For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.

What's your must haves?

On 11/5/2010 2:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

All of that and sweet potato casserole. Chocolate bourbon pecan pie.

--
Currently reading: the thirteenth tale by Diane Setterfield

On Nov 5, 1:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

A stiff drink to deal with the in-laws : D

On Nov 5, 2:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Since it's just the two of us, we've pared Thanksgiving down
to the essentials:

tossed salad
turkey
dressing
gravy
cranberry-orange relish (usually consumed as dessert)

We eat around 5 or 6 pm. That allows us to put the
turkey on at a civilized 1 pm.

Occasionally DH sweet-talks me into making mashed potatoes,
but I don't see the point. If I get flustered at the end and don't
get the salad together, it'll be microwaved frozen green beans.

Quite often, I eat the carrots, onions, and celery from the
bottom of the roasting pan, but that's just opportunism.
I don't make roasted vegetables as often as I'd like.

Cindy Hamilton

On Nov 5, 11:27*am, projectile vomit chick
> wrote:
> On Nov 5, 1:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > What's your must haves?
>
> A stiff drink to deal with the in-laws : D

Somebody actually married you?

On Nov 5, 11:19*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Green bean casseroll.

On 11/5/2010 1:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

I have to have home made mayo-dressed cole slaw. I just can't eat
turkey without it.

Broccoli is another, though I can manage with brussels sprouts. I don't
much care for the green beans with canned soup stuff. Gotta have a
green veggie. My guests always prefer the mashed potatoes, but I'm
partial to plain roasted sweet potato, so I pop a couple of yams into
the oven while the turkey is roasting.

I used to bake 3 pies every year: pecan, pumpkin and apple, but with low
carbing, I am making a pumpkin cheese cake that is generally appreciated.

A friend is making the dressing this year. Saves me time as I bake the
bread or corn bread myself for the dressing. I hate the crap in the
cello bags.

Little home made rolls are also important. I like to make tiny challahs
for dinner rolls.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Nov 5, 1:43*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On Nov 5, 11:19*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > What's your must haves?
>
> Green bean casseroll.

Do you make that with cream of mushroo soup? hahahahaha

On Nov 5, 2:49*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> On 11/5/2010 1:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > What's your must haves?
>
> I have to have *home made mayo-dressed cole slaw. I just can't eat
> turkey without it.

Most, if not all the time, I make my own dressings. But haven't for
cole slaw. What's your recipe? I'm guessing there's probably sugar in
there somewhere.

On Nov 5, 11:58*am, projectile vomit chick
> wrote:
> On Nov 5, 1:43*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
> > On Nov 5, 11:19*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > > What's your must haves?
>
> > Green bean casseroll.
>
> Do you make that with cream of mushroo soup? *hahahahaha

No, I use mushroom soup, you dim witted wench.

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:27:04 -0700 (PDT), projectile vomit chick
> wrote:

>On Nov 5, 1:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
>> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>
>> What's your must haves?
>
>A stiff drink to deal with the in-laws : D

Screw the in-laws... I'd be honored to supply you with all the stiffy
you can handle : D

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Just turkey and mashed potatoes.

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:19:48 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
>What's your must haves?


Turkey with challah stuffing (think of it as a rich and savory bread
pudding)
Chestnut dressing
Creamed onions with shredded carrots (recipe below)
Ambrosia salad
Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish (see NPR below for the recipe)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4176014
Lemon meringue pie
Chocolate pudding-pie
The rest of the goodies vary each year.



CREAMED ONIONS AND CARROTS

1 1/2 to 2 lbs. small white onions or 2 cans (16 oz. each) whole
onions, heated and drained
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 1/2 c. half and half
1 1/2 c. shredded carrots

Peel onions. Heat several inches salted water to boiling. Add onions.
Cover and heat to boiling. Cook until tender, 15 to 30 minutes. Heat
butter over low heat until melted. Blend in flour, salt and pepper.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and
bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in half and half. Heat to boiling,
stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in carrots, and cook
5 minutes longer. Pour sauce over hot onions. 4 to 6 servings.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
eb.com...
> On 11/5/2010 1:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>
>> What's your must haves?
>
Harvest mashed potatoes.

