# What are you taking to T'giving dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337 "2006-11-14T02:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/21 "2006-11-14T12:22:21Z")
I’m making the green bean casserole and broccoli souffle. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/22 "2006-11-14T13:27:58Z")
I’ll be making green bean casserole, and hubby will be making apple-cranberry pie. I may be doing mashed potatoes, but only because last year my MIL made _instant_ potatoes. She didn’t think anyone would mind or notice! Pshaw - I told her that if she even thought about doing that again to call me and I would gladly make them from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/23 "2006-11-14T13:30:01Z")
Wine and pie. I’m going to try a Malbec with Thanksgiving this year, and a Pinot. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/24 "2006-11-14T14:13:54Z")
DeVena’s Drunken Cranberry Sauce. Really, nothing makes Thanksgiving with Mrs Damn, Mr Damn and the whole Damn family better than a liberal application of bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/25 "2006-11-14T14:36:44Z")
I’m taking me. I’m the entertainment. I always end up taking over the discussions and driving them off into a tree. I always get invited back, too. They don’t learn, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/26 "2006-11-14T15:10:11Z")
I’ll be bringing the sweet potatoes. I’ll probably be making them twice—one time for my husband’s family and one time for mine. I smash them with vanilla and spices, then top with a crushed walnut/brown sugar topping and bake. If I don’t make them, my husband will cry. (I hinted that I was thinking of trying a new recipe this year and he begged me not to.) ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/27 "2006-11-14T15:16:22Z")
I will probably make my artichoke-sourdough stuffing, and I almost always make the gravy once I’m there, if I don’t host it myself. I have a sugar pumpkin eyeing me from the kitchen table, and I guess it’s about time that I decided what to do with it too. Pumpkin cream pie, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/28 "2006-11-14T15:31:33Z")
One loaf plain pumpkin bread. One loaf chocolate chip pumpkin bread. It’s the one thing I can make that comes out just like my mom’s, aka amazingly moist and wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/29 "2006-11-14T15:59:29Z")
Nothing & everything. I do all the cooking myself. Turkey, thebestdamnstuffingintheworld, taters, gravy, etc. I am a great turkey chef. Guest can bring their choice of drinks or desserts. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/30 "2006-11-14T16:04:26Z")
We don’t really do Thanksgiving, but for Black Friday Potluck, I’ll be bringing a sweet potato-pecan pie and a pumpkin pie. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/31 "2006-11-14T16:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] …One loaf chocolate chip pumpkin bread… [/QUOTE] This sounds wonderful! Are you willing to share the receipe or is it one of those deep dark family secrets? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/32 "2006-11-14T16:18:12Z")
Two trays of lasagna. Tried to do the turkey in years past, but the 18 pound cooked bird didn’t travel or reheat well. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/33 "2006-11-14T16:29:25Z")
I was asked to bring my glazed carrots & parsnips. If I’m ambitious I’ll also do creamed spinach. There’s already talk of who’s making what for Christmas. If I’m not tapped to make the main dish, I’m gonna be pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/34 "2006-11-14T16:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=Just Some Guy] Cooking is a hobby of mine and I have made some spectacular Thanksgiving dinners. This year however I am having dinner at a relative’s house and knowing my skills they asked me to bring something. I have been told to bring something made of sweet potatoes. I hate sweet potatoes. ☹ Now my pride as an amateur cook means that I’ll make the best sweet potatoes I possibly can, but it’s cruel. [/QUOTE] Would they let you get away with butternut squash? It looks kind of like sweet potatoes. 🙂 It’s what I’ll probably bring this year (it was a huge hit last year). The recipe’s from Joy of Cooking. I peel the squash and cube it, steam it until it’s soft, and mash it with butter, brown sugar, nutmeg (I think; don’t have the recipe in front of me) and the key ingredient: ground ginger. Yummy. I, too, hate sweet potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/35 "2006-11-14T16:34:52Z")
Not a damn thing. I’m irritated with my mother-in-law. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/36 "2006-11-14T17:16:05Z")
A pair of helpful hands. Its just immediate family this year, so only 6 of us eating. Since its not the 17 people like last year, I know mom’s going to have some eclectic dish that I MUST help her make. Between that, setting the table, mashing the potatoes (been doing that since I was old enough to see over the counter) and helping dad with the turkey outside I don’t need to bring any dishes myself. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/37 "2006-11-14T17:31:50Z")
I have no earthly idea. I don’t even know who’s having it yet. If my BIL is having it, most likely a side dish and salad. If my SIL is having it, most likely an appetizer and a dessert. If my MIL is having it, most likely a salad and rolls, maybe a side dish. If I’m having it, I’m screwed. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/38 "2006-11-14T17:34:42Z")
I’m making pumpkin cheescake (there will be other desserts) and “nuts and bolts” (chex mix, basically) Brian ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/39 "2006-11-14T17:35:51Z")
A big-ass bowl of yummy mashed potatoes and maybe a pie of some sort. The Tashaboy can make that. I have also been tapped to help my mother with the turkey; luckily we always get a small one because we all PREFER ham, so I don’t have to go over there super-early. My dad’s getting up early to prepare the ham. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337/40 "2006-11-14T17:38:53Z")
I’ve been asked to bring an appetizer or two. I’d rather do dessert, I’m good at at it. But, noooooo, I’m asked to bring appetizers. Christmas is MY gig. I do all the main dishes, prime rib roast, mashed taters, gravy with red wine and chanterelle mushrooms, plenty of sides (haven’t decided yet what they’ll be). I’ll ask the others to bring appetizers, and desserts. Yes, I know I whined about not being able to bring dessert, but for Christmas, I’m too busy with the other stuff to worry about dessert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-taking-to-tgiving-dinner/380337.md?page=3)