What Thanksgiving dish do you absolutely positively loathe?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

I love it all! 😋

[Drum]

1. Sweet potato marshmallow casserole

[LakeArenal]

3. Yessss

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Okay! I lied!

[LakeArenal]

23. Funny.

[Ocelot II]

12. Yes! Ick!

One Thanksgiving my SIL accidentally set it on fire when browning the marshmallow topping. I was delighted but she was really PO'd at me for laughing.

[Marthe48]

64. hahaha

lol

[3catwoman3]

36. Yuck, yuck, and double yuck!! Make that triple!!!

🤮 🤢 🤮

[fierywoman]

41. This.

[happy feet]

59. Love sweet potatoes

But never with marshmellows😵😵

[Marthe48]

66. My cousin makes a good sweet potato casserole

I didn't like sweet potatoes at all until I tasted his. He mixes vanilla extract into the potatoes, and tops it with pecans and maple syrup. I don't think he put marshmallows on it.

[electric_blue68]

87. Oooo, that sounds gooood! (w/o marshmallows 😁 )

[yellowdogintexas]

84. Definitely I truly do hate that nt

[electric_blue68]

86. Not a marshmallow fan, but love sweet potatoes.

[csziggy]

103. Aboslutely - can't stand that dessert masquerading as a side dish

A new sweet potato dish was introduced a few years back - mashed sweet potatoes with a brown sugar/pecan topping. Tastes better than the marshmallow thing, but still too sweet for a side dish and more of a dessert.

[yellowdogintexas]

133. I use sweet potatoes in a nice vegan main dish

with either chick peas or black beans. Add fresh spinach at the end and let it wilt. I have 2 favorite versions: one has curry powder and the other has Jamaican Jerk spices.

Delish over coconut rice. Substitute light coconut milk for the water.

Excellent to have on the table for the vegetarians

The Jamaican version started out as a beef stew recipe I found on Pinterest. Just deleted the beef

[IzzaNuDay]

141. Why additional sugar to sweet potatoes?

I am not a fan of sweet potatoes- what turned me off were these sugar laden additions to a rather sweet starchy veggie. I run away from candied, marshmallow, brown/white sugary additions. I would rather starve than eat them!

It was when I discovered savory recipes for sweet potatoes was when I could tolerate eating them.

If someone can explain the additional sugar, I’d appreciate it!

[LakeArenal]

2. Green bean salad. Sorry I know for some it's a staple.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. Salad or casserole?

[LakeArenal]

7. I guess it the same where I come from.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Casserole is a fav! 😋

[LakeArenal]

21. Yes everyone likes it but me. Just... 🙁

[TexasBushwhacker]

127. I don't like it because I don't like Cream of Mushroom soup

I make my green beans either with a pesto of basil, garlic, olive oil and parmesan or with a mustard and sour cream sauce with sauteed shallots

[yellowdogintexas]

132. my daughter makes it with her own bechamel sauce

and steamed fresh green beans. Makes all the difference in the world.

Her Persian inlaws love it; also her mac & cheese which she also makes with a very rich cream sauce and 3 kinds of cheese. She made it for the first Christmas dinner with the family and now she is the Official Purveyor of Mac and Cheese.

Poor kid is lactose and gluten intolerant so she can't eat it but she does love to make it.

[Sherman A1]

6. I pretty much enjoy all of it

anything with nuts is off limits as allergies prevent that sort of thing, but otherwise all good.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. 😋

[Shermann]

10. The dirty ones in the sink! nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Oh you kid!

[3catwoman3]

38. Well done!

[EYESORE 9001]

13. 🤔

This may take awhile.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Take your time! ⏰

[EYESORE 9001]

42. Ooh! Ooh! I got one!👋

A relative showed up at Thanksgiving one year with a bowl of creamed spinach. It was not well received.
🤮

[csziggy]

104. Yeah my sister in law used to make a broccoli casserole that consisitency

She took perfectly good, fresh broccoli, cooked it until it was mushy, stirred in some kind of gravy/soup stuff and topped it with cheese, then cooked it some more. Now I love broccoli but not when it's been turned into mush. Plus, I love broccoli and cheese, but not when it is so overcooked you can't tell what part was what.

