Anonymous
Post 11/16/2011 14:23     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:I'm from the Deep South and married a New Yorker. Menu:
mulled cider
cheese and crackers
turkey and gravy
cranberries (slow cooker, not can)
roasted brussel sprouts
roasted sweet potatoes
mashed potatoes
stuffing
yellow squash
tollhouse pie
apple pie


New Yorker, here. This menu makes me homesick. Replace the tollhouse pie with pumpkin pie and this is my menu.
Anonymous
Post 11/16/2011 07:41     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Growing up my Southern transplant Grandmother always hosted Thanksgiving and I continue her tradition of serving two meats for people (like myself) who can't stand turkey.

Turkey
Gravy
Ham in Cherry Coke
Cornbread Stuffing
Braised Red Cabbage (with the ham's pot liquor)
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Pone
Homemade Cranberry Dressing (seriously, it takes 10 mins)
Rolls

Mississippi Egg Pie
Sweet Potato Pie




Anonymous
Post 11/16/2011 07:04     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
We are having a mix of turkey eaters and pescatarians.

smoked trout spread w/ crackers

Turkey breast
Gravy
Shredded brussels sprouts w/ mustard butter
Potatoes gratin
Roasted garlic mushrooms
Green salad
Green beans
Pumpkin roulade
Cookies (likely gingerbread)
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 23:15     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Ina's spinach looks great and got crazy high ratings. Can it be made a day ahead and reheated? I'm hosting over 20 at my house and have 1 oven.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 23:01     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
No one has down lasagne? C'mon! Always for every holiday.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 22:11     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Some of us are vegan, some not. Here's our menu:

real turkey breast
turkey gravy
Tofurkey roast (stuffed)
vegan dressing on the side (we all like stuffing!)
cranberry sauce
mashed sweet potatoes
green bean casserole
corn
banana nut bread
apple pie
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 22:49     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:Our half meat eaters/half vegetarian menu:

Crackers and various cheeses
Crudites?

Turkey
Lentil Loaf
Meat Gravy
Vegetarian Gravy
Dressing cooked with and out of the bird
Garlic mashed potatoes
Corn Pudding (not the southern sweet type though)
Green beans with shallots
Buttermilk biscuits and sweet potato biscuits

Pumpkin Pie and Apple Pie



Our usual menu is almost exactly the same, minus the lentil loaf & sweet potato biscuits, plus cranberry sauce

I started making corn pudding for Thanksgiving about 8 years ago & now my mom makes it, too, the years she cooks. I don't know why it's not a more common T-giving dish.

I also make apple-cranberry pie instead of plain apple.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 13:14     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hi, Memphis Girl! I like how everyone's got her one thing that you have to have on the T-giving table; your grandmother's got her potato salad, and I bet she makes a good one. Well, it's not Thanksgiving at our house without orange fluff!


HA! I love the orange fluff! I may have to make some!

My grandmother does make a good potato salad! To sound perfectly crazy , when I moved up here I wouldn't touch another potato salad. Throughout the years, I have learned that there are different types and I am not "cheating" on my grandmother!


LOL! Not "cheating" on your grandmother with other potato salads? I love you!


By the way, the last post was from me, Nashville Girl.


OP here! Yes! There is nothing better than her potato salad...well, maybe my mother's chocolate pie!
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 12:21     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hi, Memphis Girl! I like how everyone's got her one thing that you have to have on the T-giving table; your grandmother's got her potato salad, and I bet she makes a good one. Well, it's not Thanksgiving at our house without orange fluff!


HA! I love the orange fluff! I may have to make some!

My grandmother does make a good potato salad! To sound perfectly crazy , when I moved up here I wouldn't touch another potato salad. Throughout the years, I have learned that there are different types and I am not "cheating" on my grandmother!


LOL! Not "cheating" on your grandmother with other potato salads? I love you!


By the way, the last post was from me, Nashville Girl.
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 12:21     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hi, Memphis Girl! I like how everyone's got her one thing that you have to have on the T-giving table; your grandmother's got her potato salad, and I bet she makes a good one. Well, it's not Thanksgiving at our house without orange fluff!


HA! I love the orange fluff! I may have to make some!

My grandmother does make a good potato salad! To sound perfectly crazy , when I moved up here I wouldn't touch another potato salad. Throughout the years, I have learned that there are different types and I am not "cheating" on my grandmother!


LOL! Not "cheating" on your grandmother with other potato salads? I love you!
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 11:44     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:Hi, Memphis Girl! I like how everyone's got her one thing that you have to have on the T-giving table; your grandmother's got her potato salad, and I bet she makes a good one. Well, it's not Thanksgiving at our house without orange fluff!


HA! I love the orange fluff! I may have to make some!

My grandmother does make a good potato salad! To sound perfectly crazy , when I moved up here I wouldn't touch another potato salad. Throughout the years, I have learned that there are different types and I am not "cheating" on my grandmother!
Anonymous
Post 11/10/2011 11:40     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
OP Here. Fried Turkey! YUM!! I haven't had it since I moved up here(13 yrs ago) It is is absolutely the moistest turkey EVER! Enjoy!
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2011 20:50     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Can you please tell me how I can fry the turkey this Thanksgiving without buying a giant frying system for the backyard? I would love to try it but also do not want to fry myself!
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2011 20:34     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:DH and I are both native Georgians. We usually have Thanksgiving dinner at his sister's house with my MIL, my SIL and I making most of the food. This is our normal menu there:

Fried turkey
Chicken and dumplings
My MIL's homemade dressing
Candied yams
Green beans
Macaroni and cheese
Collard greens, sometimes
Dinner rolls

Dessert is usually my DH's aunt's 14 layer chocolate cake and her coconut cake, my BIL's red velvet cake, and DH's OTHER aunt's chocolate pie and lemon pie.


I like this very Southern menu. Have always wanted to try frying my turkey.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2011 20:34     Subject: Thanksgiving Menu
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh, boy, do people eat my rolls and biscuits! You obviously have not eaten my rolls and biscuits. They are from scratch, and they are served hot from the oven just as we all sit down at the table. My family won't let me not make them.

Brussels sprouts must be served soft. Crunchy, even just a little, is no good!


I agree, except I'd say soft but not mushy.


I was the one who posted before, and I agree about soft and not mushy!