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CottonBear

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105. South easterner born & bred: corn bread dressing w/ gravy

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 04:20 AM

Nov 2015

I have never had Mac and cheese for Thanksgiving with my family. BTW, We are Scots-Irish who settled in Appalachia in the mid-late 1700s and we all still live in the Southeast.

This is our traditional meal made with love by my mom:

Roasted Turkey (My mom roasts a turkey breast: white meat only.)

Homemade turkey gravy (smooth & creamy, NO lumps or turkey bits)

Homemade cornbread dressing baked in a square glass casserole dish

Homemade Sweet potato souffle (smooth & delicious, NO marshmallows!)

Homemade French style green beans

Homemade cranberry compete from fresh, whole cranberries

Homemade pumpkin pie topped with pecans

Iced tea with lemon (of course!)

Coffee with the pie

Yum! I am HUNGRY now! I can hardly wait! We'll be at my family's mountain home on Thanksgiving. I do believe that this is my favorite meal of the year!

Happy Thanksgiving y'all! Goooooo Dawgs! Beat Tech!

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Here�s What Your Part Of America Eats On Thanksgiving [View all] sufrommich Nov 2015 OP

Cornbread my friend. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #1

And not that Yankee-fied type Aerows Nov 2015 #73

+1 Go Vols Nov 2015 #94

EEK! My dead mother's ashes would reconstitute TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #121

My grandmother Aerows Nov 2015 #126

I never use Cirsco in it, either... SeattleVet Nov 2015 #133

Olive oil works perfectly in place other types of fat ronnie624 Nov 2015 #157

Cornbread goes in the dressing. LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #113

Who wants to interrupt devouring all the goodness Aerows Nov 2015 #128

Mac and cheese surprised me Mnpaul Nov 2015 #161

Make that cornbread dressing! TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #138

Pass the gravy! Aerows Nov 2015 #139

We're having a feast TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #141

Ours: Aerows Nov 2015 #143

I forgot the mashed potatoes TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #145

Okay, yeah I do stop by the bread pudding :) Aerows Nov 2015 #147

What is wrong with the western states? Renew Deal Nov 2015 #2

I wasn't going to be the one to say it,but I've never sufrommich Nov 2015 #4

we like Waldorf salad on Thanksgiving... Scout Nov 2015 #17

I know, I thought that was kind of strange. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #26

We are among the salad eaters. You have to have something to balance the butter. Shrike47 Nov 2015 #30

My mother in law always served salad. Not only that, but my husband likes it for dessert. merrily Nov 2015 #39

We always had salad but it wasn't the main side dish. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #54

we're weird out here, I tells ya! Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #109

There was sometimes a small green salad when there were like 15 of us XemaSab Nov 2015 #112

I'm in the NE, and we do salad... MIL makes a warm bacon dressing. Glassunion Nov 2015 #46

I enjoy a spinach salad Aerows Nov 2015 #79

Ha, my MIL does that too. We call it "wilted lettuce salad." ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #104

I make hot bacon dressing Aerows Nov 2015 #148

We always have salad (Pacific NW here), plus other veggie dishes. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #59

I bet it's good Renew Deal Nov 2015 #60

You too! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #62

I didn't know you could eat raw brussels sprouts. Aerows Nov 2015 #80

It's good! Definitely a cabbage-like kind of thing. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #122

YUM, YUM, YUM! Aerows Nov 2015 #125

Great! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #134

I was thinking of maybe tossing Aerows Nov 2015 #135

Good idea. I like 'em too. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #136

I'm not a big fan of pecans Aerows Nov 2015 #137

I made an actual arugula latte today... F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #88

Know what's funny about arugula? Despite the silly crap about it being some effete elitist lettuce, Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #110

Really?! That's so cool! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #124

Arugula Latte is the best username ever! But I have to admit femmedem Nov 2015 #152

I've never seen salad Aerows Nov 2015 #77

My versions are more like "appetizer" salads, Aerows, Hortensis Nov 2015 #171

Salad is effing delicious. But it's usually not the "leaves and dressing" variety. Xithras Nov 2015 #78

It's important to remember that in many parts of this fine land Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #108