[MenloParque]

14. Green bean casserole and canned cranberry sauce🤮

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. 😢

[LakeArenal]

28. Thought I was alone on the gbc.

[tblue37]

110. No, I hate it, too.

[csziggy]

105. My husband loves cranberry sauce - so I make it fresh for him every year

It's so easy to make, and one batch will last him a year or more, even if he takes a couple of jars to his family get together. This year I'll have to talk him through making it. Shouldn't be a problem - he can boil eggs and cranberry sauce is about the same.

[yellowdogintexas]

134. LOL I made a batch of that fresh cranberry sauce for the

first Thanksgiving we had with my inlaws after we moved to Fort Worth.

NO ONE touched it.

Fortunately it freezes well and you can make muffins, pie or a wonderful Jello dish (there is such a thing) using orange jello as the base. (whipped cream or cream cheese of course.)

My mom always asked me to make it and I gave her half.

[LonePirate]

17. Pumpkin pie. I hate it. Serve me some pecan pie or peach pie or apple pie instead.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 😢😋

[fierywoman]

43. This.

[blueinredohio]

46. Pumpkin pie is my choice also. Yuck!

[TexasBushwhacker]

129. I've never been a fan either n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. Honestly the only one's I particularly LIKE are turkey, gravy, and mashed potatoes

And pie for dessert, but not pumpkin preferably.

And although I generally like cranberries in a number of formats, the canned 'jelly' style is NOT something I want anything to do with. OTOH, if someone makes a nice homemade cranberry sauce, I'm down w/that.

I guess there's nothing I LOATHE (though sweet potato marshmallow casserole is not something I'd choose to eat), but I'm not really that excited about thxgiving food generally.

My favorite part is making turkey soup, and turkey sandwiches ... later.

Also generally I like to make my own turkey, on my barbeque. And I cook it to 158F or so, and pull it off, and it heats to around 161-162F afterwards during the set.

I know, bacteria and all that makes people cook it to 165F (or higher) before taking it off ... I say NAH to that. Turkey heated that hot prior to removal from oven is terrible IMHO.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. 😋

[fierywoman]

44. Best turkey I've EVER had was brined (some alchohol was involved, but I can't

remember which .... bourbon maybe?), then spatchcocked and grilled. OMFG.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

50. It's really easy to barbeque a turkey in a Weber kettle, spatchcocked or not

If you do it whole, you're limited on size to around 16 lbs due to the height of the lid, but other than that ... I've done turkeys on the Weber many, many times. Besides briquets I also have a metal smoker box I'll add some hardwood to and drop on the coals ... apple, pecan, and cherry are all great choices and all impart a very specific flavor. I usually stay away from stronger ones like mesquite, oak, and hickory.

Comes out night-and-day better than baked-in-oven turkey IMHO, and aside from setting up/lighting the fire and tending to the cooking temps a little bit via the flues, it's not that much harder.

[fierywoman]

57. Yes! Cherry!

The guy who did the grilling added some cherry in a box like you said. Before the turkey was done, the wife was getting real doubtful (it was the first time they'd grilled instead of baked) that the turkey was going to be disappointing. But no -- it was superb!

[yellowdogintexas]

135. One year my ex MIL kept her turkey warm all day

in the oven the day after Thanksgiving ( broth and all)

Unaware of this, my sister in law and I conjured up a massive batch of turkey and dumplings using all the broth, and a good bit of the turkey meat.

Fast forward to about 2 am when our cats started furiously excavating their litter box. Shortly thereafter the dogs started banging at the door to go outside. The poor animals got their turkey early while we were making the dish.

Then it hit all of us. It was an interesting night, especially since there was only one bathroom and 4 adults.

SIL and her husband were in their own place and had an equally eventful night.

Fortunately, we were spared the horrid aching and vomiting. We were able to drive back to Nashville on Sunday with no stops.

[SeeingEyeRefugee]

19. .

