What's on your Turkey Day menu?

CajunMama · #1 Postby **CajunMama** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:25 am

We go to my inlaws and my mother in law is the best cook. I also cook a small turkey at the house so i don't have to cook the rest of the holiday weekend. Look at this menu and it's no wonder i'm soooo sleepy after eating...it's not just from the turkey!!!

Baked Turkey w/gravy
Sweet Potatoes w/Marshmallows on top
Rice Dressing
Cornbread Dressing
Cauliflower au Gratin
Spinach Casserole
Peas
Green Beans
Green Salad
Cranberry Jello Salad
Rolls

Rum Cake
Ambrosia

#2 Postby **O Town** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:59 am

We go to my grandmas house, who is 96, had been going since I can remeber. She used to do all the cooking till about 3-4 years ago, now we all bring most of the sides. She does the Turkey, dressing, collards(no one does them like her), and the cake and pumkin pie. There is barley enough room on the plate to taste everything. lol. Sometimes there could be more sides depending on who brings what, but this is what you can count on below.

MAIN
Turkey
Ham
collard greens
mashed taters/ gravy
stuffin'
green beans
broclii cass.
corn cass.
sweet taters with marshmellows(candied yams)
pasta salad of some sort
bread(usually homemade)
cranberry sauce

TO PICK AT
meraniaded crab claws
deviled eggs
relish tray
spinach dip in bread bowl

DESSERTS
Pumpkin pie
Itailan creme cake
Key lime pie
Apple pie(sometimes)

I can't wait to go chow! :lol:

Dee Bee · #3 Postby **Dee Bee** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:00 am

I love Thanksgiving! Here's my tenative menu. My husband will be in charge of grilling the turkey. I saw a recipe in Southern Living for cornbread dressing made in a crockpot, which sounded interesting. My favorite job is baking the desserts. I like to try at least one new dessert recipe for this holiday.

Appetizers (Undecided yet, but must include my daughter's famous cheeseball!)

Turkey w/cornbread dressing and gravy
Ham
Mashed potatoes
Sweet Potato Souffle
Green Bean Casserole (daughter's request)
Broccoli Salad (son-in-law's request)
Veggie Tray and/or Green Salad
Cranberry Sauce

Pumpkin Pie
(New recipe, undecided yet) Dessert
Cranberry Walnut Sweet Bread (family recipe)

Skywatch_NC · #4 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:09 am

Golden Corral

And then pies, ice cream, drinks and other snack munchies at the house afterwards.

#5 Postby **Pburgh** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:54 am

I'm hungry from just reading this.

I'll make a turkey at home but we all go to my Mom's for dinner.

Turkey
cornbread stuffing
mashed taters and giblet gravy
candied sweet potatoes with pecans and marshmallows
homemade noodles
homemade cranberry sauce
green beans
lima beans (my favorite)
coleslaw
homemade biscuits
pumpkin pie
apple pie
macadamia nut white chocolate cheesecake

12 Tums and 5 Mylanta

TexasStooge · #6 Postby **TexasStooge** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:00 pm

MAIN COURSE:

Turkey with a kick of Lemon Pepper Garlic
Mashed Potatoes in Gravy
Salad
Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce

DESERT:

Apple and Pumpkin Pies

SNACKS and DRINKS:

Stuffed celery
Sodas
Juice

#7 Postby **DaylilyDawn** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:38 pm

I may not have a turkey this year, might get a ham instead, less work that way.
But all other items will stay the same. Daughter is fixing the stuffing this year but I will be fixing my sweet potato pies and pumpkin pies. Hubby and I are the only ones that really eat the dressing so a small pan of it will be my recipe. Daughter is fixing a recipe she found on line. mashed potates and gravy are a must too.

sunny · #8 Postby **sunny** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 4:45 pm

Turkey, eggplant and shrimp dressing, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes and gravy. I'm making an artichoke casserole, eggplant parmesan, orange pie and cheese cake with pecan praline sauce.

#9 Postby **O Town** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:19 pm

sunny wrote:Turkey, eggplant and shrimp dressing, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes and gravy. I'm making an artichoke casserole, eggplant parmesan, orange pie and cheese cake with pecan praline sauce.

That suffing sounds great. I love eggplant and usually grow my own. Would you mine sharing the recipe for that?

sunny · #10 Postby **sunny** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:20 pm

O Town wrote:
sunny wrote:Turkey, eggplant and shrimp dressing, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes and gravy. I'm making an artichoke casserole, eggplant parmesan, orange pie and cheese cake with pecan praline sauce.

That suffing sounds great. I love eggplant and usually grow my own. Would you mine sharing the recipe for that?

Not at all! I'll PM you with it when I get home. It is SOOOOO good!

CajunMama · #11 Postby **CajunMama** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:33 pm

sunny wrote:
O Town wrote:
sunny wrote:Turkey, eggplant and shrimp dressing, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes and gravy. I'm making an artichoke casserole, eggplant parmesan, orange pie and cheese cake with pecan praline sauce.

That suffing sounds great. I love eggplant and usually grow my own. Would you mine sharing the recipe for that?

Not at all! I'll PM you with it when I get home. It is SOOOOO good!

Don't pm it! Share it with all of us!!!

Put it in the recipe thread or any other thread in the community forum

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... 77#1133077

sunny · #12 Postby **sunny** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:35 pm

CajunMama wrote:
sunny wrote:
O Town wrote:
sunny wrote:Turkey, eggplant and shrimp dressing, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes and gravy. I'm making an artichoke casserole, eggplant parmesan, orange pie and cheese cake with pecan praline sauce.

That suffing sounds great. I love eggplant and usually grow my own. Would you mine sharing the recipe for that?

Not at all! I'll PM you with it when I get home. It is SOOOOO good!

Don't pm it! Share it with all of us!!! Put it in the recipe thread or any other thread in the community forum

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... 77#1133077

k - will do it now!

azsnowman · #13 Postby **azsnowman** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:55 pm

We're feeding my Brothers from the PD so the menu is:

22 lb. turkey
stuffing (casserole style)
mashed tators
gravy
Shrimp Aspic
sweet taters
asst. snacks

dessert
Sweet tater pie
Pumpkin Cheese cake

BTW I'm doing ALL the cooking as usual, I will NOT let Michelle in the kitchen PERIOD.........

Dennis

#14 Postby **JtSmarts** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:29 pm

Deep Fried Turkey

Stuffing/Dressing
Potato Salad
Green Beans
Rice and Gravy
Honey Ham
Collard Greens
Cranberry Sauce
Rolls

Sweet Potato Pie
Apple Pie
Some Kind of Cake

CajunMama · #15 Postby **CajunMama** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:41 am

Why don't i skip cooking this year and each and everyone of y'all can invite me over for dinner! :lol:

#16 Postby **streetsoldier** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:35 am

Potted meat sandwiches, until beancounter and coppertop get home.

arkess7 · #17 Postby **arkess7** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:14 am

Yummy getting hungry reading everyones posts!!!!! We are having.........

Turkey
Cornbread dressing
Mashed tators w/gravy
Green Beans
Butter Beans
Brocolli Casserole
Mac and Chz
rolls

Pumpkin pie!

Skywatch_NC · #18 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:30 am

streetsoldier wrote:Potted meat sandwiches, until beancounter and coppertop get home.

What are potted ones?

#19 Postby **DaylilyDawn** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:31 am

Potted meat is deviled ham or spam.

Skywatch_NC · #20 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:36 am

DaylilyDawn wrote:Potted meat is deviled ham or spam.

Thank you, Dawn.

Just had never heard that description before until now.

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