What's for Thanksgiving Dinner, Thurs., Nov. 25, 2021

[NJCher]

Posting early to give the most time flexibility to our forum chefs today.

I'm not having TG dinner until tomorrow. I like to have Thanksgiving a day late so I can have some time outdoors without leafblowers blasting at me all day long. Unfortunately, that's the kind of neighborhood I live in. Thanksgiving is the only day of the year without constant blowers.

Tomorrow, however, I will have the usual TG dinner with a few slices of turkey, sweet potatoes, cornbread stuffing, cranberry relish, and roasted Brussels sprouts. Homemade pumpkin pie made from a pumpkin I grew.

[SheltieLover]

1. Turkey

Stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, vinegar cole slaw, sweet corn, cranberries.

Enjoy all!

[jpak]

2. The whole 9 yards - Turkey with grandma's stuffing

With onion and broccoli cream casserole.

A family tradition.

And cranberry orange relish.

Yum

[RainCaster]

3. Turkey, ham, 4 pies, trimmings

Sage-sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, gravy, cranberry sauce, salads, smoked salmon dip, lots of drinks. Pies include pumpkin (of course), berry and two apple pies. All for a dozen close friends and family.

[PJMcK]

4. Duckling

The Landlady(!) was in costume on a popular float in the Macy's parade this morning. Since she worked, I'm cooking.

Roasted Long Island duckling stuffed with garlic, chopped lemon peal and Rosemary, (it all gets discarded). Scoring the skin is always tricky and I cut through a bit too much, I think. At least I didn't cut into the flesh!

On the side I'll have wild rice and pan-style stuffing with onions, celery and chopped carrots, (hat tip to DUer TrailRider1951, https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157109207).

I'll make a gravy from the giblets and some of the pan drippings. There was a flavor pack included with the bird but those are usually so high in sodium that I generally pass.

Le seour peas and a red leaf salad to finish out the feast.

Apple pie for dessert.

Happy Thanksgiving to all DU chefs and their diners!

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

16. The last time I tried to make gravy from a packet

That was enclosed with the turkey breast, even the dogs turned up their noses at it,

[SouthernLiberal]

5. I will be eating alone again

I still do Thanksgiving dinner. So, a turkey cutlet, stuffing and gravy. Stuffed potatoes (which my Mom always called twice baked) Brussels sprouts, and maybe some carrots. With George Winston playing in background.

[MOMFUDSKI]

6. Turkey

with mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, wild rice/mushroom dish, homemade fresh cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, black/green olives, and a homemade cherry pie. Did most of the hard work yesterday and, at age 74, am thankful that I can still do it. Realize there will come a day when I can't. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[irisblue]

7. Quorn vegan roast, roasted carrots, potatoes and broccoli, hot decafe tea

Oatmeal dried cranberry walnut cookie bar with hot decafe tea as I binge watch my Firefly DVDs

[chillfactor]

8. tuna sandwich

live on social security and cannot afford holiday dinners,

[Luciferous]

9. Roasted chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, hashbrown casserole

Pumpkin cheesecake, apple crumble, and a pudding pie.

[Retrograde]

10. I do my big dinner on Saturday

It was a lot less hectic when we were both working. So today we're having steak, a salad with the last tomatoes from the garden, and a lower-calorie version of pommes lyonnais (made with stock instead of mounds of butter). I'm also baking a pie, but that's for a pot-luck tomorrow.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. Pasta primavera with chicken and mushrooms in an

alfredo sauce.
Salad

Later we will have cherry pie

[Yonnie3]

12. Turkey

Roast turkey (it had two necks)
Sweet potatoes
Corn pudding
Mac and cheese
Dressing
Fresh baked dinner rolls
and more

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FLFC has already sampled some wing meat. Three paws up.

[rsdsharp]

13. Lemme see here. Turkey, ham, sage dressing,

roasted brussel sprouts with pears and balsamic glaze, green beans sautéed with onions and bacon, Anne McCord’s Leg from the Alice’s Restaurant Cookbook, grand daughter’s breakfast potatoes she learned in whatever they call home ec these days (not real Thanksgivingy but very good and she wanted to do it), S’mores bars from the other grand daughter’s children’s cookbook, pecan pie, and chocolate pie. There was supposed to be rolls, but somehow they never made it to the oven.

Since two people (and a dog) didn’t make dinner due to Covid issues — one who had his butt kicked by the booster shot yesterday, and the other who visited her mother in the nursing home yesterday only to learn there was a case in the home — we have lots of leftovers, even after sending food to them.

[Cairycat]

14. Leg of lamb

Just three of us, and we don't like turkey well enough to bother with it. But the rest is pretty traditonal: mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, roast vegetables, and homemade apple pie.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

15. Since there's only three of us

A small turkey breast, sage and onion dressing, cranberry sauce (made by me, and not out of a can), brussels sprouts, and a lemon mousse for dessert.

[MissMillie]

17. turkey... and it came out great

brined it so it would be moist

mashed potato (brought by one of my guests)
candied sweet potato (no marshmallows, they're braised in water, butter and real maple syrup)
stuffing
gravy
green bean casserole (also brought by the guest... it was horrible)
cranberry


desserts were pumpkin pie, brownies and apple bread pudding