What's on the Thanksgiving Day menu?

[wanderer2575]

We didn't have any family gatherings for the holidays last year.  Mrs. wanderer and I scratch-made a lasagna for ourselves.

For Thanksgiving dinner this year, it will be just the two of us and my parents.  It's the first time I'm cooking a bird and I've joked (?) that I will have a frozen pizza on standby, just in case.

Turkey
Sweet and sour meatballs
Homemade stuffing and gravy
Berry sauce (cranberries and frozen fruit)
Peas with onions and mushrooms
Twice-baked potatoes (I cheated and am using store-made)
Mom is making an apple pie for dessert

[Max Rockatansky]

Copious amounts of non-Cracker Barrel sourced alcohol.

[7/8]

My family had our usual Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, green beans, and corn. Also, we had apple and pumpkin pies for dessert.

[1995hoo]

My mom is coming over, as is our next-door neighbor and her father.

Main course: Cornish game hens

Side dishes I'm making: Smashed sweet potatoes with five-spice marshmallows (making that now, waiting for the potatoes to cool); also a scalloped corn dressing because I can't really make stuffing with Cornish game hens. (Edited to add:) I made cranberry sauce this past Saturday and it's in the refrigerator.

My mom is going to make some carrots and our neighbor is bringing green beans.

Dessert: I'll make pecan pie tomorrow and our neighbor will bring cheesecake. Some years I make ice cream, but I'm skipping that in favor of store-bought vanilla ice cream this year just for convenience.

Appetizers: Last night I made these nuts and Thursday morning I'll make this smoked trout dip (my wife will make the vinaigrette for that on Wednesday).

Wine: Gruet sparkling before dinner, Domaine Baumard Savennières with dinner; also a de-alcoholized sparkling wine for our neighbor's father because he can't have alcohol due to medications.

[Rothman]

It'll be at my parents' house this year.  Eight people altogether -- family and friends.

Typical Thanksgiving stuff.  We're bringing two pies (chocolate cream and french blueberry cream) and mac and cheese.

[GaryV]

Turkey
Ham
Stuffing
Potatoes - probably both mashed and baked
Sweet potatoes
Green bean casserole, probably another vegetable
Rolls
Cranberry sauce
Some kind of salad, maybe 2
Vegetable tray
Pumpkin, apple and pecan pie

[abefroman329]

We're headed to my mother-in-law's house - will be me, my wife, our son, my parents, my MIL, my wife's sister, my wife's brother-in-law, and our niece.

I'm in charge of the turkey and I'm not messing around this year, I'm brining it myself and made candied ginger to go in the brine yesterday.  But that means I haven't really been paying attention to what everyone else is making.

[ET21]

I have two rounds of dinners, first with my mom's side and then with my in-laws. Both menus are pretty similar with a special side dish.

My parents: Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mash taters, corn, and dinner rolls. Special side dish is sweet potatoes grown in their garden.
In laws: Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, and dinner rolls. Special side dishes is my sister in laws loaded mash taters and loaded mac/cheese.

[hbelkins]

Stress and drama.

[Rothman]

Stress and drama.

Why?

[hbelkins]

Stress and drama.

Why?

You don't know my mother-in-law.

[Rothman]

Stress and drama.

Why?

You don't know my mother-in-law.

I traded up.  You can always get a better one.

[snowc]

My family had our usual Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, green beans, and corn. Also, we had apple and pumpkin pies for dessert.

Same too! Happy Thanksgiving to you! 

[snowc]

Happy Turkey Day everyone here at AARoads forum!
Here at the headquarters, its just me, my mother and father. Buffet style is what we have this year! 
I hope everyone has a great day with their family and friends!

[7/8]

My family had our usual Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, green beans, and corn. Also, we had apple and pumpkin pies for dessert.

Same too! Happy Thanksgiving to you! 

Thank you! Unfortunately I already had mine 6 weeks ago, but Christmas isn't too far off. I hope you enjoy the holiday!

[qguy]

Last year my wife, one of our two college-age kids, and I had covid during Thanksgiving. Fortunately it was very mild but as with so many others, our senses of taste and smell were shot.

There was no way we would've tasted the traditional food, and no one felt like cooking, so we went way outside the box. We ditched the turkey et al. and brought in Indian food, thinking that might have a chance of penetrating. We had a colorful Indian spread and yes, we could taste a lot of it.

We all had so much fun last year ("I just *love* our family," my daughter declared) that we decided to do the same thing this year and we're even including my parents. (My wife's parents are deceased.) A new tradition perhaps.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[Flint1979]

I don't even know yet. I'm actually thinking about going to either Zehnder's in Frankenmuth or Turkey Roost in Kawkawlin.

[qguy]

I don't even know yet. I'm actually thinking about going to either Zehnder's in Frankenmuth or Turkey Roost in Kawkawlin.

You're makin' that up! 

[snowc]

My family had our usual Thanksgiving meal: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberries, green beans, and corn. Also, we had apple and pumpkin pies for dessert.

Same too! Happy Thanksgiving to you! 

Thank you! Unfortunately I already had mine 6 weeks ago, but Christmas isn't too far off. I hope you enjoy the holiday!

You too! 

[snowc]

We didn't have any family gatherings for the holidays last year.  Mrs. wanderer and I scratch-made a lasagna for ourselves.

For Thanksgiving dinner this year, it will be just the two of us and my parents.  It's the first time I'm cooking a bird and I've joked (?) that I will have a frozen pizza on standby, just in case.

Turkey
Sweet and sour meatballs
Homemade stuffing and gravy
Berry sauce (cranberries and frozen fruit)
Peas with onions and mushrooms
Twice-baked potatoes (I cheated and am using store-made)
Mom is making an apple pie for dessert

Wait, lasanga?
Do you have a cat named Garfield? 

[kurumi]

Turkey, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, corn pudding, yams, gravy.

Sorry to pick on a fanbase, but turkey is the Detroit Lions of meals. There are much better choices, but it's Thanksgiving tradition

[NWI_Irish96]

The extended family has resumed the annual pre-dinner bowling outing that got cancelled last year due to COVID, though we did not go. We are doing Thanksgiving at home again. Turkey, mashed potatoes/gravy, mac & cheese, green beans, rolls/butter, apple pie.

[Henry]

Has anybody ever had turducken? (something John Madden popularized back in the day)

[Max Rockatansky]

I actually ended up having a Carnitas Burrito from a taco stand out in Firebaugh.  That thing was loaded with Chili but was fantastic.

[allniter89]

My Thanksgiving Day meal was a Marie Callender "southern fried chicken, mashed taters, gravy & corn". My beverage choice was Vanilla Coke & for desert 4 Orange Dreamcycles.
Many of her meals are quite good, this one super sucked !!