What do you Americans eat for Thanksgiving??
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Turkey with all the fixings for thanksgiving. Honestly on X-mas we usually take it easy, as we have to work the next day so we just kind of relax maybe a ham in the oven, or maybe just order out. For Us (our family) thanksgiving is the biggest dinner of the year. Again xmas is more low keyed for my family anyways.
I personally like a good cooked Ham much better than Turkey but I love the home made dressing that cooks inside the turkey.
Apple Pie for us is our favorite. Along with the rolls, corn, sweet potatos. Usually a variety of pies.0 -
Oh and my first taste of pumpkin pie was a big disappointment! I'm not sure what I expected .... I bake one if the family want one but they're just as likely to ask for an apple pie or apple crumble.
I had never had a pumpkin pie made from a fresh pumpkin until I was an adult. I could not believe how different it tasted from a pie made with canned pumpkin, which I have never liked. I love a fresh pumpkin pie.0 -
Thanksgiving is usually turkey, dressing (not stuffing), potatoes 2 ways (white and sweet), green bean casserole, some sort of salad, yeast rolls, croissants, pumpkin pie, pecan (pronounced PEE-CAN
) pie, apple pie, and pumpkin cheesecake (recent addition within the last 5 years).
Christmas is usually much the same, except we have ham. Christmas dinners vary in America as many people follow OLD family traditions. I know many Swedes, Germans, Scandinavians who would never dream of eating ham for Christmas dinner, let alone have their big meal on Christmas night. Super stereotypical, all of my Jewish friends eat Chinese food on Christmas 0 -
Some years it's turkey and all the previously mentioned fixins. Other years we have North Carolina style bbq, coleslaw, baked beans, and cornbread.0
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Turkey
Stuffing
Green bean casserole
Candied carrots
Sweet potato mash
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Hawaiian sweet rolls
Salad
Dessert: apple crisp with vanilla ice cream is usually our go to.0 -
When I was a kid Christmas dinner and Thanksgiving were basically the same. Now they are different--I've tried to create different traditions for Christmas (currently it's usually prime rib).
Thanksgiving is:
turkey
mashed potatoes
various sides including stuffing, roasted sweet potatoes, rolls, a vegetable involving cauliflower, broccoli, and cheese, roasted brussels sprouts, my fancy green beans (with dill and pine nuts), some sort of cranberry dish.
Pies including pumpkin and apple.0 -
I'm cooking this year...there's 40 of us now in my extended family.
Some of us get together the day before Thanksgiving and make home made cheese ravioli....yum! That's always our first course on thanksgiving.
In addition to the ravioli, i'm making:
Antipasto tray
Crudites
2-3 other apitizers
2 turkeys (one fried, 1 roasted)
turkey gravy
Mashed potatoes
2 types of Stuffing
Baked sweet potatoes
fresh green beans
Steamed broccoli
fresh dinner rolls
Spinach salad
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pie
apple pie
Chocolate pie
Brownies
Chocolate mouse
Fruit salad
My sister will also bring a ham. I can't stand ham, so I refuse to cook one. But she loves it, so she brings it!
We will have pretty much the same thing for Christmas, except we will swap out the ravioli with either lasagne or stuffed shells.
Christmas eve is just my husband, our kids and his parents. I make prime rib, mashed potatoes, a veggie of some kind, bread rolls, and a couple desserts.
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Being Filipino, my family eats a lot of Filipino food that we don't eat a lot of on a regular basis.
Dinaguan
Lechon
Sisig
Palabok
Kare kare
Pinakbet
And the assortment of desserts too. Since our family is big, we pot luck it and everyone is designated to bring a dish.
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mrsmackieblacky wrote: »When you say rolls do you mean like bread buns?? Thats strange to me to have a bread bun with what we call "Sunday dinner". Also do you eat pumpkin pie or is that a stereotype??
My family and I definitely eat pumpkin pie!0 -
hamlet1222 wrote: »It's not fair, don't rub it in, we only get the excuse for slapup feasts and lots of goodies xmas and easter in the UK.
Yes, it's not fair! It's difficult to get from October to January in this country with all the food feasts!
Thank goodness for MFP. Knowing how much all these indulgence will cost you make it a lot easier to say no to the second slice of pie or whatever.
