Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
It's that time of year again. Tell me your food based weaknesses.
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What is the best Thanksgiving side dish????
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
I completely forgot stuffing and for that I accept my death to be honest.
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Mashed potatoes.
I'll leave you with this: how can a dish be the best of it's class if you'd never eat it at any other time? When do you eat stuffing besides Thanksgiving? Never. Green bean casserole? I'd never even heard of it until I was a teenager. There is no excuse to ruin perfectly good marshmallows with yams or sweet potatoes, either. The only side on the Thanksgiving table that you eat any other time is cranberry sauce, which sometimes people have at Christmas.
None of that crap is worth eating (except the cranberries) for any reason other than "it's thanksgiving tradition." Mashed potatoes are a masterpiece of culinary simplicity and deliciousness. Even badly made mashed potatoes are good, and you can find mashed potatoes served all year long with just about any main dish you can imagine on three continents.
If you think the answer is anything other than mashed potatoes you are a fool and I grieve for your parents over their failure to breed a mentally capable adult.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
I have no idea how you Yanks can have a day where you eat everything in sight at Thanksgiving... and then have another day where you eat everything in sight a month later at Christmas. I need a fucking good long run up, and a health kick in the weeks leading up to, and after Christmas, just so my fat ass can cope with all that food. Doing it twice in a few weeks would kill me.
And the answer is stuffing - at Christmas in my case.
And the answer is stuffing - at Christmas in my case.
Lunarorbit
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I make a Mexican/Cajun stuffing that I love. Andouille sausage, peppers, breading, spices, etc.
Plus mashed potatoes. Never can go wrong with those.
Plus mashed potatoes. Never can go wrong with those.
KrakenIPA
Member
Yoooo Andouille sausage stuffing sounds amazing.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Humble pie.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Will Biden be allowed to use a knife to cut his turkey or will secret service do that for him?
Is he allowed to hold any sharp objects to be fair?
Is he allowed to hold any sharp objects to be fair?
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Methos#1975
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I make something similar but use boudin
Mihos
Gold Member
It's a harvest festival, only we get time off from work.
Thaedolus
Gold Member
You get mashed potatoes throughout the year, stuffing is thanksgiving.At the people voting for stuffing and not the right answer mashed potatoes
God I want to just go get it started right now because it’s so good
ClanOfNone
Member
Team Tater for sure, I could live off homemade mash.
My old man would put leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge overnight. In the morning, he'd cut them into strips, roll em in cornmeal, then pan fry em in bacon fat.
Worst thing in the world for you, but it sure did taste amazing.
My old man would put leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge overnight. In the morning, he'd cut them into strips, roll em in cornmeal, then pan fry em in bacon fat.
Worst thing in the world for you, but it sure did taste amazing.
Quasicat
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That’s a great question. My Dad gave me that job 20 years ago when I started hosting the family.
I know the President is never allowed to be alone anymore and he needs to be with either family, friends, or Secret Service at all times. That policy was changed after George W Bush almost died alone while choking on a pretzel.
On topic: it’s definitely the stuffing!
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Lunarorbit
Member
Wasn't planning on making it this year but ended up going to the grocery store in a snuggie this morning and buying the ingredients
Lunarorbit
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PaddyOCanager
Member
Stuffing. No one makes it any other time of the year, unlike mashed potatoes which get eaten regularly.
chromhound
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I am a stuffing son of the bitch
Grildon Tundy
Member
Got damn, this thread is making me hungry.
Happy Thanksgiving and happy eating everybody!
Happy Thanksgiving and happy eating everybody!
Facism
Member
I can already hear the sound of love this is making
yet_another_alt
Member
Green beans in last place. My faith in America has been restored.
12Goblins
Lil’ Gobbie
TransTrender
Gold Member
My family stuffing.
Won't share the details on that but here's another top contender.
