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I'm 29, and I have never cooked a Thanksgiving meal. My Thanksgiving growing up, consists of picking up the phone, making reservations at a Chinese restuarant and eating Peking Duck (think of A Christmas Story but deliberate). Seriously.
This year, my in-laws are coming for Thanksgiving. I have already revealed my inadequacies and they have been really nice about it. They are also willing to help - thank goodness.
I would like to see what some of everybody's "staple" items are on their Thanksgiving meal. Casserole, green beans, mashpotatoes or something a little more exotic? I'd love to read about it! Maybe I can contribute some good ideas instead of having MIL do all the work!
"godawful sweet potatoe concoction" <--- seems to be a staple on everybody's T-giving menu!
Ooooh, the muffin sounds GREA cil! If you don't mind sharing, I'd love to see it! That could be something to bake in the morning for breakfast and munch on during the day if need be!
Roast turkey, stuffing, home made cranberry sauce, and mashed potatoes are the staples of my meal. I am not sure why people love canned cranberry sauce so much, but I didn't grow up with it so maybe I don't have the taste for it. The home made stuff is so easy. Dump cranberries and sugar in boiling water, boil for a bit, then cool. That's it. The recipe is on the back of the fresh cranberry packages.
I also didn't grow up with green bean casserole or sweet potatoes covered in marshmallow goo so I am not a fan of either of those things, especially that awful green bean casserole. I know those who grew up with it love it, but it just tastes like a hot salty mess to me. Canned cream of whatever soup, green beans, with shelf stable fried onions. Yick.
Besides what I mentioned, the vegetables are usually different every year. Oh, and for dessert pumpkin pie and apple pie are always on my menu.
Roast Turkey
Stuffing
Green Bean Casserole
Corn
Cranberry (god knows why)
Red Cabbabe....and I wonder why I stay married to this man.
Fresh rolls
Real Mashed potatoes
Some kind of Fruit dish
In laws at Thanksgiving? I'm sorry. Want to feel better about this? My first married Thanksgiving I cooked the turkey with the plastic bag still inside with the gizzard and other "parts". Don't do this. We're divorced now.
Our usual (boring) menu:
Turkey
Prime Rib
Green Bean Casserole
Corn Souffle
Mashed Potatoes
Jello Fruit concoction (don't get me started on this )
Fresh Spinach Salad with craisins, red onion, strawberries and homemade dressing (to die for)
Stuffing from a pyrex, NOT the turkey (ewwww)
Yeast Rolls (omg, I could eat my weight in these)
Deviled Eggs
and sometimes Mac and Cheese for the kids
Desserts that never seem to get eaten as we are in a stupor after eating.
Nemo - my grandmother, God rest her soul, always served the nasty cranberry from the can slid out onto a glass tray. There it sat in all its' blobness with the can rings around it, never to be eaten. Year after year after year.
Believe it or not, I actually get along with my in-laws - both sets (hubby's parents are divorced). Weird huh? You know, I didn't even know there was 'stuff' in the turkey until recently so yes, I would've made the same mistake!
In laws at Thanksgiving? I'm sorry. Want to feel better about this? My first married Thanksgiving I cooked the turkey with the plastic bag still inside with the gizzard and other "parts". Don't do this. We're divorced now.
Our usual (boring) menu:
Turkey
Prime Rib
Green Bean Casserole
Corn Souffle
Mashed Potatoes
Jello Fruit concoction (don't get me started on this )
Fresh Spinach Salad with craisins, red onion, strawberries and homemade dressing (to die for)
Stuffing from a pyrex, NOT the turkey (ewwww)
Yeast Rolls (omg, I could eat my weight in these)
Deviled Eggs
and sometimes Mac and Cheese for the kids
Desserts that never seem to get eaten as we are in a stupor after eating.
Nemo - my grandmother, God rest her soul, always served the nasty cranberry from the can slid out onto a glass tray. There it sat in all its' blobness with the can rings around it, never to be eaten. Year after year after year.
That's what happens here too!!! The only reason it even gets put out is cuz only two people swear by it. uggggg I don't like cranberries and I don't care who's mamma makes it anyway!! lol
I have never tasted the yam and marshmallow thing- it sounds gross. (Same for the green bean casserole with the deep fried onions on it..gag..)
We usually have:
Turkey
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
(fresh or frozen) peas
turnip
squash
Cranberry Sauce (jellied, from the can.. I love it. )
bread and butter pickles
sweet mixed pickles
yeast rolls
a few other vegetables I can't think of right now
baked onions, pickled beets (just for my mother and brother-in-law, though..)
sometimes a chunky apple-sauce dish that is delicious in it's own cinnamon and nutmeg way.
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie (My mother makes a very good one- we always have it at family gatherings)
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I'm sorry. 
Want to feel better about this? My first married Thanksgiving I cooked the turkey with the plastic bag still inside with the gizzard and other "parts". 
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