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46. rsdsharp. what did the other people do for potatoes?

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What are your Thanksgiving memories as a kid? They can be good, sad, funny whatever Weird foods too [View all] debm55 Nov 2022 OP

My uncles all ponying up cash to send me on a beer run and my mom chewing their ass after brewens Nov 2022 #1

We had to buy the booze before here in PA. No beer, wine, or liquor sold in stores. Had to go to a debm55 Nov 2022 #43

it was always going over to a family friends house.... getagrip_already Nov 2022 #2

I bet it was. Did it ruin Thanksgiving? debm55 Nov 2022 #22

Nope, it was actually fun to watch.... getagrip_already Nov 2022 #33

I hated squash. I could not swallow it. I would back it in my cheeks with applegrove Nov 2022 #3

My father's brother died young, and for a time, his two oldest kids lived with us. rsdsharp Nov 2022 #4

Mashed potatoes still in the mixing bowl. That's the real deal Walleye Nov 2022 #6

Walleye, it is the real deal. LOL debm55 Nov 2022 #23

rsdsharp. what did the other people do for potatoes? debm55 Nov 2022 #46

Nothing. We sat an watched. There was other food, rsdsharp Nov 2022 #50

When I was growing up we would always go out to a restaurant Walleye Nov 2022 #5

Happy memories and creamed onions. Polly Hennessey Nov 2022 #7

Sounds like the creamed carrots my aunt would make.Polly, I like them too. debm55 Nov 2022 #40

Playing football with my cousins at the park near my grandparents. yourout Nov 2022 #8

few Skittles Nov 2022 #9

Skittles, did they have a Harvest fest in England? I know Canada has a Thanksgiving now, either the debm55 Nov 2022 #41

I don't remember celebrating that.... Skittles Nov 2022 #54

You know the song TlalocW Nov 2022 #10

Tlaloc, sounds like fun. All we had was penny, penny. Guess the hand that had the penny and you got debm55 Nov 2022 #42

English v Latin. Harvard Stadium. My Uncle coached Latin. cachukis Nov 2022 #11

My first Thanksgiving memory was very traumatic ItsjustMe Nov 2022 #12

Oh my how terrible for you guys. My father did that with a pheasant. It was beautiful. He did the debm55 Nov 2022 #24

When we moved to the country cksmithy Nov 2022 #63

cks, I guess if you are used to living on a farm, it wouldn't bother us. I was in awe of the beauty debm55 Nov 2022 #65

I was just 3 or 4 cksmithy Nov 2022 #69

We often had pheasant instead of turkey for Thanksgiving, Ocelot II Nov 2022 #13

There were 7 people in our household. wnylib Nov 2022 #14

Wnylib, the relish tray radishes cut like roses, did you put the black olives on your fingers and debm55 Nov 2022 #44

I didn't like olives then, or radishes, either. wnylib Nov 2022 #51

Thanksgiving was going rabbit hunting in the morning. nt doc03 Nov 2022 #15

My dad shot one. I tried to eat but it was full of pellets or something. Didn't eat debm55 Nov 2022 #25

Started with the Macy's parade on our big cabinet black-and-white TV. madamesilverspurs Nov 2022 #16

Thank you, madame, for your memories, debm55 Nov 2022 #32

She did. madamesilverspurs Nov 2022 #61

our Thanksgiving dinners were not huge family events yellowdogintexas Nov 2022 #17

We did the same Mother had 9 and dad had 8. Father's mother was no cook but she tried. debm55 Nov 2022 #47

AHHH - what fun. MOMFUDSKI Nov 2022 #18

Good, it sounds like a very nice time. They say smell is the sense to best bring back memories. debm55 Nov 2022 #26

Polishing the silverware, likesmountains 52 Nov 2022 #19

Yes, they say the most dining rooms are used for only two days-thanksgiving and Christmas. Most debm55 Nov 2022 #27

1951 Chipper Chat Nov 2022 #20

Chipper that is funny, Did you ever put the nozzle in your mouth and load the Ready Ship in your debm55 Nov 2022 #28

We'd get together with my uncle's family Marthe48 Nov 2022 #21

Marthe, that is funny. I only realized in my teens that stuffing went up the turkey's ass. Sorta debm55 Nov 2022 #29

The only one frogmarch Nov 2022 #30

Funny frog. Do you remember when Butterball turkeys had that thermometer built into the turkey that debm55 Nov 2022 #31

Frog, so funny about Bobby. debm55 Nov 2022 #48

We did not live near any family members, so would get together... 3catwoman3 Nov 2022 #34

I hear you, 3cat. Thanksgiving almost always ended in an argument over something or other. debm55 Nov 2022 #37

Going to Grandma's house. Archae Nov 2022 #35

Sounds similar to mine. debm55 Nov 2022 #38

I was thinking about the jello thing with the fruit cocktail inside. I used to think it was the debm55 Nov 2022 #36

My Dad cutting up rutabagas for the dinner csziggy Nov 2022 #39

csyiggy, aren't rutabagas similiar to potatoes? We would eat them raw as a kid. With a touch of salt debm55 Nov 2022 #45

I think they are closer to turnips csziggy Nov 2022 #62

WHAT !!!! Not one poster mentioned the Green Bean casserole made with beans, mushroom soup and debm55 Nov 2022 #49

Watching my mom make cranberry salad the night before. AngryOldDem Nov 2022 #52

I think I got chicken pox. elleng Nov 2022 #53

I had chicken pox too when I was 6. Missed thanksgiving. sister who was born on October 28 also got debm55 Nov 2022 #57

SORRY you were blamed, instead of the Pox! elleng Nov 2022 #58

No, everything was always my fault. Uneducated people don't believe in Science. Did you get the debm55 Nov 2022 #59

OH NO how awful! elleng Nov 2022 #60

My grandmother's ambrosia salad. herding cats Nov 2022 #55

Herding cats, beautiful post and yes I remember the Ambrosia Salad. It was good. Thank you for debm55 Nov 2022 #56

The lime jello cksmithy Nov 2022 #64

ck, one of the relatives always made that jello thing with fruit cocktail, ni mayo. You could always debm55 Nov 2022 #66

my mom had four siblings MissB Nov 2022 #67

MissB, that is a good idea. It's as if the kids didn't belong. debm55 Nov 2022 #68