Do you serve any ethnic foods with your Thanksgiving meal? We were a mixture of Eastern European countries, and Italian,

[debm55]

and Finnish I could always remember my Italian aunt bringing the rigatoni with homemade sauce, the borsch , cucumbers with yoghurt and sliced onions, herring with cappers and sour cream to go with the traditional foods. Have a great Thanksgiving

[Goddessartist]

1. We always have Challah!

My Z makes it, with two tiny ones for the grandsons.

[debm55]

3. Thank you,Goddessartist. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

[Goddessartist]

5. You too sweet debm55!

[Danmel]

27. I baked challah rolls

They are always a hit!

[Goddessartist]

29. They are! Our 8 year old

grandson, Pacha, specifically asked for it, and Z always makes him his own roll! Thiago, our 2 year old grandson, got his own as well! They love it dipped in the turkey gravy! Or just by itself.

[debm55]

31. Thank you. I hope you had a great day.

[CanonRay]

2. We're only having Italian this Thanksgiving

No bird at all!

[debm55]

4. Thank you,CanonRay. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. My grandmother used to make empanadas

My grandparents (caucasians) lived in Chile from 1945 to 1957; my grandmother used to make empanadas, but I don’t know how authentic they were- they had ground beef, carrots, potatoes and peas, maybe onions, chopped hard boiled eggs (which I would pick out) and some other seasoning I don’t recall.

She also used to make these crispy fried treats in the shape of snowflakes and dusted with powdered sugar, I forget what their Spanish name was…anyone?

[debm55]

9. Thank you for sharing with us. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Goddessartist]

30. I'll ask my daughter and her husband, who is from Guatemala.

She's fluent in Spanish and has always been fascinated by South American culture, and basically married a Mayan, lol. He's awesome, and they all live here on Vashon Island, which has a large Hispanic community which they're very active in.

[debm55]

32. Thank you.

[Goddessartist]

43. BUUELOS

They look yummy! I knew she'd know!

[debm55]

44. Yummy

[Goddessartist]

45. Sorry the title is misspelled - won't let me fix it so Bunuelos

[debm55]

46. That;s fine.

[Fiendish Thingy]

47. Similar, but not flat

She had a snowflake shaped iron that she would dip in the batter and then submerge in oil to deep fry.

Definitely yummy, especially when warm!

[Freddie]

7. Pennsylvania Dutch filling balls

Which is a basic stuffing (bread cubes, sautéed celery, onions and potatoes) made into balls and baked alongside the turkey and other stuff. My Irish from Ohio DIL asked for the recipe and makes it herself now. Used to make Cope’s dried corn but the only people who liked it are no longer here 😓

[debm55]

11. Thank you for sharing, Freddie. Have a great Thanksgiving.

[Jrose]

8. My manfriend and I are having Chicken Parmesan instead of turkey this year...

along with Kosher pickles, Egg Drop soup and Gratin potatoes...
Ahhh, variety!

[debm55]

12. Jrose, I like your menu because it suits you and your manfriend. Part of the tradional turkey meal included eel. You

both enjoy yourselves and have a great Thanksgiving.

[Jrose]

14. Thanks, you too!

[Wicked Blue]

10. I don't do this myself, but some people serve sauerkraut as a side

Estonian-Americans

[debm55]

13. I myself don't , but cole slaw is a must. Sauerkraut does sound intereresting. Have a relaxing Thanksgiving.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. Pickled pigs feet

Straight-up Hill Jack City.

[debm55]

17. It was served at the table, but I never ate it. NO WAY.

[justaprogressive]

16. Real German (not like johnsonville or what's his face sausage)

Brats 'taters and onions...



We're already 4 Turkeys into November!

[debm55]

18. Not to be rude, but that is turkey sausage. potato and onions? Do you use a natural casing? Thanks

[justaprogressive]

19. Not rude at all

German recipe is Pork and Beef, yes smoked in natural casings..

mild but flavorful. Yum!

[debm55]

21. Thank you. Did you have today?

[justaprogressive]

25. Yup supper

(skipped lunch) We're feeling lighter today than many, I'm sure!

[debm55]

34. Thank you

[GP6971]

20. A smattering of Korean side dishes

mostly as appetizers.

[debm55]

22. Sounds very good. Ty,

[electric_blue68]

23. Decades back our family of 1st Gen Greek-American Aunt's & Uncle's....

we probably had pastistso as well at an extended family Thanksgiving get together. .

Layers of either ziti, or maybe the big long flat pasta w a ground beef mix w herbs, some tomato sauce, and topped w bechemel sauce. Yummy!

And probably tiropitas - phyllo dough made into little triangle filled w feta cheese. Appetizer. Also Yum!

[debm55]

35. I love Greek food, Your selections sound great

[electric_blue68]

24. dbl post

[claudette]

26. Yes - Scarola

Escarole soup (a.k.a. wedding soup). Always a delicious favorite.

https://www.mangiabedda.com/meatball-and-escarole-soup-aka-italian-wedding-soup/

[debm55]

36. Do you put the chicken in your soup? Some people just put the meatballs. I like with both the meatball and chicken.

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[claudette]

37. Just the

tiny meatballs but chicken sounds good too. Especially since I don’t eat beef and use ground chicken to make the meatballs!

[debm55]

40. Try it with the chicken meatballs and small slices of chicken. WONDERFUL.

[claudette]

42. Will do

Next time I make it at Christmas 👍😊

[getagrip_already]

28. Isnt turkey itself ethic?

Let's not be so jingoistic.

To anyone not from murica, a traditional tday meal is ethnic cooking.

[debm55]

33. The post brings up other foods besides the "traditional" foods that we use in our Thanksgiving to bring our own cultures

in play. Unless you have been to Old Plymouth in MA , you will know that what we think of as a traditional Thanksgiving meal is not a traditional meal.Thanks.

[getagrip_already]

38. I live in ma....

And have had several "traditional" colonial meals, although none included turkey.

But my point was no matter what your variation of a Thanksgiving meal is, it's ethnic cooking since it is regional to its core.

You may not see it that way, but other culture would.

And since it is usually a family get together, it wouldn't be unusual for people to cook foods their famies would find comfort foods from their cultural histories.

It's all yummy.

[debm55]

39. Yes it is, TY. But most people look at the Thanksgiving "traditional" meal as shown by commercials, movies, etc, and

forget their roots. Most areas in the world have Harvest Festival where meals traditional to the area are served, I posted this to see if some ethnic foods or even other foods were served, TY PS When a universal holiday was made , it was very much a universal menu. We don't have to follow that. Also, we can include or even use our our own culttural foods. That is all the OP was stating.

[debm55]

41. Wild turkey , fish , vension were used by the Native Americans of the area.