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. 🤢

[Tribetime]

45. I agree 100%

[jmbar2]

54. Agree - yuck

[Disaffected]

72. I prefer canned cranberry sauce

over the home-made variety (at least of the ones I've tried).

Now, sweet potatoes I can do without - they test like burnt carrots to me.

[Demovictory9]

83. yes

[Upthevibe]

106. SeeingEyeRefugee....

This is what I was going to say. I can's stand cranberries served in any way but especially the way you posted....YUCK!

[Atticus]

24. That lime Jello with strips of baloney in it is disgusting! nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

27. Dude! 😩

[LakeArenal]

31. Sounds awful.

[Atticus]

33. It is! Everyone knows that lime Jello should have cubes of braunschweiger in it! nt

[LakeArenal]

35. Sure..?...

[lastlib]

112. OMG, NO!!

braunschweiger is processed sh*t w/ sugar & salt. It's the nastiest thing I ever put in my mouth!

[jmbar2]

55. Any kind of jello "salad"

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[electric_blue68]

88. Whaaaaaa!??!?!!!? 😧

[smirkymonkey]

123. Who does that?

Are you drunk again?

[underpants]

26. Grandma's ashes

I still don’t understand why we do that every year.

[Marthe48]

67. ?

How do you fit them into the meal?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

74. Add a little bourbon, stir, and voila

instant granny!

[Diamond_Dog]

29. Green bean casserole.

Yuck.

[LakeArenal]

32. Right on sistah!!!!

[Diamond_Dog]

34. I like green beans,

But not swimming in canned mushroom soup. Ugh

No one in my family has ever made sweet potatoes with marshmallows on top. But that surely doesn’t appeal to me, either.

[LakeArenal]

37. Exactly feel the same about both.

I actually think marsh mellows are gross.

[electric_blue68]

89. 🤔 the green bean casseroles I've had were moist but not

swimming ln any sauce. Had slivered aomonds.

[LakeArenal]

96. Maybe a regional thing.

[electric_blue68]

102. Could be 👍

[Floyd R. Turbo]

93. 😢

[tanyev]

30. Sweet potatoes with even more sugar and topped with marshmallows.

All I want on a sweet potato is butter and a little salt.

[blueinredohio]

48. A good sweet potato recipe

has sweet potatoes, cranberries,butter, brown sugar and orange juice. Delicious!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

94. 🤢

[First Speaker]

39. Stuffing...

...for some reason, I find it inedible...

[nocoincidences]

52. I hate it, too!

The texture is icky the spices aren't compatibly melded to make my tastebuds happy, just blech!

[electric_blue68]

90. Oh, I love stuffing with sage! I'd eat as much as that, sometimes more than the turkey! 😄

Oh! Stuffing not from the inside, cooked separately!

[Marthe48]

95. I have an 1800s cookbook

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stuffing was called mock meat

Everyone around me likes it really dense and moist, but I've always liked it dry and fluffy, with lots of seasoning!

[Boomerproud]

101. I'm with you on the stuffing. A little dry and fluffy.

🦃

[electric_blue68]

107. Ha, mock meat! 🤔 I think I might like both...

as long as it has sage in it if it's bread stuffing.

My mom used to make a (non inside the cavity)
Greek meat stuffing!

Ground meat, some tomato paste, maaaaybe a touch of garlic, I think she browned the meat first, roasted chestnuts (!). Not sure what else. Yum!

[Marthe48]

117. All of the family favorites sound so good

My daughter got me a turkey and I'm thinking about what I want with it.

[electric_blue68]

118. Descisions! Descisions! 😄👍

[Marthe48]

119. I'll prob. be on my own

(Covid choice) And low-carb eating. I might just roast the turkey and eat chunks of it over the sink.

[electric_blue68]

120. Awww you should treat yourself better...

is there a way to add some herbs or something to make it .a little more special? Some thing to make the skin extra crispy? Put a nice plate out, and sit comfortably!

Low carb... if you have been doing low carb mostly -
can you treat yourself to something more fun.
A little sour cream in a baked potato, maybe?