4 large red or russet potatoes (2 lbs)
2 medium-sized sweet potatoes (1-1/2 lbs)
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. sour cream
1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbs. prepared horseradish
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

Bake the sweet potatoes about 1 hour until tender; peel and mash in a large
mixing bowl. Boil the russet potatoes in salted water to cover until
tender. Peel and mash and combine with the sweet potatoes. Add butter and
remaining ingredients. Mash with a potato ricer or beat by hand until
smooth. Pour into a lightly greased casserole dish. Bake until heated
through or until starting to brown on the top. Serve topped with additional
Parmesan if desired. Serves 8

Also cornbread dressing. I'm not a huge fan of turkey so I'm having a
standing rib roast for Thanksgiving. Brussels sprouts or baked cauliflower
if I can find it.

Jill

On Nov 5, 2:36*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>
> eb.com...> On 11/5/2010 1:19 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> >> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> >> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> >> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> >> What's your must haves?
>
> Harvest mashed potatoes.
>
> 4 large red or russet potatoes (2 lbs)
> 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes (1-1/2 lbs)
> 1/4 c. butter
> 1/2 c. milk
> 1/4 c. sour cream
> 1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
> 1 Tbs. prepared horseradish
> 1/4 tsp. salt
> 1/4 tsp. pepper
> 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
> 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
>
> Bake the sweet potatoes about 1 hour until tender; peel and mash in a large
> mixing bowl. *Boil the russet potatoes in salted water to cover until
> tender. *Peel and mash and combine with the sweet potatoes. *Add butter and
> remaining ingredients. *Mash with a potato ricer or beat by hand until
> smooth. *Pour into a lightly greased casserole dish. *Bake until heated
> through or until starting to brown on the top. *Serve topped with additional
> Parmesan if desired. *Serves 8
>
> Also cornbread dressing. *I'm not a huge fan of turkey so I'm having a
> standing rib roast for Thanksgiving. *Brussels sprouts or baked cauliflower
> if I can find it.
>
> Jill

I'd use Yukon gold potatoes.

ImStillMags wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

creamed pearl onions

In article >,
Goomba > wrote:

> ImStillMags wrote:
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
> >
> > What's your must haves?
>
> creamed pearl onions

Yup! Guess you know just boil them then squeeze them after one slice?

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:19:48 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
>What's your must haves?

Cornbread dressing and sweet potato casserole.

Tara

ImStillMags wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?



Family.

Anything else is good, but not mandatory.

gloria p

On Nov 5, 2:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Any invitation out.

On 11/05/2010 11:19 AM, ImStillMags wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Me personally, I don't really like any of the foods traditionally served
at Thanksgiving, so I don't care at all what is served. My family has
preferences, though, so I cook for them. Must-haves around here include
turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, and cranberry sauce.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com
French Fridays with Dorie: Potatoes Dauphinoise (Potato Gratin)

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Turkey, dressing, creamed onions, baked sweet potatoes. Haven't had creamed
onions since my mother died. I settle for whatever is served at the
relatives - just glad to be invited. And hope this coming Thanksgiving
isn't like the one last year when the snow was so deep at the end of my
driveway, a plow had to be called in before my neighbor could snow blow the
drive - long after dinner was over - 10 miles away - where they had green
grass!!!

Jan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

Gloria wrote:

>> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>
>> What's your must haves?
>
> Family.
>
> Anything else is good, but not mandatory.
>
> gloria p

That's my favorite answer so far! (But I'm surprised nobody has mentioned
football.)

For me, Thanksgiving is about a chill in the air, friends and family at the
table, and a reflection on how lucky I am to have the life I have. Food
enhances the occasion, but only plays a supporting role.

Bob

On Nov 5, 3:46*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>
> ... > ImStillMags wrote:
>
> >>For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> >>potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> >>Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> >>What's your must haves?
>
>
> Made from scratch bread stuffing.
>
>
Blech. And yes, I've had it.

