My Thanksgiving memories are all wrapped around my maternal grandmother’s dining room table. Each year that we were with that side of the family, we’d have the world’s most amazing feast. I plan on making this exact menu the next time I host my own Thanksgiving dinner.
- We’d always start off the meal with fruit cup, really a great way to begin
- A big ole honkin turkey roasted by my grandmother and carved by my grandfather
- Homemade turkey gravy
- Mashed potatoes
- Green bean casserole
- Corn casserole
- Pureed turnips
- Sliced yams
- Mashed squash
- Creamed baby onions
- Rolls
- Stuffing
- Jellied salad
- Cauliflower casserole
- Cranberry sauce – sometimes two kinds
- I’d always have a glass of milk and a glass of cider
- Grammie’s homemade pumpkin pie, apple pie, and pecan pie
- And then we’d finish off the meal sitting around the table cracking nuts
Tomorrow for our Thanksgiving meal with friends, I’ll be making a turkey and a sourdough stuffing with sausage and pears – a little bit different from the stuffing Grammie used to make. But I’m going to make her turnips the same exact way.
For me it’s turnips – what’s that one dish that MAKES Thanksgiving for you?
November 25th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
deviled eggs. I only ever have them at Thanksgiving and no one makes them like my cousin does. I have the recipe and they still don’t turn out right!
Have a Happy Holiday you guys!
November 25th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
you know, i absolutely despise deviled eggs, but the thought of eating one right now sounds VERY appealing for some reason. whack.
November 25th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Mom is horrified by your dislike of deviled eggs, by the way. I can say that on behalf of her. I made those everytime I had her over the last couple years.
I remember sitting at your grammie’s table until I was 8 – but it was for christmas, though the menu sounds quite similar. My Grandpa Newton always came from Meriden to New Hartford to be at our house for Thanksgiving – I am guessing it had something to do with my father needing to prep for sunday service. And perhaps so Mom could host him.
Hmmm – I think my favorite has to be the potatoes and gravy, but then there is turkey and gravy, stuffing and gravy….so perhaps it is the gravy. I rarely eat it other times. Cranberries too. Can I only have one?
November 25th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
oh faye, GRAVY! of course! gravy is definitely a favorite for me. and cranberries too. i think you can have as many favorites as you want!
do you have plans for christmas, or should i start whining for you to come to NH?