I'll be by myself bc my sis will be w other friends. That's ok we're more about Christmas. 👍

I have to see if I can get some nice pieces of turkey instead of thin sliced turkey breast. Then I can have some for a sandwich the next day. I'll probably get some bread stuffing - must have sage I it! Find a small or slice of pecan pie. 😁👍

[Marthe48]

121. My daughter had her dinner last Sun.

She brought me a plate. I made a batch of cranberry sauce from fresh berries. So I am getting treats. I will be nice to myself and use a plate. lol Ever since I was a kid, I loved getting a drumstick and chomping on it. The Viking in me!

I think I will have turkey, stuffing or potatoes, and a couple green vegs. I'm deciding between the carbs and which vegs to pick. Dessert with be almond flour gingerbread cookies with cream cheese frosting. I just got some monkfruit sweetener and I'm looking forward to trying it in baking.

I hope you have a nice dinner lined up. Thank you for being thoughtful

[electric_blue68]

122. Ok. I feel better now that you'll treat yourself well...

Cool you made your own cranberry sauce, too. Nice your daughter brought you a plate already. 👍

I can get that chomping drumstick urge. 😁

My sis and I will meet up over the Thanksgiving weekend.

I wonder if I can find cooked turkey pieces vs the sliced turkey breast I usually get for a turkey sandwich on Thksgvg day. If the weather is decent I have a place to go the day before and get traditional T-day foods.

Enjoy!

[Marthe48]

125. My best friend goes to Heinans

and they had roasted whole turkeys in their deli that they carved to order for you. I thought that was a good idea. It was in Feb. or so, too, not seasonal.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for a successful hunt You can always stop by here. I have a double sink. lol

[Marthe48]

142. Daughter and grandkids will come for dinner :)

Her inlaws had a change of plans, so I invited her and the kids for dinner. I hung out with the kids at their place Tu. and Wed. I'm exposed to more than Covid-19, but oh well!

Happy Thanksgiving to you electric_blue68

[Floyd R. Turbo]

97. 😢

[Cobalt Violet]

40. all of it.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

98. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[doc03]

47. Don't like store bought mince meat pie. My

Aunt used to make it every year from real meat it was
good. The store bought stuff taste like chemicals.

[pansypoo53219]

75. my grandma made the raisin mincemeat for a daughter in law who never had it.

i preferred my pecan crumble cheesecake. or the cranberry sauce topped cheesecake. shit. i need cheesecake soon.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

99. 😋

[Aristus]

49. Green bean casserole.

I love casseroles in general, and I love green beans.

Both of them together, no thank you...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

100. 😢

[wryter2000]

51. Marshmallows on sweet potatoes

Extra loathsome points for also adding orange juice.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

114. 🤢

[NCjack]

53. Store-bought white rolls or bread ruin the feast.

Best: bakery yeast rolls, sour dough bread, and cornbread.

[smirkymonkey]

60. I don't even get why people have rolls or bread for T-giving.

You usually have the potatoes and stuffing already, and then some people add mac and cheese and other starches like yams or sweet potatoes to that. Isn't that enough carbs for one meal?

[Marthe48]

68. Carbs knock everyone out and you can change the channel :)

[smirkymonkey]

71. Ah ha!

I knew there was some kind of funny stuff going on there!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

115. 🤢

[Bayard]

56. I was invited once to tday dinner

She made creamed pearl onions. Major yack!

I boil actual whole, frozen cranberries for a few minutes, let them cool, and drain. Then add plenty of sugar (hey--once a year!), chopped fresh pears, and almonds. Sometimes with orange peel. Refrigerate. Delish.

I've been using the same sweet potato recipe for years. Slice whole sweet potatoes, sprinkle with unsalted butter and a little brown sugar. Pecans and a little nutmeg on top. Yummers!

[Duppers]

62. Sounds great! TY!

Have actually been craving fresh pears but haven't seen them in our poor-side -of-town supermarket in forever, sooo I need to take 15-20min drive to other markets in hopes they're not sold out.

