Anonymous wrote:I never understood mac and cheese at thanksgiving. Never served it, never been served it (except at a potluck Friendsgiving).

Same. Never actually even heard of it on thanksgiving menus until DCUM. I assumed it was for picky kids but interesting that adults seem to want it too.

Anonymous wrote:Whipped cream to go with pie
Coffee and tea to go with dessert

Not asparagus, unless you live in the southern hemisphere! That's a spring vegetable.

My dh would agree with you, but for some reason specifies COOL whip from the tub for the pie instead of the spray kind.

Whipped cream to go with pie
Coffee and tea to go with dessert

Not asparagus, unless you live in the southern hemisphere! That's a spring vegetable.

I never understood mac and cheese at thanksgiving. Never served it, never been served it (except at a potluck Friendsgiving).

Anonymous wrote:Sweet potatoes
Mac and cheese

I don’t want mashed potatoes that aren’t sweet aka orange.

Neither of these are bare minimum thanksgiving dishes. Turkey, potato, gravy, stuffing, cranberry. These are the classic staples.

Bare minimum? Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce. And at least one pie- I’d say pumpkin. Everything else can be on a case by case basis. Like Mac and cheese, a sweet potato dish, a salad, pecan pie, Brussels sprouts, etc

If I had to choose one version of potatoes, it would be mashed white potatoes. Sweet potatoes, I know many people like, but they aren’t in the “bare minimum” category.

Anonymous wrote:Sweet potatoes
Mac and cheese

I don’t want mashed potatoes that aren’t sweet aka orange.

Apple pie w option of icecream

Anonymous wrote:Sweet and mashed potatoes are needed.

NP. Disagree for bare minimum.

Some people don't care about cranberry sauce. And don't do multiple desserts.

I would add some kind of rolls but I would take out a non-pumpkin desert

Sweet potatoes
Mac and cheese

I don’t want mashed potatoes that aren’t sweet aka orange.

Sweet and mashed potatoes are needed.

Sounds about right. Our mashed potatoes are sweet potatoes rather than white potatoes. But I'd be fine with this as a spread. Of course we do a little more, but not that much more.

I don’t care if you ask for contributions or store buy anything or everything, but to me, the “bare minimum” a host should organize (not “provide,” but organize) would be:

Turkey
Gravy
Mashed potatoes
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Something green, whether it is asparagus, green beans, or salad, whatever
Pumpkin pie
One not-pumpkin dessert
Drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic)

What would you add or subtract?