That's true! I didn't appreciate California produce, Hortensis Nov 2015 #162

Your salads sound delicious! n/t femmedem Nov 2015 #153

"wrong"? Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #107

I'd say what wrong kentauros Nov 2015 #155

Oh, no! A very small but holiday-special salad sets off Hortensis Nov 2015 #165

Damn no yams? JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #3

It just means that they aren't disproportionately popular Renew Deal Nov 2015 #6

+1. And I don't think of rolls or cornbread as a "side". n/t winter is coming Nov 2015 #70

I will be celebrating Thanksgiving alone. longship Nov 2015 #5

I've celebrated it alone quite a few times in my life. cwydro Nov 2015 #22

Living alone, I won't be cooking a turkey. longship Nov 2015 #25

I'll be on an extended business trip on Thanksgiving. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #33

I will raise a glass to you... longship Nov 2015 #36

I will be alone too but I will think of you. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #38

Mine will be either a Martini or a Manhattan. longship Nov 2015 #40

Maybe all of us celebrating-alone types should check in on a live thread Thursday night. Jim Lane Nov 2015 #100

Works for me! nt FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #170

Tough going 'celebrating' Thanksgiving alone. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #55

If I had to eat salad w/my turkey, I'd have that much less to be Thankful for Bucky Nov 2015 #7

lol! nt sufrommich Nov 2015 #10

Homemade Cornbread dressing & gravy is the BEST! CottonBear Nov 2015 #106

We're from everywhere snpsmom Nov 2015 #8

"No thanks, I'm a vegan. I'll have a Tofu Turkey salad instead" -- California 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #9

I have always wondered about vegan/vegetarian pipoman Nov 2015 #21

I'm fairly certain Aerows Nov 2015 #84

Any many who eat nothing. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #11

What does this mean...it doesn't read like English pipoman Nov 2015 #19

It would never occur to me to have mac & cheese at Thanksgiving cyberswede Nov 2015 #12

I don't think mashed potatos are regional. sufrommich Nov 2015 #14

No, it isn't. OnionPatch Nov 2015 #149

Mac and cheese isn't eaten at our house, either. I found that one odd. Shrike47 Nov 2015 #31

Map says I eat it, but I've never seen it on a thanksgiving table. Bonx Nov 2015 #35

We have mac n cheese because for most of his life my youngest son wouldn't eat anything else. ladyVet Nov 2015 #98

Or me. 840high Nov 2015 #61

I'm over 50 and don't remember a Thanksgiving without fried okra or sweet potatoes FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #13

Fried okra definitely sounds regional. :) Hortensis Nov 2015 #168

I'm a Texan, raised by Okies. blogslut Nov 2015 #15

I've had cornbread stuffing before,although it's not common sufrommich Nov 2015 #16

That would be dressing. Sissyk Nov 2015 #119

Salad? None of the rest surprised me.... pipoman Nov 2015 #18

"orange jello with shredded carrots" sufrommich Nov 2015 #20

mine used to slather it with mayonnaise...like frosting on the jello .. pipoman Nov 2015 #23

oh my god,we do have the same grandma! sufrommich Nov 2015 #24

Another grandchild here Sienna86 Nov 2015 #64

OMG I've witnessed that, too. Aerows Nov 2015 #85

And crushed pineapple. We always have it with crushed pineapple, too. n/t winter is coming Nov 2015 #69

Hmmm...been on the West Coast fredamae Nov 2015 #27

Same here! Salad in my family was the tray of vegetables and dip before csziggy Nov 2015 #131

Yummmm- fredamae Nov 2015 #164

Your dinner sounds great! csziggy Nov 2015 #167

As does yours! fredamae Nov 2015 #169

To me, pecan and key lime pies are the easiest pies to make csziggy Nov 2015 #172

Ok, you've convinced fredamae Nov 2015 #173

I hope you and your family enjoyu them as much as we do csziggy Nov 2015 #174

I've never had mac/cheese on Thanksgiving, and I live in the south. cwydro Nov 2015 #28

I think we have mac n cheese... one_voice Nov 2015 #87

LOL! cwydro Nov 2015 #89

Am I the only one who thinks this graphic is crazy? Paper Roses Nov 2015 #29

NH here.... bunnies Nov 2015 #49

That sounds about right Marrah_G Nov 2015 #116

I've never had Squash for Thanksgiving. Xyzse Nov 2015 #32

Squash? Mac and Cheese? matt819 Nov 2015 #34

Squash is an intricate part of thanksgiving in new england Marrah_G Nov 2015 #117

