Thanksgiving FAQ for the whole AW Community

MacAllister · Nov 2, 2009

HapiSofi said:
Thank you, Sebastian.

Does everyone understand that it's all right to ask questions?

Here's a question, Hapi. What's your one, absolute, must-have Thanksgiving sidedish?

HapiSofi · Nov 3, 2009

MacAllister said:
Here's a question, Hapi. What's your one, absolute, must-have Thanksgiving sidedish?

Let's begin by classifying the turkey/dressing/cranberry sauce/gravy complex as a single fully-mandated program, and remove it from consideration.

I'd have to say the highest-priority side dish is white potatoes, either baked in their jackets or mashed, because otherwise where are you going to put the gravy?

Gravity · Nov 3, 2009

HapiSofi said:
I'd have to say the highest-priority side dish is white potatoes, either baked in their jackets or mashed, because otherwise where are you going to put the gravy?

In the eyes of a true Southerner, Ms. Sofi (such as you, as Uncle Jim aptly pointed out to me), it must be argued that potatoes in any form are really nothing more than a Gravy Transportation Medium (GTM). Any GTM that can hold a copius quantity of said gravy thus is a requirement for any Thanskgiving repast.

In my own misspent youth, when the potatoes were gone I was known to slather two pieces of cornpone with the stuff, let it sit and soak for a minute, and then eat them with a spoon.

In truly dire circumstances, when even the bread had all disappeared, I'd simply upend the gravy boat into my gaping maw and swallow (eliciting squeals of laughter from my younger brother and screams of dismay from my mom).

But I digress...

waylander · Nov 3, 2009

HapiSofi said:
Let's begin by classifying the turkey/dressing/cranberry sauce/gravy complex as a single fully-mandated program, and remove it from consideration.

I'd have to say the highest-priority side dish is white potatoes, either baked in their jackets or mashed, because otherwise where are you going to put the gravy?

Mashed! Mashed!
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Deleted member 42 · Nov 3, 2009

Yes, but what kind of gravy?

Milk/cream/mushroom/KFC (my cousins' "secret family recipe")

DWSTXS · Nov 3, 2009

smashed taters and brown gravy

charlotte49ers · Nov 3, 2009

Milk gravy, all the way. Even on Thanksgiving.

benbradley · Nov 3, 2009

Coffee.

mario_c · Nov 3, 2009

STUFFING!

MacAllister · Nov 3, 2009

Cornbread stuffing with lots of sage and onions...and gravy. I like giblet/turkey gravy just fine, but not with bits of liver in it.

poetinahat · Nov 3, 2009

mario_c said:
STUFFING!

Here endeth the lesson.

If cranberry sauce is already mandated, then stuffing it is.

DWSTXS · Nov 3, 2009

mario_c said:
STUFFING!

This gets mixed into my taters and gravy, and when I'm done eating that, I spoon up another mountain of taters and gravy, and this time I mix in the corn .

mmmmmmm!

DWSTXS · Nov 3, 2009

Oh, and LOTS and LOTS of sweet iced tea. . . yummy!

MacAllister · Nov 3, 2009

Ahhh and cranberries. Cranberry/orange relish, jellied cranberry sauce, whole cranberry sauce, I don't care. I love 'em, cranberries, those distinctive-flavored, festively-colored tart little berries.

mscelina · Nov 3, 2009

Yes, but which stuffing? In our house, anything that comes out of a box or a bag is NOT stuffing. Stuffing is 2/3 cornbread, 1/3 white bread with lots of sage, onions and celery. Period.

None of this Yankee oyster stuffing stuff for us, thank you no.

Kitty Pryde · Nov 3, 2009

mario_c said:
STUFFING!

MacAllister said:
Cornbread stuffing with lots of sage and onions...and gravy. I like giblet/turkey gravy just fine, but not with bits of liver in it.

poetinahat said:
Here endeth the lesson.

If cranberry sauce is already mandated, then stuffing it is.

But you guys (and gals): Hapi has already mandated dressing. Dressing is stuffing!

I'm going to say buttery rolls (with butter on them).

MacAllister · Nov 3, 2009

Buttery rolls -- with butter on 'em? You're clearly a woman after my own heart.

Heh. I was sort of past the original "what's the highest-priority sidedish" original question.

Mostly I'm just trying not to drool on my keyboard, at this point.

escritora · Nov 3, 2009

Let's begin by classifying the turkey/dressing/cranberry sauce/gravy complex as a single fully-mandated program, and remove it from consideration.

That's too much. LOL Hapi is serious about her Thanksgiving.

Pasteles is my favorite. But with chicken, not pork butt.

MacAllister · Nov 3, 2009

omg....Escritoria, that looks incredible!

Williebee · Nov 3, 2009

apple pie.

You put what you want on the side of your dish. I'll put what I want on the...

mscelina · Nov 3, 2009

Pie. Pick a pie. Any pie. I'm not fond of pumpkin, but I'd just about kill anyone for a great piece of chess pie or mincemeat pie.

ETA--Imagine that. Williebee and I are on the same page as usual.

Kitty Pryde · Nov 3, 2009

Thanksgiving at our place always, always starts with gumbo. Crab, oyster, fish sausage, and shrimp. Om nom nom nom. It is the bestest. Pass the saltines, baby.

poetinahat · Nov 3, 2009

Kitty Pryde said:
But you guys (and gals): Hapi has already mandated dressing. Dressing is stuffing!

No, no, no! They must be two distinct dishes.

That way, we get two...

mscelina said:
Yes, but which stuffing? In our house, anything that comes out of a box or a bag is NOT stuffing. Stuffing is 2/3 cornbread, 1/3 white bread with lots of sage, onions and celery. Period.

None of this Yankee oyster stuffing stuff for us, thank you no.

*sigh* And another innocent thread gets ported to P&CE...

MacAllister · Nov 3, 2009

Thanksgiving morning starts with either orange sweet rolls or sticky buns, and really good coffee. Which morphs into Irish Coffees, at some point about mid-morning...

firedrake · Nov 3, 2009

Stuffing, made from breadcrumbs, with sage and onion and turkey stock.
Turkey gravy - home made ' with stock made with carrots, onions, celery, roasted turkey bits, left to simmer on back burner.

Yum

Plus, roast tatties.

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