Favorite Thanksgiving Sides?

Sinistron · 11/26/2009, 09:30 PM

This could have gone on forever -- so I decided to stop at 36. Sorry if your favorites aren't included. Happy Bird Day.

OldSchoolGamer · 11/26/2009, 09:34 PM

I voted Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, and stuffing. No thanksgiving sides are complete without those as far as I am concerned.

guyjin · 11/26/2009, 09:40 PM

you eat some weird shit for Thanksgiving, sini. I mean, I like butternut squash, but that's not a typical thanksgiving thing. and what the hell is broccoli rabe?

Also, there are about a billion types of casserole, you can't just have "casserole" as an option! that's like having "pie" as an option!

my actual 3 favorite sides are "green salad" (contains no lettuce, I'll explain if anyone cares), green bean casserole, and broccoli cheese casserole.

(edited for oops)

Sinistron · 11/26/2009, 09:41 PM

broccoli rabe's an Italian thing- and it's nothing like regular broccoli. Not easy to make- muss it up and you're left with something incredibly bitter.

nectarsis · 11/26/2009, 09:43 PM

Garlic smashed potatoes (a bit lumpy), Candied Yams, Breaded string beans (green bean bake).

Honorable mentions to butternut squash, cornbread, gravy.

Since when isn't squash "not typical"?

Sinistron · 11/26/2009, 09:44 PM

On Planet Guy everything's a touch strange.

Turbo D · 11/26/2009, 10:04 PM

My faves are cornbread, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. I'm f***ing stuffed too! lol. Happy Turkey Day dudes.

blueraven · 11/26/2009, 10:43 PM

Quote from: Sinistron on 11/26/2009, 09:41 PMbroccoli rabe's an Italian thing- and it's nothing like regular broccoli. Not easy to make- muss it up and you're left with something incredibly bitter.

Agreed. Sautee'd with olive oil and garlic broccoli rabe is delectable. Cook it for 3 seconds too long and it's bitter as quinine.

I voted Stuffing (marble rye/wheat & spinach preferably - it sounds wierd, but its GREAT), Fried Okra, and Cornbread.

Happy Bird Day!

Arkhan Asylum · 11/26/2009, 10:53 PM

My favorite non listed sides are rutabaga and green bean casserole

not that it matters as i usually cover the plate in mashed potatoes, throw everything on top that and cover in gravy. lol

termis · 11/26/2009, 11:42 PM

Stuffing, cranberry sauce and cornbread. Pretty basic, but good stuff.

BlackandBlue · 11/27/2009, 02:08 AM

Quote from: Sinistron on 11/26/2009, 09:41 PMbroccoli rabe's an Italian thing- and it's nothing like regular broccoli. Not easy to make- muss it up and you're left with something incredibly bitter.

Yeah, I just got back from a vaca to Italy and didn't realize that if you order something with broccoli, you get rabe. I wasn't a fan and it was very salty.

NecroPhile · 11/27/2009, 09:40 AM

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. Please pass the mashed taters, stuffing, and candied yams.... nom, nom, nom, nom.

Sinistron · 11/27/2009, 02:01 PM

Wow- cranberry compote has two votes. It's perhaps the only thing I never find room on my plate for. It's there every Thanksgiving- and I can't remember ever trying it- or wanting to.

NecroPhile · 11/27/2009, 03:02 PM

It's not my favorite, but me likey the cranberry compost (typo? maybe, maybe not); even better is the unnatural jellied cranberry sauce, which is best served whole to show off its fancy can shaped dents.

guyjin · 11/27/2009, 03:15 PM

yeah, I always thought Cranberry anything was nasty.

NecroPhile · 11/27/2009, 03:20 PM

Quote from: guyjin on 11/27/2009, 03:15 PMyeah, I always thought Cranberry anything was nasty.

You also hate peeps, so your opinion doesn't count.

guyjin · 11/27/2009, 03:33 PM

Quote from: guest on 11/27/2009, 03:20 PM
Quote from: guyjin on 11/27/2009, 03:15 PMyeah, I always thought Cranberry anything was nasty.
You also hate peeps, so your opinion doesn't count.

You like Cranberries* and Peeps... I think the people can decide for themselves who has no taste.

*The Cranberries, on the other hand, are an awesome band.

blueraven · 11/27/2009, 04:41 PM

SO....Fullll.......must.......play.......turboZZZzzzzzzzzzz........................

NecroPhile · 11/27/2009, 04:47 PM

Quote from: guyjin on 11/27/2009, 03:33 PMYou like Cranberries* and Peeps... I think the people can decide for themselves who has no taste.