Mac and Cheese? Salad? Tree-Hugger Nov 2015 #37

Southern 'spreads' generally have it all and then some. :-) Lars39 Nov 2015 #41

Exactly - except I don't think I've ever had Mac & Cheese -?? n/t Whiskeytide Nov 2015 #47

Oh, heck... Lars39 Nov 2015 #48

Don't get me wrong... Whiskeytide Nov 2015 #58

Lol, of course. :-) Lars39 Nov 2015 #66

I might do something different this year and do closeupready Nov 2015 #42

Chicken and rice is a big favorite here, and Hortensis Nov 2015 #163

Thanks, and you too. closeupready Nov 2015 #166

WEED Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #43

Happy Danksgiving pipoman Nov 2015 #150

Squash? bigwillq Nov 2015 #44

I'm From PA RobinA Nov 2015 #45

This map leaves out all the ethnic variations - I know hedgehog Nov 2015 #50

Wow. My ancestors were Irish, and we didn't have squash on that side of the family PatrickforO Nov 2015 #57

As one living in Arizona ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #51

Mac & cheese for Thanksgiving? Really? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #52

Well, ya know, between the stuffing, cornbread, rolls, mashed potatoes, and pie, Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #71

I see a 'bleed' of green bean casserole into the eastern portion of the western bloc of states... PatrickforO Nov 2015 #53

Roast Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing... Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #56

According to the map.. one_voice Nov 2015 #63

In the San Francisco area it's traditional to have Dungeness crab with that turkey dinner Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #65

Yep. Every year. Xithras Nov 2015 #82

Mac and cheese?! KamaAina Nov 2015 #67

We never had mac and cheese until the neice married a guy from Ohio... Phentex Nov 2015 #97

We have a large family gathering at Thanksgiving. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #68

Hotdish? Aerows Nov 2015 #75

I did that on purpose. Even Minnesotans call that particular dish green been casserole. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #83

It isn't Thanksgiving Aerows Nov 2015 #72

I think we have all of those but the cornbread. Ace Rothstein Nov 2015 #74

We always have several salads at Thanksgiving cally Nov 2015 #76

Right? What is so weird about salad??? MissB Nov 2015 #90

I'm on board for all except one..... daleanime Nov 2015 #81

No potatoes of any kind? Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #86

Only time I ever eat mac & cheese ... lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #91

My Texan husband clamors for cornbread stuffing every year, Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #92

I hate squash ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2015 #93

What if my part of America isn't in America? DFW Nov 2015 #95

Cornbread dressing FTW Go Vols Nov 2015 #96

Don't forget the celery/olives platter Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #99

If you look very carefully there's an off-color dot in Puget sound that says "tomato aspic" Scootaloo Nov 2015 #101

Agreed about the rolls. Also we get some crossover on the green bean Casserole and even cornbread. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #102

Yams glazed in dark rum. Roasted garlic mashed potatoes. Balsamic mushroom gravy. LeftyMom Nov 2015 #103

South easterner born & bred: corn bread dressing w/ gravy CottonBear Nov 2015 #105

A bit different this year KT2000 Nov 2015 #111

Salad....really? Kilgore Nov 2015 #114

Mac n cheese on thanksgiving? Marrah_G Nov 2015 #115

There's just two of us so no turkey tammywammy Nov 2015 #118

I just found this updated version on facebook. pintobean Nov 2015 #120

everything must be gluten free in the west JI7 Nov 2015 #123

Damn straight npk Nov 2015 #127

Not really, But I have a few strays from the traditional Path: bobalew Nov 2015 #144

No salad for me; Jamaal510 Nov 2015 #129

What the hell? SheilaT Nov 2015 #130

LOL this map is a little too simple npk Nov 2015 #132

I love salad LittleBlue Nov 2015 #140

I usually eat chicken on Thanksgiving day prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #142

Mac and Cheese is the nectar of the gods! n/t Calista241 Nov 2015 #146

I'm doing a vegan Thanksgiving in Northeast, and it is going to be all about the stuffed squash. femmedem Nov 2015 #151

I was allegedly in mac & cheese country, but we always had cornbread stuffing Recursion Nov 2015 #154

I have "doctored" up our stuffing... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #156

ohio here JesterCS Nov 2015 #158

Interested Mildred S Nov 2015 #159

How would a standard turkey dinner not have all four of those "top" items? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #160