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Foreigner here who has no emotional attachment to any traditional Thanksgiving food but loves the gratitude concept of this special day.

Etiquette question:
If we invite Americans for Thanksgiving, would it be disappointing-to-offensive (pick a level) to serve a different menu? Would they need advance warning?

Menu question:
And if we did serve a non-traditional menu, what substitutions that would be more acceptable than others?

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It's as offensive as a Christian serving a Seder and not serving the typical foods. [/quote]

I am glad you like the idea of giving thanks, but it really is a special US holiday. I have hosted foreigners but would not want to go to your house for a lovely meal that does not reflect our traditions on this particular holiday.[/quote]

Holy xenophobia. Thanksgiving is literally about IMMIGRANT colonizers and gratitude. And there are a bazillion threads in this forum about white people who “don’t like turkey so we’re doing Chinese this year”. If you want to cook a lovely meal and invite people that is what Thanksgiving is. Yes, let people know it won’t be turkey because you are GIVING THANKS in a way you know best to do it and they will be touched by the gesture.
I love my Thanksgiving favorites, and dh’s  family does it totally differently. So I make a few dishes if my own w a turkey breast and enjoy leftover week at home.  It will be totally fine, pp.
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^This. This is not remotely comparable to messing with a Seder menu, which has religious meaning. Americans don’t all eat the same foods for Thanksgiving! Read this thread. Some families have mashed potatoes, some have sweet potatoes, some have both, some have neither. Some families think it’s not Thanksgiving without dinner rolls or creamed onions or pumpkin pie, and other families never serve those things. There are American families who eat ham or lasagne or enchiladas on Thanksgiving. People who have a narrow vision of Thanksgiving will decline your invitation, but other people might always remember fondly their non traditional Thanksgiving with friends.[/quote]

+2. If you invite people, just let them know you'll be serving a non-traditional menu. If they really decline because of that reason, know that they are not people you want to be around anyway.[/quote]

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