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To quote Tom Cruise on The Today Show, "Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt..."
Matt Wilson over at Cracked.com gives his list of the Best and Worst Thanksgiving Food. I made a prediction before I even read the piece that turkey, stuffing, and pie would be in the "best" category, while green bean casseroles and yams would be in the "worst." Well, I was partly right. He actually lists turkey in the "worst" category!
Whaaaaa?
He gives big props to pie, corn on the cob, and yams though. He doesn't like the cranberry sauce in a can, and it makes me wonder if he even knows you don't have to have it in can, you can actually make fresh stuff yourself!
Matt, seriously, how can you not like turkey? Are you a Communist? (Funny part about the family awkwardness though.)
So what are your favorite ane least favorite Thanksgiving Day foods?
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11-23-2006 @1:40PM peggy said... fav: lamb chops, marie callender's french apple pie, rolls.
least fav: gravy, stuffing/dressing, green beans, etc.....
i never really liked t-day food. my mom always made me a lamb chop instead of turkey. ( i was an only child of 2 only children) and in college i worked at marie callender's and we got to take home un-claimed pies. yummy!!!!
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11-22-2006 @8:30PM c(h)ristine said... Matt's right. I'm up with stuffing and pie.
Down with turkey. Not my favorite at all....unless maybe it's a heritage turkey.
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11-22-2006 @8:14PM Rhea said... I love turkey, but pumpkin pie is the best!
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11-22-2006 @8:33PM calamari said... Pumpkin cheesecake and stuffing: the complete Thanksgiving meal. (Put enough stuff in the stuffing, and it really is!)
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11-22-2006 @11:25PM Allison said... We don't do turkey for Thanksgiving.
Having all that leftover meat
plus a carcass in the fridge
until trash day = yuck !
We eat ham, stuffed chicken breasts,
pork chops, or something else.
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11-23-2006 @10:38AM Robyn said... My husband doesn't like turkey either. He says it's too dry. i cn take it or leave it. I just eat it for tradition.
Have I already admitted to liking canned cranberry sauce? I love it!!
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11-22-2006 @10:10PM GP said... childhood favorite is sweet potatoes with pineapple but cannot even look at mince pie :)
happy thanksgiving
GP in Montana
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11-22-2006 @9:11PM John said... I've been doing the Thanksgiving Thing for more than forty years, and if I had to pick a Best/Worst food, it would be stuffing (on both counts).
Stuffing (alternately "dressing") can be one of the most memorable, delectable facets of Thanksgiving Dinner. It can (and has, in my experience) also be one of the absolute worst accompaniments to an otherwise splendid meal.
It's not easy to F-up mashed potatoes. Nowadays, it's virtually impossible to screw up a turkey. But the stuffing: you need to be on top of that, at least for a short time.
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11-22-2006 @9:16PM megsie8543 said... i hate stuffing. straight up, i hate it. perhaps it is like john said, the best or the worst part of the meal and i guess i've always just had the worst stuffing.
i absolutely love the rolls and pumpkin pie. mashers are a necessity, but only if done right!
happy turkey day slashfood fans.
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11-22-2006 @10:23PM Camille Bauman said... I thought I hated stuffing, too. For years as a child, I watched my mother pull dripping spoonsful of wet, celery-laden bread out of the turkey's rear end. It was disgusting.
Years later, my mother-in-law insisted I try her sausage and apple stuffing. It did not drip....it was wonderful...sorry, mom.
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11-22-2006 @9:29PM Angela Pitt said... My worst Thanksgiving food? Sweet Potatoes, hands
down! I won't touch them with a ten foot chef's knife!
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11-22-2006 @11:22PM Geoffrey M. said... Stuffing is so overated....I hate tasting the same crap every year. This time of year....Imma pie/ cake kinda person. I emjoy pumpkin chesse cake and pecan pie (my favorite pie) but this year I bought Key line cheesecake so hopefully it will fit in my meal this year. Biscuits are overated too, so try making corn bread muffins. Del-lessh! (Sorry Rachel Ray!)
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11-22-2006 @11:19PM Christina said... Since I'm a vegetarian, I don't eat the turkey, stuffing, or any other meat-containing food.
My favorite would probably be the baked sweet potatoes. Least favorite: cranberry sauce. Ick.
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11-23-2006 @12:20AM Hali said... I feel as if I need to put in a good word for jellied cranberry sauce, my second favorite Thanksgiving food. I've had it for as long as I can remember, and its delicious. I cannot stand fresh cranberry sauce at all.
My absolute favorite would be perfection salad. I do not believe anyone I have ever spoken to has ever heard of it besides me. Shredded cabbage and carrots, diced green bell peppers, crushed pineapple, mixed together- all held together by flavorless gelatin mixed with lemon juice and a bit of sugar added. Dob of mayo on top is optional, but highly recommended. It's like coleslaw but not. Has anyone else ever heard of this? My grandmother claims it came out of a Southern Living Magazine.... ages ago.
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11-23-2006 @12:07AM Spitzmaus said... Worst: The Dreaded Green Bean Casserole, candied yams topped with miniature marshmallows, goopy/sodden dressing, jellied cranberry sauce.
Best: A perfectly-roasted turkey with my mama's cornbread (she's Southern, from North Carolina) dressing; yams candied with brown sugar, butter and bourbon; sauteed greens with crispy garlic; potato rolls; The Best Pumpkin Pie (secret recipe), and pumpkin-fudge ice cream.
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11-23-2006 @12:13AM Lorrie said... Worst? Stuffing. I don't like celery at all and every stuffing I've ever tried has celery. Yuck. Maybe one without I'd try and like.
Best? Deserts! I have an awful powerful sweet tooth and the cheesecakes, pumpkin roulades, pecan pies, apple tarts... oh my!
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11-23-2006 @11:10AM calamari said... Am I the only person who's ever thought of just leaving the celery out of stuffing?
Christina, if a sensible soul makes stuffing without any sort of sausage, uses vegetable broth to moisten it, and cooks it outside the turkey, then it's meat-free.
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11-23-2006 @12:53AM esmereldagrubb said... i LOVE all the food on the plate together..they all play a special part of the meal...like a symphony.
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11-23-2006 @1:48AM beable said... The worst two things to me on Thanksgiving would have to be pumpkin pie and anything sweet potatoe related.
I love the cranberry sauce, could eat that alone and be happy. Not a real big meat person but, don't mind eating turkey and gravey. I like stuffing, provided it isn't too dry. I have had a friend make a stuffing that was real good and tried to copy it. It had chopped nuts and crasins in it.
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11-23-2006 @2:05AM elkay said... I'm not sure if this is really a Thanksgiving food, but it's been a traditional sidedish in our family for as long as I can remember...mashed turnips....ewwwww!!! My favorites are either the sweet potatoes (they just don't taste the same any other time of year) and my sister's mashed potatoes (I don't know what her secret is...but mmmmm!!!!). It goes without saying of course, apple pie....yummy!!!
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