Cranberry Sauce
2 c water
1 box orange jello
1/2 box strawberry jello
[I did this last time switched with more strawberry and I liked it more]
1 c sugar ( I use 1/2 c )
1 package fresh cranberry
1/2 c finely chopped celery
1/2 c chopped walnuts
Bring 2c. water and cranberry to boil until cranberry start to pop.
take off flame stir in jello until dissolve
Pour in to whatever
Put in to fridge to set
Oh and I don't think gravy is really a side, but the gravy my wife makes.
Won't share the details on that but here's another top contender.
Cranberry Sauce
2 c water
1 box orange jello
1/2 box strawberry jello
[I did this last time switched with more strawberry and I liked it more]
1 c sugar ( I use 1/2 c )
1 package fresh cranberry
1/2 c finely chopped celery
1/2 c chopped walnuts
Bring 2c. water and cranberry to boil until cranberry start to pop.
take off flame stir in jello until dissolve
Pour in to whatever
Put in to fridge to set
Oh and I don't think gravy is really a side, but the gravy my wife makes.
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BossLackey
Gold Member
Mashed potatoes
Though I love all the classic sides.
Though I love all the classic sides.
ResilientBanana
Member
Mashed Potatoes. I make them with finely shredded Smoked Gouda, Montreal Steak Seasoning, Sour Cream and Butter. This year I’m also making a cranberry Chutney with Cranberries, Golden Raisins, Orange Zest, Orange Juice, Apples, Cinnamon, Cloves, Coriander, Cider Vinagar, and so on.
Dee Dah Dave
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Trifle
AJUMP23
Gold Member
Share this recipe.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Veggies. I’m a big fan of shredded carrots, garlic, and mayonnaise mixed together. I stopped liking my potatoes mashed, so I prefer them chopped up.
I have come to the realization that America doesn’t eat a lot of beets, but I eat them regularly due to my extended Russian family. Growing up, they were the side to a salad or something my mother bought occasionally. I also enjoy shredded beets cooked the same way as the carrots.
I have come to the realization that America doesn’t eat a lot of beets, but I eat them regularly due to my extended Russian family. Growing up, they were the side to a salad or something my mother bought occasionally. I also enjoy shredded beets cooked the same way as the carrots.
LegendOfKage
Gold Member
LegendOfKage
Gold Member
I think of stuffing as something closer to a toping, or part of the turkey dinner.
That was meant to be an edit of my post and not a reply.
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GymWolf
Gold Member
I only ate in america (miami to be precise) for thanksgiving once and maybe because i was still a child (and usually child don't like to eat many things) but i hated everything they served, and we were guest of a rich ass family that had an house in the lake in the same place where stallone, madonna and other vips had their houses, so i know for a fact that the food was of absolute top tier quality.
They didin't served mac and cheese tho, probably the only thing i would have liked...
I take a juicy chicken from groceries over any dry stuffed big ass turkey
They didin't served mac and cheese tho, probably the only thing i would have liked...
I take a juicy chicken from groceries over any dry stuffed big ass turkey
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Grildon Tundy
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Ramblings of a mad-man, huh? Seasonal delicacies don't make them less decadent or tasty. I don't eat pumpkin spice flavored things year round, either, but I fucking love it when it's available.
Mashed potatoes.
I'll leave you with this: how can a dish be the best of it's class if you'd never eat it at any other time? When do you eat stuffing besides Thanksgiving? Never. Green bean casserole? I'd never even heard of it until I was a teenager. There is no excuse to ruin perfectly good marshmallows with yams or sweet potatoes, either. The only side on the Thanksgiving table that you eat any other time is cranberry sauce, which sometimes people have at Christmas.
None of that crap is worth eating (except the cranberries) for any reason other than "it's thanksgiving tradition." Mashed potatoes are a masterpiece of culinary simplicity and deliciousness. Even badly made mashed potatoes are good, and you can find mashed potatoes served all year long with just about any main dish you can imagine on three continents.
If you think the answer is anything other than mashed potatoes you are a fool and I grieve for your parents over their failure to breed a mentally capable adult.
I also rarely get breakfast omelets, but they're still fucking good when I do.
Do you hate funnel cake and elephant ears too even though you can only get them at State Fairs?
With all this said, I agree with you on mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes are great....they just aren't as good as stuffing.