How about some favorite Thanksgiving dishes?

Candied yams, ambrosia and green jello salad...

Canned cranberry sauce....that stuff is the definition of good.

I kinda like the platter the Turkey is on...it's a really big dish.

sauteed spinach..:) Yummmmmmmmmmm

Sweet Potatoes & Marshmallows! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Sweet potato casserole .... NO marshmallow, thank you very much ! Oh .... & Lemon Meringue Pie & my Holiday Pecans. Yummmmmy !

hmmm, i'd have to go withsomething tradional in a personal sense. when my grandfather was alive, and still cooking, he made these kick @$$ potato pancakes, but only on special occasions (they were a pain to make). greasy as can be, but oh man...mouth is watering just at the thought of them

Stuffing... and Mash Potatoes and White meat.

Salad with jelly in it and potatoes with marshmallows?? And we get crap from you guys about vegemite...

What salad with jelly in it ? Jello ?

And as for your Vegemite .... I've had it & it looks like the first guy didn't like it & it tastes like .... well, there's no description for the taste. Though I hear you guys use it as axle grease, that true ?

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May your stuffing be tasty, May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes ' n gravy have not a lump.

May your yams be delicious, May your pies take the prize,

May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs !

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING !

been cooking for tomorrow, and made my famous green bean dish:
1-2 pounds fresh green beans, cleaned, ends clipped, and cut into halves
1/2 pound thick cut bacon, cut into very small pieces
1 tablespoon EVOO
2 tablespoonsFlavored balsamic vinegar (I use one flavored with figs)
garlic poder or garlic cloves to taste...but not to overpowering
3 or so dashes Italian Seasoning
2-3 pinches sea salt

cook the green beans in a pot of boiling water for about 7 minutes or until JUST tender, drain then put into an ice bath

in a large skillet or wok add EVOO and and bacon pieces, cook unytil bacon starts to brown. keep skillet on low heat the entire time.
add a handful of green beans, toss to cover in bacon fat, add another handful of green beans and toss, add another handful and toss again...keep repeating until all the beans are in and lightly covered in bacon fat and bacon bits.
add garlic and salt and seasoning, toss and cook for 2 minutes.
add flavored BV, toss until beans are all covered lightly, cook 5-7 minutes to reduce...remember over LOW heat or your beans will get mushy liked canned beans...they should be tender but a little crisp when you bite int them.

You can prepare the night before and rewarm in the oven on a very low setting, or cook it the same day...I like the night before because it makes life easier the next day AND gives the beans a chance to absorb all the smokey and tangy flavors from the bacon and BV.

Remember you can play with the recipe to suit your tastes...more or less seasoning, garlic, salt, bacon etc...but remember to NOT drain the bacon fat as it is important to the flavor of the dish.

Oh, and Sam, I happen to like vegemite...especially on fresh Damper

In Australia Jello = jelly and jelly = jam Lauren. Not confusing at all is it... And as for what vegemite taste like, the answer is "Salt" IMO :-)

I haven't had damper for years Jenn. Of course the only way to do it properly is on a campfire and it has to be black on the outside and uncooked in the centre... next time I get the chance I'll have to try it with green jelly and marshmallows.

P.S. Would someone please pass the Pumpkin Pie? Freshly whipped cream on top of it ty 8•D

And how about some tomato and broccoli cake with hot chocolate fudge sauce... mmmmmmm...

Tomato & broccoli cake ? uhhh .... thanks but no thanks.

Freshly whipped cream coming right up Cat !

Thanksgiving? pff, we Australians don't have such a thing, we just simply throw a barbeque party and say "merry whatever, first one to skull a beer wins"*

*stereotyping a 'typical' aussie of a while ago

Jenn, what is EVOO? I love pumpkin praline cheesecake. My hubby is cooking and his friend is making the turkey. I am relaxing and eating the food and drinking the wine with friends. What is vegemite and fresh damper?

extra virgin olive oil :P

Oh thanks for the interpretation.

I made a pumpkin cheesecake w/brandy sauce last year… I'm sure I could manage to find the recipe around here somewheres…

um, uh... you'll have to ask the olive..and hope she doesn't blush and run away

Vegemite is a salty black Australian sandwich spread (that was, incidently, invented as a machine lubricant, but was never used as one as far as I know). Damper is just bread made of very basic ingredients cooked on a campfire.

Edit: Actually I can't find any references to Vegemite being invented as a lubricant on the net (did get some interesting sites when I tried a google search though :-P). I'm sure I read it somewhere but maybe it's a myth.

To me, Thanksgiving just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the traditional Green Bean Casserole ...invented in the Campbell's Kitchens back in the '50s...