I think the bulk of my posts here prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that I have zero taste.

esteban · 11/28/2009, 04:33 PM

I have already run out of most leftovers I took from the TWO Thanksgiving Dinners I attended.

As a result, this topic makes me sad

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I am considering stopping by my parents/in-laws just to grab some more stuff.

Some items I love that (understandably) were not listed:
1. Roasted whole garlic
2. Candied Sweet potatoes (with crushed peanuts for texture, topped with jalapeños to contrast the sugar) -- (my own Thanksgiving creation, it RULES. I should write a goddamn cookbook)
3. Tofu sauteed in garlic/olive oil + dollop of cranberry sauce (my own)
4. Baby onions in weird, creamy sauce
5. Baked mashed potatoes + sesame seed oil and curry (my own creation, again)

Arkhan Asylum · 11/28/2009, 10:01 PM

Ive been known to buy that cranberry stuff in the can on non-thanksgiving times and hack a few discs of it off and put it on sandwiches

shits off the hook

and yeah esteban, I ran out of my THREE Thanksgiving dinner left overs too, its a sad happening. Lol. I ate soooo much food, and then i got home and ate more -_-

its convenient that all my family lives so close . Theres food all over

Sinistron · 11/29/2009, 11:59 AM

Quote from: esteban on 11/28/2009, 04:33 PM4. Baby onions in weird, creamy sauce

I have creamed pearl onions listed- same thing. I love those.

esteban · 11/29/2009, 02:28 PM

Quote from: Sinistron on 11/29/2009, 11:59 AM
Quote from: esteban on 11/28/2009, 04:33 PM4. Baby onions in weird, creamy sauce
I have creamed pearl onions listed- same thing. I love those.

I totally overlooked that when I read the list.

blueraven · 11/29/2009, 04:47 PM

*copies down esteban' recipe for candied yams w/ jalapenos*

Sounds GREAT.

TheClash603 · 11/29/2009, 10:29 PM

I don't know what half of the stuff on this list is. Fancy schmancy Thanksgiving celebrations everywhere else I see...

Arkhan Asylum · 11/30/2009, 12:41 AM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 11/29/2009, 10:29 PMI don't know what half of the stuff on this list is. Fancy schmancy Thanksgiving celebrations everywhere else I see...

rockin the Christmas Story chinese duck?

TheClash603 · 11/30/2009, 05:58 PM

Quote from: guest on 11/30/2009, 12:41 AM
Quote from: TheClash603 on 11/29/2009, 10:29 PMI don't know what half of the stuff on this list is. Fancy schmancy Thanksgiving celebrations everywhere else I see...
rockin the Christmas Story chinese duck?

The way my gf cooks, I'm better off with a Banquet microwave meal... don't tell her that though!

rag-time4 · 12/05/2009, 12:56 AM

Figures that I'm the only sucker who voted for steamed mixed vegetables. I've never had steamed mixed vegetables by themselves on thanksgiving, but last year I made some nice garlic mashed potatoes with steamed and chopped mixed vegetables mixed in.

Stuffing is the best though.

nectarsis · 12/05/2009, 12:58 AM

Quote from: rag-time4 on 12/05/2009, 12:56 AMFigures that I'm the only sucker who voted for steamed mixed vegetables. I've never had steamed mixed vegetables by themselves on thanksgiving, but last year I made some nice garlic mashed potatoes with steamed and chopped mixed vegetables mixed in.

Stuffing is the best though.

No pigeon pie a la mode, or bean pie this year

rag-time4 · 12/05/2009, 01:02 AM

Quote from: nectarsis on 12/05/2009, 12:58 AMNo pigeon pie a la mode, or bean pie this year

One and twenty pigeons baked into a pie?! I never heard of pigeon pie. Pigeon pot pie?

We were planning on making bean pies, and we got pretty far along on thanksgiving morning but we had a fight and I threw the mixing bowl to the floor.

esteban · 12/05/2009, 09:59 AM

Quote from: rag-time4 on 12/05/2009, 01:02 AMWe were planning on making bean pies, and we got pretty far along on thanksgiving morning but we had a fight and I threw the mixing bowl to the floor.

See! You are trying to solve problems by throwing mixing bowls, which you learned, no doubt, from China Warrior.

Remember, nothing can stop a warrior, not even a whirlwind of common household objects.

I hate to admit this, but video games are destroying the very fabric of society.

blueraven · 12/05/2009, 03:54 PM

stuffing WIN

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