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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanksgiving is all about tradition.  I would be happy to have you bring whatever made it a great meal for you.  My cousin has to have pumpkin pie.  No one else likes it.  She bakes it and brings it every year.  I don't consider it a slight to my apple pie.  [/quote]
Would you feel differently if she knows that you make an apple pie but chooses to bring a store-bought apple pie every year?  Do you see the difference in the insulting factor from OP and your cousin?[/quote]

OP here. The cranberry was just an idea for this year. Previously I've done rolls, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, you name it. All of those were scorned or not served (or worse, no one even tries them) and I'm an excellent cook. They weren't duplicates of anything MIL was making. It's not MIL scorning it either. It's grandmas, SILs and other relatives. They said that sweet potatoes weren't part of their Thanksgiving. [/quote]

Just curious--assuming from your comments that they have a history of Thanksgiving food traditions, in what part of the country do your in-laws live?[/quote]

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