Then it all gets mixed together on your plate by the end of the meal, and you end up with this delicious turkey-dressing-mashed potatoes-gravy slurry....yum yum.😋
The “Turkey pardon” is just a fun, lighthearted Thanksgiving tradition 🦃 The president basically designates one turkey as safe from being killed for Thanksgiving, and the turkey gets a name and is basically made into a pet to live on a plush farm I believe
It started when Abe Lincolns son fell in love with the turkey that was going to be for thanksgiving dinner. He begged his father to spare it for a pet. Lincoln always one for humor wrote an actually pardon up for the bird and they went and got another one for supper that night. The tradition has stuck around
@@tHEdANKcRUSADER Yep and the turkey became friends with a spider who spun messages into her web saying how awesome the turkey was, so the humans wouldn’t eat him
Thats the only time a thanksgiving sandwich is a thing, is with leftovers. I it’s kind of a poor people thing tbh, I ate em with my mom after we stole all the leftovers after the family function 😂😂
I actually always make turkey and gravey sandwiches as my Thanksgiving meal. Just gimme turkey gravey and either Italian bread or rolls and I'm all set. Until dessert.
This is just a small sample. Different regions/families have different traditional foods, but typically you would have something like turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie.
I've always lived in the South and we include ham and homemade rolls. We also prefer the cranberry sauce to retain the shape of the can. Few people have the one with whole cranberries in it.
black southerner here, never had green bean casserole or pecan pie (until I started making it a few years back). Our pie of choice is sweet potato and we typically also serve rice, collards, and ham
Not all sweet potato casseroles have marshmallows. My family puts a layer of nuts and brown sugar. Also remember sweet potatoes are naturally sweet so it’s easy to make a sweet dish from them.
I wish they had actually put out a typical Thanksgiving dinner. That would have included the turkey, stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce, potato of some kind [usually mashed], gravy, veggies like green beans or green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and dessert like pumpkin pie, pecan pie and other variations of pies and desserts. My family usually has ham too for those that don't care for turkey and other additional sides as well. Basically Thanksgiving dinner is a ridiculous amount of food that can be eaten on for days!! Lol!!
Interesting fact: all the food in this episode was fixed by Josh’s wife. She’s a professional chef who actually came in 2nd on Korea’s version of Masterchef. Anyway, she documented how she made all the food (including an entire turkey dinner just to go in the Friends’ sandwich & gravy to soak the middle piece of bread in to create "the moist maker"). Her name is Gabie Kook.
In my opinion pro chefs over do things alot and is never as good as southern moms thanksgiving etc. To fancy for sake of fancy. Just stick the brown sugar and butter in and your golden. Lime the sweet potatos looked to orange and not red hue from the brown sugar. Pumpkin pie looked like store bought crap.
In terms of timing, Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November. The following day is Black Friday. Thanksgiving weekend is the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season. Also a lot of people are nostalgic about watching the Peanuts (Charlie Brown) Thanksgiving special that night. The days is mostly spent watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the morning and American football games the rest of the day. Families and friends gather and share the feast. Some families take the opportunity to serve the poor by helping out at a local free Thanksgiving meal for the community’s needy and lonely. Many go to church that morning. In general it really is about giving thanks for all we have.
You're actually right, this was short cut with the sandwich. Each family may have different tastes and traditions. Ours is the roast turkey, gravy, mashed, stuffing, many vegetables, corn, carrots, squash, turnip, cranberry sauce, green been casserole, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls and cornbread. Then later after digesting a bit there's all kinds of pies and snacks .
I would love to see them have turnips. It's one of my favorite foods on earth but I know it's a controversial one. I prefer biscuits over cornbread (cornbread is fine but it makes my teeth squeak so I avoid it) and dipping it in the liquid off the turnips (My gramps called it pot liquor) is one of my FAVORITE THINGS.
You're right... It was entertaining, but they mostly just showed a very few sides and desserts. A full on Thanksgiving dinner is much broader, bigger and more varied. The sandwich is something I'm sure that was dreamed as a way to use up leftovers for following days meals after Thanksgiving. We've made sandwiches, but never that much of a totally mixed up combo with everything in it lol.
For MY family in Louisiana. Thanksgiving is a fun time. We’ll have a banquet table set up for all the food. The large turkey is always the centerpiece. My mom makes the dressing (it takes 3 days to make so she only makes it once a year). My sister makes the sweet potato casserole. Any family member can request any dish be on the table. That request will be honored. One year my son brought home a group of friends from college who would, otherwise, be alone on thanksgiving. It was a full house and a fun time.
Our family's Thanksgiving dinner consisted of turkey, dressing not stuffing, mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, squash, turnip, Brussels sprouts, corn and peas. Desert was pumpkin pie or mince pie. I am from Gloucester, Massachusetts and the cold weather crops were prevalent.
I've had 66 Thanksgivings and have never had or heard of a thanksgiving sandwich. This is nothing like a Thanksgiving dinner. Tried a turducken once for Thanksgiving and it was good.
The presidential turkey pardon is just traditional fun 🦃 ....and yes, they left out dressing/stuffing, green bean casserole crannberry sauce, although it was in the sandwich. Actuality every casserole known can be at a family Thanksgiving meal 😄
Oh our thanksgiving is INSANE! We do like 10 appetizers, big turkey, big ham, all the sides (about 6), and about 15 different desserts. It’s nuts how much we do lol.
