# Thanksgiving: What did you forget? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763 "2014-11-27T15:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/21 "2014-11-28T00:50:55Z")
Since dinner tonight is stuffed shells, garlic bread and a salad…everything! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/22 "2014-11-28T01:36:46Z")
it’s Thanksgiving? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/23 "2014-11-28T02:21:31Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I forgot to check which restaurants in my neighborhood are open tonight, so I’m not sure where I’m going for dinner. Hope you found a nice place. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/24 "2014-11-28T02:42:59Z")
Sour cream. There’s a pie crust recipe that’s meant to be amazing which uses sour cream, and I was going to use it for the apple pie. I thought I’d just substitute Greek Yogurt, but when I cracked open the container the smell could make armies surrender. In the end I used the usual flour, butter, ice water, etc, and it turned out great. ---
**Author:** ![yorick73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5a626/32.png) [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/25 "2014-11-29T01:16:15Z")
I forgot the pie crust for my pecan pie. I don’t bake much so I don’t know how to make pie crust. Luckily I live about a mile from a market and they were open. The pie was a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/26 "2014-11-29T01:19:01Z")
The SO asked me how I make the pecan pie. I told her the ingredients, and she’s like ‘For _one_ pie? :eek: No wonder it’s so rich!’ I forgot to make the brussels sprouts, but we had plenty of food anyway. (And I was going to cheat this year and use Green Giant frozen ones.) I didn’t forget rolls – King’s Hawaiian ones this year – but neither of us had any. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/27 "2014-11-29T08:31:19Z")
I peeled, cubed, oiled and seasoned the sweet potatoes and got them into and then out of the oven and even into a serving dish. Which never made it to the table. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/28 "2014-11-29T15:35:26Z")
I didn’t actually forget anything… but the mother-in-law who brought the turkey didn’t realize that that meant that she was supposed to bring the gravy, too. Or at least the broth, which we could turn into gravy. ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/29 "2014-11-29T16:33:12Z")
Club crackers for my cheese plate. Went to the pantry and the box was empty. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/30 "2014-11-29T17:27:08Z")
I completely forgot when it was, until the news stories appeared about Black Friday nonsense in Britain. (I thought it was the week before, to be honest). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/31 "2014-11-29T18:45:40Z")
My mom said I forgot to make the sweet potatoes. I advised her that they were not forgotten, they were intentionally left out because neither I or most of the rest of the family like them. (Of course this is a woman who would make 3 kinds of stuffing…one of which only her brother liked. Even if we weren’t sure he was coming) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/32 "2014-11-30T00:12:42Z")
My husband was supposed to bring his .22 so we could shoot it on his grandpa’s farm. He forgot it. Our nephew brought his Red Ryder, which I guess was better than nothing, but phooey. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763/33 "2014-11-30T01:06:28Z")
My mom almost forgot the bacon garnish she had precooked and chopped for the butternut squash soup, and somebody made a comment that involved bacon just as we were tucking in so she was reminded in the nick of time and could flutter off and dance around dropping two or three pieces into everyone’s bowl under their noses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-what-did-you-forget/705763.md?page=1)