The United States of Thanksgiving, recipes

[elleng]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/18/dining/thanksgiving-recipes-across-the-united-states.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

[cbayer]

1. This is perfect.

I am going to a big pot luck and haven't decided what side to bring. This give me lots of idea.

Thanks!

[elleng]

2. Happy to be of service, cbayer!

Been reading thru them all day!

[cbayer]

3. I was intrigued by the Mofongo from Puerto Rico

It is a really odd assortment of ingredients but it is mostly things I can get here.

I also like the stuffing that you cook in muffin tins. I don't think there will be anyway to keep things warm, so that one looks particularly good.

[littlewolf]

5. I love making stuffing in muffin tins. makes portion control easy

stores easy, everything about it is great.

[cbayer]

6. I've never done it, but since I am taking the dish to a pot luck, it could be perfect - no

utensils to worry about.

[jtuck004]

4. Made Yucca Casserole as a side dish one year - now it is every year.

From a cook in the Dominican Republic

...
Recipe Ingredients:

2 pounds frozen yucca or fresh, peeled and cubed (make sure stringy cores in centers are removed)
1 pound potatoes, peeled, cubed
1 tablespoon salt
2/3 cup (5-ounce can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground white or black pepper
1 large egg, separated
1/4 cup (1 1/2 ounces) grated Parmesan cheese or Gruyère cheese
...

The rest is here -> http://www.cooksrecipes.com/sidedish/juana%27s_yucca_casserole_recipe.html

Found the yucca at Winco - they are wax covered, you split them lengthwise and take out the fiber core, peel, and cook them.

[Jenoch]

7. Minnesota is the leading turkey production state by far,

and this story gives a recipe to some stupid grape salad that I have never seen before?

[azurnoir]

8. also a leading if not the leading producer of wild rice yet that one goes to Wisconsin

I agree about the grape salad but hey at least it wasn't -hot dish

[Jenoch]

9. Minnesota produces the most 'real' wild rice,

but California produces more 'cultivated' wild rice meaning it is harvested using machines and the rice is polished to become black. Real wild rice has long gray grains as opposed to short, black, and broken grains.

I'm glad they did not suggest hotdish. Who serves hotdish at Thanksgiving?

[azurnoir]

10. okay that's true but I might be sort of snotty about wild rice

I live in MN and don't even count the cultivated stuff and the hotdish thing was sort of a joke as the grape salad sounded almost like it was something from this

http://www.travelchannel.com/video/bizarre-jell-o-salad-contest

[Jenoch]

12. And we sure as hell produce more wild rice than does Wisconsin.

(I live in the Twin Cities area.)

[PennyK]

11. i tried Iowa last night

A cool way with a baked potato