re: Best and worst Thanksgiving Foods

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cranberry sauce

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True story. My BIL is a career Navy man. When they were newlyweds, my sister made a fancy cranberry sauce and he wouldn't eat it. She had to go out and get the kind that plops out of the can because that's what they serve in the chow hall.

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He thought the blue hairs would bail him out. They were brutal to him

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That's my theory. He volunteered for it to score points and never got around to it. Panicked at the last second and brought in the frozen turkeys hoping some of the old women would bail him out and he'd still get partial credit. Didn't work out for him (or the rest of us).

Best- Mirliton dressing
Worst- Canned cranberry sauce

All depends on if the cook is competent.

Best, when done like this:


Worst, when done like this:

I'm not a huge Thanksgiving food kind of guy. If it was so dam good why do we only eat most of it once a year. My girlfriends family does the traditional turkey dinner (blah), but my family does our Italian feast (hell yes).

Not good (Her Family):

Turkey (always dry)
Cranberry sauce
Sweet Potatoes
Asparagus
Green Bean Casserole (always runny)
Baked Potatoes


Good:


Pizza Casserole
Lasagna
Marinara Meatballs
4 Cheese Bread
Italian Bread
Cesar Salad

My absolute favorite is the cranberry sauce out of the can.

Also, cranberry sauce with EVERYTHING.

Uncle Pete cooked the turkey too long and it dried out? Get that bird wet with cranberry sauce.

Aunt May choked the life out of the dressing with too much flour or bread crumbs? CPR with cranberry sauce.

Cousin Billy forgot to bring butter, the ONLY THING YOU ASKED HIM TO BRING? Spread you on some cranberry sauce.

Man I'm ready to eat.

Best Rice Dressing

Worst Cranberry Sauce

Best: Cornbread dressing with brown gravy on top and mixing in a little cranberry sauce.

Worst: The sweet potato casserole my aunt makes with cereal on top

Dressing


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