What is ALWAYS on your Thanksgiving table.....and what

[capt_noonie]

My family gave up trying to cook for Thanksgiving. We go out for Chinese. It's also usually lunch, so after eating Chinese for lunch, I"m hungry again by 3pm. And then NOTHING is open but fast food. SAD.

[chachi]

We always have turkey but I change up sides. This yr we are having almond joy pie and goat cheese pie as our new items

[jadabug]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

Michelle, This is a little more involved than what I make...but VERY similar and oh so tasty!!!



Beef Wellington Recipe | Simply Recipes


(that recipe doesn't use the pate tho.....you NEED the pate )

That looks yummy...am on a search today for pate in my area..lol wish me luck!! haha closet thing I have ever seen to pate around here that I can remember is potted meat

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

We're Texan - have to have giblet gravy - brown gravy just won't do. And it is not Thanksgiving without the cranberry sauce - even that awful congealed log with the can marks in it is better than nothing! We never have fishy items at Thanksgiving on our table. I don't think my Great Grandfather liked fish at holidays so the tradition stuck.

I'm with you on both the giblet gravy (YUM!!) and the cranberry sauce. I make my own usually because its so easy!!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

My family gave up trying to cook for Thanksgiving. We go out for Chinese. It's also usually lunch, so after eating Chinese for lunch, I"m hungry again by 3pm. And then NOTHING is open but fast food. SAD.

You need to get invited over to an American friend's house for dinner ~ we usually eat around 3pm!!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by chachi

We always have turkey but I change up sides. This yr we are having almond joy pie and goat cheese pie as our new items

I love goat cheese ~ do you have a recipe??

[Harrysmum]

Originally Posted by jadabug

What are giblets???

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

you know....that bag.....in the cavity.....????

Yep, that bag in the cavity that when you maybe cook your first turkey dinner and invite ALL the family round..........it's the one that EXPLODES in the oven..... x

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by jadabug

That looks yummy...am on a search today for pate in my area..lol wish me luck!! haha closet thing I have ever seen to pate around here that I can remember is potted meat

You might have better luck with liverwurst or braunschweiger. Maybe even at the deli counter. The Pate I find in with the gourmet cheeses usually.

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

Yep, that bag in the cavity that when you maybe cook your first turkey dinner and invite ALL the family round..........it's the one that EXPLODES in the oven..... x

I have cooked mine with the bag still tucked neatly inside too

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie

Always ham, potatoes, and dressing. . I usually make the same potato casserole. But would love to hear some new ideas!

My son wants us to do something completely different. He talked us in to having Chinese food last Christmas!

You should do the Beef Wellington or Mustard encrusted pork loin this year.Easy easy easy and very impressive looking

[Verbena]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

Cheesy hash-brown casserole?

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie

That's what I make. Haha. Easy, cheesy and good!

Oh please share the recipe. I love to go to Cracker Barrel and have their cheesy hash brown casserole. So yummy

[Verbena]

We have Thanksgiving about noon time. lol so later in the evening. Can have turkey sandwiches. lol

I am half Italian so our meal always had a pasta dish. By the time you got to the turkey you were full lmao. So we finally dropped the pasta after the family got smaller. We used to have about 30-40 people for sit down dinner. But we also have a sausage stuffing

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

Yep, that bag in the cavity that when you maybe cook your first turkey dinner and invite ALL the family round..........it's the one that EXPLODES in the oven..... x

Doesn't that happen to everyone at least one time??! I know it happened to me.

[Verbena]

Originally Posted by jadabug

What are giblets???

The heart and gizzard of the chicken

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

You should do the Beef Wellington or Mustard encrusted pork loin this year.Easy easy easy and very impressive looking

Austin would be happy!

Originally Posted by Verbena

Oh please share the recipe. I love to go to Cracker Barrel and have their cheesy hash brown casserole. So yummy

This is the one I use.

1 pkg of hash towns (cubed or shredded either one works. I prefer shredded)
2 cups shredded cheese
1 can cream of chicken
1 8oz sour cream
Onion (optional)
1/2 stick of butter

Mix sour cream, butter, cream of chicken, onion, and cheese. Then add hash browns. Spread in a 9 x 13 dish. Cook 425 until browned and bubbly.

You can add unsweetened corn flakes crushed up on the top too. If you do that increase butter to 1 stick and put the other half once you top with the corn flakes. So do same as above, top with crushed corn flakes, then spoon remaining butter on top. Cook the same.

Make sense?