On Nov 5, 6:08*pm, Tara > wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:19:48 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>
> > wrote:
> >For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> >potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> >Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> >What's your must haves?
>
> Cornbread dressing and sweet potato casserole. *
>
> Tara

>
>
Yummmmmm

On Nov 5, 11:19*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Pants with "give" around the waist.

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:19:48 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags wrote:

> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

The only thing I insist on is my sausage dressing and gravy. I
haven't had turkey in at least a decade.

-sw

On Nov 6, 12:37*am, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Nov 5, 11:19*am, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > What's your must haves?
>
> Pants with "give" around the waist.

>
>
Hahahahaaaaaaa, I hear ya'!!!

On Nov 5, 4:46*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
> Made from scratch bread stuffing, no corn bread dressing!!

I'm with you on that one. Cornbread dressing has a gritty or sandy
texture to it. Of course I don't like cornbread either. Here's my
dressing recipe. I keep it simple.

1 20oz. loaf white bread
1 stick butter or margarine
1 medium size onion, diced
1 rib of celery, diced
turkey broth
poultry seasoning, salt, pepper to taste
1 beaten egg

Lay out the slices of bread overnight so they dry out. If they aren't
bone dry in the morning then pop them in a low oven to finish drying.
Crumble slices of bread into a large bowl. Melt butter over low
heat. Cook onions and celery in the butter until they are very soft
and celery has lost most of its color. This takes several minutes. I
don't like crunchy things in my dressing so I usually cook mine for a
good 15 minutes. Add the onions and celery to the bread and toss.
Add turkey or chicken broth until the dressing is the consistancy of a
thick batter. If it's soupy you've added too much liquid. Soupy
dressing isn't good. Add seasonings to taste. I usually add between
1 and 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning, about a teaspoon of salt oe
less, and a good dash of pepper. Stir in beaten egg. Bake uncovered
at 350 until it looks done, about 30 - 45 minutes.

On Nov 5, 2:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

I know I will take flack for this here, but Stove Top Stuffing is a
must have.
After the turkey, of course.

Sure, I remember tearing the unsliced white bread apart for stuffing
when I was very little, and Mom diced the onions and celery and did
all that work, but once the good people at General Foods (before Kraft
took them over in the 80's) came out with Stove Top Stuffing, Mom
started making that, and to be honest, we all really liked it. So that
became our standard Thanksgiving stuffing. Dressing, whatever you want
to call it. For Thanksgiving, she frequently jazzed it up, adding
sauteed onions and celery to it, or sometimes a diced apple and
raisins. But that was the basis for Mom's stuffing. And my Mom and
Dad and the 3 of us kids, and eventually my two nephews, all came to
like Stove Top, to the point that it became the standard against which
all stuffing was measured.

During the years I prepared Thanksgiving for my family, I tinkered
with "homemade" dressing, either from packaged crumbs/croutons or from
stale bread. But to be honest, they always were too dense, or too
dry, or too moist or too salty, or too bland....something was usually
not quite right. Stove top stuffing was consistently good and
consistently the way my family liked it. Eventually, I just gave up
and gave in to it. If it tastes good and we like it, why bother
making it any other way?

Nowadays, I always add dried cranberries and sometimes slivered
almonds to it.
Today, I bought a ~7 lb oven roaster chicken (for ~$3.50), and without
any apology, I tossed a box of Stove Top stuffing in my carriage right
next to it. And I said, out loud, to myself "Stuffing just like Mom
used to make!!"

Nowadays, I enjoy Thanksgiving as the guest of my best friend and her
family. She's a wonderful friend, a good cook and I feel very welcome
and loved at her table, not just at holidays but all year 'round. Not
just from her, but from her kids and her parents, too. And there is
always Stove Top stuffing!

I'm making a pumpkin cheesecake for dessert this year. The recipe is
in every cooking related magazine out there this month. It's the one
in the Kraft cream cheese ad. Looks really good!