@@denisewellman5981 it’s a little insane what we do lol. We even have a pop corn station, a salsa bar, and a chocolate fountain. We are a little stupid. 😂😂😂 We also do many meals for homeless persons during this time and throughout the year. But our thanksgiving is crazy. And we love newcomers!❤️❤️❤️
My family’s Thanksgiving meal is: three day long roasted turkeys, one pineapple and honey roasted ham, Mac n cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, two types of cranberry sauce (one with pomegranate and one without), butter biscuits, and extra creamy mashed potatoes. Everybody does the appetizers potluck style, but the most consistent ones are deviled eggs, chocolate covered bacon (don’t knock it till you try it), baked brie, and quail chops (my uncle and cousin go hunting and often bring back a few quails to roast up). And desserts are often warm apple pie, ice cream, pumpkin pie, sometime pecan pie, cookies, and cheesecake. It’s all washed down with some boozy hot apple cider, beers, and wines for the adults and some soda for the kids. Thanksgiving is the second holiday in the “holiday trifecta”. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the reason people gain an average of 10 lbs in those months. It’s three months straight of eating 😅
I’m 61 from Wisconsin and have never seen sooo much marshmallow on top of sweet potatoes. It looked like they used the regular marshmallows and not the miniature ones…lol 🤢
@@ambersheets8142we did both pecan and brown sugar mixed in with the sweet potato’s but always topped sweet potato casserole with the mini marshmallow.
If you come here to America for Thanksgiving, Lew, you’ll be well fed and enjoy some football. I’m sure one of your 22,000 subscribers will happily have you over. You’re always welcome to my house. Congratulations on gaining so many new subscribers. I’ve been recovering from surgery and watching your charming videos. I subscribed to your channel about two weeks ago when you had 16,000. You’re the first channel I’ve ever subscribed to, so well done you. Our Thanksgiving meals consist of turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or yams, green bean casserole, or some variation of green bean something, cranberries, rolls, lots of appetizers beforehand, and finish it off with pumpkin pie, and usually another pie. At my house, I make a lemon cream cheese pie, but my southern grandmother always made pecan. This menu will obviously very a little bit from house to house, but it’s pretty standard. The sandwiches afterward are epic. I blend the cranberries in with cream cheese and use that as a spread. It’s my favorite.
When we do our Thanksgiving dinner ... there is so much food... turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, corn, pea salad, my youngest also like macaroni and cheese casserole, applesauce, croissants, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, mincemeat pie, usually a cake or another kind of pie of some kind....
Side note on the pies: if you've not had pecan pie (usually pronounced "puh-KAHN" here in the southern U.S), imagine treacle tart with walnuts sprinkled on top. (Walnut trees and pecan trees are related; pecans tend to have a little stronger flavor than English walnuts.) Pumpkin pie might sound nasty, but it's really not bad as it's usually seasoned with things like cinnamon or nutmeg and has a flavor similar to sweet potato but not quite as overwhelmingly sweet. One of the coolest things about America's Thanksgiving is that it's often considered the start of the midwinter holiday season, and is like having Christmas dinner twice a year instead of just once!
@@marydavis5234 I agree but if they wanted to represent the United States thanksgiving tradition, shoving all the leftovers in a sandwich was most definitely not the way to go. People who haven’t had a Thanksgiving every year of their life wouldn’t understand that sandwich at all.
It was created by a writer on the T.V show Friends. It’s not bad, but yeah it’s a day after Thanksgiving meal, not a Thanksgiving meal. The difference there is very important.
Marshmallow on sweet potato 😣 is a small percentage of how sweet potato, or yams, are done. We bake them in the jacket, then fix them with butter etc. They missed the stuffing, green bean hot dish, and Ambrosia salad 😊
I grew up having sweet potato casserole with our Thanksgiving dinner, but as an adult I much prefer it topped with a pecan streusel. The Thanksgiving dinner I grew up having typically included turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, Brussels sprouts, corn, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie, banana cream pie, and Jello with fruit.
Out here in the U.S., depending on what culture you are raised in, the Thanksgiving meals differ. I'm of Puerto Rican heritage, so we tend to not enjoy Turkey as much (it's always dry and bland), we opt more for Pernil (pork roast), and arroz con gandules (rice with chick peas) and some of the other traditional Thanksgiving dishes. I'm married to a southern black man whose family tends to opt for traditional soul food (which is amazing), that consists of home made Mac n cheese , sweet potato PIE (not casserole with marshmallows) and collard greens, along with other delicious dishes. Yes, we make turkey for both, but tend to make more Ham and Pernil (if I don't make that, they get upset. Lol), which are obviously pork. Drinks also pay a roll in the meal. If you are ever interested in making and prepping any of these (and that goes for anyone else reading this), I'd be happy to help you out.
I'm Midwestern, so Thanksgiving means taking home a bunch of empty Cool Whip and Country Crock containers filled with leftovers. Which will be eaten a couple hours after I get home when I'm about at the "those aren't pillows!" part of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and the joint has fully kicked in.
Forgot to say that pumpkin pie is absolutely wonderful...it is silky smooth and with whipped cream on top you would want to eat half the pie easily...It is So Good.
July 4th is Independence Day! Bingo! Touchdown! Yahtzee! Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday of November. The sweet potato casserole I prefer has a pecan crumble topping, not the marshmallow. The marshmallow topping is more popular here though. Pumpkin pie would go worldwide if people could taste it. Pecan pie is SO rich I can only eat one slice in a sitting. They totally missed out on green been casserole with julienned green beans and french onion topping, no mash and gravy (traditional brown gravy, btw), no stuffing either. ugh. Thanksgiving is when you can get away with things like mixing one starchy staple with another and it works, like stuffing and mash, dinner rolls and mash, mash and gravy sandwich. Y'all missing out over there...
In the South, a full fledged Thanksgiving feast usually includes: the turkey, dressing (usually cornbread-based dressing), sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping, MAYBE mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (using a Campbell soup recipe) with fried onion topping, cranberry jelly or relish, MAYBE a fresh green salad or another favorite vegetable and desserts CAN include pecan pie (genuine pronunciation is "puh-cahn" - Im not making that up! LOL its a thing here in the US. We know you're not from the South...or more specifically, not from Texas...if you say "PEE-can". Pecans originated in Texas and is the state nut.) Its almost heresy to not have pumpkin pie, but not everyone likes it. My mother in law almost always makes a Chocolate Silk pie and one of my favorite pies is Buttermilk pie, which is not common but just a preference of mine. A common Thanksgiving trope is the "tryptophan coma" after eating but Im not sure if its because turkey is high in tryptophan or if its because everyone gorges themselves and then has to take a nap to sleep the food coma off. Anyway, Jolly gave them iconic dishes but it was by no means representative of the entire Thanksgiving experience.
