Reply #13: I love turkey and some of the traditional dishes

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My idea of a good Turkey Day spread is a roast turkey, dressing with lots of herbs and vegetables (celery, onion, mushrooms. maybe cranberries or apples), mushroom gravy, broccoli or green beans steamed until just done and still barely crisp. Home made cranberry sauce. While I like sweet potatoes (roasted and eaten with butter and salt) I can't see adding another carb dish to what is already a good size meal - I also don't get having mashed potatoes.

For me it's not Turkey Day without pecan pie, my specialty and the dish I take to the in laws for their potluck get together along with some whole berry cranberry sauce.

When the family gets together, there will be more side dishes and if the entire family is coming there will be ham with the turkey, a couple of kinds of dressing, and a LOT more desserts. But when I make a turkey dinner for just the two of us, the menu above is what we have. I buy turkey when it is on sale during the holidays and roast it, cut it up and froze portions so we can have turkey all year long.

Mom likes to have turnip greens at Thanksgiving and the day after she makes stock with the turkey carcass and then soup with the leftover greens and the turkey stock.