Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

[Raven]

Ok, I'm thinking.....

Cream of tomato/cheddar soup

Roast turkey with dressing and gravy

Mashed potatoes

Cranberry sauce

Green bean casserole with mushroom/sherry white sauce

Baked acorn squash with dijon mustard and honey

Apple/walnut pie


How does that sound? What are you serving?

I love Thanksgiving...no running around to overcrowded stores, no wrapping, just cooking and eating and sleeping it off!

[seemunkee]

1. Need to make things my two vegetarian kids will eat

Squash soup
Stuffed Artichokes
Mashed potatoes w/mushroom gravy
Sweet potato biscuits
Cranberry relish
some kind of green beans

Apple pie
Peach cobbler

We'll be doing a turkey breast for us and my wifes parents too, but it won't be the centerpiece of the dinner.

[unpossibles]

4. yum!

I'm coming to your house!

[seemunkee]

2. is that an apple walnut pie or two separate pies?

Apple walnut sounds interesting.

[Raven]

15. It's an apple pie with chopped walnuts in the topping. n/t

[IndianaJones]

3. you gonna put those fried onions on the green bean casserole? nt.

[Raven]

16. I donno...does it sound awful???

[YankeyMCC]

5. I like the sounds of that Pie and Squash dish

Here's my planned menu (first and likely last time I host xgiving at my house):

Starter:
pumpkin soup - made with locally grown pumpkin
Main:
Turkey - Locally raised, 'grass fed' - of course for a Turkey that includes things that live in the grass and what the cows at the farm leave in the grass ;)

Sides:
Stuffing
Cranberry sauce - fresh (locally grown cranberries - but I'm also being made to have canned on hand by certain parties ;)
Squash/Zucinni dish (my 11 year old son made up this recipe a couple of months ago, a suatee of vegs with nutmeg, ginger and a few other things, he's making it for xgiving)
mashed pots
Fresh string beans

Bread: white rolls
Hearty wheat or grain

Dessert:
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Ask Tommy and Rose to bring some kind of assortment

Salad -

Drinks:
Cider
Nog
Sparkling Water
White and Red Wine
Beer
Soda

Snacks:
Roasted Chestnuts
Peanuts
Cheese and Crackers and sliced apples

[LeftyMom]

6. Wild rice and lentil loaf, mushroom gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, glazed yams, stuffing,

green bean casserole and pumpkin pie.

[redwitch]

7. sounds yummy!

At our house:

Turkey
mashed potatoes
cranberry-shaped-like-a-can
cranberry/orange relish
pureed sweet potatoes
green beans (possibly in the casserole format)
broccolini
stuffing
gravy
rolls

grandma Marion's recipe for whiskey sours
champagne

pumpkin pie
something chocolate????


I love Thanksgiving too, it is a seriously underrated holiday!

[malta blue]

8. That sounds tasty...

I am trying to get a recipe for Yams with Banana, Rum and Slivered Almonds. Dean & Deluca is selling it with their Thanksgiving dinner to go ($450) but those yams sound too good - any ideas?

[1gobluedem]

9. We start out with a parade-watching breakfast

The Detroit parade, of course, complete with the Fred Hill Briefcase Drill Team: http://www.theparade.org/gallery/default.aspx?imgid=24&id=1&pageno=1

Grapefruit
Sweet rolls
Sausage
Hash browns
Eggs for those who want them

Later on we have our traditional Thanksgiving snacks:

Jays Potato Chips
Schuler's Bar Scheeze with Triscuits and pepperoni

For dinner, we are pretty traditional:

Roast turkey
Dressing/stuffing made with bread, onions, celery, chicken broth, and just the right amount of poultry seasoning
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Succotash
Carrot and celery curls, olives, and pickles

Dessert is pumpkin pie

Copious amounts of beer and wine

The next day is leftovers and we make mashed potato patties with the leftovers; mold the patties with a little flour, sprinkle with paprika, and saute in butter. Mmmmmm...

[tigereye]

26. I think the Detroit Parade is cool

I always look for it, since it looks so "real" - and there are no Hollywood promos!


let's see - husband and I are cooking for my family - about 10 people

Turkey - maybe a fresh one this year....
chestnut/green apple/french bread stuffing
cranberry-orange relish
homemade French bread
Greek-style salad
rolls
broccoli/carrot mix
whatever cool dessert my SIL makes
pumpkin cheesecake pie
wine and beer
ginger ale for the kid

I think that's it!