The actual Thanksgiving meal varies from family to family. I know people who make loads of Italian food or Mexican food to go along with either a Turkey or Ham. The sides vary widely too! Sometimes they’re regional or cultural. But the food is always delicious and you do have leftovers for days 🤤
~grin~ And not just any green bean casserole...DURKEE BRAND green bean casserole! Get that dish on the table whether anyone likes it or not! Whether it's eaten is irrelevant; ITS PRESENCE IS MANDATORY.
this was so much fun to watch. the sandwich is how we eat leftovers for a day or two after. i've NEVER seen anyone pick up the pie to eat it. so cute! we have mashed sweet potatoes instead of the casserole. i use what's left of the turkey to make soup. I've always thought your Christmas dinner would be a lot like our thanksgiving, but apparently not. really enjoy your videos, i'm always surprised by some of the difference between our countries.
Sweet potato casserole is essential for Thanksgiving. My mom's includes sweet potatoes mixed with brown sugar, maple syrup, a squeeze of orange juice with the marshmallow baked on top. So sweet but so good.
I don't do a huge, huge meal for a smaller group. But...when I'd have 25-30 guests...you gotta have a ton of choices. My husband's family had different things that they expected than what my family expected. Both agreed on roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, green beans, or gr. bean casserole, corn and massive fresh made dinner rolls. His family added: green onions, dill pickles, bread based stuffing or dressing and usually a relish tray with fresh celery and carrots. My family added: coleslaw, cornbread stuffing and sometimes macaroni and cheese (the good baked kind.) Desserts would be mostly pies but always included pumpkin and chocolate cream pie(s). Pumpkin roll, pecan pie, apple pie, banana pudding with Nilla wafers and this cake his family always did that weighed like 20 lbs! LOL. Yellow cake layered with vanilla pudding mixed with cream cheese, crushed and chunked pineapple and a top of whipped topping. Crazy!
Yes sweet potatoes and marshmallows are a very beloved way to enjoy with many more recipes usually families bring a few different dishes and meet up at one house and we enjoy dinner together to celebrate Thanksgiving together as being thankful for everyone who has been will be and all of our blessings in life but mostly to give to share happiness with those around us
Thanksgiving started as a harvest celebration, the pilgrims were giving thanks for their bounty. Traditionally you have Roast Turkey, stuffing/dressing, potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce etc. There are variations based on region, family heritage and traditions. Some people stuff the turkey, some bake the stuffing/dressing on the side. Some like sweet potato casserole (not me!), pecan or apple pie is common.
On an episode of the TV show "Friends", Ross gets mad because a co-worker stole his Thanksgiving sandwich. Every year Monica makes him a leftover turkey sandwich with what Ross calls the "moist maker" in the middle. He says the bread slice in the middle soaks up all the juices. LOL
We have: roasted turkey, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, asparagus in cheese sauce over Fritos, greenbean casserole, pea salad, candied yams, fancy sweet cranberry sauce with pecans. And more. Lots of pies!!!
Turkey. Roasted. Or, as I've had a couple of times before, deep fried in peanut oil. The skin comes out so f****** crispy and tasty. Along with jellied cranberry sauce, either fully jellied or with whole cranberries. Candied sweet potatoes, which is what they're serving in this video. Stuffing, which I've made a multitude of different ways but usually using Jimmy Dean's sweet sausage. I've made one with Craisins, apples, celery, it's a Crock-Pot thing all onto itself in that case. Then there's mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, corn, some people make brussel sprouts, and a must for me is broccoli smothered in Velveeta cheese sauce. Like any other pie, depending on how someone makes it, pumpkin pie can be phenomenal or absolutely disgusting. For instance, the Brits in this video are comparing it to a pumpkin spice latte? I wouldn't touch that with a 25 foot pole. Despise anything flavored like pumpkin spice.
@@deborahscranton9279 I don't know if you meant turnips and not tutnips, as I've never heard of those . But I don't think I could handle anything turnip based. More power to you for it though
It takes me 2 days to cook for Thanksgiving. Turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, corn, crescent rolls, pumpkin pie dutch apple pie.
The 4th of July is America's birthday,Thanksgiving is when the pilgrims shared skills with the Indians and shared both people's foods and had a huge meal together and that became Thanksgiving be thankful for each other and give thanks to the heavenly father for his blessings
Favorite sweet potato recipe is sweet potatoes topped with chopped pecans, brown sugar and butter and then a border of marshmallows baked in the oven…. Pure heaven!!!
Meh, not everyone likes super sweet stuff. I personally much prefer pecan pie with more nuts and way less sugar pie filling. My family also doesn't like marshmallows on sweet potato casserole, it's WAY too sweet and sugary. We do baked yams, but only with a very thin glaze. I like the actual flavors of pecans, sweet potato and yams... not so big on a mouthful of straight sugar though.
Our family Thanksgiving dinner consists of roasted Turkey, giblet gravy, homemade rolls, cornbread dressing, green beans casserole, sweet potato casserole, broccoli and cheese, green peas, cranberry sauce, followed by pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie, apple pie and whipped cream. We are Texan, we all contribute, no one does it all. It's a celebration of thankfulness for our Lord's bounty. There are different dishes depending on where you live in the country as well as where you live in Texas. We know families that do BBQ for Thanksgiving.
