Friday OT #1 - Disposable Darling
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Sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, canned cranberry sauce, apple crisp, homemade rolls are where it's at.
I'll agree with cranberry sauce at the top of the bottom of the pile.
No love for pumpkin pie either. I have eaten one piece as long as the ratio of whipped topping to pumpkin pie is approximately 1:1. Much prefer a fruit based pie.
Mashed potatoes are probably my least favorite variety of potatoes. I used to always make parsleyed potatoes. With a bit of browning on the edges and drowning in a delicious butter/olive oil and garlic mixture.
Stuffing should be slightly moist to dry but flavorful. Soggy stuffing is unacceptable.
I happen to LOVE good pickled beets.
No love for pumpkin pie either. I have eaten one piece as long as the ratio of whipped topping to pumpkin pie is approximately 1:1. Much prefer a fruit based pie.
Mashed potatoes are probably my least favorite variety of potatoes. I used to always make parsleyed potatoes. With a bit of browning on the edges and drowning in a delicious butter/olive oil and garlic mixture.
Stuffing should be slightly moist to dry but flavorful. Soggy stuffing is unacceptable.
I happen to LOVE good pickled beets.
My friends serve an awesome cranberry sauce. Made from scratch with whole cranberries and apple. It's pretty awesome, a little tart and a little sweet. They know I dig it so they send some home with me and I freeze it and use it later on pork lion. There are whole berry canned sauces which are not bad and like 10X better than the clear jelled stuff which is really just jelly.
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Sweet potatoes can be great, but as previously stated putting marshmallows on top is an abomination, no qualms with a good green been casserole, CANNED CRANBERRY SAUCE!?!?!? NICE TRY SATAN
Turkey. And I'm not alone here. It's been off the in-laws' Thanksgiving menu for almost a decade now and nobody misses it.
Dressing that was actually stuffed in a bird and all soggy is gross. I like the top or corners from a pan that a little crisp on top. Byerlys makes a pretty good sage dressing ready to bake from their deli which is my go to. the used to also have this awesome dressing with wild rice in it but haven't seen that in years.
And lost in time is the dressing my late aunt and uncle served. We called it hamburger dressing because IIRC it had a small bit of burger mixed in. It was pretty delish.
Same friend that makes the good cranberry sauce also makes a killer cornbread dressing which I'll be chowing down on net Thursday.
Turkey on Thanksgiving is just so embedded in our culture that I was well into adulthood before I realized that as a centerpiece of the meal, it's really pretty blah. Dark meat helps but I'm not a huge gravy guy either. But I think it pays to try to be creative. Years ago we deep-fried a turkey and it was great, though obviously a massive hassle. I might try to smoke one this year.
Oven roasting the turkey. The only way to do a turkey is to deep fry in peanut oil or brine it, then smoke/grill it best tasting turkey ever!!
Duck would be better than turkey. Probably more historically accurate too.
Oh I like stuffing a lot too.
My side does ham. In-laws still do turkey but then we take a bunch of leftovers to do turkey noodle soup with. Think I'm going to try pot pie this year too.
Pumpkin pie, gross.
Let's put some weird spices into this greasy vegetable slime to mask the flavor, and maybe people will eat it.
If they still won't eat it, then try throwing a cubic yard of cool whip on it.
Let's put some weird spices into this greasy vegetable slime to mask the flavor, and maybe people will eat it.
If they still won't eat it, then try throwing a cubic yard of cool whip on it.
This year my BIL is smoking a brisket, a rack of lamb, and I think a pork loin. The leftover brisket gets used for beef and noodles. Awesome.
Mashed potatoes are a tough road. If they are skin-on, with sour cream and cream cheese, they're great. If they're too mushy or bland, why bother?
