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Thanksgiving Day Menu
Posted on 10/28/13 at 10:50 am
Posted on 10/28/13 at 10:50 am
Trying to plan for a group of 20 something. This is an all day event with my family. I need the traditional dishes and like to try new things, maybe dessert or vegetable dish. What are you doing?
Appetizers:
Stuffed celery,
Deviled eggs,
Baked Brie w/blackberry jam and crackers
Soup - Seafood Gumbo
Fried and Baked Turkey
Baked Ham
Corn Bread Dressing
Mashed Garlic Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
Macaroni and Cheese
Smothered Green Beans
Corn on Cob
Petit Pois Peas
---Would love to substitute Roasted Asparagus here instead of corn and peas. But family is very traditional.
Cranberry Sauce from the can, I love the Ocean Spray stuff over the fresh made sauce.
Turkey Gravy and Rolls
Desserts:
- Pumpkin Pie w/ Whipped topping
- Ambrosia Salad
- Banana Pudding (Was considering doing a Banana's Fosters upside down cake instead)
- Chocolate or Coconut Cake
Family members help with some of these dishes and everyone carries food out at the end of the day.
How do you do Thanksgiving Dinner and what is your menu going to look like?
Appetizers:
Stuffed celery,
Deviled eggs,
Baked Brie w/blackberry jam and crackers
Soup - Seafood Gumbo
Fried and Baked Turkey
Baked Ham
Corn Bread Dressing
Mashed Garlic Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole
Macaroni and Cheese
Smothered Green Beans
Corn on Cob
Petit Pois Peas
---Would love to substitute Roasted Asparagus here instead of corn and peas. But family is very traditional.
Cranberry Sauce from the can, I love the Ocean Spray stuff over the fresh made sauce.
Turkey Gravy and Rolls
Desserts:
- Pumpkin Pie w/ Whipped topping
- Ambrosia Salad
- Banana Pudding (Was considering doing a Banana's Fosters upside down cake instead)
- Chocolate or Coconut Cake
Family members help with some of these dishes and everyone carries food out at the end of the day.
How do you do Thanksgiving Dinner and what is your menu going to look like?
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Posted on 10/28/13 at 10:55 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
I lay off appetizers. Maybe just better cheddar and drinks. Sam Sifton has a great take on why he doesnt serve appetizers and it goes something like this, "You are going to spend days cooking for your family, and then everyone is going to fill up on chips and salsa." Instead he just serves raw oysters.
Other thing I like to do to lighten the fare is serve vegetables as colder salad type dishes. So brussels sprouts get turned into a shaved salad/slaw, corn is grilled and then tossed with sliced shallots and thin slices of red pepper in a lime dressing, etc...
Other thing I like to do to lighten the fare is serve vegetables as colder salad type dishes. So brussels sprouts get turned into a shaved salad/slaw, corn is grilled and then tossed with sliced shallots and thin slices of red pepper in a lime dressing, etc...
Posted on 10/28/13 at 10:55 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
What a line-up 
I was about to ask how much help you get making all that. Sounds like a weeks worth'a cooking. I need to figure out what I will be making. Probably the main dish and a few sides - nothing extreme.
I was about to ask how much help you get making all that. Sounds like a weeks worth'a cooking. I need to figure out what I will be making. Probably the main dish and a few sides - nothing extreme.
Posted on 10/28/13 at 10:55 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
All we have planned out right now is my dad is doing a rotisserie turkey and I am smoking a ham, my wife and mom will get together and discuss all the sides I assume.
Thanksgiving is the low key holiday for us, usually just a small gathering.
Thanksgiving is the low key holiday for us, usually just a small gathering.
Posted on 10/28/13 at 11:01 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
quote:
Pumpkin Pie w/ Whipped topping
From Martin Mull's "History of White People in America" there is a chapter on "White Holiday Dinners". For dessert he writes "It doesn't matter what you serve but it must have Cool Whip on top."
Posted on 10/28/13 at 11:04 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
Whatever they are selling at the Fairgrounds. Just reserved 2 sections in the club.
Posted on 10/28/13 at 11:08 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
What do you stuff the celery with?
Posted on 10/28/13 at 11:25 am to LSUBCILUVTHEM
Thanksgiving at my Dad's is my favorite one:
Turkey (biggest he can find)
Gravy
Rotisserie ham on grill
Mashed potatoes
Dirty Rice
Cornbread Dressing
Bread Dressing (in turkey)
Bread Dressing (no turkey)
Oyster Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Homemade rolls
Stuffed Mushrooms
One year my cousin made artichoke casserole/dressing... WOW, so good.
Usually a few pies - pumpkin, apple, etc.
Turkey (biggest he can find)
Gravy
Rotisserie ham on grill
Mashed potatoes
Dirty Rice
Cornbread Dressing
Bread Dressing (in turkey)
Bread Dressing (no turkey)
Oyster Dressing
Sweet Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Homemade rolls
Stuffed Mushrooms
One year my cousin made artichoke casserole/dressing... WOW, so good.
Usually a few pies - pumpkin, apple, etc.
Posted on 10/28/13 at 12:00 pm to LSUBCILUVTHEM
turkey
ham
dressing
4 or 5 different casseroles (sweet potato, corn, string beat, etc)
dumplings
cranberry sauce
2 different salads (english pea & 7 layer)
rolls
more sweets than should be legally allowed
ham
dressing
4 or 5 different casseroles (sweet potato, corn, string beat, etc)
dumplings
cranberry sauce
2 different salads (english pea & 7 layer)
rolls
more sweets than should be legally allowed
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