Foo - Whats your Favorite Thanksgiving day food?

Mine is the homemade stuffing. The boxed stuff you can keep it.
Here is a list of some foods served on Thanksgiving day.Just to get your mouth watering.

Roast Turkey with Gravy
Stuffing
Potatoes
Corn
Cranberry Sauce
Candied Yams
Relishes
Salad
Pumpkin Pie

So whats your favorite?

I look forward to having a good wine. This year, we have a really nice gewurztraminer planned.

I prefer Now and Zen's Un-Turkey now more than Tofurky. Tofurkey did just come out with some new stuffings this year, but I agree with Gojohnnygo that homemade stuffing is the best. Also am right there with Dave, that I'm looking forward to a good variety of spirits. :)

Charcoal broughed turkey
rest same as gojohnnygo but don't candy the yams
and yes some good wine with it.

Joe

Go with Joe's Turkey (and his suggestion for yams) exchange gojohnnygo's Pumpkin pie for a slice of my Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake everything else makes my mouth water :D

suhweet potato pie is one of my all time favorites
barring that Praline sweet potatos.
Real stuffing (made from sourdough bread) with
gibblet gravy, or a eastern shore stuffing made with
oysters and sausage (apologies to the vegan types).

Marty

Real stuffing (made from sourdough bread) with
gibblet gravy, or a eastern shore stuffing made with
oysters and sausage (apologies to the vegan types).
Marty

No appologies needed... you like what you like :)

Guzano Rojo Mezcal shooters, with lime and salt, as needed for proper social lubrication.

Two buck Chuck Merlot, from Trader Joe's with dinner (Charles Shaw Merlot).

fresh turkey, hot-smoked on a Weber charcoal grill, smoked AT South Carlsbad State beach at one of the Campsites. This turkey must be basted in dry Sauternes wine.

"Smoke Gravy" from above bird basted with Sauternes wine. This is the BEST gravy in the world. We subbed a cheap chardonnay for the sauternes last year and got sweetish gravy--bleeech!

Mrs Cubbison's stuffing doctored with fresh ground sausage, celery, onions, garlic and fresh sage.

Mashed, whipped potatoes, made from fresh potatoes (Idaho Burbank Russets, if we can get 'm at a reasonable price, since we usually eat about 15 pounds) and made by me, the Mashed Potato Queen of my family.

This funky green bean casserole that my sister makes with mushroom soup and a ton of bacon.

My mother's famous sour cream fruit salad.

Yams with marshmallows (mainly for my hubby).

BIG green salad with tomato, cucumber, avocado and LOTS of arugula.

Rolls, soft, sweetish, potato dinner rolls, again homemade by me (I am the baker of the family).

Apple pie, pumpkin pie with whipped cream. The apple pie has to be made from Pippin apples and we need at least two BIG ones. And It's gotta be homemade (namely by me, again).

And this year, I will have Irish Coffee with Bushmill's Irish Whisky after dinner, with decaf coffee brewed in a french press pot, and fresh whipped cream on it.

Yeah, that's it.

I also plan to ride pretty intensively each day I am down there. . .I'll have to!

A good, juicy turkey (hard to come by at times, unless I cook it).

Garlic mash potatoes.

Rolls and butter.

Smoked ham.

Spam soup.

Pumkin pie (of course).

Spiked punch.

Cranberry Sauce. By far my favorite thanksgiving food. It just wouldn't be thanksgiving if I didn't have a can of it to myself :D Not a big fan of turkey or anything else besides mashed potatoes though.

Wow, I think I'll go to Foehn's for T-Day. That sounds fantastic!

Dark meat turkey, chopped into little pieces and mixed up with lots of rice and gravy. Looks nasty, tastes yummy.

I like food.

I need a Quick-eze just reading this thread.

What is this 'Thanksgiving' of which you speak? I've heard of it in passing before, but from all I've seen it seems to solely consist of cramming as much food down the gullet of possible, and I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with giving thanks.

Thanks Giving has come and gone but the best food is pumpkin pie. Even if it's just the cheap stuff from the store. And this year I lucked out because I had 9 people over and nobody else would touch the pie.

