# Describe your typical Thanksgiving dinner. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113 "2006-09-10T00:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/21 "2006-09-10T04:44:15Z")
Just for the heck of it I did a search through my posts and found three seperate thanksgiving dinner posts I did, each lists roughly what we had. From last year, 2005 “2 injected and deep fried turkeys 1 Honeybaked Ham 2 huge dishes of cornbread dressing with chicken and turkey meat in it Deviled eggs Broccoli and cheese casserole Macaroni Salad Whipped sweet potatoes of some kind, likely with the marshmallow stuff on top Fried corn Green Beans Baked apples Caramel cake Chocolate Pecan Pie” This one from 2004, “roast turkey (for my mother who, Jesus love her, cannot eat turkey unless it has the lowest moisture content possible and manage to be JUST edible) AND a cajun fried turkey (from my step-dad who is from Louisiana), a honeybaked Ham (for my sister, who is a certified ham maniac), cornbread dressing with plenty of chicken in it (I realise we now have technically 4 meat dishes… shuddap. ;\>), Sweet potato casserole, Green Bean casserole, Squash of some kind, cranberry stuff, deviled eggs, giblet gravy and a spice cake… and then what I’m bringing. I’m bringing a loaf of italian herbed bread, some brussel sprouts and maple praline bread pudding… and a pumpkin pie.” And finally from 2002, I don’t know what happened to '03 or 01… just didn’t post I guess. "We have the Turkey, a ham and cornbread dressing with chicken in it, cranberry sauce of some kind, and a wide assortment of vegetables with several pies for dessert. Pretty typical southern style Thanksgiving dinner I think. " We usually wash all this food down with generous amounts of sweet tea and, thanks to my late grandmother, Singapore Slings. (I don’t know why she started that but it’s tradition now) ---
**Author:** ![parrot\_recipes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@parrot\_recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parrot_recipes)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/22 "2006-09-10T04:52:13Z")
Turkey stuffing mashed potatoes sweet potatoes banana pudding ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/23 "2006-09-10T04:55:14Z")
The standards (we always do quasi-potluck; it’s too much cooking for one person): Mom makes: Roast turkey Mushroom, wild rice, and onion stuffing, sometimes with additions of dried apricots and/or slivered almonds Homemade whole-berry cranberry sauce I make: Sweet potato casserole with ginger, pineapple, and orange juice Homemade rosemary/dill/onion bread Another veggie side dish or two, usually something green (Brussels sprouts, maybe spinach, or if I’m feeling mabitious, mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of spinach, sauteed onions, garlic, sour cream, and Parmesan cheese) At least one pie - I made Derby pie a few years back, and now I think I would be shot if I showed up without one My sister brings: (I should explain that she is a good cook, but rather on the conservative meat-and-potatoes side; she refuses to eat any cooked green thing, or pretty much any cooked vegetable at all. My theory is that she was switched at birth) Some kind of appetizer, often goat chese baked in tomato sauce to spread on toasted garlic baguettes More wine, because she is never convinced there will be enough Pop and/or beer, now that she’s married, because her husband drinks them and Mom never thinks to have them in the house Maybe another non-pie dessert If we have guests, often they will bring something as well, maybe a dessert or an appetizer. Smoked salmon was a big hit, as was the marinated fresh mozzarella I made last year. We are Midwesterners who were transplanted from the East Coast when I was a small child, and my sister was an infant. Semi-nonpracticing Ashkenazi Jews as well, and we wouldn’t think of mixing milk and meat on a Jewish holiday, but Thanksgiving is no sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/24 "2006-09-10T04:57:03Z")
Oh, and my mutant sister always brings a can of jellied cranberry sauce and a box of Stove Top stuffing, which nobody touches but her. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/25 "2006-09-10T05:17:47Z")
I never realized how _the same_ my family’s T-day dinners are from year to year. Huh. The menu: Turkey Mashed potato Mashed sweet potato Potatoes au gratin _(not nearly as good as they were when made by my cousin’s other grandma, who passed away and no one else can make them quite right, so about 20 minutes of annual dinner conversation is about how the potatoes au gratin aren’t as good)_ My aunt’s manicotti My mom’s homemade white bread Creamed corn _(Could we possibly have more starch?)_ Poor man’s pierogi _(there’s no reason why we have this, it’s not part of our ethnic background, but it’s one of my grandma’s trademark dishes and one year she didn’t make it and there was nearly a mutiny)_ Green beans Salad (that we kind of pretend to eat so that we’re eating another green thing) Relish Tray Those carrots with the brown sugar _(that I don’t like)_ Chocolate chip cookies, with nuts and without nuts _(which causes a fight every year, because someone is always mixing up the icky nut kind with the plain good kind)_ Pumpkin Pie Apple Pie Vanilla Ice Cream My other aunt’s pound cake Wine Beer Bailey’s Irish Cream ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/26 "2006-09-10T07:38:47Z")
