What food side dish will not be on your plate this Thanksgiving? Mine is that jello mold with fruit cocktail in it. How

[debm55]

about you?

[TommieMommy]

1. Turnips and I agree with that jello fruit salad mess

[debm55]

3. Thank you very much, TommieMommy , I agree. I don't think I have ever eaten a turnip nor do I want to.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. No, no, 🫜 turnips are good and so are rutabagas and kohlrabi.

Jello mold takes me back to Thanksgivings past. Also, remember creamed onions.

[debm55]

11. Thank you, Polly Hennessey. I have eaten kohlrabi , which I liked. But never turnips. Never had creamed onions.

[debm55]

15. Polly Hennessey. I set up a thread for you on your 22 anniversary. I don;t want to answer the posts as It is not my

anniversary,

[Polly Hennessey]

29. Thanks! 😊 It was a happy day twenty-two years sgo when I discovered DU.

[electric_blue68]

60. There's a turnip cake dim sum. Often has little bits of ham in it. Tasty!

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[displacedvermoter]

2. Green bean and onion casserole

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much, displacedadvermoter, for sharing. However I do like the breaded onions on top.

[electric_blue68]

63. Idk if they'll have it this year, but Trader Joe's has had a containe of dried fried onions around Holiday time. Yummy!

[debm55]

65. Thank you electric_blue68, I enjoy eating them

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[RainCaster]

5. Agreed

I won't miss it.

[Ocelot II]

6. None of it, since I won't be going to a TD dinner.

But the dish I wouldn't eat if I were at a dinner and it were offered to me is that God-awful sweet potato and marshmallow mess.

[debm55]

9. HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAH, I agree. Thank you very much, Ocelot II

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. A person after my own heart

[electric_blue68]

61. One the rare occasion of having it I've scooped out the marshmallow parts! 😄

[rampartd]

8. mom always had oyster dressing, baked macaroni and the green bean casserole

the wife has tried oyster dressing every year for decades and still not got it right. last year $60 in oysters so i have put my foot down. stovetop dressing and cornish hen is good enough for 2.

[debm55]

10. HAHAHAHAHH. Thank you very much, rampartd.

[EYESORE 9001]

12. If I provide the oysters

will you invite me to dinner? 🥺
Nobody likes oyster dressing in the extended family.

[rampartd]

13. not his year

i do like oyster dressing, but we're doing the empty nest minimum this year. stovetop dressing.

[SheltieLover]

14. Green bean casserole

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. But the fried onions on top are good.

[SheltieLover]

17. Oh I'd eat fried onions & love green beans, too, but not in mush soup.

[debm55]

18. Thank you , SheltieLover, Yes, the Cream of Mushroom soup is a nasty.

[dwp6577]

27. In my humble opinion, Green Bean Casserole rocks, but...

you're doing it wrong:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/best-ever-green-bean-casserole-recipe-1950575

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much dwp6577, I will go to the link you gave.

[Freddie]

34. Use cream of celery. Much better

Fungus haters in the family, myself included.

[debm55]

37. Thank you very much, Freddie. I will switch to Cream of Celery.

[CTyankee]

19. My daughter and son in law hosting. They are food snobs in a good way.

They wouldn't have a jello mold anywhere in their house. They love to get in the kitchen together to make dishes. Everything is the best and the freshest.

It makes me tired just thinking about their effort.

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much, CTyankee. I hope you are enjoying your new home.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Turkey

I'm making prime rib, a saffron potato puree, a green veggie (not sure which) & a tomato/mozzarella salad.
My wife is handling desert.
But, no turkey for us. It's a boring meat.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. We're doing salmon this year

With clam chowder and clams 😋

[ProfessorGAC]

36. If We Lived Somewhere...

...where I could get that stuff fresh, I'd probably make something like that.

[debm55]

38. Wow, that sounds terrific. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles.

[debm55]

32. WOW , that sounds great, ProfessorGAC. I was waiting to see what you were going to make.

[ProfessorGAC]

49. Thanks

I ordered a pretty small prime rib, so we'll have leftover beef.
I already plan to make beef barley soup with what's left.

[debm55]

50. Excellent.

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. Sweet potatos

[debm55]

39. I hear you, Thank you very much MustLoveBeagles.

[Dorothy V]

24. By the time I load my plate with turkey, dressing, taters, and gravy, there won't be room for anything else.

[debm55]

40. HAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, Dorothy V. I am so glad to be reading your posts again.

[elleng]

26. OH GEE, FEEL like fruit!

May have another pear later!!!

Consulting with family, about options.

[debm55]

41. Thank you very much, elleng.

[Bluestocking]

30. You already know the answer to this one

Cranberry sauce

[debm55]

42. Sure do, Bluestocking. Thank you for sharing.

[MIButterfly]

33. Cranberry sauce.

Never did like cranberries.

I've never had green bean casserole in my life, so I don't know if I'd like it or not.

Edited to add: I won't be having yams on my plate, either.

[debm55]

43. Thank you very much, MIButterfly, I hate the yams with the syrup and marshmallows.

[MIButterfly]

47. That doesn't even sound good.

[debm55]

48. It's not. Thank you MIButterfly.

[Onthefly]

35. Just back from Morocco so Tagine Lemon Chicken

Will skip sweet potatoes as a side this year.

