Thanksgiving 2010

[retrorussell]

1. Probably at my dad and stepmom's.  Then Saturday at my mom's with my niece.
2. Stuffing's okay.  Scalloped potatoes are awesome!  I always liked green beans.  Ham is great too.
3. Sparkling apple cider.  Not really a side but can't think of much else.
4. Cheesecake, apple pie ala mode, or whatever I decide to bring (I'm usually the dessert bringer).
5. Most things normally associated with Thanksgiving I'm not fond of.  Turkey, yams, mashed potatoes (unless lump-free with lots of butter, or instant flakes), cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and family get-togethers.  Replace turkey with ham and I'm at least pacified to some small degree.  Turn on the football and things are more tolerable.

[Andrew]

1.  My sister, Dawn's - it's been our family tradition for about 15 years or so.

2.  Either mini crab cakes or the baked bean dip.

3.  Sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmallow!

4.  Katie's pecan pie.

5.  Nothing that I can think of.  Maybe we just don't cook the stuff that doesn't taste good.

I'd like to point out that I'm in heaven at Thanksgiving, and that bliss lasts for about a week.  I make a lot of cold turkey sandwiches from what is left of the bird.

[claws]

We finally finalized our Thanksgiving menu for planning ahead purposes last night. There's going to be 17 people so we have to make sure everyone will get enough food!

Breakfast (Only for the cooks)

oven omelette, baguette

Appetizers

feta-cream cheese ball, multigrain crackers
doritos, french onion dip (as requested)

Starters

pumpkinsoup (with coconut & ginger), rolls

Main course

turkey
(glazed) ham roast (not sure if the turkey will be enough for 17 people so the ham is for back-up)
cornbread stuffing
gravy
cranberry sauce
sweet mashed potatoes
German potato balls (as requested)
green beans
creamed corn
grilled Brussels sprouts with bacon (German style)
mixed green salad with cranberry & pear dressing
rolls

Dessert

apple sheet cake (German style)
pumpkin pie
pecan pie
ice cream

We decided to skip the pumpkin mousse. We'd figure the pies and ice cream should be enough.

[claws]

Edited to add a last minute addition: yummy apple sheet cake. One of my sisters decided to make one 

[claws]

I hope everyone had a great meal. We had to drop pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie and the feta-cream cheese ball at the last minute, and substituted the ham with another medium turkey.
We also did microwave bread stuffing (very convenient when cooking for a large crowd) instead of cornbread, and added a creamy white wine sauce to the Brussels sprouts. Another last minute addition was parmesan-garlic pull-apart biscuits. We made two batches consisting of 20 biscuits and everybody loved them!

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving 

[retrorussell]

Had a good day.  Sister, mom and niece came over to see my brother and I and brought a chicken, some crappy vegetarian dish which I didn't eat, a banana cream pie that got somehow mushed on the way over (but was still really good), and salad.  I made some really good scalloped potatoes and a bowl of olives and we watched Gremlins.  I fell asleep for about an hour.  Gotta work tomorrow but should be a really, really slow day.  I'll leave early for sure.

[Trevor]

MAJOR SEISMIC TUMMY RUMBLES FROM SOUTH AFRICA because of all the yummy food that is being mentioned here.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!