Love orange peel too.

[Marthe48]

69. My Mom and Gram loved creamed onions

I was never a fan

[pansypoo53219]

77. i prefer to add a liquor + added raspberries + blueberries(fr wild). orange if available. but i

miss grandparents ground cranberries + 1 orange + sugar.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

116. 😋

[Patterson]

58. Turkey guts in the gravy.

[Duppers]

111. Indeed!

Yuck!!

[smirkymonkey]

61. Stuffing from inside the bird.

Yuk! Ugh! Gross! I can't stand mushy, soggy, amorphous bread-like things being passed off as food. First of all the sight of it physically repulses me, as does the texture. I can't even get past that to get it into my mouth.

When I am with my family, they always have to make a separate dish for me and a few others that is just an extra smaller dish of stuffing that was baked in the oven and is crispy on top and light and fluffy underneath w/ lots of poultry seasoning in it. That is the only way I can eat it.

[NNadir]

63. Turkey.

[Marthe48]

65. My mom used to serve canned creamed succotash

I like the ingredients, but not canned and not together.

[Ferryboat]

70. Family is Norwegian

So lutefisk is a part of every holiday. I gag just thinking about it.

[pansypoo53219]

73. well, i hate sage, stuffing, pumpkin AND most veggie concoctions. i just take more taters + coleslaw

[jcgoldie]

76. This doesn't really belong here but my favorite Thanksgiving memory...

Its not about food at all but I was just reading these posts on Thanksgiving and thinking of it so thought I'd share...

My dad died 14 years ago and my mother has been with a guy for most of that time since who I really can't stand, a very stupid obnoxious person in my opinion, but whatever, she does what she wants. Our family is not an ounce religious and never has been, but this guy insisted in one of those early Thanksgivings that they were together that before anyone could eat we needed to go around the table and everyone say a prayer of what we were thankful for. He started it with some sappy religious BS of course and everyone is sitting at the table rolling their eyes. It went to the next person then the next with innocuous and areligious pronouncements of thanks. About halfway around my drunk uncle starts into a long diatribe of thanks for a bunch of strange things in which he made very little sense and even cried I think, and then he hit upon the plight of "the Indians and we're really gathered to celebrate how we had FUCKED them when you really think about it" then proceeded to drop about 4 more F-bombs. Immediately everyone perked up and my brother was wide ass grinning at me across the table. We were both enjoying what we surely thought was the greatest fucking prayer ever as it hadn't even occurred to us how fun it would be to scatter F-bombs through a Thanksgiving prayer... needless to say the prayer circle came to a premature halt before I ever got my turn and it has never been brought up again through succeeding Thanksgiving dinners!

[consider_this]

81. Why does this make me think of the Talledega Nights grace scene - LOL!

That's one memorable tk'day you had there - LOL! I think we all get a drunk uncle making some kinda scene, but that one gave you some joy - LOL!

[smirkymonkey]

124. And don't forget Sweet Baby Jesus.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

78. Oysters.

My grandmother's family, which lived in Boston long ago, always served them at Thanksgiving.

Well, I actually never ate them! I've still never ate a mollusk of ANY kind, so I wouldn't know if I hate them... would I?

Why Your Traditional Thanksgiving Should Include Oysters
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/88591/why-your-traditional-thanksgiving-should-include-oysters

[yellowdogintexas]

137. My mom always made scalloped oysters for both

Thanksgiving and Christmas. Just canned oysters & the liquid, cream, lots of crumbled up crackers and some butter on the top. Baked until bubbly

I used to pick out the oysters and slip them to my sister. I loved the flavor but hated the texture of the oysters. Same with my mom's oyster soup.

Fast Forward to a big Stranded Student Thanksgiving in Boston. Of course I made that because "it's not Thanksgiving without it" Some guy shouts out "who brought the oysters?" When I confessed, he thanked me for that touch of home. He was from South Carolina.

I do not know where that tradition evolved, but she said her mother always made them.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

139. Thanks for sharing your mother's recipe!

Based on how my grandmother's oysters looked when I was a kid, I think she did something very similar! There was definitely some kind of cream and crackers (or maybe toasted bread) mixed with them.

