D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

For me it would have to be my mother's pumpkin bread recipe. It just isn't right without it. Though the turkey and gravy are a close second. ;o)

My stuffing makes it complete. I haven't made it in a few years since we started going to my SIL's for Thanksgiving, but hers is good also. Another thing that completes the Thanksgiving meal is pumpkin or sweet potato pie. I can't fathom a Thanksgiving without it.
Alli

No holiday feast would be complete in our house without green bean casserole, which I actually learned of as Mary Ann's Old Southern Green Bean Thing (although I have no idea who Mary Ann is or was). I make a MUCH tastier version than the Durkee Onion recipe by substituting Cream of Celery (or Cream of Chicken) soup for the mushroom and canned french-cut green beans instead of frozen regular cut. I also use tons more french-fried onions than the recipe calls for. Yum!

--Solo

Our annual Thanksgiving meal served anywhere from 12 to 26 and consisted of: turkey, giblet gravy, dressing made with onion, celery, and sage (no sausage, oysters or cornbread,)mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, candied yams, a g-d-awful crab salad that consisted of crab, iceberg lettuce, celery and mayonaise, two kinds of cranberry sauce (the jellied kind in the can, sliced into half circles and a homemade one with orange juice and zest and bits of chopped walnut)and dinner rolls. There was always a pumpkin pie, sometimes several of them, and depending on the number of guests mince, apple, and/or pecan.

BTW, I make pecan pie in a wide, shallow tart pan. More pecans and pate brisee, less gooey egg/sugar/corn syrup mixture and I ALWAYS put the halved pecans in right side up, and in concentric circles, making sure to dip each one below the surface of the egg/sugar/corn syrup mixture so that they come out with a glossy glaze. It's the best way, by far, of making pecan pie. ;-D

Hugs,
~Cali

For me, it's everything but the turkey! LOL! I've never been fond of turkey and my parents are very used to me eating everything but. For my bf, he couldn't deal without the stuffing.

One day I will be lucky enough to be invited to a *real* American family Thanksgiving so I can see just what it's all about.
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Ok, I will concede that is IS about the food. *grins*

Our family's core menu has been carved in stone for more than fourty years. We can add to it, but we can not take away any of the core items; turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, fruit salad and pumpkin pie.

As new people have joined the family green beans and dinner rolls have been added, my sister makes two different sweet potatoe dishes to accomodate sweet toothe preferences and mince meat pie has been known to show up. :)

As for me, it just would not be Thanksgiving without the dressing with gravy and the pumpkin pie.

May your Thankgiving blessings be as bountiful as your Thanksgiving table.

Rebecca

There has to be pie! Pumpkin, apple, cherry, berry... doesn't matter what kind of pie, as long as it's there and there's plenty of cool whip.

one day!!

I would love to see some pics of the feast...

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For me it's the cranberries and deviled eggs that make it. Well, that would be for the FIRST meal. When it comes to left overs, I like turkey on toast with mayo and dressing ;)

Using the voice of Animal from the muppet show, "gray-VEE, gray-VEE, gray-VEEEEEEE!!!!" That and my mom makes a pumpkin pie with whisky that is unbelievable. B'lieve, Hon (another one of our quirky Baltimore sayings).

RYC...yeah, beige is temporary. I was bored at work today...

Green bean casserole makes it to our table for every holiday (Christmas and Easter, too). But we make ours with golden mushroom soup (instead of cream of mushroom), and we add grated cheddar cheese, plenty of Worcestershire sauce, and we use sour cream instead of milk! Lately, we have added butternut squash soup with crackers and a cheeseball for a light lunch (we don't eat Thanksgiving dinner until around 3 pm). We usually experiment with dessert--one year it was a rolled pumpkin cake with a cream cheese filling, another year it was pumpkin cheesecake. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, and mashed potatoes (made with real butter and sour cream, no milk), but since we have those for regular dinners throughout the year, I have to choose the green bean casserole and the pumpkin-oriented dessert as the two things that make Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving dinner! I really, truly LOVE this holiday and hate that it is used as a kickoff for Christmas so much these days.

But a lace tablecloth, of course,
purchased this St Catherine's day.

For me, this is a funny kind of question, because we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia. I don't even know exactly when it is. We'll be having pretty much the same old same old over this weekend. Hope yours is fun, anyway. ;-)

Too funny. I was writing about pecan pie today too, well actually pecan tarts....

Growing up, Thanksgiving included all the traditional dishes but most things were made from a package or can. Mom even used canned yams. She wasn't into cooking much...

At 19 I took over hosting (parents divorced, my place was neutral ground) At first I did what I knew, but over the years I've learned to make things from scratch...including gravy!!!!

Now we do the full meal thing at my house Friday or Saturday and I spend Thursday at my Dad's where Thanksgiving meets my hispanic step family and it's a beautiful blend of Thanksgiving favorites and empanadas...... With forty people attending and bringing dishes... you can find just about anything in our Thanksgiving feast!

~QE

I need to do yoga again now after reading all this wonderful food stuff ....wow I wannaeat turkey now and every single side dish mentioned . mmmmm...yummmylicious ......
happy Thanksgiving my cyber friend .
Linda xxx

Candied Sweet Potatos. I just love them. No matter how hard I try, I can never make them as good as my mom. I also like sweet potato Soufflé.