What do you Americans eat for Thanksgiving??
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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 -
I have made Thanksgiving dinner for like the past 7-8 years. My menu goes like this:
Shrimp and cocktail sauce
Meatballs
Celery and cream cheese
Turkey and sausage stuffing
Cheesy broccoli casserole
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows
Dinner rolls
Mashed potatoes
Pumpkin roll (Never any pumpkin pie. BLECH.)
And this year it will be a blueberry-oatmeal-crumb dessert0 -
My family is traditional, we have turkey on Thanksgiving, ham on Christmas, ham for Easter. All the meals are pretty equal in quantity of food but Thanksgiving is definitely more centered around indulging than the other holidays. We make pumpkin, pecan, mincemeat, pecan cream cheese, and apple cranberry pies on Thanksgiving. Easter and Christmas desserts are more like cookies and creative assorted desserts vs. pies.0
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mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Is it similar to Christmas dinner??
for both holidays most americans eat.....everything in sight then lay on the couch w their pants undone and watch football. Its not a very pretty sight.
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mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Wow! So would you all say Thanksgiving is the biggest feast of the year or still Christmas?
All American holidays focus on food, barbeques, buffets, candy. chocolate or whatever...its really very sad./0 -
I disagree with this. For me and my family, the primary focus of the holidays is family and friends.mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Wow! So would you all say Thanksgiving is the biggest feast of the year or still Christmas?
All American holidays focus on food, barbeques, buffets, candy. chocolate or whatever...its really very sad./
ETA: If it was just food, we wouldn't waste the time or money to travel the 8+ hours to see family. We would just cook good food at our house.0 -
I disagree with this. For me and my family, the primary focus of the holidays is family and friends.mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Wow! So would you all say Thanksgiving is the biggest feast of the year or still Christmas?
All American holidays focus on food, barbeques, buffets, candy. chocolate or whatever...its really very sad./
ETA: If it was just food, we wouldn't waste the time or money to travel the 8+ hours to see family. We would just cook good food at our house.
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Thanksgiving is based on a harvest feast, so sure the food bit is important, but hardly the only thing (and I think it's usually a reasonably healthy meal). Plus, there are commonly physical traditional associated with them -- Turkey Trots or family activities outdoors, depending on the weather and the group. Christmas, Easter, the 4th, the 1st may have food traditions associated with them, but for my family and friends food is certainly not the central thing. Even Christmas where there are endless parties leading up to it has many elements (the religious, gift giving) that seem to me much more central.0 -
I'm in Texas and we don't have turkey every year because not everyone likes it. We do have either cornbread dressing with chicken or duck dressing, chicken n dumplings, ham, broccoli rice casserole, green bean casserole, turnip greens, rolls, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, pecan pie, chocolate pie, and usually a fruit salad.0
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mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Is it similar to Christmas dinner??
for both holidays most americans eat.....everything in sight then lay on the couch w their pants undone and watch football. Its not a very pretty sight.
That's a stereotype. My very traditional family doesn't watch TV nor unbutton our pants after eating. We sit at the dinner table and talk to my grandparents or play with the kids or go outside and actually play football or bags.0 -
I disagree with this. For me and my family, the primary focus of the holidays is family and friends.mrsmackieblacky wrote: »Wow! So would you all say Thanksgiving is the biggest feast of the year or still Christmas?
All American holidays focus on food, barbeques, buffets, candy. chocolate or whatever...its really very sad./
ETA: If it was just food, we wouldn't waste the time or money to travel the 8+ hours to see family. We would just cook good food at our house.
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Last year we stayed home for Thanksgiving and opted for stuffed pizza for dinner! We also watched the movie "Free Birds" and laughed with our mid aged kids. But we usually eat the above: turkey, potatoes with gravy, veggie, stuffing, etc.
I actually have my first turkey in the oven this morning! I purchase abut 3-4 turkeys at this time of year and make one a month throughout the fall/winter. It is rainy here so at 50 cents a pound turkey is a great option; turkey noodle soup is on the menu for tomorrow!
My favorite part of turkey are the leftovers: turkey noodle soup, turkey chili, just meat for sandwiches, salads, etc...
What do you do with your turkey leftovers?
I usually make some green chile turkey stew and then save some turkey for sandwiches. i love turkey sandwiches.0
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