I really love food. My favorite Thanksgiving foods are cranberries, classic green bean casserole, and especially cornbread dressing. Oh, and I love pumpkin pie. Turkey? Eh, I will eat the breast meat. My favorite Thanksgiving family story involves green bean casserole. I make it with Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup and French's French Fried Onion Rings -- the recipe off the onion rings can. I am not a gourmet cook and not afraid of "cream of" soups. When my first grandchild, Mason, was about 2 or 3 he was at my home the day after Thanksgiving. I dragged out all of the leftovers from my fridge and had them on the counter. Day old green bean casserole still tastes good but it tends to look a little gray and unattractive after a day or two in the fridge. I picked up my grandson and was showing him the food, asking him what he wanted me to put on his plate. When he saw that grayish green bean casserole he made these huge "precious moments" shaped sad eyes and said "OHHhhh, my momma told me NEVAH put that in my mouth." We have no idea where he got that or what he thought it was. (and that word up there is "never" -- he had trouble pronouncing his R's)
What are your favorite Thanksgiving foods?
I love all the traditional foods--turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, dressing, cranberry sauce, whatever vegetable is served up (although I have never had green bean casserole), candied yams, and pie. Mmm, pie.
ReplyDeleteOne year my SIL brought a strawberry jam filled white cake. I almost cried. THat was so wrong for Thanksgiving.
I am with you. While that cake sounds really good it is NOT a Thanksgiving dessert. I am set in my ways. Pumpkin pie please!
ReplyDeleteFruitcake, fruitcake, and more fruitcake!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Do you bake your own? Can't say that I like it so you can have my piece. :)
DeleteYes, I do bake my own. Grandmas recipe probably. Some years we have a fruitcake from the bakery at Corsicana, Texas. Grandma used to always talk about their cakes and how she loved them. They must have had those, with her having grown up not far from there. Now I have always wished I had ordered her one. That was way before internet, and hindsight is really good, but I should have thought of something.
DeleteNow I love my baby sister, but she is just wrong. I say, wrong. Only eat dark meat turkey, plain green beans, cornbread dressing with giblet gravy, mincemeat pie and you got a meal fit for any king. (wonder where they got that kid?) Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
ReplyDeleteLOL! NO green bean casserole? See, you should be my neighbor --- I don't put dark meat in my mouth so we could share a turkey and everyone be happy.
DeleteI am not a real big fan of green bean casserole, but we always have it. Janet loves it. I usually send the leftovers home with her if she isn't here to finish it off.
DeletePumpkin pie with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Really, it is fantastic! We all love Green-bean casserole except Ron and he would NEVAH put that in his mouth!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of chocolate on pumpkin pie but chocolate goes with everything, right? I will have to try it. Thanks!
DeleteI LOVE FOOD too - UNFORTUNATELY!!! We celebrated Thanksgiving over the weekend. Happy Thanksgiving. sandie
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Sandie! I will be having turkey on Saturday with 3 of my children & families. Thurs I will have pinto beans, cornbread, chow-how ... which is my favorite meal! Thanksgiving for me is any day I can be with my family. This is the first Thanksgiving without my youngest child in 28 years as he moved to Seattle in August. Very difficult to think of holiday season without him.
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