Hello young Brit! Im from the state of Massachusetts, USA and Im here to tell you that Thanksgiving is a Feast! Roasted turkey, mashed potstoes, candied sweet potstoes, many other different veggies based on where in the US but because the Pilgrims landed here not more than 40 minutes awY, we here in NEW E gland mostly elebrate the days food Traditionally! That said, because the 1st Thznksgiving was during HRvest time; some veggies include squashes, corn and turnips. Stuffing the bird with dressing made with bread pieces ?stsle) that is mixed with turkey juices, onions and seasoned well and either stuffed into the birds cavity or baked separately. Then, of couse turkey gravy made from the same turkey juices, cranberry sauce ( store bought or homemade), biscuits ( not the British sweets we call cookie but like in biscuits and gravy) prefesbbly homemade. We can drink msny beverzges with this meal such as, eggnog, apple cider, coffee, soda, jui e, etc. Please know that it was the LOCAL Native Ameri an tribe, the Wampanoags that SAVED THE LIVES of these people because without the knowledge, generosity compassion and kindness these British seters would not have sur i ed their first winter in the cold winter climate of Massachusetts! The Wampanoags also taught them to fish and showed them where to gather local herbs for cooking and medicinal purposes. They were thsnked for their kindness with nearly genocidal de imation of their tribes, families and their land. The Wampanoags still exist here in MA and continue to struggle after hundreds of years caring for their tribes, families and the land they held sacred. They were devestated as a people by the virusses, colds snd other germs thst these white foreigners brought with them from Europe. They were nearly wiped out as a people, as were many Nstive peoples a ross this country by the greed and cruelty levied against them by the white intruders. Any of us 'Americans' with a Soul, recognize Thsnksgiving day as one in which we Honor these Indigenous people for their hesrt, spirituality, brsvery, compassion and tenacity. This is what Thanksgiving means to me and my family as well as many other people across the nation who recognize the sacrifices of these People of Color in the making of this country! Young man you need to educate yourself with the Truth regarding All disenfranchised people whose blood sweat, tears and lives contributed to the making of the USA TO THIS DAY!
Sorry for my poor te ting skills! I was so absorbed in the telling of the story that I didn't check my long tirade before posting. But I have an excuse. O am a Black woman 69 years young and texting from my phone can be a tedious and awkward exercise for me. I apologize for all my typos and hope my point got across. This you g man in E gland appears to be very Pro USA/ American but I think he is naive to the facts and his/story of this country. I hope I was able to enlighten him just a little bit and e oursge him to dive deeper into the Truth behind this country's history that is more than just big houses and great food. Many POC ha e Contributed to the greatness and prestige that this country is, only now, admitting or appreciating. I won't talk about recognizing òr appreciating these POC, because the USA just ain't there yet after nearly 250 years!
@@karenalves8100 I hear ya Mama. I'm a POC myself. Chinese so I really ally myself with anyone of color. And I don't mind your texting skills. Ya doing well.
The sweet potatoes with marshmallows served as a side dish with stuffing turkey mashed potatoes actually sets off all the herbs while cutting the richness of the starches and fat. You have to have all the sides
I used his videos for just the same purpose one day last week. It is a soothing way to distract from the pain, isn't it? I hope you're feeling better now.
The turkey pardon is a tradition that dates back to the American civil war and our 16th president Abraham Lincoln in 1863 but more specifically to his son Tad Lincoln, the turkey who Tad had named Jack and treated like a pet was originally supposed to be the presidential Christmas dinner. When Tad learned of this he begged his father to save Jacks life, Lincoln did go on to pardon the turkey and for Christmas dinner would instead have a roast hence the tradition of having a roast for Christmas dinner. The turkey then became a family pet and stayed with the Lincoln's for some time. I've heard two stories of how this happened. one is that Tad barged into one of Lincolns cabinet meetings and begged for for the turkeys life. Even after Lincoln explained why the turkey was there and was to be eaten Tad sill instead the turkey be spared. The other story was that Tad after discovering what was going to happen took the turkey with him and waited in line with former Confederate soldiers who were there in the white house for clemency and being pardon for their actions in the war. When it was Tads turn Lincoln was confused and asked his son why he was there and with the turkey Tad then explained and convinced his father to pardon the turkey. it has been an annual tradition ever since 1989 when president George H. W. Bush formalized it as white house tradition. Although no formal pardons a few of the previous presidents did spare some of the turkeys. Like Richard Nixon who had them sent to a nearby zoo.
Thanksgiving dinner is roast turkey, cornbread and/or oyster dressing, mashed potato with brown or turkey gravy, assorted vegetables, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls with butter, and pecan and pumpkin pie..It is Wonderful and everyone eats a Lot!...You would Love it.
Generally, we do have several pies. Apple, Cherry, pecan, squash, and pumpkin are probably the most common for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving in the U.S. is celebrated as the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, they celebrate after harvest Day, which is on a Monday. Side dishes and other desserts generally vary from region. We generally have an apple salad as well, which is cored and sliced apples, sliced grapes, chopped walnuts, sliced celery, mayonnaise. Tip: if you use apples with light lemon juice before adding to the salad, it prevents Browning.
My sweet potato casserole actually doesn’t have marshmallows but I have pecans and brown sugar on top. It is a side dish but I prefer it for dessert myself
I've been a HUGE fan of these high schoolers trying food series for a while now, your commentary and reactions, plus the kids reactions is the best thing that has ever happened to youtube. I'm rewatching all the taste tests because I'm enjoying your reactions so much.
Your low key disappointment makes me want to send you a whole Thanksgiving dinner. 😂 Generally speaking, we have a turkey, dressing with giblet gravy, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, a variety of salads, a veg variety like corn on the cob, and dinner rolls. Dessert is pecan and pumpkin pie, different kinds of cheesecakes and a variety of cookies. Thanksgiving may be regionally different too. Some places have seafood or ham, although turkey is still the most traditional.
Yup, I like sweet potato casserole. Sweet potato pie rocks too. Geez, the kid reacting to the pecan pie was scary. I love pecan pie, it’s incredible. Especially if it’s a real southern style.
