To jump into southern New Years horrible things: a trifecta of things I can’t stand: blackeyed peas, succotash, and corn bread.
I like fruitcake. I like cranberry. I like mincemeat.
I’ve never had a jellied salad. In fact, up until now I’ve never heard of a salad with Jello. Is it a regional thing, or do I have to get out more? Miracle Whip and Jello? I can’t even imagine what that would taste like. Is it good?
I actually dislike pies; all kinds. In my youth, saurkraut was meant for new years eve. Its not bad, really.
Never eaten oysters; never will. As for sweet potatos, they are fine just plain baked, no toppings or additions.
Sweet potato yuck. I could maybe eat it if it was baked and served with butter, salt and pepper. You try sticking syrup and marshmallows on it I’m outta here.
Fruitcake - out.
Pumpkin pie - out.
Pecan pie - out.
Apple raisin anything - out.
I feel like a bit of a Thanksgiving Grinch at my mom’s place. She makes pretty much the same thing every year, and some of it is good, but a lot of it is iffy for me.
Cranberry sauce - Canned log form. Edible but eh.
Giblet gravy - No no no. Hard-boiled eggs and liver do not belong in gravy, or anywhere near my stomach. Thankfully she stopped putting the livery bits in the stuffing.
Lima beans - Mushy disgusting mess.
Turkey - Eh. I don’t hate turkey, but I’m not its biggest fan, either.
Sweet potatoes - I rarely like these. Some years she does a sort of candied version, which isn’t good, but edible; other years she mashes them up with butter, which isn’t so edible.
Basically just give me biscuits, mashed potatoes and stuffing (maybe with corn or broccoli or something) and I’m a happy camper.
My kids say it’s “wrong” if the cranberry sauce is not a cylinder, and does not have ridges on it showing the shape of the can it came out of. It fits perfectly in the banana split dish that we use solely for serving cranberry sauce. I have also made a “from scratch” version last year that went over very well except there was too much, so I froze it and thawed it for this year’s feast, where it was enjoyed again.
Neither my husband nor my kids like any form of pumpkin. I make a pumpkin pie anyway. It’s full of vitamin A.
None of them ever liked sweet potatoes in any form, whereas I will enjoy them in any form. Years ago I encountered a recipe from King’s Inn in Williamsburg VA which spices up the mashed sweets with cinnamon and nutmeg, which are then topped with a couple tablespoons of brown sugar and baked until the top is crispy. Now I am not permitted to make a festive meal without that dish, even if it’s something that doesn’t “go with it” like roast beef.
Good fruitcake is a joy. We used to get one mail-order from Texas that was marvelous – moist, nicely spiced, just excellent. Many of the commercial varieties, though I would agree are just nasty.
Back to the OP: I LOATHE that horrid, horrid green bean casserole with mushroom soup and some sort of crisped onion topping. Vile. Also liver, whether of turkey or any other animal.
Fortunately, I am the only one in my household who likes to cook, so I also get to choose the menu. Green bean casserole has never been placed on my table. Nor will it ever be so long as I am in charge of it.
I loathe the pearl onions that are served with peas. I have to caramelize mine first - can’t stand them boiled.
I am not a fan of turkey; once a year is fine by me.
Not a fan of the green bean/mushroom soup/Durkee fried onions casserole.
I loathe rutabaga turnips & Brussels sprouts.
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No green bean casserole for me. How can you screw up green beans? Oh yeah, add cream of mushroom soup and French’s fried onions. Really, people. Steam 'em, add some butter, garlic, and almonds, and you’re set.
Cranberry sauce logs. C’mon - is opening a can and jiggling out the log really that much easier than boiling a bag of cranberries with a cup each of water and sugar for 10 minutes? Cans of cranberry sauce are not allowed in my house.
JELLO? At Thanksgiving? I hate the texture, but I’ve never seen it on a T-day table.
I love baked sweet potatoes/yams with butter and cinnamon. Mmmmmm…
I have never eaten green bean casserole and I never will. It even looks oogy.
I’m not a big yam/sweet potato fan, but thankfully that’s not a holiday staple in my family.
I won’t eat cranberry sauce either, but that’s only a staple because one sister can’t eat T-day dinner without it, so she brings her own can, but she’s perfectly happy if I don’t eat any, because that leaves more for her.
We always have 2 variations of Jello at every festive meal, but not Jello salad. Jello dessert! With whipped cream, and usually some kind of fruit inside (strawberry Jello gets strawberries, raspberry Jello gets raspberries, strawberry-banana Jello gets bananas, strawberries or both, etc.)
I like green bean casserole.
Fine. More for me!
Sweet potatoes, as such, not ‘holiday food’ here either. But the holidays bring out that certain preparation of sweet potatoes baked in a casserole dish with butter, brown sugar, and usually marshmallows.
Certainly!
I have a few recipes I need to bug him for though, so it might take a bit.
In my family, we all insist on having the jellied cranberry sauce. We call it the canberry. “You want a slice of canberry?”
So what do you call turnips? :dubious:
I did read it, and it confirmed my impression- sweet potatoes and yams are the same thing. Or at least, they are in the United States, where we use both terms to refer to the same root, because we’ve never seen a real yam.
And, for the record, I love sweet potato casserole. With brown sugar. And pecans. Mmmm.
Eww. Gizzard, heart and neck meat go into the gravy. The liver has much too strong a taste.
I’m with you on this one.
I try one bite every couple of decades to see if my opinion changes. Nope. Still leaves a horrible taste in my mouth that lingers for hours.
Sauerkraut is not a Thanksgiving staple for me. However, I invite you and the other sauerkraut-haters to line up in front of this wall riddled with bullet holes at roughly heart-height and don these blindfolds.
Hmmph. Dogs with kraut is ambrosia.