rastahomie
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If you find it bland, why don't you make something more exciting?
Because it would quite literally start a riot.
If you find it bland, why don't you make something more exciting?
I have been doing green beans in the crock pot recently with some salt, pepper, and bacon pieces(the real ones, not bacon bits), or just use bacon that I've cooked and crumbled??? Its pretty good and easy.Cornbread dressing
Gravy
Homemade cranberry sauce
Sweet potato casserole
Dumplings
Roasted fall veggies
Broccoli casserole
7 Layer salad
Fruit salad
Sweet potato pie
Pecan pie
Chocolate pie
And this year I need to figure out a way to add green beans. Dd's bf doesn't eat any vegetables except green beans and I always have everyone's favorite on the table. We don't eat green beans much and definitely not green bean casserole.
What were you expecting? Lol. My sister-in-law brings this every year and my son and I are the only ones who won't touch it. My husband's side of the family gobbles it up! They love it.I just looked up watergate salad...is it good? Also, TOTALLY not what I was expecting!
Standard, bland Midwestern fare: mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, corn, that sort of thing.
I still recall my mother piercing butternut or acorn squash with a knife with bated breath, LOL. She loved roasting either...one for butternut soup and acorn as a side dish. I seem to recall she oftimes coated the acorn squash with brown sugar but I removed the sugar topping to get to the heart of the veggie's pulp.We are pretty traditional, but being originally from New England that isn't surpising.
Large selection of nuts
Home made mashed potatoes
Home made yams
Roasted butternut squash (and no, without any marshmallows - we serve the true version, which was a staple in the 17th century Plymouth Colony and is our tradition as a household of Mayflower descendants)
Two to three different stuffings (one traditional bread based, another with cranberries and almonds, and a third one containing oysters which we make only if one of my cousins who loves that is going to be with us).
Home made rolls
Home made giblet gravy
Home made cranberry sauce
Desserts are usually home made apple and pumpkin pies, served with the only store bought element that gets on the table (vanilla ice cream from the local Cold Stone).
The Turkey is a large, fresh one we get two to three days before Thanksgiving from a local supplier.
We save the green beans (French sliced with almonds) for Christmas dinner; feel they go better with the prime rib we have for that meal.
I still recall my mother piercing butternut or acorn squash with a knife with bated breath, LOL. She loved roasting either...one for butternut soup and acorn as a side dish. I seem to recall she oftimes coated the acorn squash with brown sugar but I removed the sugar topping to get to the heart of the veggie's pulp.
Nowadays it's easy enough to buy pre cut and peeled butternut but not acorn squash.
Wish I could make a piecrust as flaky as my Nana's but I can't so it's store-bought for me.
Kudos to you and yours for keeping the tradition alive!
Oh and green beans, blanched and sauteed show up at every family celebration except maybe 4th of July.... No GBs would call for a revolt.
Standard, bland Midwestern fare: mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, corn, that sort of thing.
Yes I love the traditional Midwest Thanksgiving it is definitely comfort food.I wouldn't call it bland...I'd call it comfort food which I love!!