You need to do an actual Thanksgiving dinner feast video. We thank God for the food and sustenance before the meal. 🙏 Then the food spread is enormous! My favorite holiday ❤️ No gifts just family amd friends for an amazing dinner. That's what we are thankful for ❤️🙏❤️
And there's TWO types of stuffing/dressing, depending on what region of the US you're in. In some areas, stale bread is used as the base. In other areas, cornbread is used as the base. We're kinda in the middle of the US, so my grandmother always did a bread/cornbread combo. LOL
Turkey, dressing/stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, lima beans, dinner rolls, sometimes cornbread, collard greens, ham, sweet potato casserole (I use a topping of chopped pecans, brown sugar, butter, and a little bit of flour rather than marshmallow), deviled eggs, a tray with peanut butter-stuffed celery, pickles, olives, carrots, and all manner of various other veggies. Different regions of the country have their own traditional dishes.
Pumpkin pie, when done correctly is one of my favorite things. Thanksgiving can be a little different for each house. At my house, we have turkey, prime rib, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, corn, butternut squash, ham, dinner rolls, "green salad" (a side dish that has marshmallows, green jellow, cream cheese, and pineapple), vanilla ice cream, and a number of pies (always Pumpkin and apple, and sometimes pecan pie). During the day, we snack, but more specifically we have a cheeseball with crackers. My mom has the best recipe for that.
our family thanksgiving has baked turkey with 2 kinds of stuffing, usually some kind of a beef roast, mashed potatoes, noodles, gravy, sweet potatoes (they overdid it with the marshmallows, I think, in the video) cranberries and cranberry sauce, green been casserole, homemade rolls with homemade jam, butter, waldorf salad (chopped apples with celery, grapes, mayo), asparagus. Sometimes we play around with different soup but that isnt a staple. Dessert could be anything people bring, but pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream, pecan pie, apple pie, maybe a banana cream pie since that was dad's favorite. Sweet iced tea or sparkling juice for the kids. Yes, there was always a lot of people at our family thanksgiving! oh, there would usually be ice cream or cheese for the apple pie. My family (not me) make fantastic pies.
Our traditional dinner is comprised of: turkey, traditional sage stuffing, riced potatoes and giblet gravy, homemade dinner rolls, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, 24 hour salad, a tray of homemade sweet pickles, dill pickles, black olives and cranberry sauce, for desert: pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie and lemon meringue pie, and for drinks we serve 7up with grenadine and vanilla ice cream.
thanksgiving is much more than a Sunday roast, it is a massive feast - so much so that most fall asleep after eating. The sweet potato casserole is best when the marshmallows are still warm and melting over the sweet potatoes. Pumpkin pie is amazingly good with whipped cream (or cool whip) on top. Many dishes are specialty dishes reserved just for thanksgiving. Frequently there are extra starches, and veggies, but most all thanksgiving dinners include turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, dressing (stuffing) deviled eggs, rolls, cranberry (canned jelly or fresh) with maybe a green bean casserole, and multiple desserts. Often whole and extended families gather with guests all bringing a dish.
Thanksgiving dinner generally has a few staples and some variations, depending on family traditions and other things. In my family we have the turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato pie, mashed potatoes, turnips, corn, cranberry sauce, brown gravy, and rolls for the main meal, and desserts usually are pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, fruit salad (some people call it ambrosia), and pecan pie. And of course, wine/juice/water with the meal and coffee with dessert. Leftovers are split and eaten throughout the day (We eat the meal around 2 pm) and for a few days after.
Thanksgiving dinner is like a Sunday roast. Different people do different variations. But.. Roasted turkey, cornbread stuffing, Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie, pecan pie……. So good
Our family has: Turkey, Honey Ham, Mashed potatoes, Sweet potato casserole with marshmellows an walnuts, green bean casserole, honey butter rolls, gravy, sausage rolls, deviled eggs, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce and our desserts are banana pudding and pumpkin pie usually. A feast! And we do use the meal to make leftovers or the sandwich in the 1 to 3 days after!
Moist maker is the stuffing1 that is made to go with the Turkey. Made of seasoned bread and spices that complement the Thanksgiving dinner. It is absolutely delicious!!
We have a whole turkey and cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, sweet potato casserole, corn, brussel sprouts with bacon, honey smoked ham, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple bundt cake. Sometimes, we'll have zucchini and yellow squash as well.
Thankgiving meal consists of oven baked/roasted or deep fried turkey, cornbread dressing or stuffing with turkey giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, hot rolls, fruit salad/ambrosia, pecan pie, ham ( maybe, for a meat choice ), deviled eggs, potato salad, vinegar cole slaw, and a huge selection of deserts from pies to cakes to puddings to even sweet cottage cheese dishes flavored with jello mix.
We have Roast Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, salad, relish tray (includes black and green olives, sweet and dull pickles, cherry peppers, etc), candied yams (is a sweet potato dish). We always have whipped cream on our pies.
I'm a Yankee girl, originally. Thanksgiving sandwiches as shown are not a thing, but hot turkey sandwiches (sliced turkey on bread with gravy, with or without bread stuffing, eaten with a fork) on the day after are common. And -- this is peculiar to our family, but our friends have picked it up -- there are so many pies of several varieties left over that we have Pie Breakfast on Friday morning. Dinner is roast turkey, bread stuffing with or without sausage, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, baked sweet potatoes with maple syrup & cinnamon & maybe marshmallow, cranberry sauce, assorted veg, and pumpkin pie with real whipped cream. My veg includes a carrot-pineapple combo made with butter, brown sugar & cinnamon sauce, and steamed green beans with toasted almond slivers. We also have apple pie for non-custard eaters, as well as whatever pies are brought by guests. (Pumpkin pie filling is a custard made with pumpkin.) We also have a jellied salad of cranberry, orange, celery, walnuts, and apple that's sweeter than traditional cranberry sauce.
