iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Nov 10, 2020 0:40:19 GMT
My family loves their green bean casserole. Especially dd and dh. That is their absolute favorite.
Me it's the stuffing (and I call it that in or out of the bird, but I do prefer in the bird). Followed by the mashed potatoes. We never had mac and cheese at Thanksgiving until a few years ago when my sister started bringing it. It's also very good.
Clearly I enjoy the carbs. I don't care about the turkey at all and hate green bean casserole. Cranberry sauce is ok but I consider it more of a condiment than a side dish. My mom makes baked butternut squash which I enjoy but it's not a huge favorite.
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Post by stormsts on Nov 10, 2020 0:51:24 GMT
I’m in IN. We always have deviled eggs for large gatherings but I don’t consider then a side dish.
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Post by peasapie on Nov 10, 2020 0:59:22 GMT
Well this was fun. My state's side was stuffing, which I do like. Stuffing, cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes. Turkey is optional.
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Post by busy on Nov 10, 2020 0:59:49 GMT
I do not know a single person in Oregon who has biscuits with Thanksgiving dinner. What in the world?
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Post by busy on Nov 10, 2020 1:02:24 GMT
It is kind of funny to consider gravy a side dish. Maybe in Hawaii people don’t eat a lot of turkey on a regular basis so turkey gravy is a treat. Do people elsewhere eat roasted turkey a lot? It's pretty much only a Thanksgiving thing as far as I know.
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Sue
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Post by Sue on Nov 10, 2020 1:14:00 GMT
Another Oregonian here who says somebody really messed up in saying biscuits were our favorite side dish here in Oregon. 1. Biscuits aren't a side dish. 2. Nobody I've ever heard of serves biscuits on Thanksgiving. I'm appalled!
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Post by Darcy Collins on Nov 10, 2020 1:19:25 GMT
I always love to see the regional diversity. I don't think I've ever seen mac and cheese on our Thanksgiving tables. And my family is huge and pick up spouses from different areas so some unique things make their way onto the table. We've had the lasagna, adobo, and yes unfortunately the green casserole has pretty much invaded a few of my different family branches. I think the wildest thing is how diverse the stuffing/dressing can be. We've seen everything from corn bread stuffing, oysters in the stuffing, stove top and a terrific Italian sausage stuffing with parmesan cheese that I stole from a cousin's wife and now claim as my own. I’ve always wanted to try oyster stuffing. I definitely need to do it one of these years. I can't recommend based on my experience.
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Post by pajamamama on Nov 10, 2020 1:59:39 GMT
I am from Pennsylvania. We definitely do stuffing, with cranberries and chestnuts. Very northern style. Green bean casserole is also a thing here, mashed potatoes, corn, a relish tray, steamed corn pudding, apple pie, great great grandmothers recipe. Also add in a spiral honey ham in addition to the turkey. Sometimes wild turkey, if we can get one.
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Post by Princess Amy on Nov 10, 2020 2:09:35 GMT
In Iowa we are definitely corn eaters. We never make enough for leftovers and always have to make more for Friday. But I’m not sure it’s the top side. I’d have to say mashed potatoes. My preference is mashed potatoes covered in corn and then gravy 😂 This. We rarely have corn. Bring on the mashed potatoes!
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kjquilts
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Post by kjquilts on Nov 10, 2020 2:16:02 GMT
I have never heard of a single person having biscuits for Thanksgiving dinner, everyone I know has rolls so who are the screwballs in Oregon that picked biscuits? LOL native Oregonian here. For 69 years did just fine without biscuits at Thanksgiving. Then one day a week or so before Thanksgiving Costco was giving out samples of Red Lobster Cheddar Bay biscuits. Since then they've been on the menu, sometimes for both Thanksgiving and Christmas since they come in a four packet box. My mom dearly loved them ... when her dementia was very advanced she didn't care about any of the normal Thanksgiving menu items but ate 3 biscuits with butter and jelly and followed up with pumpkin pie and hot buttered rum. I miss her.
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zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Nov 10, 2020 2:22:23 GMT
I live in Texas and I love green bean casserole! However, this year I am going to make it with my homemade cream of mushroom soup instead of the canned stuff. I think it is going to be EPIC!
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zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Nov 10, 2020 2:23:28 GMT
I also do dressing....NOT stuffing. I make cornbread dressing using my grandmother's recipe. I can literally skip the turkey and just eat the sides!