Tagine chicken recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/chicken-tagine-with-preserved-lemons-olives-2394715

[debm55]

44. Oh thank you very much, Onthefly. I have bookmarked the link.

[applegrove]

45. My mom would cut up apples, leave the skin on

and add it to jello as a dessert. Not good.

[debm55]

46. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, applegrove.

[electric_blue68]

62. Ohhhh, boy! 😑😄

[Hassler]

51. Turkey

[debm55]

53. Thank you very much, Hassler.

[marble falls]

52. We're eating at my mother's so it's the same cuisine for the last 70 some Thankdgiving: dry turkey, sloppy spuds.

[debm55]

67. HAHAHHHAHa. Oh you. Thank you marble falls.

[JPK]

54. One that I want, being from Massachusetts

That is Indian Pudding. I had never heard of that when I was a kid among all the "Indian" labeled things I recall when I was a kid. I had never heard of it when I was a kid. It was a Colonial desert based on Maize. It sounds perfect for a Thanksgiving meal addition.

[debm55]

55. My husband is from Quincy, MA His mother taught me a recipe for corn pudding. I haven't made in a while. It might be

online, I don't know how to do links. It was delicious and called Corn Pudding.

[boonecreek]

56. Brussels sprouts or broccoli.

I love both but Mrs boonecreek doesn't. Oh well.

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much, boonecreek. You are very sweet to Mrs. boonecreek

[3catwoman3]

57. Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck.

The only way I like sweet potatoes is sweet potato fries. When they are mashed, it's a texture thing for me.

[debm55]

66. I agree with you, Thank you for sharing 3catwoman3.

[3catwoman3]

58. Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck.

The only way I like sweet potatoes is sweet potato fries. When they are mashed, it's a texture thing for me.

[electric_blue68]

59. Baaahahahaaaa! During a Summer extended family get togther, one of my aunt brought one of those jello-mold fruit things!

👎👎😄

[debm55]

69. On, did anyone eat some of that????Thank you electic_blue68

[electric_blue68]

70. Hahahaaa! I'm not sure...

I might have taken a bit, and nibbled an even tinier bit (😄 , or didn't take any at all.

[electric_blue68]

64. No to the cranberries!

And as mentioned I will scoop out the marshmallow part of the sweet potato dish.

[debm55]

71. Thank you very much, electric_blue68

[Amaryllis]

72. You have to add the baby marshmallows to the fruit cocktail.

[debm55]

73. HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you you, Amaryllis.

[debm55]

74. I forgot Ambrosia--cool whip, diced apples, small marshmallows

[JMCKUSICK]

75. Cream corn

[debm55]

77. HAHAHAHAHHHAH, Thank you, John.

[justaprogressive]

76. Anything

with Cream of Mushroom Soup in it!

[debm55]

78. I agree. Thank you very much, justaprogressive.

[pansypoo53219]

79. never stuffing + avoid most veg other than taters. more room for gravy.

[debm55]

82. Thank you very much, pansypoo53219, Do you make a crater in your taters for the gravy?

[pansypoo53219]

83. i usually need a extra cup of gravy to add to the overflowing gravy. uncle makes copious amounts of beef + turkey gravy.

usually get leftovers. i have to fix the gravy to eliminate sage + improve the beef gravy.

[debm55]

86. Thank you very much, pansypoo53219

[pansypoo53219]

91. at least they use corn starch instead of flour now.

[viva la]

80. I always hated the roughness of those pear pieces in fruit cocktail.

My gran was a jello queen. She had all those copper molds, like the one shaped like a crab.

[debm55]

85. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, viva la. That's funny.

[viva la]

87. Great jello memories---

There was one she called "stained glass parfait," which was cubes of different color jellos in a parfait glass, mixed with mayo and walnuts.

I know we're all going to rush out and try that recipe!

[debm55]

88. HAHAHAHHAH. I'll pass if you don't mind. Thank you, viva la.

[CrispyQ]

81. Anything Jello. It's just...icky. -nt

[debm55]

84. Thank you CrispyQ and I agree with you.

[NNadir]

89. Turkey. Not a side dish but I don't eat mammals and birds.

[debm55]

90. Thank you very much for sharing with us. NNadir.

[jmowreader]

92. Green bean casserole will not darken my table

Oh lord, let me tell you the disaster that Thanksgiving is already turning out to be.

A couple weeks ago my niece sent me a text, "would you be willing to host Thanksgiving dinner at your house this year? Mom and dad will be out of town." (She normally eats Thanksgiving dinner at her parents' but they're unavailable this year. Please don't ask why to protect their privacy.) So I said that wouldn't be a problem. My house is pretty much designed to do this - I have two refrigerators, a 36-inch induction range and a Traeger grill. She lives in an old mobile home that's way too small for company.

On Thursday I got a text from her: "We're having Thanksgiving dinner at my house. My house is really small but we'll make it work. Please come." This came in AFTER I had already bought the turkey.

I worked days Friday building Thanksgiving packages (a newspaper section with inserts in it - this makes life much easier for us because one person can feed the equivalent of six heads) and after work went out to her house. "Uhh...I thought I was hosting Thanksgiving. We agreed to that a couple weeks ago." "We did?" "Uhh...yeah." I pulled out my phone and showed her the text thread. "Oh." So, now it's at my house again.

Anyway, I'm gonna do smoked turkey, smoked stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls, jello salad, three kinds of olives (black, green and some damn thing I bought at the store last week) and a couple kinds of pie for dessert.

[debm55]

93. Thank you very much, jmowreader. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.