My family never did marshmallows on sweet potatoes. You can just mash them or candy them with brown sugar, cinnamon etc. It's a side dish. For dessert we liked pumpkin pie, pecan pie and apple pie - all with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Our traditional Thanksgiving was turkey, mashed potatoes, GRAVY, dressing (the moist bread with herbs and flavorings),sometimes a green vegetable like green beans, sometimes broccoli/rice casserole, sweet potatoes (several different preparations are popular) and then dessert.
Candied Yams is Yams with honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and baked with marshmallows over them. It’s eaten in very small doses with our food. 😂 Thanksgiving is in the fall so it’s a lot of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, brown sugar, honey and maple. All warming spices and flavors. All over the US has different classic dishes and even depends on your family’s background. Irish families don’t usually do candied yams, but they will a greenbean casserole. French Canadian families make a broken glass torte, Italians make the best mincemeat pies, etc etc.
Sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping is great if you have the right sweet potato filling recipe. Not too sweet. Typically, thanksgiving means roast turkey (20-25" for our large family), mashed potatoes, glazed carrots (sweetened with brown sugar), green bean casserole, white bread or corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce (although hubby & I don't eat it; mostly for other family members) and you follow it with desserts of pumpkin pie with whipped cream topping, cherry pie or pecan pie. Growing up, we had 5 pecan trees in our yard, so they are plentiful in the central Texas area. Our grandpa used to climb the tree with a long cane stick and knock them off the tree while we gathered them and sat around shelling and eat them, while saving some for pies. While in Germany, I lived in a small village rather than on the military post and our landlady requested we cook them a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, while she made us sauerbraten in exchange - it was great but we had to take a hike between lunch and dinner time. They loved it! You definitely need to make a trip to the U.S.A. Hope that happens for you! If you want biscuits and gravy, get online and order Bisquick biscuit mix and see if you can find Pioneer Flour Mills country gravy with or without sausage or McCormick's country gravy with or without sausage - both gravy mixes have a good flavor, make your biscuits and you'll get a good idea of what they taste like.
We all have slightly different Thanksgiving meals. The average meal is a big turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, with or without marshmallows, cranberry sauce for the turkey, dinner rolls. Dessert is of course pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan pie and pumpin rolls. My family also adds collard greens (because my mom is from North Carolina), ham, corn souffle, deviled eggs. You can eat whatever you want it is all about family and being thankful.❤
It's all about the sides! Everybody has the turkey, on the side is corn, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, usually a green bean dish. It depends where you live.
Thanksgiving traditions are different in every family. Turkeys are oven baked, smashed and baked, or deep fried; some people even do a Turducken, which is a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey. Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy is most common side dish. Then we do both stuffing and dressing, which is basically the same thing with the stuffing being cooked inside the bird, so it has a different flavor and usually isn't as dry as dressing. Recipes for each can vary widely, as well. Cranberries are also done differently in different families. From chunky whole cranberries in a sauce to straight out of a can that looks like a gelatin. Some families do a green bean casserole, while we just do green beans with onions, garlic, bacon and butter. While some do a sweet potato casserole, we do candied yams. They are sliced up take some with brown sugar, topped with butter, and also topped with mini marshmallows, just not such a massive amount of them. I also make my own baked beans as they seem to go well with turkey. We do yeast rolls with dinner. Everyone had some kind of bread with their feast, but that also varies. Desserts are usually bright by guests at my house. We generally find pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple pie. For those who don't care for baked pies, we also do a chocolate dream pie, a cookie/brownie treat with mini M&Ms and crushed pretzels on top different in chocolate and caramel sauce. But Thanksgiving is more than just food. It's bringing family together, focusing one day on the most important thing we each have in common.. each other. Some will drink beer while watching the football games. Some will play games out in the yard. Some will play board games or cards. After dinner, we usually make Christmas ornaments and decide secret Santa for the next holiday gathering. Some may even make plans for strategically getting through Black Friday sales the next day. It's a full day from around 10 in the morning to nearly 10 at night. My table seats 12, but I also have a 6ft and two 4ft tables I bring up from the basement that can seat another 14 people. We've even extended seating out into my deck when the weather has cooperated. Since it's on Thursday, the leftovers continue through the entire weekend and may even make it to Monday or Tuesday lunches at work. I've hosted between 12 and 40 people for Thanksgiving and I do the whole thing again on Friday for friends as a stop over casual affair while everyone's running around hitting all the sales. Lunch is available from noon to four, so all my friends are encouraged to pop in for a bite, get caught up on the years events, and share lots of hugs and laughter. After all, we get so busy just living that we need one day (or two, in my house) to really let people know how grateful we are to have each other.
My thanksgiving dinners growing up had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, pickled beets, green beans w bacon, pickled okra, green bean casserole, sweet boiled carrots (my grandmother adds a splash of orange juice), deviled eggs, dinner rolls, flaky biscuits, candied yams (the sweet potatoes with marshmallow), fruit salad and mandarin orange salad (jello), and for dessert we would have homemade ice cream, cheesecake, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, pecan pie, and often a cream pie or two like a Boston cream pie or coconut cream pie or a key lime pie. But that was for like big family thanksgiving
I live in Tennessee and for Thanksgiving, we usually do both turkey and ham for the meat, then stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, green beans, cooked pears, corn and rolls for sides and chess pie, pecan pie and pumpkin pie for dessert. And of course you can't forget the sweet tea lol
The bread in the middle of the sandwich is usually soaked in gravy to make it easier to eat with the (often) dry turkey and stuffing. Also for flavoring, since gravy ties most of the ingredients together, just like on the plate.
I live in the South. We usually have turkey and a ham, sweet potato casserole with a streusel topping instead of marshmallows. We have green bean casserole and pineapple casserole, peas, mashed potatoes, and gravy, rolls... and of course, cranberry sauce. We have at least 3 kinds of pie. We always have pecan pie, pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and sometimes a chocolate pie. We used to have a fruit salad, but it was the last thing eaten, so we started leaving it off. We love the leftovers, but I've never made that sandwich before.