I need a Quick-eze just reading this thread.

What is this 'Thanksgiving' of which you speak? I've heard of it in passing before, but from all I've seen it seems to solely consist of cramming as much food down the gullet of possible, and I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with giving thanks.
We Americans celebrate a time (now immortalized by one day) during which we minimized our pursuit of this country's resources and were not really killing a lot of indiginous (sp) people who lived here before us. So instead of killing everything in sight, we ate. I heard it was nice.

I need a Quick-eze just reading this thread.

What is this 'Thanksgiving' of which you speak? I've heard of it in passing before, but from all I've seen it seems to solely consist of cramming as much food down the gullet of possible, and I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with giving thanks.

As for us, we skip Thanksgiving this year. Just another day. We will be on the island of Moorea adjacent Tahiti.Just another day means can pass up the calories and ride. I am taking my hybrid bike..While Americans stuff themselves, a circle tour of the island sounds great. Interested in learning about Tahitian food.... Think they often flavor fish with coconaut milk... Coffee is served with coconut milk.
In the tropics, a favorite will be a breakfast of fresh papaya, mangos, pineapple, lychees, bananas...Plus french bread... I imagine french wines will be everywhere.
But I read our hotel is a couple blocks from a distillery that produces brandies made from Passion fruit, pinapple, durian, and lychees....Have to sample one each day.
Of course when would thanksgiving be held in the southern hemisphere...Guess a southern hemisphere harvest month would be like May?
By the way for Americans living in Europe, you do not have to go without your thanksgiving supplies. Cranberries are a western hemisphere thing? Anyway, I understand in London and Paris there is a grocery store operating all year-caters to the American crowd; with groceries needed for our thanksgiving celebration.
Just think had the US Native population chosen to let the European settlers starve back there at Plymouth, Mass. there would be no thanksgiving and probably fewer casinos in North America...

So whats your favorite?

Grubs
Worms
Ants
Roaches
Centipedes
Termites
Grasshoppers

I figure, how can I eat turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and pumpkin pie when
there are people eating only insects and worms on "Survivor?" (It just woulnd't be fair.)

:D

Spam soup.
.

I didn't know you could make soup out of unwanted e-mails. :D

Really, I've gotta get the recipe. My husband loves Spam. Yuck.

I like cranberry sauce the way my mother used to prepare it: She would open the can and plop it onto a plate. You could still see the shape of the can. To me, it's not Thanksgiving without it. My wife & kids think I'm weird.

Tossup between Stuffing and homemade cranberry sauce.

I like cranberry sauce the way my mother used to prepare it: She would open the can and plop it onto a plate. You could still see the shape of the can. To me, it's not Thanksgiving without it. My wife & kids think I'm weird.

My daughter loves her cranberry sauce in the shape of the can too. One year my wife mashed up the cranberry sauce, my daughter was soooooo upset!

Our traditional dinner includes amongst other things: stuffing, whole craberry relish, and sauerkraut. I like to mix the three together and add a dash of gravy.

Thanks everyone for the replies.I need to try some of these foods that have been mentioned. Like danrs Spam soup, gonesh9s Tofurkey and ngateguys Bourbon pumpkin cheese cake.
I sure would like to go to foehns next year.Sounds like she has one hell of Thanksgiving day meal. :)With all that hard work she does.

I need a Quick-eze just reading this thread.

What is this 'Thanksgiving' of which you speak? I've heard of it in passing before, but from all I've seen it seems to solely consist of cramming as much food down the gullet of possible, and I'm not entirely sure what that has to do with giving thanks.

Alrighty then: Thanksgiving is a big American holiday celebrating the first successful colony in New England. In 1620, a ship called the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts with about 100 English colonists. They were too late to get a good harvest and in the hard winter that followed, approximity 40 died. The next year, with a lot of help from the natives, they had a good harvest and a big party to celebrate it, at which historians are unsure if there was turkey served, but it doesn't really matter since turkey is darned good anyway. We celebrate it like the settlers did by "cramming as much food down the gullet as possible."

My favorite is pumpkin pie, although my grandmother makes some really good stuffing.

The next year, with a lot of help from the natives, they had a good harvest and a big party to celebrate it...