There was a song called Do you come from the land of down under where......and there is this part where it says he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich...anyone know what I am referring to?

hehe..sadly, yes..i'm old enough to know.. that would be Men at Work's "Down Under"

My fave dish has been in the family for years, mommy makes it. Its called Pink Stuff. I think that all it is a jello salad thats been tweaked, but only mommy can make it. One Thanksgiving, she didnt make it, and my cousin said she;d get thrown out of the family if she ever forgot again! LOL

yikes Cat! well i bet it's delicious, so sling a bowlful this way, wouldja?

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As the mods have dealt with this issue already...
WVW, I am humbly requesting that in the future, could you please use some self-control. Thanks.

Cat (Searwen) my mom made a jello dish we called "Mommy's Mess" it was jello and strawberries and cool whip and maybe vanilla ice cream...I don't remember what all went into it but is was this pink mess that was oh-so-yummy...is your jello dish similar...and if so...can you get me the recipe???? Sadly, through many moves (we were a Military family) the recipe has been lost...and it's been years since my mom made it and she doesn't even remember what all went into it!!

Jenn-
What my mom puts into it is, Strawberry Jello, condenced milk, whipped cream(cool whip), pinapples(crushed) and cream cheese. Now, theres some order to how you put these together, but i dont know what it is.

It sounds pretty similar to what my mom used to make...I wish I could find her recipe online somewhere...it has always been a fave of mine...I LOVE Mommy's Mess!!

rofl rofl...my gma baked a peacan pie, and lol, it's now filled with ants.

Vegemite....a friend of mine from Oz sent me some....it's machine oil.

my fave dish..regardless of holiday...angelina jolie..yum

nyuk nyuk nyuk

Uhm, favourite dish? ... easy ... 'large.'

Or better known as 'extra helpin's.' :o)

(*drum roll*) ... cue .. Vegemite Face

Thanksgiving Leftovers Trivia:

yesterday I was raiding the fridge in the wee hours to get the turkey out .. the top shelf was STUFFED .. I ended up knocking a gallon of milk out while my hands were full ... it hit the floor and said "HELLO" ... white stuff everywhere .. I felt like an actress of ill repute ...

I'll have you know that I don't mind making a mess as much as I mind cleaning it up

to add insult to injury .. the milk jug sprung a leak on the bottom and was pouring milk out while I stood there, looking at it, wondering what I was gonna do

(*lightbulb goes on in brain*) ... I went and got an empty Pepsi bottle .. rinsed it .. and poured it into that

then I spent the rest of the day explaining the WHITE PEPSI in the fridge .. was it coconut pepsi? .. pepsi colada? ...

yummy sounding, isn't it

no .. don't bother .. I already sent the idea to ALL of the cola mfrs.

You know ... that's such a guy thing to do.

you mean the (*lightbulb*) part ... right?

Nope the Pepsi thing. I gotta admit, I'd never put Milk in a rinsed out bottle of pop......

I'm waiting for what you WOULD put it in ...

120 nail polish remover vials? ...

let's re-cap .... milk was a-chug-a-lugging onto MY floor

each second you wait is one more nail polish remover vial you don't need to dig up .. and RINSE

Me ? A tupperware container & then I'd snap the lid on & stash it in the fridge while I was looking for a way to mend the Milk Carton that didn't include staples, duct tape or gum.

run this "mend" word past the gare-bear .. including ALL story elements

it's your typical polyethylene milk jug ... not a louis vitton bag

you could consider HOT-GLUE .. but hopefully discount it before making an 1/8th inch hole into a 1/4 inch hole

you act as though milk is the nectar of life .. oh, wait, nevermind

You're both missing the point... a REAL man would have repaired the -shelf- with duct tape and staples. And maybe some glue with pink glitter in it.

lemme guess.. while "mmm bop" was playing in the background?

I'd prefer "It's raining men".

And I prefer my Pepsi undiluted tyvm

credit where credit's due..that was funny

actually Pepsi and milk are a pretty yummy combo...
see now for the "repair"...I have hundreds of gallon-sized water bottles (ok maybe not hundreds, but I do drink a lot of water)...so I'd just use that...but I'm not a milk drinker to begin with, so any milk that falls out of my fridge and spills is probably not worth saving as I am sure it is long past its lifecycle.

Well, I cook it like the Cajuns did in Louisiana....yummy Corn bread dressing, fruit salad, gravy made with roux to begin with,
garlic mashed potatos, cranberry relish made with oranges, and of course home made rolls, and lotsa Cajun coffe and beer! The other things are sweet potato pie, Divinity(candy) pecan pie,
and there's almost always someone who brings over a huge turkey and a ham and some wild pig...oh my...yummmmmm

Deep fried turkey...and that mundane favorite side...Green Bean Casserole...