate St Patrick's day, you serve corned beef and cabbage. You serve a buche de noel on Christmas, not on Easter. You serve potato pancakes at Hannukah, not on Cinco De Mayo. It's really not that complicated.

I mean if you want to go rogue and throw a bunch of random sh** on the table, have at it. But it aint the holiday. And that's that. And no one will care regardless, unless they had the misfortune to be invited such a weird occasion.

As a matter of fact, not all Jews eat potato pancakes (latkes) and Hanukkah, and plenty of Jews eat them at other times of year. Just because you are accustomed to something doesn’t mean any deviation or different choice by others is wrong. You have an incredibly narrow and rigid view of holidays.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

Literally none of the flavors you posted are English. Rosemary is mediterranean. Thyme is mediterranean and North African. Cinnamon is South Asian. Nutmeg is Asian. The pilgrims did not eat that stuff. They ate what the native Americans ate. Your eurocentric view of the world and history is so limited

Actually these are the most traditional English flavors and seasonings. The holiday was started by the pilgrims, and the dishes reflect it.

But by all means, no one will care at all if you dont do a Thanksgiving and put out some lo mein and go to town. No one will care. Literally no one. It just wont be a Thanksgiving feast. But whatever. Do you.

Of course it’s a Thanksgiving feast if that’s how it’s designated. What’s with the provincial insistence that it’s your food or bust? I’ve never had oyster dressing or cornmeal dressing or green bean casserole but if someone tells me that’s their thanksgiving food I don’t tell them that it isn’t everyone I know eats corn muffins and Pepperidge farm stuffing. If someone serves me lo mein on thanksgiving then that’s Thanksgiving. Heck I have vegan friends who serve an elaborate pasta spread on thanksgiving. Are you going to tell them they don’t celebrate properly because they don’t eat turkey?

It's not "my food or bust". It's about the roots of a holiday. As PPs point out, you serve certain types of food at certain holidays. You dont serve beef bourignon to celebrate St Patrick's day, you serve corned beef and cabbage. You serve a buche de noel on Christmas, not on Easter. You serve potato pancakes at Hannukah, not on Cinco De Mayo. It's really not that complicated.

I mean if you want to go rogue and throw a bunch of random sh** on the table, have at it. But it aint the holiday. And that's that. And no one will care regardless, unless they had the misfortune to be invited such a weird occasion.

But as other PPs have written, the culinary roots of the holiday are native. So if you insist on going back to the roots, start there. Don't whitewash it because you refuse reality 😤

Not really. The flavorings are all English. I mean if someone wants to order Dominos for Thanksgiving or any other kind of takeout, be my guest. But it aint really Thanksgiving food.

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Just do a classic roast turkey and make/serve whatever side dishes you want. As a Korean American, I would do:
Very garlicky garlic mashed potatoes with skin
Kimchi
Japchae
Galbi
Green salad (not Korean, but I noticed most Thanksgiving tables don’t seem to have this)
Rice cooker rice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well Thanksgiving food is going to be pretty much overwhelmingly English flavors, aka rosemary, thyme, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. because that's what the pilgrims ate.

You can do your own thing on Thanksgiving and have ssambap for example, but it's not going to be Thanksgiving food. just like you could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef lo mein or St Patricks Day with injera but it's not gonna really be the holiday.

But... make whatever you want. If you like this food so much you should probably already have a list of go-to recipes from these places, so I'm not gonna post my go-tos. Treat it like a normal Thursday if you're going this route.

Literally none of the flavors you posted are English. Rosemary is mediterranean. Thyme is mediterranean and North African. Cinnamon is South Asian. Nutmeg is Asian. The pilgrims did not eat that stuff. They ate what the native Americans ate. Your eurocentric view of the world and history is so limited

Actually these are the most traditional English flavors and seasonings. The holiday was started by the pilgrims, and the dishes reflect it.

But by all means, no one will care at all if you dont do a Thanksgiving and put out some lo mein and go to town. No one will care. Literally no one. It just wont be a Thanksgiving feast. But whatever. Do you.

Of course it’s a Thanksgiving feast if that’s how it’s designated. What’s with the provincial insistence that it’s your food or bust? I’ve never had oyster dressing or cornmeal dressing or green bean casserole but if someone tells me that’s their thanksgiving food I don’t tell them that it isn’t everyone I know eats corn muffins and Pepperidge farm stuffing. If someone serves me lo mein on thanksgiving then that’s Thanksgiving. Heck I have vegan friends who serve an elaborate pasta spread on thanksgiving. Are you going to tell them they don’t celebrate properly because they don’t eat turkey?

It's not "my food or bust". It's about the roots of a holiday. As PPs point out, you serve certain types of food at certain holidays. You dont serve beef bourignon to celebrate St Patrick's day, you serve corned beef and cabbage. You serve a buche de noel on Christmas, not on Easter. You serve potato pancakes at Hannukah, not on Cinco De Mayo. It's really not that complicated.

I mean if you want to go rogue and throw a bunch of random sh** on the table, have at it. But it aint the holiday. And that's that. And no one will care regardless, unless they had the misfortune to be invited such a weird occasion.

But many people do serve salmon rather than corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day. My oldest was in Ireland for the holiday and never saw corned beef on the menu. Some places had lamb. And Israelis often prefer jelly donuts to latkes.

The Irish don't eat corned beef at all. My family would do a bacon roast on St Patrick's day. And go to church. No fecking green beer or leprechaun trap foolishness.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/

[Anonymous]

Our Persian family couldn’t have Thanksgiving without at least a side dish involving rice. Usually something like zereshk polo because the barberries look festive.

[Anonymous]

Kadu bourani is what I would hope for

[Anonymous]

I'm Viet-American. We have traditional T-giving meal but with egg rolls as app and flan as extra dessert.

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I'm South Asian, and we just do the typical American Thanksgiving food. Although I remember one year growing up we went to a family friend's house and they did Tandoori turkey!

[Anonymous]

Middle Eastern here. I use Hummus as my gravy on top of Turkey.

Falafel and red lentil soup.

[Anonymous]

I'm Indian. We're doing

Tandoori turkey
Curried stuffing
Sweet Potato Masiyal
Green Beans Poriyal
Vegetable Biryani