My Native American relatives try to forget this part....

My wife makes a great cranberry sauce.
Fresh cranberries with a slight orange peel zest. YUM!

She also makes a first rate cornbread dressing.

Ok, where's my fork?

Thanks everyone for the replies.I need to try some of these foods that have been mentioned. Like danrs Spam soup, gonesh9s Tofurkey and ngateguys Bourbon pumpkin cheese cake.
I sure would like to go to foehns next year.Sounds like she has one hell of Thanksgiving day meal. :)With all that hard work she does.

Actually, I have it pretty easy. I make the rolls and the pies the day before we go down there. I'll probably have to make the pies the morning we go down there, as I don't know if I can get to it tomorrow.

My "little" brother gets to smoke the turkeys and he's a plannin' it and sweating it already! Everyone else with pitch in with the other dishes. I will make the mash-taters and probably help with the gravy on T-day, so other than "sidewalk supervising" the goings on, I'm gonna ride the bike and then partake of some serious mezcal mania-but not too manic. (sigh). I'm just getting too old for too much fun and dang it I hate hangovers, but I do enjoy a moderate buzz!

If you happen to be riding in the area, we'll be a Carlsbad State Beach Campground. Go to the very north end of the campground and look for a yellow and white '71 VW bus, parked on the inland side of the camping areas. I suppose I could scrape up a sammich and a shot of something, if'n ya are reeeel nice to me--and you ride in on your bike!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

does anyone remember the "elbowroom" history cartoons? where there were loads of settlers migrating west singing a chirpy tune about needing "elbowroom".

you can imagine the 1930s germans having similar videos, moving east singing "Lebensraum" to the same tune...

My favorite "food" no longer is available When I was growing up, we'd all stuff ourselves with turkey, dressing, smashed 'taters and gravy, green bean caserole, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream for dessert.

Then, then the topper, food for the soul, Nebraska vs Oklahoma! It was one of the greatest games every year, or so it seems looking back on it. And this from a died-in-the-wool, hard-core Colorado Buffalo fan - who can remember the first Ralphy.

I prefer Now and Zen's Un-Turkey now more than Tofurky. Tofurkey did just come out with some new stuffings this year, but I agree with Gojohnnygo that homemade stuffing is the best. Also am right there with Dave, that I'm looking forward to a good variety of spirits. :)

Gonesh, no disrespect intended, but I have always been curious why vegetarians - who specifically choose not to eat meat - will fashion vegetable based protein into the shape of a turkey, or process different non-meat indredients into a "Boca Burger." If you don't eat meat, why all the pretend stuff?

Personally, I am an ominvore who actually likes Boca Burgers. I put on some Smart Cheese and french onion mustard, toast the bun, and yummy!

Trek, I understand your curiosity. Sometimes when I think about it, it really seems strange to me too. :)

The thing with Tofurky or Unturky to me is that there is something that will be accepted by the other members of the family as a substitute for their blessed traditional Thanksgiving meal. It makes it so the vegetarian doesn't have to be such the oddball in traditional families. Also, they aren't fashioned to any animal shapes, they are really just a mound, like a loaf.

With the likes of Boca Burgers, for me it's not necessarily that I want something meat-like, but that the concept of a patty is a very good idea. It fits between bread well, and holds your various condements well too. It's also not that I desire any meat-like taste, but I do want something hearty with a decent texture. The industry just happens to offer mostly meat-like veggie alternatives, so that is what many people eat. There are also a lot of brands and products that are nothing like meat. Gardenburger makes one garden-style, that is more like a falafel than a burger...

I speculate that a large reason many alternatives are fashioned to resemble meat is that there are a lot of people who are either just trying to cut down on meat and looking for similar alternatives, or they are vegetarians but still desire the taste/look of meat for some reason.

I have to admit that I like the smell of BBQ's, until I think of charred flesh :D

Anyways, I'm looking forward to a nice all-vegan Thanksgiving pot-luck with a few friends. Can't wait to see what everyone makes... :)

I like food

Trek, I understand your curiosity. Sometimes when I think about it, it really seems strange to me too. :)

The thing with Tofurky or Unturky to me is that there is something that will be accepted by the other members of the family as a substitute for their blessed traditional Thanksgiving meal. It makes it so the vegetarian doesn't have to be such the oddball in traditional families. Also, they aren't fashioned to any animal shapes, they are really just a mound, like a loaf.