[wain]

27. I remember my dad taking me to the Hudson's Thanksgiving parade

just magic for a little boy.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. This is the menu that my daughter and I have worked out that

everyone expects to have for Thanksgiving:

Turkey, dressing and giblet gravy
Sour cream mashed potatoes
Brocoli/cheese/rice casserole
Green bean casserole
Sweet potato casserole
Hot rolls
Cranberry relish and cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
Creme brulee cheesecake
Any other dish or dessert that strikes our fancy

[soleft]

11. I tried cranberry sauce for the first time last year - I'm 44

I liked it. What made me finally try it was I had swedish meatballs with lingenberry jelly at Ikea, and I was like, hey, this fruit and meat thing is kind of cool. So then I had lamb with mint jelly and I liked that. So then I was like, hmmm, I think it's time to give cranberry sauce a try.

[Blue Diadem]

12. Your menu made my mouth water..

I love baked Acorn squash!

Our menu:

Turkey/stuffing
Ham
Fresh kielbasa

Mashed potatoes/gravy

Corn casserole, broccoli/rice/cheese casserole

Candied sweet potatoes

cranberry sauce

dinner rolls

pumpkin & pecan pie and probably an oreo cheesecake.

I usually make a ton of food and send most of it home with the kids. That way everyone can relax during their time off for the holiday and not have to worry about cooking.

[AnneD]

13. I am trying to wrangle another invitation to

my Italian friends family dinner. This will be my 3rd year-so I think I'll get one again, and my daughter will come too. I have so much fun and they are all good cooks and we have great conversations. At this point they are thinking of me as extended family.

We have wonderful...

Antipasta with an olive for every finger(for the kids)
Chips and homemade dips (spinach and artichoke dip is da bomb)
Deviled eggs
Assorted nuts (family and guests not withstanding)
Roast Turkey
Lasagna
Cornbread Dressing
Garlic mashed potatoes
Greenbean Casserole
Yams with Pinapple
Italian sauteed Mushrooms
Baked Artichoke Italian something or other Casserole
Home made rolls and breads
Wines
Teas
Sodas
Tres Leche Cake
Cherry pie
Pumpkin pie
Tunnel of Fudge
Trifle
Some other Italian deserts from family recipes that I have no clue what they are called.

We laugh a lot and gossip shamelessly about our mutually dysfunctional family members, remember old friends, swap stories-their family is from NY, mine is from Texas (her Mom and I talk Nurse shop talk), and all in all have a great time. I end up taking a care package home that guarentees that I will not have to cook for a week. I bring cider and flowers for the table. I love to go to their house-it is so much fun.

[wain]

28. LOL My 1st Thanksgiving with my wife's Italian family was unbelievable

So much pre-dinner stuff including yummy pasta and I was stuffed. I thought that's how Italians celebrate Thanksgiving. Then, came the main meal of traditional T-day food, Italian style. I was floored and stuffed. Then, I went to my parent's house (I was still in the courting stage with my wife) for their Thanksgiving celebration. Whew! Then I went to work to my graveyard-shift job. A day to remember.

[AnneD]

38. Death by fork....

an insidious form of Italian torture. First they feed you to a near comotose state then they make you die with laughter:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

14. Quorn roast for me and kidlets

mashed taters and mushroom gravy, candied yams, cranberry sauce, and something else not decided.

There will be deep fried turkey breasts for dh and his brothers. I have nothing to do with that.

I suppose I'll buy a pumpkin pie and some ice cream for dessert.

I haven't really been thinking too much on it. lol

[SPKrazy]

19. a what?

quorn?

:shrug:

is it good?

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

21. Yes it is!

http://www.quorn.us/cmpage.aspx?pageid=462&productid=146

:hi:

[wain]

29. Thanks. Looks good

I'll give it a try.

[lost-in-nj]

17. Turkey

fruit cocktail
giblet gravy
stuffing w chestnuts
creamed onions
sweet potato casserole with marshmallows
turnips
mashed potatoes
maybe brussel sprouts in lemon sauce... not sure

pumpkin pie
apple pie
and coconut custard pie


lost

[SPKrazy]

18. mmm.....

:9

sounds nummy nummy

:hi:

blu

[ceile]

20. Sounds brilliant!

I love Turkey Day (my favorite holiday), but this year we're spending it with people that well, I really don't care for. My brother-in-law's in-laws. His brother's wife's sister's family. Ugh. I may go out to eat....