Turkey, potatoes and turkey gravy, dressing , cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, stuffed jalapeños, sweet potato casserole, Watergate salad, pickles, olives,pumpkin pie, pecan pie crescent rolls, jello salad and green bean casserole. There will always be the other things guests bring.We start eating about noon and eat all day.
Turkey, stuffing (AKA dressing), Corn, Green Beans, Sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, hot dinner rolls, salad, For the main course. Dessert, cherry cream cheese pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, jello salad. And you HAVE to have whipped topping on the pumpkin pie!
Yeah the sandwich is definitely a leftover thing. Usually it’s turkey, stuffing (the wet bread) mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and a bunch of comfort side dishes and casseroles. Macaroni & cheese and green bean casserole being the most popular as well as a bunch of finger foods and hors-doeuvres to eat while the main course is being cooked
It’s basically the same as a Sunday roast, but almost always with turkey (occasionally ham), and swap the Yorkshire puddings for stuffing/dressing, and include some sweet potato or yam item, with a pie for dessert
Would have been so much better to layout a feast setting and see everyone serve and enjoy the food like people normally would.
Ehhh, then you wouldn’t have the focus on each individual food item. It would just be hungry teenage boys plowing through a table of food 😅
Sounds like an audio nightmare!!
Yeah no one would ever eat Tgiving "course by course". Its literally supposed to be a banquet.
@@coyotelong4349 They put all the food items in a sandwich. They already took away focus from each individual food item.
Then it all gets mixed together on your plate by the end of the meal, and you end up with this delicious turkey-dressing-mashed potatoes-gravy slurry....yum yum.😋
The “Turkey pardon” is just a fun, lighthearted Thanksgiving tradition 🦃
The president basically designates one turkey as safe from being killed for Thanksgiving, and the turkey gets a name and is basically made into a pet to live on a plush farm I believe
I think they live at the National Zoo.
I agree, to serve nothing but desert is not representative of American Thanksgiving Dinner
It started when Abe Lincolns son fell in love with the turkey that was going to be for thanksgiving dinner. He begged his father to spare it for a pet. Lincoln always one for humor wrote an actually pardon up for the bird and they went and got another one for supper that night. The tradition has stuck around
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Yep and the turkey became friends with a spider who spun messages into her web saying how awesome the turkey was, so the humans wouldn’t eat him
You should check out "Your New Zealand Family tries Thanksgiving." They did a wonderful job showing a traditional thanksgiving feast.
I agree!
I agree…they did such a good job of recreating it
I agree. Their videos are such fun, and they try hard to recreate American traditions.
Most definitely! Their first one (2021) was exceptional, fun, traditional. Your New Zealand Family = perfect.
I agree 100%
As an American, I've never heard of a Thanksgiving sandwich on Thanksgiving. Maybe as a leftover a couple days later.
I was thinking the same thing
Ditto. First thing that is brought out is the leftovers. No
Thats the only time a thanksgiving sandwich is a thing, is with leftovers. I it’s kind of a poor people thing tbh, I ate em with my mom after we stole all the leftovers after the family function 😂😂
Yes. The "moistmaker" is a sandwich made from leftovers.
I actually always make turkey and gravey sandwiches as my Thanksgiving meal. Just gimme turkey gravey and either Italian bread or rolls and I'm all set. Until dessert.
This is just a small sample. Different regions/families have different traditional foods, but typically you would have something like turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie.
I've always lived in the South and we include ham and homemade rolls. We also prefer the cranberry sauce to retain the shape of the can. Few people have the one with whole cranberries in it.
I'm from the South, and we typically have Mac and Cheese and cornbread dressing, but we don't have mashed potatoes, stuffing, or green bean casserole.
From the northeast, substitute apple pie for pecan pie for our Thanksgiving.
Stuffing and dressing is the same thing. One goes in the bird, the other not. Corn bread or regular bread doesn't determine which is which.
black southerner here, never had green bean casserole or pecan pie (until I started making it a few years back). Our pie of choice is sweet potato and we typically also serve rice, collards, and ham
Not all sweet potato casseroles have marshmallows. My family puts a layer of nuts and brown sugar. Also remember sweet potatoes are naturally sweet so it’s easy to make a sweet dish from them.
Yeah, I like it better that way instead of the marshmallows. They make it too sweet for my taste.
Nuts???
@@hotchocolategirl1der Yes, nuts are in a lot of sweet dishes. Don't knock it till you've tried it. See @jennm3321 above.
I wish they had actually put out a typical Thanksgiving dinner. That would have included the turkey, stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce, potato of some kind [usually mashed], gravy, veggies like green beans or green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and dessert like pumpkin pie, pecan pie and other variations of pies and desserts. My family usually has ham too for those that don't care for turkey and other additional sides as well. Basically Thanksgiving dinner is a ridiculous amount of food that can be eaten on for days!! Lol!!
Amen!!! Bring on the leftovers!😊
Yeah, I like to have ham along with turkey too.
Don't forget the deviled eggs!
@@initforcake3159 I could eat a dozen of those!!!😋 Of course no one will want to be around me the next day or so!!!😂🤣😂
Exactly! We have tons of stuff! Being from a Cuban household... we do it up multicultural! Seriously, the amount of food is ridiculous!!
Interesting fact: all the food in this episode was fixed by Josh’s wife. She’s a professional chef who actually came in 2nd on Korea’s version of Masterchef. Anyway, she documented how she made all the food (including an entire turkey dinner just to go in the Friends’ sandwich & gravy to soak the middle piece of bread in to create "the moist maker"). Her name is Gabie Kook.
Is that on Jolly's channel?
@@joantrotter3005 she has her own channel.
Gabie has her own channel.
