what is your favorite thanksgiving food

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	Turkey
	7 (18%)
	rolls
	0 (0%)
	mash potatoes
	2 (5%)
	Yams
	0 (0%)
	stuffing
	20 (50%)
	olives
	0 (0%)
	cranberries
	2 (5%)
	other meat
	0 (0%)
	other dessert
	1 (3%)
	other
	8 (20%)
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[ms liberty]

1. Dressing. Dressing is my favorite. Stuffing is not dressing. n/t

[Haggard Celine]

8. Same here!

And no, stuffing is not dressing. Dressing, the way my mom makes it, is a main course.

[bamagal62]

17. Dressing is my favorite too!

So, I voted “other”. My MIL does makes some good stuffing. But, there’s nothing like dressing. If I just had that for thanksgiving, it would be enough.😃

[Solly Mack]

23. What you said.

[Hortensis]

37. :) Right! And dressing is not stuffing. It's worth the extra bother

once a year to me to cook it inside the bird. Dressing from very different recipes I'll make as a side once or twice a year. Yum, but very different.

[electric_blue68]

45. What is dressing, then?

[Polybius]

46. What's dressing?

Salad dressing? Or is this mid-West speak that NYers don't know about? Just last week I learned that they call cashiers checkers.

[Enter stage left]

2. what, no "all of the above" vote?

[dweller]

3. No 'leftovers' either

I had to vote other

✌🏻

[LakeArenal]

6. Yes. I'm "other". Leftovers are the best.

[Hortensis]

40. Oh, right! When someone else is cooking, I'll likely roast a turkey

for the two of us a bit later so the feasting and nibbling can continue.

[essaynnc]

4. Mashed sweet potatoes....

I make them every year with lots of butter, a little orange juice for liquid, and some real maple syrup. Boy they are yummy! When the kids were younger, I'd get them to eat them, saying that I was giving them CRAYONS to eat- that at least got them to try them, and they loved 'em!

[Hortensis]

41. :) These things become family traditions. Thanksgiving crayons.

[spooky3]

5. Pumpkin pie nt

[Sneederbunk]

7. Wild Turkey 101

[Patterson]

9. Stuffing with lots of sage and gravy without giblets.

[Mister Ed]

10. Tacos.

Thanksgiving was always a very difficult day at our house when I was a kid. The stress of preparing that elaborate dinner used to drive my mother through the roof.

By the time I was teenager, we'd all had it. None of us liked turkey anyway! So Mom made tacos that Thanksgiving, and we loved 'em. It became a family tradition for the rest of my school years.

[Irish_Dem]

11. The mashed potatoes and gravy are the only reason I eat Thanksgiving dinner.

The rest of the food is just in the way.

[smirkymonkey]

47. I voted for mashed potatoes, but a close runner up was turkey and the vegetables (green veggies)

Most members of my family like to spruce up the mashed potatoes w/ sour cream, cream cheese, garlic, etc., but I just like them completely plain w/ a little bit of milk and butter, salt and pepper - not too much. So they always do a separate dish for me.

Also I don't like stuffing inside the turkey because it's too mushy, so they also to do a separate dish of stuffing that was done on the stove top and then baked (so fluffy and dry, and crispy on top). Ok, I guess I am a little high maintenance when it comes to TG food. I am kind of a purist in that I like the traditional basics, but i am ok w/ getting a little creative with the side dishes.

I do like gourmet veggie dishes, as long as they are not too heavy and I am especially a big fan of green vegetables. However this year, because I was asked to make a carrot dish, I am making Za'atar roasted rainbow carrots (w/ olive oil) and served w / Sumac/Pistachio yogurt sauce. Something a little different, light and healthy. If people like it, maybe it will become a standard.

We aren't a huge dessert family, so whatever shows up, shows up. My ideal is a cranberry or pumpkin mousse - something very light and fresh, otherwise I usually take about two bites and that's it. I also prefer a pumpkin or cranberry cheesecake to a pie.

[Irish_Dem]

48. The only veggie I like is a potato. You are spot on about cooking mashed potatoes.

That is the only way to do it. Little bit of milk and butter, salt and pepper.
I also agree on the stuffing, crispy on top, not mushy.

I am a purist also, don't like a lot of deviation.

I do eat a lot of salads, but only because I know I need the greens for health.
Your carrot dish sounds interesting, I think it will be a hit.