On Nov 5, 1:19*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> What's your must haves?

Those are the essentials, and the cranberry sauce must not be canned.
In fact no canned anything other than Swanson broth substituted for
water. I might add corn, made from frozen.

--Bryan

On Nov 5, 4:03*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>
> > What's your must haves?
>
> Just turkey and mashed potatoes.

No gravy?

--Bryan

On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:05:41 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Gloria wrote:
>
>>> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>>> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>>> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>>
>>> What's your must haves?
>>
>> Family.
>>
>> Anything else is good, but not mandatory.
>>
>> gloria p
>
>That's my favorite answer so far! (But I'm surprised nobody has mentioned
>football.)
>
>For me, Thanksgiving is about a chill in the air, friends and family at the
>table, and a reflection on how lucky I am to have the life I have. Food
>enhances the occasion, but only plays a supporting role.
>
>Bob Whacko

Boasting or complaining...

This is <rec.food.cooking>... not <alt.drphil.jerryspringer>.

Bill who putters wrote:
> In article >,
> Goomba > wrote:

>>> What's your must haves?
>> creamed pearl onions
>
> Yup! Guess you know just boil them then squeeze them after one slice?
>
Yup! Yup! Yup! Loveeeeeeeeee 'em.
I have been known to use jarred onions at times also, but like the fresh
better.

On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 04:37:01 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> wrote:

>On Nov 5, 4:03*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>> > potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>> > Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>
>> > What's your must haves?
>>
>> Just turkey and mashed potatoes.
>
>No gravy?

Last year I spent hours nursing 3 quarts of perfect turkey neck gravy,
forgot to serve it and no one asked for gravy... next day became LO
gravy and froze half.

For us it's now at my daughters home, I buy the turkey and make the
rutabegoes and the gravy at her house and she does the rest, Yay!!
turkey
sausage stuffing(with a small container of applesauce added)
giblet gravy(I have to fight off the thieves after the heart & liver)
cranberry sauce
Mashed rutabegoes, a BIG pot of em, and I'd better leave some home for
leftovers, cuz my dau & sil will scoff up any leftovers and hide them
whilst we're putting away foods.
pecan pie'
Then some time in the next week or so we have to go buy a turkey and
cook it here, cuz one or 2 meals of turkey just isn't enough!!!!
Nan in DE

"gloria.p" > wrote in message
...
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> For me it's not Thanksgiving without turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed
>> potatoes, and my cranberrysauce.
>> Everything else is just fine but I must have those 4 things.
>>
>> What's your must haves?
>
>
>
> Family.
>
> Anything else is good, but not mandatory.
>
> gloria p



Depends on whether or not you like your family

Jill

Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz complained:

>> For me, Thanksgiving is about a chill in the air, friends and family at
>> the
>> table, and a reflection on how lucky I am to have the life I have. Food
>> enhances the occasion, but only plays a supporting role.
>>
> Boasting or complaining...
>
> This is <rec.food.cooking>... not <alt.drphil.jerryspringer>.

Sorry about that; I forgot that you have no friends, and your family find
you both buffoonish and vile. It must have hurt you to read that other
people have it so much better than you.

Bob

Sycophant enquired:

> Shel', how do you make your creamed spinach? I've never made any and am
> interested. I have a few recipes stored on the hard drive from other
> people last time this subject came up...

Pussy's recipe is quite simple: Heat up a couple boxes of frozen spinach
and have a Cub Scout ejaculate on it.

Bob

On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:45:49 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:05:41 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> > wrote:
>>
>>For me, Thanksgiving is about a chill in the air, friends and family at the
>>table, and a reflection on how lucky I am to have the life I have. Food
>>enhances the occasion, but only plays a supporting role.
>>
>>Bob Whacko
>
> Boasting or complaining...
>
> This is <rec.food.cooking>... not <alt.drphil.jerryspringer>.

if this was jerry springer, one of bouncers would have kicked your
psychotic ass out of here long ago.

blake