Poll: What's Your Favorite Thanksgiving Food?

Your invited.

Come to Nashville. At my families get together we fed us, the neighbors and the HVAC guy (and his wife and child) that's been coming over the course of weeks (in his spare time at a deep discount) to install a large system.

More then enough to go around.

Picked Sweet Potato Casserole because my fav is Candied Sweet potatoes

Thanks. You don't mess with our kids!

Yummy.

The cranberry dumplings made the meal perfect. :(

Creamed onions..yum!

My wife has a really, really bad cold, so we've decided to put off the "formal" dinner until Friday so that she will be able to enjoy it. So, we're having my favorite holiday meal tomorrow instead: Holiday Pizza! Oh yeah!

Awe, you're a sweet husband! I hope she gets better, and that you have a great meal Friday!

Dessert voter here

And to the person who said Lamb YUM!

Dessert first!

Big Mac and a coke. Kidding. Dessert.

Last Edited by Desert Fox on 11/21/2012 09:02 PM

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My favorite is real homemade cranberry sauce made by popping the cranberries in port wine and sugar. It's delicious and good for you. I love them for breakfast the next day with my fried eggs and applewood bacon.



Way way better than that icky canned cranberry nonsense.

technically, I think that sicko's comments were of much more seriousness than anyone here realizes, and I'll leave it at that. Kudos to GLP for taking care of it.

Ha ha, I knew it. Stuffing! Thing is, it's the only day all year (or week, if you make enough for leftovers) that you get to eat it. So that makes it super special.

Ha ha, I knew it. Stuffing! Thing is, it's the only day all year (or week, if you make enough for leftovers) that you get to eat it. So that makes it super special.

They are so good!

Recipe:

2 lb. pearl onions
4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1 yellow onion, minced
1 tsp. chopped fresh thyme
2 1/2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
3/4 cup fine dried white bread crumbs

Directions:
Bring a saucepan half full of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pearl onions and cook for 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, scoop out the onions, rinse with cold water and drain. Reserve the water in the pot. Trim off the ends of each onion, then cut a shallow X into each trimmed end. Squeeze each onion gently to slip off the skin.

Bring the water back to a boil. Add the onions, reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until the onions are soft when pierced with a knife, 15 to 20 minutes. Using the slotted spoon, transfer the onions to a bowl. Continue to boil the cooking liquid until reduced to 1 cup, 15 to 20 minutes. Set aside.

Position a rack in the upper third of an oven and preheat to 375°F.

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt 3 Tbs. of the butter. Add the minced onion and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 7 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until well mixed and bubbling, about 2 minutes. Add the reserved 1 cup cooking liquid, the milk and cream. Cook until the sauce boils and thickens slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the nutmeg and season with salt and pepper. Add the pearl onions, adjust the heat to a gentle simmer and cook until the onions are hot, about 3 minutes.

Transfer the onion mixture to a 2-quart baking dish and sprinkle the bread crumbs evenly over the top. Cut the remaining 1 Tbs. butter into 6 equal pieces and dot the bread crumbs evenly with the butter. Bake until the crumbs are golden and small bubbles appear along the edges of the dish, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

Crab rules

I clicked on this thread hoping to stay away from the garbage. Ironic.

Anyway, nobody mentioned biscuits and gravy did they? We don't like turkey here, so we have large roasting chickens with the most awesome gravy and biscuits you've EVER imagined. Wish I could invite all of you over....well, almost all of you....

PS Wondered if I saw a GLP'er today. He had "I love zombies" on is car, then covered with decal fake blood all over it and zombies on his car and window. Really hilarious! Good luck to him if he gets stopped by the police! ROFL

btw we use Arnold's sage and Onion WITH some Stove Top Chicken mixed in. Really the spices in Stove Top give it an extra 'BAM!'

We aren't doing Thanksgiving this year...just a turkey breast and stovetop stuffing.

When my parents were alive, we had a stupendous Southern Thanksgiving which always included:

Turkey
homemade cornbread dressing
giblet gravy
sweet potato casserole
green bean casserole
ambrosia
homemade cranberry sauce and canned cranberry sauce (to make everyone happy)
mashed potatoes and gravy
pecan pie
pumpkin pie
apple pie

For Christmas Day we ditched the turkey menu and alway had Prime Rib

Christmas Eve was tamales or homemade chili

Now, my husband and I have stuffed cabbage rolls for Christmas Eve because that's what his family always had.

oh, and OP, God Bless you this Thanksgiving, and you're beautiful family.

Green bean casserole was created on the 8th day !!!!

Sigh...I'm becoming maudlin and nostalgic.

Maybe I'll invite Sir Loyne of Boeuf for Dinner Thanksgiving. He always does well with Lord Yorkshire of Pudding and Lady Relish of Cranberry.

Honey baked ham is my favorite, I think? I like the stuffing too.

Has anybody had fried Turkey before?

who in the world makes a list like this and does not put pumpkin pie on it? Insanity.

Fried turkey is amazingly yummy....

Squirrel stew and corn bread!!!!!!!!!!!!

I voted for dessert since I just got done making a cheesecake, cannolis and lemon raspberry cupcakes.

It's the first year I can really celebrate the holiday and not have to worry about working on Black Friday. Losing my job stinks but the small blessings of actually enjoying the holiday and sleeping in on Friday make it that much easier to bear.

Blessings everyone!

Beer