My favorite item is Thanksgiving turkey and calorie-wise it's a pretty good deal so I've stopped dreading Thanksgiving. This year I figure if I fill up my plate (which I will steal from the kids table so it's not a huge one) with turkey and some green vegetables there will only be so much room for other stuff. Lol.
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Our Christmas meal is a lot simpler then our Thanksgiving meal. But my week surrounding Christmas is crazy busy with 3 kids with birthdays (two on the 21st and one on the 27th,) I have to pace myself that week!
Thanksgiving we have a turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, various roasted veggies and veggie dishes, homemade rolls with a couple of desserts. My husband prefers pumpkin bars (a bar cookie with cream cheese icing) so I make that instead of pie. All pumpkin delights are made with fresh pumpkin that I've processed, pureed and froze in October.
Christmas we have a ham, and a couple of veggie base sides with rolls.0 -
What do you do with your turkey leftovers?
Hot browns. A piece of toast topped with leftover turkey and ham then cheese sauce (bechamel with shredded sharp cheddar) poured over the top and sprinkled with bacon. Totally calorific awesomeness!
On the question of which is a bigger feast, Thanksgiving or Christmas, for my family the food is a much bigger deal at Thanksgiving. The feast is the celebration at Thanksgiving. At Christmas, there is food, but its not the focus.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Oh and my first taste of pumpkin pie was a big disappointment! I'm not sure what I expected .... I bake one if the family want one but they're just as likely to ask for an apple pie or apple crumble.
I had never had a pumpkin pie made from a fresh pumpkin until I was an adult. I could not believe how different it tasted from a pie made with canned pumpkin, which I have never liked. I love a fresh pumpkin pie.
i havent eaten any type of pumpkin yet, so intrigued how this pumpkin pie will taste. the other one intriguing me is peanut butter pie. I love peanut butter but not sure how that one will taste.0 -
this is all making me jealous! Sounds delicious!0
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Somewhere, someone asked about leftovers. My mom always made a variety of things she typically would make with chicken, but just used turkey instead: curry, tortilla soup, etc. And of course turkey and cranberry (or mashed potato) sandwiches.0
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This is the first Thanksgiving that won't involve a big gathering with extended family and friends, and my wife has suggested going out to dinner. That would be kinda weird.0
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We have Italian on my dad's side that mixed with my mom's Irish so we get:
(start just after noon or 1pm)
First course:
Salad
Lasagna
Meatballs
Italian bread and butter
Second course
Turkey
Rice stuffing
Gravy
Broccoli cheese bake
Garlic mashed potatoes
Cranberry sauce
Black and spanish olives
Any other foods someone wanted to bring or experiment with
Dessert
Tea and coffee
Apple pie
German chocolate pie
Pumpkin pie
Whipped cheese cake
Christmas Dinner is more of a buffet style because its much bigger, a lot more people come.
Its laid out and people grab a plate and then mingle more than a sit down dinner.
Sweet kielbasa, ham with chutneys, pasta salad, mashed potatoes, salad, olives, bread rolls, crab cakes...um there is more I'm just forgetting it. Its usually way more about the people and seeing family that we don't normally get to see all year than the food at christmas dinner though.0 -
I just hosted a friendsgiving dinner. Our menu was a mix of traditional and some new stuff thrown in.
Turkey
Turkey Gravy
Ribs
Stuffing
Corn Bread
King Hawaiian Rolls
Macaroni and Cheese
Rainbow Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Stuffed Pizza Bread
Deviled Eggs
Spinach Dip and Chips
Pumpkin Cheese Cake
Carrot Pound Cake
Apple Cider
Wine
Beer
Was a good time with friends before the big day 0 -
The proper question is: "what don't Americans eat for Thanksgiving?"0
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Somewhere, someone asked about leftovers. My mom always made a variety of things she typically would make with chicken, but just used turkey instead: curry, tortilla soup, etc. And of course turkey and cranberry (or mashed potato) sandwiches.
