Your Thanksgiving Celebration!!

[Cachoo]

Ok!! To all who celebrate Thanksgiving Day---What is on your menu?? (whether you do the cooking or not) Cheers to one and all!

[Vagabond]

We are having:

Roast turkey
Roast butternut squash
Kale
Wild rice with wild mushrooms and roast chestnuts
Cranberry-orange relish
Arugula salad with olive oil and shaved parmesan
Maple pie
Cranberry and white chocolate chip ice cream
Fresh persimmons and clementines

I am making the turkey, wild rice, relish, and ice cream. I might also bake some yams.

[Prancer]

Pear and bleu cheese salad
Roast turkey
Mashed potato casserole
Sausage bread stuffing
Garlic roasted winter vegetables
Honey-glazed carrot coins
Sweet potato casserole
Cinnamon glazed apples
Cranberry-walnut relish
Rolls

Pumpkin, cherry, and coconut cream pie
Cheesecake
Chocolate mousse (maybe)

[Catherine M]

Roast Turkey
Sweet potato casserole
stuffed shrimp mirlitons
oyster or sausage dressing, my sister hasn't decided which to make, might do both
green bean casserole
rolls
lots of wine
pies and cake

[jamesy]

We always have that cranberry sauce that comes in the can. It sits on a little plate still in the can shape with the ridges on it. Nobody ever eats it and we mock it every year but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.

[milanessa]

Shrimp with cocktail sauce

Roast Turkey
Sage bread stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Braised Brussel sprouts
Roasted fingerling potatoes, yellow squash, and onion
Green bean casserole
Cranberry/citrus sauce
Candied yams
Relish tray

Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie
Chocolate cream pie

[michiruwater]

I am in China with one other American, who doesn't cook, and apparently ovens are the norm here, so I've been trying to think of what I can make. I think I can do stovetop stuffing and then mash some sweet potatoes with brown sugar (ginger brown sugar, but it should still be fine). Haven't seen any turkey here, but I might put chicken in the stovetop stuffing. Not sure what else to make where I actually know where to get the ingredients, but stuffing is totally my fave so I'll just be happy to have that, I think.

[Angelskates]

I'm going to three Thanksgiving meals - two dinners and one lunch. It's the best thing about being an expat - I get all the holidays! To add an Australian touch, this year I am taking strawberry pavlova and my partner is taking Coopers beer (South Australian). I am assuming we'll get turkey and pumpkin pie, even though the number of non-Americans usually outnumbers the number of Americans! We usually get quite the mish-mash of food. This is the first Thanksgiving that I will go to and eat meat.

[Prancer]

We always have that cranberry sauce that comes in the can. It sits on a little plate still in the can shape with the ridges on it. Nobody ever eats it and we mock it every year but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.

My husband's family has had that tradition forever, except that they hack off slices and eat it. I have been trying to convert them for years to no avail, so we always have a can of jellied cranberry sauce sitting on a plate and a bowl of homemade cranberry relish because I refuse to give in and just give them the canned stuff.

Fortunately, my husband likes cranberry anything or the relish would go uneaten.

Oh, and my daughter, who is in charge of appetizers, is apparently making bacon-wrapped shrimp and some sort of meatballs, so add that to my list.

[milanessa]

How could I forget the ambrosia? Add that to my list - my husband would kill me if it wasn't on the table.

[rfisher]

Whatever McDonalds is serving.

[Simone411]

My family is doing something different this Thanksgiving. We usually have the whole nine yards; turkey, dressing, giblet gravy, mashed potatos, green bean salad, cranberry sauce, rolls, etc. We're making it simple this Thanksgiving since we also usually have everything mentioned Christmas Day.

Our menu consists of Baked Ham, Pototato Salad and Baked Beans. For dessert, Sweet Potato Pie, Chocolate Pie and Carrot Cake.

[dst7star]

Roast Turkey
Dressing
Butternut Squash
Au Gratin Potatoes
Asparagus
Pie
Cheesecake

[Ajax]

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I can't wait for tomorrow
Our menu will be
Baked brie and Italian salami for appetizer
Roast turkey
My herbed cornbread-pecan stuffing (I add a few drops of truffle oil in this, sooo good)
Homemade cranberry sauce
Brussel sprouts
Peas with mint and onion
Mashed taters
Sweet potato pie
Apple pie

[Cyn]

We have 16 people converging at my sister's house tomorrow. According to her, this is what *should* be on the menu (provided everyone brings what they say they're bringing ).

Tray filled with Assorted Olives and Pickles
Assorted Cheeses w/ Crackers/Wafers

Roasted Turkey
Sage Dressing & Gravy
Honey Baked Ham
Green Beans w/ New (Red) Potatoes
Squash Casserole
Sweet Potato Soufflé
Deviled Eggs
Tea Rolls
Watergate Salad

Pumpkin Pie
Almond, Pear, and Cream Cheese Torte
Pecan Pie
Apple Pie
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

....And wine. Copious amounts of White and Red Wine.

[AragornElessar]

For our US friends who need a tutorial on how to make Pumpkin Pies...

YouTube ~ How to make Pumpkin Pie

Please remember the Chef is a Professional (sort of) and his methods should only be used by a Professional (or at least by this Professional...)

[PDilemma]

Somewhere around 15 at my sister-in-law's coffeehouse tomorrow. There should be:

Turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy
Cheese plate
Potato soup
spicy pretzels
veggie plate
sweet potatoes with brown sugar and cinnamon
green bean casserole
corn
cranberry salad
pita chips and hummus
pumpkin pie
peanut butter pie
cherry cheese cake
Beer (Hamm's, Miller Chill, and Shiner Bock plus bloody mary mix for those who want "red beer"), red and white wine, blackberry brandy, coffee, and any tea you could possibly want made on demand.

[ChelleC]

It'll be just me, my mom, and stepdad tomorrow. We're having:

Rotisserie Turkey Breast
Ham
Cornbread Dressing
Green Beans
Macaroni Salad
Sweet Potatoes.
Rolls

Dessert:
Stack Cake
Pumpkin Pie

[my little pony]

i never heard of stack cake before so i googled it, is it always apple?

i like cake

[ChelleC]

i never heard of stack cake before so i googled it, is it always apple?

i like cake

Yes, it's always apple. It's a traditional Appalachian dessert. Ours won't be homemade, it's from the grocery store where my mom works.