I do like a pumpkin pie, but I know I would like a pumpkin mousse, which I have never had...
The cranberry cheesecake sounds very good.

Enjoy your dinner tomorrow!

[PTWB]

12. SUSHI!

[LeftInTX]

16. Ew-shi!

[cachukis]

13. The gravy; connects it all.

[Hortensis]

28. Yes! Where's the gravy?! I can buy a less than wonderful turkey,

the stuffing can be a bit too moist or dry, and the potatoes made by someone who doesn't believe in butter, but as long as I get the (giblet) gravy right it'll all be delicious.

[cachukis]

33. It would seem to me that most in this thread have been eating some unpalatable gravy.

I've been invited back to make gravy. Next generation thing. But the French learned something about how a sauce serves as a catalyst. Gravy springs from the cookings. Even the wine at the table. Enjoy your next batch.

[GPV]

14. Cornbread casserole, stuffing, rolls, pie. Love my carbs

[Takket]

15. stuffing in a blowout! didn't see that coming

[ZonkerHarris]

18. No cranberry sauce from a can with ridges in it? This poll is null and void.

[Retrograde]

25. That jellied cranberry thing?

I got a can after not eating it for decades, and to my dismay found it contained high fructose corn syrup.

Making cranberry sauce is dead easy: boil a cup of water with a cup of sugar, add a package of fresh cranberries, and cook until they pop. Leftover cranberries can be used in place of blueberries in muffins.

[shanti]

34. Good muffin tip!

I also like to put leftover cranberry sauce on my turkey sandwich. Yummy!

[Hortensis]

31. Oh, same here. :) One of our gentlemen never got over

the shock of finding it replaced with a cranberry-port chutney or some such abomination and each year makes sure that'll never happen again. Turns out three of us picked up a can earlier in the month just in case it was sold out later.

[electric_blue68]

19. Stuffing - bready, and sage!

I do like a good moist turkey with crackly skin. 👍

[SMC22307]

20. Cranberry/apple chutney or cranberry/pear chutney or cranberry/pineapple chutney...

...depending on ham or turkey. All from a recipe I cut out of the WaPo Food section back in the early '90s. Mmmm.

[IcyPeas]

21. Not this! Cranberry and pickle pie.

Link to tweet

[meadowlander]

26. And in this week's installment of "Utah ruins everything"...

[Lucid Dreamer]

22. Pizza with anchovies and anything else except pineapple. nt

[Retrograde]

24. Pumpkin pie!

Followed closely by stuffing (not dressing) and cranberry relish, which I make with fresh cranberries, a jalapeno or three, and a chopped orange, all buzzed together in a food processor.

The turkey is good, too.

[meadowlander]

27. Tie between lemon meringue pie and mashed potatoes.

[old guy]

29. Rutabaga.

[Raine]

30. Pumpkin Pie 🥧! 😊 nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Oven-baked cornbread dressing with giblet gravy.....

and some gravy on the turkey and mashed potatoes too.....

After that, pecan pie.....

[shanti]

35. Definitely dressing

I don't stuff turkeys anymore, although the taste is superior. But a close second is to add extra butter when you're making your dressing (in a casserole dish). It becomes delightfully moist.

[mvd]

36. Tie. Turkey and stuffing go together

[Whiskeytide]

38. My MILs fried cornbread. n/t

[Hekate]

39. Leftover cold turkey sandwich with mayo and lettuce is my absolute favorite

[Iggo]

42. Pumpkin pie. (n/t)

[susanr516]

43. I voted for stuffing, but it's really dressing

I'm a multi-generational Southerner. We never stuffed the turkey. Cornbread dressing was baked in a separate casserole dish. I make the dressing from memory of helping my mother do it. Each generation adds their own twist to it. Mine was adding a couple of beaten eggs to get more of a rise from it. Whenever I make cornbread dressing, I remember everyone who came before me and taught the next generation how it was done. That's my fondest Thanksgiving memory. I could whip up an awesome cornbread dressing and giblet gravy any day of the week, even without the turkey. However, I only make it once a year, because I want to pass on the tradition to my children.

[Stinky The Clown]

44. This poll demonstrates, once again, carbs are comfort, carbs are love.

Carbs may not be the best source of healthy fill-yer-tummy but man oh man are they good.

Add some protein to your dressing to balance off some of the carb impact: sausage, mushrooms, oysters, giblets.