I don’t think I’ve had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in years. Last year’s holiday feast consisted of the following: Ham Sweet potato casserole \<- just about the only thing most would consider normal, other than the desserts Various middle eastern dishes: hummus, marinated yogurt balls, falafel, kafta, kibbe, pink or yellow turnips, glorious artichoke pies from Middle East Bakery Southern dishes: greens of some sort, succotash, meat impregnated deviled eggs Egg rolls Mostaccioli Guacamole Corn bread and crescent rolls Whatever vegetables looked good at the market plus frozen corn (yep, more corn) One time my sister brought chitterlings, then she took them home again (We have nothing against organ meats or mystery meat - I grew up eating potted meat food product and sweetbreads. Perhaps it was the way she prepared them.) Desserts: truffles, cookies, apple pie, pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie What is this thing you speak of called turkey? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/27 "2006-09-10T12:10:04Z")
Turkey breast (I don’t think anyone in my family has done a whole turkey since I was a teenager and we still had big, family-reunion-type Thanksgivings) Mashed potatoes & gravy Stuffing with apple rather than celery Candied sweet potatoes Black olives Cranberry sauce Crescent rolls If there’s anything green, it’s green beans–just plain green beans, no caserole and no crunchy things on top. Dessert may be an apple pie or cheesecake. We try pumpkin pie every once in awhile, but nobody really likes it. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/28 "2006-09-10T12:56:47Z")
Ahhh - My Favorite Holiday (and yes, I do the majority of the cooking) Turkey stuffed with Cornbread Sausage Stuffing (cooked on Weber Grill) Gravy Mashed Potatoes w/roasted garlic Sweet Potato w/Pecan & Honey topping Broccoli w/Cheese Sauce Whole Cranberry Sauce (pox on that canned stuff) Tomatoes stuffed with Corn Fresh Baked Refrigerator Rolls Apple Pie Pumpkin Pie Beverage Options: Iced Tea Wine (usually a Tempranillo or Shiraz or both) Beer (usually consumed while monitoring grill) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/29 "2006-09-10T13:49:58Z")
We’re lucky enough to have two Thanksgivings at my house. I’m Canadian, so we have both, yay! This year, we’ll be at another Canadian household for that one, but what I normally have/had while growing up: Turkey Mashed potatoes Stuffing (basic bread, celery, onion with sage, poultry seasoning, salt & pepper; cooked in the bird) Gravy salad broccoli and cauliflower roasted sweet potato homemade buns ham (depending on the number of guests) pumpkin pie apple pie ice cream Drinks would be whatever anyone wanted. Never pop/soda, though. Bleah. At my mother-in-law’s house Turkey green bean casserole cranberry-granola casserole thingie my sil makes asparagus mashed potatoes (usually from a box) and gravy: these are at my insistence as both my husband and sons love them - she’d never thought to have them before Dessert is whatever I bring, which is usually pie. Drinks are water and pop. Coffee with dessert. I really miss having Thanksgiving at my house. My mother-in-law has many wonderful qualities, but being a cook isn’t one of them. She’s okay, but ehh. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/30 "2006-09-10T18:37:56Z")
Turkey Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing Gravy [Pernil](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5217/pernil.htm) Baked sweet potatoes Mashed potatoes Green bean casserole Homemade cranberry sauce (usually 2, including a Jezebel sauce that’s become a new tradition thanks to a friend.) Arroz con gandules (yellow rice with pigeon peas) Beans (Kidney beans, Puerto Rican style) A cornbread for eating, usually with chipotles mixed in. Creamed Spinach Cranberry Salsa Glazed baby carrots 3 or 4 homemade pies, pumpkin always, and either an apple or pecan depending on my mood. Fresh apple cider and 5 or 6 bottles of wine opened, usually Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Beaujolias, and some kind of dessert wine. And other misc. things like cheese/veggie/olive tray, dinner rolls, coffee,etc. I think I have everything my mother has on her table, with the exception of a roast suckling pig and [pasteles](http://www.geocities.com/heartland/5217/pasteles.htm), which I have never made, and proably never will. Too much damn work. This year will be something new, we’re going out to eat, I just haven’t decided where yet. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/31 "2006-09-10T19:09:43Z")
