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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom has been making the same dishes for thanksgiving for at least 35 years (ie as long as I can remember). Her dishes are not traditional but are a spin on the usual, if that makes sense. Turkey, but cooked in tomato sauce. Sweet potatoes, but made with oranges. That type of thing. I tolerate it each year but wish our foods were more normal. The weird foods even actually caused my parents to not like a partner of mine several years back who made a comment about the food being weird when they came to visit for thanksgiving.

This is my moms holiday and she insists on cooking it and insists on her dishes. No one else is allowed to do the turkey. It’s a thing

I’m just ranting but I really wish I could just cook Thanksgiving myself and make more normal dishes….but that won’t happen without causing major family drama.

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My aunt has hosted thanksgiving since I was a child and her cooking is truly dreadful.  I don’t want to sound ungrateful.  She’s a lovely person, I enjoy visiting her and her family, and she puts a lot of effort into cooking every year.  But my lord.  She does a lot of the stuff you list above - tries to put twists on dishes and they’re never good.  She is also a lifelong weight watchers member (although she’s been slim for 30+ years now) and cooks with a lot of weight watchers recipes that use weird low fat or fake sugar type substitutes. It’s just so bad. Last year because of COVID was the first year I ever skipped going to her thanksgiving. My husband and I cooked ourselves and I finally understand why people look forgot thanksgiving leftovers![/quote]

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