With the likes of Boca Burgers, for me it's not necessarily that I want something meat-like, but that the concept of a patty is a very good idea. It fits between bread well, and holds your various condements well too. It's also not that I desire any meat-like taste, but I do want something hearty with a decent texture. The industry just happens to offer mostly meat-like veggie alternatives, so that is what many people eat. There are also a lot of brands and products that are nothing like meat. Gardenburger makes one garden-style, that is more like a falafel than a burger...

I speculate that a large reason many alternatives are fashioned to resemble meat is that there are a lot of people who are either just trying to cut down on meat and looking for similar alternatives, or they are vegetarians but still desire the taste/look of meat for some reason.

I have to admit that I like the smell of BBQ's, until I think of charred flesh :D

Anyways, I'm looking forward to a nice all-vegan Thanksgiving pot-luck with a few friends. Can't wait to see what everyone makes... :)

Thanks for that, I really appreciate it. My daughter-in-law is, well, I guess you'd call her an "amost" vegetarian. She will eat fish and poultry, but no red meat. She's the one who got me to try a Boca Burger.

Thanks again.

Gonesh, no disrespect intended, but I have always been curious why vegetarians - who specifically choose not to eat meat - will fashion vegetable based protein into the shape of a turkey, or process different non-meat indredients into a "Boca Burger." If you don't eat meat, why all the pretend stuff?

MARKETING too...gets the 'fence-sitters' to try something without having to odd a shape in front of them. But then again, what other shapes could there be? Hmmm...

Hey Veggies:
Remember you have two eyes pointed in the same direction. Why - bionicalar vision gives debth perception for attacking prey.
Prey animals have eyes pointed askew so they canbe watching ~ 360 degrees. You are a preditor - get over it and like it.

Joe

Remember you have two eyes pointed in the same direction. Why - bionicalar vision gives debth perception for attacking prey.


Depth perception is also essential for the gathering part or "hunter-gatherer". Try picking berries with one eye shut. Relax, we aren't going to deny you your turkey, indeed I will be cooking the turkey for my carnivorous family. It is just a personal choice, that doesn't affect anyone else.

Turkey, the dark meat.

Cranberry sauce, (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=41390) the jellied kind from a can.

But best of all, dressing, soaked in turkey fat. No sage, thanks, I'm allergic to it.

As of this moment, I like Alka-Seltzer

I think Pepcid complete's going to finnish my day. ;)

I greatly appreciated the congealed creamy fruit coctail salad my mom made for thanksgiving
the rest of the meal was also very terriffic

sincerely
Jacob

Coming back from huting I picked up several hickory nut husks (the squrrels kindly remove the nut for me) and soaked them in water. I added them to the charcol to cook the turkey which was stuffed with lemons, onions, apples, and garlic cloves. I had been butter and spiced rubbed and injected with juce and spices. Came out super.

Joe

Lotek, yours sounds the best. I love sweet potato pie, never even tried it until a couple of years ago. The stuffing with oysters sounds delicious.

Oldest thread I could find that seemed worth bumping.
After all, this is only a couple months away. Planning time :D

Canadian TG is only a couple weeks off.

It's not TG to me w/o oysters.

My answer is all of it. I love the pickle/olive tray that is a family tradition in our family and also the sliced cranberry "stuff" comes in a can and you just open it, slide it onto a plate and slice it.

I've been put in charge of finding a good suger free sweet potato (yam) recipe

They make great (baked) fries. Cut'em into fry shapes, salt (and pepper) the bejeezus out'of'em, liberally dose w/ olive oil, and slam into 450F oven until done.

They make great (baked) fries. Cut'em into fry shapes, salt (and pepper) the bejeezus out'of'em, liberally dose w/ olive oil, and slam into 450F oven until done.

Yep I love them more than french fries, but they want to see if I can (and I will) come up with a baked sweet potato thing

pecan pie with Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla FTW