It depends on who’s hosting. If it’s mom, then we’ll have the traditional family Thanksgiving: Turkey 2 kinds of gravy (mushroom for the vegetarians and turkey for the omnivores) Mashed potatoes, sometimes garlic mashed potatoes Sometimes stuffing, but no one’s really a big stuffing fan Sometimes sweet potatoes, but my mom’s the only one who eats them 2 vegetarian casseroles (usually broccoli/tomato/feta with couscous and mushroom/barley) 2 or 3 vegetable sides (usually zucchini, sometimes green beans, peas, broccoli) Small bites (green and black olives, sweet and dill pickles, carrots, mushrooms, snow peas, jicama, cherry tomatoes, etc.) Yorkshire puddings and sourdough rolls (and sometimes store bought rolls, since dad doesn’t like sourdough) Salad For dessert, pecan and pumpkin pies with whipped cream or ice cream (or, for my dad, whipped cream _and_ ice cream) To drink, iced tea, water (flat and sparkling), milk, wine (red and white), and beer. On a good Thanksgiving, we can make it through half a dozen to a dozen bottles of wine. With dessert, coffee (grandpa only) and tea (everyone else). If my sister and brother-in-law are cooking, it’s anyone’s guess what they’ll make. They’re less tied to the traditional than we are. And although they’re both fantastic cooks, the little kid in me likes the traditionalism of being home for Thanksgiving. Plus in our family, big holiday meals last between three and five hours because there’s so much talking. My parents have a bigger dining room table, so we can all fit there comfortably for longer. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/32 "2006-09-10T20:25:59Z")
Turkey - (these days, it’s fried, usually) Gravy Ham (because I don’t like turkey. I don’t need the ham (there’s more than enough food for several thousand people and I can make it through one meal without meat), but my father insists that there must be ham so that I won’t accidentally starve to death on Thanksgiving night. So there’s ham, “for me.” One of the many annual thanksgiving fights.) Stuffing Mashed Potatoes (usually. Au gratin is a reasonable substitue. I did pomme anna once). Sweet Potatoes Something green (broccoli or green beans or greens.) Cranberry Sauce Homemade rolls Salad Drinks are served in wine glasses but can be whatever Several pies of various kinds At certain relatives’ houses, there is macaroni and cheese - but it’s part of the orgy of starch listed above. Doesn’t tend to happen at “home.” Occasionally ice cream ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/33 "2006-09-10T20:32:56Z")
My last few years, Thanksgiving has been a bit ecclectic, but for tradition, I’ll describe typical Thanksgiving dinner at Gramma’s (where we always went for my first 22 years, and where I still would, were I close enough): **Salads/Appetizers:** Endive salad with bacon dressing (also some with butter dressing, for the vegetarians) Cucumber/Tomato salad with sour cream dressing Olives, black and green Veggies and dip **Main course:** Turkey, of course. The standard roasted whole bird Bread stuffing (meat and vegetarian versions) Mashed Potatoes Gravy on all of the above (also meat and vegetarian versions) Cranberry sauce Kielbasa with saurkraut Venison Pierogis Green Bean Casserole Broccoli, Cauliflour, Cheese casserole Some sort of corn (cob or creamed) I think squash, but I never paid much attention to that, since I don’t like it Stuffed mushrooms Dinner rolls **Desserts:** Apple pie (x2) Cherry pie Pumpkin pie (x2) Rhubarb pie Pecan pie (x2) Lemon merrangue pie Chocolate cream pie Everything except (usually) the cranberry sauce and the pie crusts is homemade. Gramma can, of course, make excellent pie crusts, but she just doesn’t think it’s worth the time, any more. And needless to say, there are usually a lot of folks at Gramma’s for Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/34 "2006-09-10T23:25:54Z")
My parents: turkey (always oven-roasted) mashed potatoes turkey gravy green bean casserole (with french friend onions, naturally) corn (usually canned) cranberry sauce (canned) black olives sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows) pumpkin pie with whipped cream My mom tried to get fancier a couple of years (homemade cranberry sauce, etc) but no one ate it, so we settled on simple. I still think of exactly these dishes when I think of Thanksgiving. We usually ate light at dinner so we could have huge turkey sandwiches a few hours later. Husband’s parents: turkey (oven-roasted) at least three types of baked casseroles covered with cheese (spinach, potatoes, etc.) two salads (seven layer, waldorf, etc) mashed potatoes (or cauliflower or turnips, as everyone in the family is/was low carb) sweet potato casserole (with marshmallows) bread or rolls gravy cranberry sauce (homemade, chunky) pumpkin pie, apple pie and various fruit and veggie breads (zucchini bread, banana bread) This is after a morning of sausage and egg casserole, fruit breads, coffee, sometimes even wassail if the weather was cool enough, with beer, wine, water tea and sodas to drink. All this for four to six people. It was kind of a culture shock the first year I went to his house for Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![laramary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@laramary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laramary)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/35 "2006-09-11T00:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] So…what do you fix, and why? Anything different? Include recipes please! 