What is the trashiest thing about your thanksgiving?

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Anonymous wrote:I now REALLY want some Ruffles and onion dip.

+1. I might actually serve this now bc of this thread. What's a holiday without some retro/kitschy dishes?

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Marshmallows on sweet potatoes

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Anonymous wrote:Mine is a run-off between:

-Ruffles with dip. This is the only day of the year we eat this. It is all we eat before Thanksgiving dinner.

-Orange salad made with cottage cheese, marshmallows, cool whips, orange jello mix. Again, only day in the year we eat this and it's weird but sooooo good

Oh and canned mandarin oranges too for the orange salad

Is this a jello mold type consistency? I don't think I've had anything like this made w cottage cheese . Hey, you've included a protein!

It's basically this, though growing up I thought my family was the only one on earth who made it

https://iwashyoudry.com/orange-fluff-salad-recipe/

We are vegetarian so we use marshmallows and jello powder that is gelatin-free.

It's a fluffy consistency.

Thank you! I am tempted to try this.

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Anonymous wrote:I now REALLY want some Ruffles and onion dip.

+1. I might actually serve this now bc of this thread. What's a holiday without some retro/kitschy dishes?

*I was thinking more of a spinach dip, though. I can add some raw vegetables with it...

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THis thread is making me crave watergate salad!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I now REALLY want some Ruffles and onion dip.

+1. I might actually serve this now bc of this thread. What's a holiday without some retro/kitschy dishes?

*I was thinking more of a spinach dip, though. I can add some raw vegetables with it...

That's doing it wrong

Tub of french onion dip all the way

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Anonymous wrote:I now REALLY want some Ruffles and onion dip.

+1. I might actually serve this now bc of this thread. What's a holiday without some retro/kitschy dishes?

I came here to say Ruffles and onion dip.

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I would much rather come to Thanksgiving at any of your houses than celebrate with the food snobs.

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We're pretty gourmet, but I LOVE canned cranberries (the whole kind, not the jelly one).

I also make my signature pie using a store bought pie dough. I can make my own pie crust, but on Thanksgiving I have so much else going on that I don't have time to baby a pie dough and make sure it won't be soggy.

Btw, I love ruffles potato chips with the onion dip! yum. Someday I'll host and have appetizers and specialty cocktails

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine is a run-off between:

-Ruffles with dip. This is the only day of the year we eat this. It is all we eat before Thanksgiving dinner.

-Orange salad made with cottage cheese, marshmallows, cool whips, orange jello mix. Again, only day in the year we eat this and it's weird but sooooo good

Oh and canned mandarin oranges too for the orange salad

Is this a jello mold type consistency? I don't think I've had anything like this made w cottage cheese . Hey, you've included a protein!

It's basically this, though growing up I thought my family was the only one on earth who made it

https://iwashyoudry.com/orange-fluff-salad-recipe/

We are vegetarian so we use marshmallows and jello powder that is gelatin-free.

It's a fluffy consistency.

So I guess the jello powder is just for flavoring, more or less, since you're not actually making orange jello?

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Anonymous wrote:I now REALLY want some Ruffles and onion dip.

+1. I might actually serve this now bc of this thread. What's a holiday without some retro/kitschy dishes?

Agree -- holidays are the time for nostalgia, which is not the same as trashiness (not to quibble with the title of this delightful thread, but just noting that one woman's trashy can be another's sentimental rememrance). In that spirit, I'm making my mom's stuffing recipe that she adapted from the 1960 Life Magazine cookbook, which she received as a bridal shower gift when she was a homesick bride-to-be and recent immigrant from Lebanon via the UK.

This is a good approximation of the recipe. I sub in 2 c. sour cream for the eggs, and add 3 c. chopped apples, lemon juice, ground sage and a pinch of cayenne.

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

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Chicken McNuggets formed into a turkey shape

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Anonymous wrote:My in laws are old school Jewish and serve Maneschewitz with Thanksgiving. Even the flavors. I am from the south and these are the wines (they are sweet and fruity) that the low end grocery store carries in bulk and was considered “trashy” growing up for me.

DP here. The first Hanukkah I dated my Jewish DH I taught myself to make latkes and bought Maneschewitz. He was so appreciative of my thoughtfulness but later nicely told me Jewish people don't actually drink Maneschewitz! We still laugh about that 20 years later!

My former IL buy it for the kids’ table on the high holidays! It is a right of passage for the kids fasting the first time ever to misjudge the impact on an empty stomach. They’ve been drinking a half-glass watered since they were toddlers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My in laws are old school Jewish and serve Maneschewitz with Thanksgiving. Even the flavors. I am from the south and these are the wines (they are sweet and fruity) that the low end grocery store carries in bulk and was considered “trashy” growing up for me.

DP here. The first Hanukkah I dated my Jewish DH I taught myself to make latkes and bought Maneschewitz. He was so appreciative of my thoughtfulness but later nicely told me Jewish people don't actually drink Maneschewitz! We still laugh about that 20 years later!

My former IL buy it for the kids’ table on the high holidays! It is a right of passage for the kids fasting the first time ever to misjudge the impact on an empty stomach. They’ve been drinking a half-glass watered since they were toddlers.

First PP here. My Jewish inlaws don’t keep kosher and are wine snobs so there’s that.

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pies from Costco. Yummy.