If I'd been older, I might've tried it. The oysters themselves just looked unappealing to me.

I'm sure that something like Chinese stir fry would've made me leery too when I was a kid, if I had trouble identifying everything mixed within it. Now I blindly trust the food preparers and shovel it down. Lol.

[Scottie Mom]

79. Jell-o salad and marshmallows on sweet potatoes

Love sweet potatoes, but NOT with marshmallows.

[consider_this]

80. Y'all need a good laugh here so...

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my favorite thing to reminisce about ...


yes, it is the puking kitty gravy boat. Never had one, but I always think about this around this time of year since I first saw it years ago - it kills.
Not a big fan of any traditional Tk'day food in general - i guess a nice dry brined spatcocked turkey and my own stuffing is pretty good. the rest is either meh or yuk.

the Loathe list is any kind of yellow squash and pumpkin pie

Oh on edit - I found the original puky video - ROFLMAO...

[yellowdogintexas]

140. I love this thing. It is hilarious.

on the subject of squash: have you ever had a squash casserole made with summer squash?

It is in a class by itself!! I prefer the yellow squash but it can be made with zucchini or a combo of the two.

[Demovictory9]

82. cranberry jelly thing

[Demovictory9]

85. super sweet cornbread..why is it now so darn sweet? wasnt sweet when i was a kid

[TexasBushwhacker]

128. My mother would rise from her grave and slap me

if I put sugar on my cornbread. I also don't like it really sponges and cake like. I prefer a good crusty corn muffin, preferably with some jalapenos.

[yellowdogintexas]

136. my mom and every other cook in TOdd Co Kentucky!

(most of the South, actually) Sweet cornbread definitely is an above the Mason-Dixon entity.

The best is made with white corn meal, baked in an iron skillet with enough hot fat preheated in the skillet to give the cornbread a nice crispy bottom. Cut into wedges and devour!

I use Martha White white cornbread mix which is just right for 2 of us and works perfectly in my small iron skillet.

I do love the Boston Chicken cornbread loaves though. They are more like cake and I eat them for dessert

[TexasBushwhacker]

138. My mother would bake it in a square Pyrex dish

with about a half inch of melted Crisco in the bottom.

[electric_blue68]

91. Marshmallows, jello salad, pumpkin pie.

I like, usually looove everything else though not until my early mid teens. Though I haven't tried cranberries in decades.

I was a very picky eater before that - then it was turkey, white potatoes, our Greek meat stuffing (separate), carrots - pretty much only ... 😄

[zanana1]

92. Pumpkin pie

I always ask for a tiny slice because I know it'll be hard to get down.

[tblue37]

108. Green bean casserole.

[Iggo]

109. Stuffing.

[we can do it]

113. Green bean glop and gross marshmallow sweet potato mess.

Love everything else.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

126. I'm not a fan of most of the traditional Thanksgiving food, especially the sweeter stuff.

[jmowreader]

130. Turkey.

I’m serious.

This year I am cooking the family Thanksgiving dinner and there will not be one microgram of turkey within 75 feet of my dinner tables. This is what I will be cooking:

Course 1: Prosecco, olives and sliced Parmesan.
Course 2: Two cheeses, Italian sausage slices and bruschetta.
Course 3: Spaghetti. I found a recipe for the sauce they made in prison in Goodfellas. I already have my three small onions.
Course 4a: smoked beef and pork roasts. Small amounts of jellied and whole berry homemade cranberry sauce will be served on this plate.
Course 4b: green beans and mushrooms with bacon bits
Course 5: Tossed green salad.
Course 6: Fresh fruit and two cheeses different from the ones in course 2.
Course 7: Two or three slices of different pies, small scoop ice cream, small scoop cool whip, small scoop real whipped cream
Course 8: Sumatra coffee, served with biscotti
Course 9: cognac

In case anyone wants to know why I use a five-burner range…

[Luciferous]

131. Green bean casserole. I hate green beans.