😃 [/QUOTE] we make: 2 turkeys usually one fried, one smoked sometimes one bbq’d mashed potatoes giblet turkey gravy biscuts stuffing mashed yellow turnips canned cranbery sauce hummus spinach cheese balls a pumpkin dessert (pie or cheesecake) people bring: random things, including salad brownies veggies and dip this wonderful cheese potato dish green bean casserole kabobs other Pakastani dishes that are delisious but I don’t know the names of and, though we live on the east coast USA, we hold Thanksgiving dinner on the Sunday evening before Canadian Thanksgiving, invite everybody (friends, neighbors, family co-workers) - and, because many of my husband’s co-workers are observant Muslims, on years canadian Thanksgiving falls within Ramadan, we eat after sundown. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/36 "2006-09-11T00:26:13Z")
If I’m cooking (and I haven’t for the past few years) this is the menu: Roast Turkey Bread stuffing (bread, celery, onions, broth, salt and pepper) Mashed potatoes Gravy (made from the drippings) Corn a tiny bit of cranberry dressing, either the cranberry/orange kind or the NPR horseradish one…make it one year, freeze small containers and it lasts a decade Crescent rolls from the tube Sweet potatoes…glazed, no marshmallows involved something green, generally broccoli, but never the green bean casserole…don’t know why Pumpkin pie for dessert (there are no choices…you either eat it or do without dessert) ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/37 "2006-09-11T00:52:20Z")
It depends on where we go. My Aunt’s: Turkey Gravy Mashed potatoes Carrots or other veggie Brocolli salad Apple Raisin bread stuffing (mmm so good) Cranberry sauce And sometimes squash Along with a bit of wine and some sort of pie for dessert. Generally either pumpkin, or mincemeat. My Grandma’s: The basic menu is Turkey, gravy, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, cranberry sauce, lazy cabbage rolls/cabbage rolls, bread stuffing, a variety of pickles (onions, carrots, beets and Polish or dill pickles) and sometimes creamed onions. Wine or water to drink. If there is a lot of people coming, we also add in ham and/or meatballs and gravy. For dessert there is usually a variety of squares and cookies, one or two types of pie (apple or pumpkin usually), cheesecake and lots of coffee. And if this is around Christmas, and we go to the farm, we have all of that plus fruits and veggies with dips and rolls and sandwich meats for a snack a couple hours after dinner is ended. Always accompanied by lots of drinking and talking the whole night through. My step-mom’s is just straight turkey, gravy, potatoes, frozen mix veggies and stove top stuffing. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/38 "2006-09-11T02:39:36Z")
until last year we had the traditional turkey dinner with the usual trimmings. last year, my older daughter was in oklahoma with her boyfriend’s family. this left the wife and i and our younger daughter. a turkey for three seemed to be a bit much, so we cooked some new york strips on the grill. i served them with baked potatos and a tossed dalad. we may do this again this year ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/39 "2006-09-11T05:29:04Z")
Well, generally speaking, after listening to my mom paradoxically brag about using a Reynolds bag to speed up the cooking process to just 2-3 hours, and moaning about spending all morning cooking, she generally henpecks my dad until he tears himself away from the TV. Vynce and I spend a lot of time rolling our eyes while we fill the wine glasses with sparkling grape juice- Oh wait, you meant the food. Huh. Turkey with or without Gravy Mash Potatoes (which is my least favorite way to serve potatoes) Dressing (which Vynce and I won’t eat) Corn Carrots Green Beans & Squash (just for my folks too) Rolls or Biscuits Cranberry Sauce Pumpkin Pie and/or Apple Pie and/or Squash Cake ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113/40 "2006-09-11T05:53:19Z")
It all depends on the location but we are usually in one of two places for Thanksgiving; New Jersey or Charleston, SC. For the most part the menu is as follows: Turkey w/ Gravy Cornbread Dressing Cranberry Sauce Baked Maccaroni Mashed Turnips Greens String Bean Casserole Candied Yams Mashed Sweet Potatoes in Orange cups\* Sweet Potato Pie Pumpkin Pie Rum Cake Wild Rice Cornbread Dinner Rolls Charleston Menu additions: Shrimp Casserole Baked Ham Baked Fish (fresh and local not imported) Okra \*This is a time consuming but cute dish. After you remove the flesh of an orange half you fill it with mashed sweet potatoes and top it with some marshmallows and a cherry. Melt it all down for a bit and serve. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-typical-thanksgiving-dinner/372113.md?page=3)