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iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Nov 10, 2020 2:32:21 GMT
I have never heard of a single person having biscuits for Thanksgiving dinner, everyone I know has rolls so who are the screwballs in Oregon that picked biscuits? My family likes biscuits. Those nasty from a can type. My parents love those. I prefer rolls myself. But we stick to canned biscuits for the old folks. 😁
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Post by katlady on Nov 10, 2020 3:22:46 GMT
It is kind of funny to consider gravy a side dish. Maybe in Hawaii people don’t eat a lot of turkey on a regular basis so turkey gravy is a treat. Do people elsewhere eat roasted turkey a lot? It's pretty much only a Thanksgiving thing as far as I know. Can’t you find roasted turkey in some restaurants? You don’t get all the Thanksgiving trimmings, but you can order turkey and gravy. Or, you can find hot turkey sandwiches, which has gravy on it.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 10, 2020 3:48:52 GMT
I hold onto the family way to cook turkey, and pumpkin pies that are made from fresh pumpkin. then I get out grandmother's old hand crank meat grinder and make cranberry orange relish. we never have green beans.. always mashed potatoes. I leave out mom's jello/carrot salad and serve steamed broccoli. I never had bread dressing when young or rolls or gravy. my family does not do gravy. so I had to learn to make it and I make joy of cooking's dressing and light overnight rolls.
my dad was allergic to poultry, so thanksgiving and christmas was the only time we had turkey and we never never had chicken during the year. or fish. when my sister was born early thanksgiving morning, my dad came home from the hospital and made the whole traditional dinner.. homemade pies and all..there were three of us kids at home.
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Post by Skellinton on Nov 10, 2020 4:43:23 GMT
I live in Texas and I love green bean casserole! However, this year I am going to make it with my homemade cream of mushroom soup instead of the canned stuff. I think it is going to be EPIC! That is how I make it, and it is delicious!! I do use the dried up onions though, but the soup is always from scratch.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2020 4:52:05 GMT
Stuffing is the only side that matters.
Green bean casserole is wretched.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 10, 2020 14:20:35 GMT
YIPPEEEEEE TATERS for Colorado!!! Gotta be the best side for anything!! haha... And here is a weird family thing.. my In-laws NEVER serve gravy!!!! I have to bring my own jarred gravy every year. Which reminds me I better get to Costco for their terrific gravy before it sells out or I will be stuck with just jarred gravy. I can't make a good turkey or brown gravy to save my life. White gravy for buscuits and gravy I'm a pro. Anyway, do you have a Honey Baked Ham near you? They sell turkey gravy in their freezer section and it's really good if Costco is out. Just an FYI. I would love for Thanksgiving to just be rolls, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, deviled eggs, candied yams and pumpkin pie. Yep, all the fattening stuff. Oh she can make gravy, she chooses not to. Her explanation is that we have noodles (the old fashion egg noodles) along with the potatoes and that 'is' the gravy. They literally put the noodles in their potatoes. Oh good idea on Honey Baked!!! This will be my goal this weekend. Find gravy.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 10, 2020 14:23:46 GMT
I live in Texas and I love green bean casserole! However, this year I am going to make it with my homemade cream of mushroom soup instead of the canned stuff. I think it is going to be EPIC! Instead of milk I used evaporated milk.. it seems richer.. and I always at least double the French Onion crunchies. Oh and I hate GB casserole but everyone LOVES LOVES it.. lol
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maryannscraps
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Post by maryannscraps on Nov 10, 2020 14:55:31 GMT
Big yes for mashed potatoes. And gravy and dressing. Of course. I don’t think I’ve ever had rolls, biscuits, green bean casserole or Mac and cheese at a thanksgiving dinner. Exactly the same here. I don't think I'd like green bean casserole, because I really dislike cream-of-anything soup. I love fresh cranberry orange relish, a little turkey, and lots of stuffing. My grandpa used to LOVE oyster stuffing. I really hate cooked oysters so I never tried it. Is it a New England thing to have a relish tray with dinner? My mom always put out black olives, celery sticks, and radish roses on a pretty dish. Such an odd combination, but I stick with the tradition.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 10, 2020 15:07:52 GMT
I'm in MA and I'm definitely a "stuffing" girl.
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 10, 2020 15:09:03 GMT
My favorite side with turkey is Ocean Spray Jellied cranberry sauce. No substitutes allowed! I LOVE that stuff. Plop....right outta the can. YUM!
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Nov 10, 2020 15:12:52 GMT
I don't understand this map at all. Almost all of those are excellent choices on the Thanksgiving table. They are right though - no Mississippi household is going to have Thanksgiving without sweet potato casserole, but they also aren't going to have it without turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, cranberries (can-shaped, fresh, or both), and rolls. There is also always some kind of salad, be it a green salad or a fruit salad, sometimes both.
Looking at the rest of the map, we won't have biscuits or white gravy - biscuits are a breakfast food and white gravy seems wrong. Our stuffing is called dressing because it goes beside the bird, not in it. And at my house, we don't do Mac and Cheese or Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving, but a lot of households do. And our creamed (not cream) corn stopped when my grandmother died - not because we don't love it, but because no one else makes it like she did. My brother's ex did make a corn casserole, and we'll occasionally have that if my niece is going to be there since she loves it. Broccoli casserole and deviled eggs seem more like Easter fare, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at them for Thanksgiving.
ETA: There needs to be a pie table: pecan, pumpkin, and apple are staples.
