Your ideal Thanksgiving relish tray composition

[Anonymous]

Castelvetrano olives
Kalamata olives
Marinate mushrooms : button or Russian style
Cornishons
Pickles tomatoes
Pickled little peppers
Marinated carrot slices

It’s also a norther European thing. Picked things go with vodka

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:omg. what is a relish tray.....is this a southern thing?!

X1000

I love you. OP - dafuq is a relish tray?

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Texas and never heard of it til I moved up here. Then for several years I was in charge of the relish tray at MIL for holidays until I proved myself worthy of cooking or baking something real.

[Anonymous]

New Englander here - I even have a crystal relish tray from my grandmother. Canned black olives and celery were on her table - we still do those for tradition but add good olives and nice pickles.

[Anonymous]

If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

It’s not part of the main meal!! You set it out for nibbling beforehand. And it’s not random like you’re emptying the half empty pickle and olive jars in your fridge. Come on, people!

(Note I was careful not to say “you guys” and “y’all” since they’ve been deemed unacceptable by DCUM this weekend.)

[Anonymous]

I love this and it sounds so quaint. I've never seen or had one in real life. We don't even have appetizers at any thanksgiving I've ever been to (one of my favorite parts!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New Englander here - I even have a crystal relish tray from my grandmother. Canned black olives and celery were on her table - we still do those for tradition but add good olives and nice pickles.

+10 to all this, including new england. Canned black olives are still amazing! And those who sneer at the celery, you had to stuff it. It was just a delivery vehicle.

[Anonymous]

So, do the foods on a relish tray all have to be pickled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

It’s not part of the main meal!! You set it out for nibbling beforehand. And it’s not random like you’re emptying the half empty pickle and olive jars in your fridge. Come on, people!

(Note I was careful not to say “you guys” and “y’all” since they’ve been deemed unacceptable by DCUM this weekend.)

I'm sorry, I've read the thread, I've seen the pictures, I've seen them in real life. I just don't get the appeal AT ALL. If I'm going to nibble anything, it's going to be something GOOD, not some random black olive that has been sitting out for two hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Castelvetrano olives
Kalamata olives
Marinate mushrooms : button or Russian style
Cornishons
Pickles tomatoes
Pickled little peppers
Marinated carrot slices

It’s also a norther European thing. Picked things go with vodka

My Russian uncle makes the BEST pickle trays. He makes some things and also makes a special trip a Russian store to get things for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

It’s not part of the main meal!! You set it out for nibbling beforehand. And it’s not random like you’re emptying the half empty pickle and olive jars in your fridge. Come on, people!

(Note I was careful not to say “you guys” and “y’all” since they’ve been deemed unacceptable by DCUM this weekend.)

I'm sorry, I've read the thread, I've seen the pictures, I've seen them in real life. I just don't get the appeal AT ALL. If I'm going to nibble anything, it's going to be something GOOD, not some random black olive that has been sitting out for two hours.

Depends on the person, I guess, but our family's is a bunch of homemade items that are more like little veggie salads and includes a lot of things like gourmet mushrooms, stuffed marinated peppers, smoked eggplant, homemade artichoke hearts, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

It’s not part of the main meal!! You set it out for nibbling beforehand. And it’s not random like you’re emptying the half empty pickle and olive jars in your fridge. Come on, people!

(Note I was careful not to say “you guys” and “y’all” since they’ve been deemed unacceptable by DCUM this weekend.)

I'm sorry, I've read the thread, I've seen the pictures, I've seen them in real life. I just don't get the appeal AT ALL. If I'm going to nibble anything, it's going to be something GOOD, not some random black olive that has been sitting out for two hours.

Fair enough. I love pickled vegetables and good olives but I understand that many people don’t. I once suggested pickled vegetables as an item for a guest to bring to a dinner party and the responses here were overwhelmingly negative!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New Englander here - I even have a crystal relish tray from my grandmother. Canned black olives and celery were on her table - we still do those for tradition but add good olives and nice pickles.

+10 to all this, including new england. Canned black olives are still amazing! And those who sneer at the celery, you had to stuff it. It was just a delivery vehicle.

I just saw a recipe for homemade pimento cheese stuffed celery. It looked amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I were hosting and had delegated appetizers (or if someone offered to bring them), and they forgot them or showed up with something really disappointing, I would throw together a "relish tray" if no other option was available. That's the only way I can see serving just...random stuff at Thanksgiving.

It’s not part of the main meal!! You set it out for nibbling beforehand. And it’s not random like you’re emptying the half empty pickle and olive jars in your fridge. Come on, people!

(Note I was careful not to say “you guys” and “y’all” since they’ve been deemed unacceptable by DCUM this weekend.)

I'm sorry, I've read the thread, I've seen the pictures, I've seen them in real life. I just don't get the appeal AT ALL. If I'm going to nibble anything, it's going to be something GOOD, not some random black olive that has been sitting out for two hours.

Depends on the person, I guess, but our family's is a bunch of homemade items that are more like little veggie salads and includes a lot of things like gourmet mushrooms, stuffed marinated peppers, smoked eggplant, homemade artichoke hearts, etc.