# Anyone having a main course other than turkey for Thanksgiving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658 "2010-11-23T14:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/21 "2010-11-23T18:39:47Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I’m having tofurkey. > > I am completely serious. I general, I don’t care for “meat substitute” veggie foods, although once in a while I will grill up a Boca Burger (or even better a MorningStar Farms veggieburger) but the couple of times that I actually tried tofurkey I was not very impressed. That said, I hope you enjoy your meal—After all, it’s all about what tastes good to you… ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/22 "2010-11-23T18:42:29Z")
Our small, select gathering will be feasting on prime rib, cooked to medium-rare perfection. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/23 "2010-11-23T18:45:33Z")
If you get the full Tofurkey meal pack, I liked the dumplings, stuffing, and gravy. I found the taste of the Tofurkey itself to be very “processed,” like a turkey loaf or something. It’s not awful but not awesome either, IMO. It’s also quite possible I just sucked at preparing it correctly. Search around online for recommendations. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/24 "2010-11-23T18:54:21Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I’m having tofurkey. > > I am completely serious. Me, too! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/25 "2010-11-23T19:00:59Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > I’m having tofurkey. > > I am completely serious. Most zombies in Hollywood are vegetarians. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/26 "2010-11-23T19:08:46Z")
My wife and I will be alone together, and we don’t really care much about the Thanksgiving thing (not being Americans) – but she does want a roast dinner, so I think we might have some roast lamb, plus a few interesting side dishes to satisfy me. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/27 "2010-11-23T19:35:50Z")
Well, on Thursday we’ll be making homemade ravioli with a cranberry-mascarpone filling. We’re celebrating Thanksgiving the following Monday, when my stepson gets home. But then, he and my wife are vegetarian, so we \*still \*won’t be having turkey - just all the other normal Thanksgiving stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/28 "2010-11-23T19:46:19Z")
I have no idea what we’ll be having. Probably some type of fish, unless I can find some type of restaurant the caters to tourists and has an American Thanksgiving dinner (I’ve been to restaurants in Mexico that do this, and it’s never half-bad). It’s a real shame, though. Last year I had turkey on a stick from a food stand at a Weinachtsmarkt in Germany. Not that it wasn’t good; it just wasn’t Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/29 "2010-11-23T20:19:24Z")
We alternate years between “traditional” and “something else.” This is a “something else” year. The year-before-last, I did a Corned Beef & Cabbage, and this year I’m doing a Pork Roast, with some kind of glaze (haven’t settled yet on which one I want). The sides are sort of eternal: mushy spuds and/or sweet potatoes of some sort, cranberry stuff (I hate it, but family insists), green bean casserole, stuffing of some kind, pumpkin and/or pecan and/or sweet potato pie, with whipped cream. Damn. Now I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/30 "2010-11-23T20:32:19Z")
We did a prepackadged turducken on year but this year is turkey & ham. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/31 "2010-11-23T21:07:49Z")
We had HAM. No turkey. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/32 "2010-11-23T22:25:09Z")
I’ve done roasts and Honey-baked hams, but this year I’m doing turkey. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/33 "2010-11-23T22:58:04Z")
Were doing two thanksgivings this year due to work schedules. The one with my family with be turkey. the one with hers will likely be lasagna. They aren’t vegetarians. they just like lasagna more than turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/34 "2010-11-24T00:10:52Z")
We’re having deep-fried turkey, a honeybaked ham, and my husband is smoking a beef roast, as well. We host about 16 people so there’s plenty for dinner plus plenty for take-home leftovers, which everyone really does appreciate. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/35 "2010-11-24T00:42:27Z")
Southwestern Thansgiving: Green chile stew, corn pudding, Mormon tea (from the Ephedra bush in my yard) and maybe chips and salsa or dried cranberries boiled with rice. That’s all my budget will cover this year. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/36 "2010-11-24T00:45:41Z")
Italian-Americans, like my in-laws, frequently go with lasagne over turkey. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/37 "2010-11-24T00:48:22Z")
We will have Cuban style pork and turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/38 "2010-11-24T01:27:32Z")
Remember on _Everybody Loves Raymond_ when Debra made fish, to typical hillarious results. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/39 "2010-11-24T01:55:51Z")
Just two of us on Thursday, so I’ve got a couple of nice New York strips dry aging in the fridge. I’ve got some chanterelle mushrooms to saute up, and potatoes of choice (roasted sweet for me, hashbrowns for him). We did have turkey two weekends ago when we visited family in Oregon and celebrated thanksgiving early. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658/40 "2010-11-24T03:04:16Z")
I’m told that my sister will be serving chicken enchiladas with guacamole, salsa, and chips. I’ll bring my hot corn dip and a lemon pie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-having-a-main-course-other-than-turkey-for-thanksgiving/561658.md?page=3)