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Post by susancinpa on Nov 10, 2020 15:58:26 GMT
We don't do deviled eggs, but will do pickled eggs w/beets. They are not a major side, but one of the extras we have.
The only one in our family that finds pickled eggs strange is one of our nephews (niece's husband), but he's from Michigan and we're all from PA. I'm thinking beet pickled eggs could be a regional thing, but not sure.
One of the most recent additions to our Thanksgiving dinner table is sautéed (then roasted) cauliflower seasoned with Everything But the Bagel seasoning. MIL always "hints" that she would like this anytime I'm hosting a holiday dinner. It disappears before anything else.
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used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Nov 10, 2020 16:00:34 GMT
Proud to live in a mac and cheese state lol. When I first moved here, I couldn’t fathom possibly adding it to the already carb heavy overindulgence of the meal. Now it’s essential lol.
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Post by craftedbys on Nov 10, 2020 18:05:49 GMT
Now technically, here in the South most of us consider gravy a beverage, so no, it is not a side.
Rolls and biscuits are not a side, they are just bonus.
Deviled eggs, cranberry sauce/relish, and salad falls into the category of relish/salad.
If you want to get technical, you could divide the side category into two distinct sub categories: vegetables (corn, green bean casserole [blech], peas, black eyes Peas, greens etc) and starches (mashed potatoes, dressing, macaroni and cheese etc)
However, around here we classify Mac and cheese as a vegetable. Hey, it's listed on every meat and 3 menu as a vegetable and who is gonna argue with the Cracker Barrel?
Sweet potato casserole could almost fall in the dessert category if it has enough brown sugar and pecans.
All of this talk of foods and sides is making me sad because I. Want. It. All. But with only five of us for the holiday I can't justify making that much food when only a few people eat each thing.
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paget
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Post by paget on Nov 10, 2020 18:32:00 GMT
My state is mashed potatoes - which is fine but I’d say my favorite is stuffing (almost tied with rolls because I love bread) because mashed potatoes are a normal food for us but stuffing is just on thanksgiving. Also, I have never ever had Mac and cheese on thanksgiving no matter who’s home it been held at! Oh, and green bean casserole is hella gross. That is all. 🤣
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my3freaks
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Post by my3freaks on Nov 10, 2020 22:08:42 GMT
Is it a New England thing to have a relish tray with dinner? I was born in Connecticut (where I still have a ton of relatives), and mostly grew up in NH. My Dad's family are mostly all from Vermont or Mass. and I have a few random relatives in Maine, so I have most of New England covered and I've never seen a relish tray on a Thanksgiving table. Turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, turnip, butternut squash & rolls are the things I remember off hand from growing up. I know a lot of people had green bean casserole, but we didn't. I hate cream of mushroom soup (or mushroom anything), so I won't even try it. It kind of bums me out because I love green beans and french fried onions. My husband's family is from Georgia and being an Air Force brat, he mostly grew up in TX and they had dressing, and sweet potato casserole, among other things. I'd never had either of things until I met him. I like the brown sugar and marshmallow part of the casserole, but not a big fan of the sweet potatoes themselves. I don't particularly like stuffing, but I'll take it over dressing. I don't like that at all. They also have creamed corn, and I HATE corn, so I'm not eating that, evah!
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Post by dewryce on Nov 10, 2020 22:27:27 GMT
I don't understand this map at all. Almost all of those are excellent choices on the Thanksgiving table. ETA: There needs to be a pie table: pecan, pumpkin, and apple are staples. People have apple pie on Thanksgiving? I’d love to see what desserts everyone has and what state/region they’re in. Central Texas ~ we always had (amaretto) pumpkin pie, pecan pie (with pecans from my grandparents’ backyard) and what we call Lynn Cake, named after a close family friend. It’s a dense, delicious chocolate cake, almost to the point of being a brownie. I keep reading about a Texas sheet cake and keep wondering if it’s the same thing. Off to research. Eta: Nope, they look similar but aren’t the same. Ours uses buttermilk and coffee and no sour cream among other things. Just similar appearance, texture and deep, rich flavor it seems. We also have something called Frigid Fruit Salad during the meal that should be a dessert. You put cut fruit & nuts (pineapples/couple kinds of cherries/oranges/pecans) in a mix of cream cheese, canned milk and whipped cream) and freeze it an inch high. Serve cut into squares over pretty lettuce, of course. Granma served everything over lettuce
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my3freaks
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Post by my3freaks on Nov 10, 2020 22:40:00 GMT
People have apple pie on Thanksgiving? I’d love to see what desserts everyone has and what state/region they’re in. Yes, we had apple pie and pumpkin pie. I like apple way better. I don't really like pumpkin pie. My dad loved apple pie, he'd pick that over pretty much any kind. I think my mom made a mincemeat one a couple times when I was a kid because my dad liked it. I am pretty sure I didn't try it. I'm not an adventurous eater.
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