I buy some refrigerated pie crust (the kind you roll out) and throw all my leftovers in there to make thanksgiving pasties. Leftover sandwiches are tasty as well!0 -
Depends on the family. For Thanksgiving it is usually much of the same:
Turkey
Mashed potatoes or/and Scalloped potatoes
rolls of some kind
homemade mac and cheese
homemade chicken noodles or noodle dumplings
A few different veggies
A pumpkin roll or pie
Apple pie and my in laws have rice krispy treats
Christmas varies a lot and we have several spread out over a week or 2
in laws are very much the same except last few yrs they have made a prime rib instead of turkey
One of grandma's does a ham
The other does either pasta dishes and Italian sausage or breakfast
My mom usually does something small the day off.
My dad does a different small dinner the weekend before.0 -
nicolebaugh518 wrote: »mrsmackieblacky wrote: »When you say rolls do you mean like bread buns?? Thats strange to me to have a bread bun with what we call "Sunday dinner". Also do you eat pumpkin pie or is that a stereotype??
Yeah. Most people eat pumpkin pie, but I don't find it appealing. I prefer sweet potato pie
Can't stand either. This is why we always have 2 desserts: pumpkin pie and something else. The something else more often than not is apple or cranberry-apple pie. I'll probably make a cranberry cheesecake this year.
Man, I want cheesecake this Thanksgiving.
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The proper question is: "what don't Americans eat for Thanksgiving?"
I agree!! It is hard for me to understand the amount of food available during the holidays in some household. All that food shopping, prepping and washing make my head spin. My meals are and were always simple and with only 2 or "maybe" 3 sides dishes plus the cranberry and/or apple sauce. I never had appetizers with the exception of veggies and some dip, and desert was always a frozen yogurt and fruit pie, unless somebody brought something else. I got full just reading at some of the menus posted in this Forum.0 -
Therealobi1 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Oh and my first taste of pumpkin pie was a big disappointment! I'm not sure what I expected .... I bake one if the family want one but they're just as likely to ask for an apple pie or apple crumble.
I had never had a pumpkin pie made from a fresh pumpkin until I was an adult. I could not believe how different it tasted from a pie made with canned pumpkin, which I have never liked. I love a fresh pumpkin pie.
i havent eaten any type of pumpkin yet, so intrigued how this pumpkin pie will taste. the other one intriguing me is peanut butter pie. I love peanut butter but not sure how that one will taste.
Peanut Butter Pie, The hell you say I might have to do some research I like peanut butter.0 -
I'm making a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, stuffing and devilled eggs for Thanksgiving
For Christmas, I'm making a ham, grilled red potatoes in butter with parsley, green beans with grape tomatoes and devilled eggs.0 -
I love Filipino Thanksgiving dinners!!Being Filipino, my family eats a lot of Filipino food that we don't eat a lot of on a regular basis.
Dinaguan
Lechon
Sisig
Palabok
Kare kare
Pinakbet
And the assortment of desserts too. Since our family is big, we pot luck it and everyone is designated to bring a dish.
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My family generally eats the same stuff for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter dinners. Turkey, ham, green beans, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, and rolls. Thanksgiving we add sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. The only thing I get really excited for is cranberry sauce. I'm the only one who really likes it though. Turkey is just ok and I never eat the pumpkin pie because I have celiac disease and I don't think it's a tasty enough pie to go to the trouble of making a gluten free crust for. A lot of Americans do seem to feel you can't have Thanksgiving without turkey and pumpkin pie though.0
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For thanksgiving we have turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, mixed vegetables, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a scoop of ice cream. Sometimes yams and cranberry sauce for my dad since he's the only one that likes it.
For Christmas I prefer having the same thing but sometimes we will have chicken or ham instead.
Now I'm hungry lol0 -
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Well, here is my plan for this year:
Thanksgiving:
Extended family meal (Thanksgiving afternoon: Out at a restaurant because it's simply become too much work otherwise, especially with Christmas so close.
Friends meal (Thanksgiving night): Not sure on all the plans, but turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fresh green beans, stuffing, dumplings, and whatever everyone else brings.
My meal (the Monday after Thanksgiving): Turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, rolls, gravy, and pumpkin pie.
Christmas Eve:
Lasagna, Alfredo, salad, bread sticks, some sort of dessert
Christmas Day:
No idea right now. Usually consists of 2 meats (beef roast and something else, sometimes lamb, other times ham) and a bunch of sides like mashed potatoes, corn casserole, rolls and the like. Always have a bunch of desserts.0
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