[havocmom]

22. Pretty much the same, but hold the green bean casserole

Substitute Yam & Apple Scallop with pecans and a big dish of peas - plain.

Soup will be chicken broth seasoned with lemon and ginger, thickened with a bit of pureed brown rice

Pie will be pumpkin

Dog and cat will be passed out in tryptophan comas, same as us human participants.

Champaign for the humans.

Board games in between walks and naps

Oh, and Alice's Restaurant playing while I cook .... old hippies, whadda gonna do with us?

[janx]

25. It's so funny about the critters...

They know when the holiday cooking begins, and mine go ballistic when they see the beaters come out. (I always let them lick the beaters after making the Liptauer and the James Beard pumpkin pie.) It's a riot.

I'm with you on the green bean casserole; a lot of people really love it, but I'm not into it myself. We must be in the minority, havocmom. :shrug:

How's the weather in beautiful Montana?

[havocmom]

30. Weather: Looks like November - gray. Cooler. Still VERY dry

which means dusty here abouts. AAAHHHHhhhhh-Choo!

Hunters abound so I can't take the dog for walkies much beyond the house.

Bambi and friends like to trot around the trucks at the motel, leaving evidence of their visit for the hunters. It's funny to watch the guys tumbling out of motel rooms and seeing the deer sign EVERYWHERE when most of them haven't laid eyes on a deer in days! The deer know where to hang out in hunting season. They understand the rules!

Day after Thanksgiving menu: Turkey Cesar salad! :P

[janx]

33. You guys had one hell of a fire season this year.

A friend of mine near Seeley Lake had some serious sled dog relocation to do. I was up in the mountains outside of Missoula last September (and then in Missoula for the book festival). While in the mountains, I stayed at a lodge. I passed through the hall of the lodge in my pajamas early in the morning (heading for the shower), when all of a sudden a couple of guys appeared. It turned out they were up early too, getting ready for their big elk hunt. It was kind of embarrassing at first, but I was by no means indecent, so I didn't care.

They were wearing camos at breakfast.

Anyway, when I was there (I flew into Kalispell because of plane problems), the state was still smokin'! I got off of the plane in Kalispell and the whole area smelled like a camp fire!

I hope things are better now. :hug:

[havocmom]

34. Western part of the state was bad for fires

We really didn't have too much trouble here in the eastern part. That was a pleasant surprise, as we got over 8" of rain in May so the grasses really grew. Could have been a disastrous year, but we also didn't get much in the way of thunderstorms with lightening so the prairie was mostly spared.

We did have lots of smoke from the west though. My bro in Whitehall said it was horrible out west.

[janx]

37. Yeah, it was, and it was bad in the Idaho panhandle as well. n/t

[AwakeAtLast]

32. I only like green bean casserole on Thanksgiving

I think it is a tradition-comfort food thing.

If someone made it for a gathering in the summer I would look at them like they had grown another ear. ;)

[havocmom]

35. I like the stuff, just not with an already big meal

Need my veggies light if there is meat on the table.

[janx]

36. That's GOOD!

It's good that you like it. I've just never been able to get into it. :shrug: I have never turned it down as a guest at somebody else's Thanksgiving dinner, but like havocmom, I don't find it first on my list.

[SPKrazy]

23. Whatever I Decide To Have

:D

maybe steak

maybe turkey

dunno


just me and a friend of mine gonna figure it out.

:hi:

[havocmom]

24. Thanksgiving at the Improv! It can be the best adventure of the year

Have a very Happy Thanksgiveing, SPK!

Know that some of us EvilDUers have you on the list of what we are thankful for! :hug:

[AwakeAtLast]

31. I'm brining a turkey

We are also having ham

Mashed potatoes w/ gravy

A PA Dutch sweet potato dish that my PA Dutch hubby makes w/ molasses and brown sugar

Grandma's recipe dressing

Green bean casserole made w/ cream of onion instead of cream of mushroom (hubby is allergic to mushrooms)

Various crudite, pickles and olives

My sister is bringing a wonderful cranberry salad and pumpkin pie made at Treasure Island in Chicago

My aunt is bringing another dessert, don't know what yet, but sure to be yummmy

I'm making sweet potato bread

Ranch coated oyster crackers to nibble on and maybe I'll break down and make chex mix