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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 15, 2021 6:31:24 GMT -5
Pies. With fruit filling. My mom and then later my sister got really good at making pies (my sister later even began to participate in pie-baking contests, often picking up prizes). Anyway, my favorites were apple, blackberry and, especially, peach - I don't think I've ever tried anything that beat my mom's peach pie.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 15, 2021 6:34:09 GMT -5
Yes, please.
Oh, we have to choose? Arrrh... I'll go for the rhubarb pie, then.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 15, 2021 8:34:55 GMT -5
I'll take the lemon glazed bundt cake. One of the few deserts that can tempt me.
My father, of course, would always eat the german chocolate cake.
Ewww coconut.
I don't recall what desert my mother favored, as she was always one kind of diet or another my whole life. So I rarely saw her eat deserts.
My sister would probably go for the chocolate cake. She doesn't like any kind of pies.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 15, 2021 9:08:30 GMT -5
The only correct answer is my wife's homemade pumpkin pie. There are no other options, although if push came to shove, I could be placated with her homemade pecan pie.
My mother, who HATES pumpkin pie, made all kinds of apple-based desserts for Thanksgiving when I was growing up. Apple pie, apple crisp, baked apples with vanilla ice cream.
Bah. That's for early autumn. When the turkey is on the table, there better be an orange pie sitting nearby for after dinner.
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Post by brutalis on Nov 15, 2021 10:50:51 GMT -5
Pecan pies were very seldom made for Thanksgiving. Such a temperamental pie to cook up and come out right. And much too sweet. Plus, when we went out collecting nuts each fall from a Pecan/Walnut grove west of town, those nuts never lasted until Thanksgiving as they were all eaten up too quickly. A big bowl of various shelled nuts was always on our families tables in the fall for nibbling on.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 15, 2021 11:03:25 GMT -5
Pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin pie.
We're done here.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 15, 2021 11:45:23 GMT -5
I don't have much of a sweet tooth at all, but pie is one of the few that I like. So dessert is the thing I'm least likely to pay attention to in any meal.
As a kid Thanksgiving very seldom included extended family as we lived at least 150 miles from any family and my Dad always had to work the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. So really it was just a pumpkin pie.
That actually still stands today as pumpkin pie is my wife's favorite and her birthday is always within a week of (and occasionally on) Thanksgiving.
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 15, 2021 15:39:05 GMT -5
I usually just binge on the leftover cranberry relish for dessert.
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Post by brutalis on Nov 22, 2021 11:05:10 GMT -5
Which One for Thanksgiving dinner with a twist this time. Supply your own answer! I grew up with a large family so Turkey day dinner always supplied LOTS of alternatives beyond the typical Turkey or Ham for the main entre for the festivities. Also had 2 best Hispanic friends on my street so could enjoy a 2nd/3rd dinner with them. Then as I moved out in my adult years, creation of holiday meals got even more creative. So I enjoyed various non-traditional meals.
Family meals meant having Fried Chicken, Lasagna, Pot Roast, Chicken and Dumplings, Pork Chops on the table. Mexican food with Tamales, Enchilada's, Burritos at my Mexican friend's homes. Over the years with moving out on my own we enjoyed Chinese food meals, pizza, barbecue with burgers or slow pulled pork, smoked turkey, smoked sausages, smoked chicken, smoked ham, smoked ribs. So you can see, there are tons of variations and I am sure others here in the CCF have experimented with creating Thankgsgiving meals.
For me a favorite variation is indulging in having various Chinese meals together in a big sit down gobble up. Teriyaki Chicken, Orange Chicken, General Tso's Chicken with lots of steamed rice and lo mein. Sweet and Sour sauce along with veggies for dipping! With grandma's chicken and dumplings a very close 2nd place😍🥰
So what's your favorite eat outside of the turkey meal?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 22, 2021 12:03:08 GMT -5
Darn, that's a hard one since Thanksgiving isn't much of a thing over here... I'll substitute Christmas dinner for Thanksgiving, since in both cases a turkey is expected to be consumed if it hasn't been granted a presidential pardon!
That would be meat pie (with a filling of beef, veal, pork, all mixed with diced sweet potatoes, herbs, red wine and some ketchup). Best served with the same side dish we mentioned earlier (in my case a purée of sweet potatoes and celeriac), plus green peas and red cabbage.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 22, 2021 12:08:47 GMT -5
I'm 48 years old and have never had anything but turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. I wouldn't know what to do otherwise.
Funny "traditional" holiday meal story:
Years ago, my wife and I attended the same church as my parents. One Easter Sunday morning, as we were leaving worship, my mom just casually tossed out that she was skipping the ham and sweet potatoes for dinner that evening because she had a Sunday roaster chicken in the freezer she wanted to clear out. I literally stopped in the middle of the hallway, shooting daggers at her, and said "well, enjoy your dinner", then walked away.
My wife relayed to me later that my mother thought I was joking, only to realize I was deadly serious when I didn't show up at her house. That was the first and last time we did not have ham for Easter. You just don't mess with the classics.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 22, 2021 12:17:44 GMT -5
I'm almost as traditional as The Captain. The furthest out I've gone is to have smoked turkey instead of (or in addition to) roasted turkey.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 22, 2021 12:28:29 GMT -5
Hmm, when I was still living in the US and observing Thanksgiving, I don't ever recall having anything besides the big turkey meal - mainly because that was an ideal excuse for my mom to roast up one of the giant birds she'd raised. The difference was in the side dishes, as I indicated in my comment to the previous question. Since living in Croatia, I obviously don't observe Thanksgiving any more, so, like Roquefort Raider, I'll substitute another holiday, like Christmas or New Year's. In which case I'll say in our household we usually roast a duck or, occasionally, turkey thighs (so mouth-wateringly awesome, sep. when whole garlic cloves are inserted into the meat) - contrary to the local, virtually sacred tradition of serving roast lamb or roast suckling pig (neither of which I like very much). |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 22, 2021 12:48:46 GMT -5
My older brothers (and my sister to a lesser extent) were significantly older than me. When we were all kids and at home, I don't remember anything but turkey. However, after my older brothers graduated they got jobs about three hours (at the time) away. Since everyone worked the Wednesday before and the Friday after Thanksgiving, our holiday got shifted to either Saturday or Sunday (Dad always worked until at least 2:00 pm on Saturday). Once that happened Thursday dinner became enchiladas.
Since I'm personally not a big fan of turkey, I kind of long for the days of enchiladas for Thanksgiving.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 22, 2021 13:02:29 GMT -5
For reasons, other than not living in the country; being raised Jehovah's Witness all my childhood we never partook in holidays. I do attend my wife's family Thanksgiving dinner most years. Though this year our oldest boy's girlfriend and her family invited us to celebrate with them this year. So I have no idea how traditional their celebration will be.
As far as food my wife's family is pretty well traditional with usually always having turkey and ham among the sides and desserts. The only thing I can think of that is out of the ordinary is when one of my wife's uncles attends we make taco salad for him. And I would many times eat it myself. My mother in law (wife's mother) who has departed this world many years ago, started the tradition at their Thanksgiving dinners to make a batch of deviled eggs made with dill relish (like my mother did) instead of the usual sweet relish, because she knew I didn't like sweet relish.
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