In my opinion pro chefs over do things alot and is never as good as southern moms thanksgiving etc.
To fancy for sake of fancy. Just stick the brown sugar and butter in and your golden.
Lime the sweet potatos looked to orange and not red hue from the brown sugar. Pumpkin pie looked like store bought crap.
This should have been made by a traditional American mom. This is NOT how we American moms make our Thanksgiving foods.
The headmaster at that school is an absolute star! I love his comments and have seen most of those Jolly videos.
In terms of timing, Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November. The following day is Black Friday. Thanksgiving weekend is the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season. Also a lot of people are nostalgic about watching the Peanuts (Charlie Brown) Thanksgiving special that night. The days is mostly spent watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the morning and American football games the rest of the day. Families and friends gather and share the feast. Some families take the opportunity to serve the poor by helping out at a local free Thanksgiving meal for the community’s needy and lonely. Many go to church that morning. In general it really is about giving thanks for all we have.
You're actually right, this was short cut with the sandwich. Each family may have different tastes and traditions. Ours is the roast turkey, gravy, mashed, stuffing, many vegetables, corn, carrots, squash, turnip, cranberry sauce, green been casserole, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls and cornbread. Then later after digesting a bit there's all kinds of pies and snacks .
I would love to see them have turnips. It's one of my favorite foods on earth but I know it's a controversial one. I prefer biscuits over cornbread (cornbread is fine but it makes my teeth squeak so I avoid it) and dipping it in the liquid off the turnips (My gramps called it pot liquor) is one of my FAVORITE THINGS.
You're right... It was entertaining, but they mostly just showed a very few sides and desserts. A full on Thanksgiving dinner is much broader, bigger and more varied. The sandwich is something I'm sure that was dreamed as a way to use up leftovers for following days meals after Thanksgiving. We've made sandwiches, but never that much of a totally mixed up combo with everything in it lol.
Some people deep fry a turkey in a barrel of oil.
Some people go the turducken route -- a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey.
I'd like to see a Brit's reaction to a turducken.
For MY family in Louisiana. Thanksgiving is a fun time. We’ll have a banquet table set up for all the food. The large turkey is always the centerpiece. My mom makes the dressing (it takes 3 days to make so she only makes it once a year). My sister makes the sweet potato casserole. Any family member can request any dish be on the table. That request will be honored. One year my son brought home a group of friends from college who would, otherwise, be alone on thanksgiving. It was a full house and a fun time.
The most typical:
turkey with stuffing; cranberry sauce;
mashed potatoes with gravy and/or sweet potato casserole;
pumpkin and/or pecan pie
Don't forget green bean casserole [which I don't like, but many do...lol! ]
Our family's Thanksgiving dinner consisted of turkey, dressing not stuffing, mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, squash, turnip, Brussels sprouts, corn and peas. Desert was pumpkin pie or mince pie. I am from Gloucester, Massachusetts and the cold weather crops were prevalent.
@@danajohnson4757 I love green bean casserole! It's a must for my family. I make mine a bit differently from the basic Campbell's recipe though.
Don't forget the green bean casserole. Greenbeans chunks cooked in a cream of mushroom soup thinned with milk & topped with crispy fried onion rings.
there are pickles of several types and rolls/ breads of different kinds.
I've had 66 Thanksgivings and have never had or heard of a thanksgiving sandwich. This is nothing like a Thanksgiving dinner. Tried a turducken once for Thanksgiving and it was good.
I usually throw some mayonnaise seasoning and turkey on some bread with left overs idk what all that other stuff was lol
I believe this is the "moist maker" sandwich from the TV show Friends, Ross, who makes it with the leftovers.
Candied yams, not sweet potato casserole. Its my favorite food by far.
It’s the butter content, lol. 🤤
Oh yes, candied yams! I can make some awesome ones! And usually I don’t put marshmallows on top.
lol 👍
Same no marshmallow. Candied is so much better
@@andershay99212 blasphemy. Marshmallow is what makes it. I add cinnamon red hots to minenfor a bit of added kick.
Sweet potato casserole with cinnamon, brown sugar and butter is amazing! Pumpkin pie is also amazing! Pecan pie is one of my favorites.
The presidential turkey pardon is just traditional fun 🦃 ....and yes, they left out dressing/stuffing, green bean casserole crannberry sauce, although it was in the sandwich. Actuality every casserole known can be at a family Thanksgiving meal 😄
Oh our thanksgiving is INSANE! We do like 10 appetizers, big turkey, big ham, all the sides (about 6), and about 15 different desserts. It’s nuts how much we do lol.
I am coming to your Thanksgiving!
@@denisewellman5981 it’s a little insane what we do lol. We even have a pop corn station, a salsa bar, and a chocolate fountain. We are a little stupid. 😂😂😂 We also do many meals for homeless persons during this time and throughout the year. But our thanksgiving is crazy. And we love newcomers!❤️❤️❤️
My family’s Thanksgiving meal is: three day long roasted turkeys, one pineapple and honey roasted ham, Mac n cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, two types of cranberry sauce (one with pomegranate and one without), butter biscuits, and extra creamy mashed potatoes. Everybody does the appetizers potluck style, but the most consistent ones are deviled eggs, chocolate covered bacon (don’t knock it till you try it), baked brie, and quail chops (my uncle and cousin go hunting and often bring back a few quails to roast up). And desserts are often warm apple pie, ice cream, pumpkin pie, sometime pecan pie, cookies, and cheesecake. It’s all washed down with some boozy hot apple cider, beers, and wines for the adults and some soda for the kids.
Thanksgiving is the second holiday in the “holiday trifecta”. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the reason people gain an average of 10 lbs in those months. It’s three months straight of eating 😅
I’m 61 from Wisconsin and have never seen sooo much marshmallow on top of sweet potatoes. It looked like they used the regular marshmallows and not the miniature ones…lol 🤢
Right. The yams looked off too.
We never put marshmellow on our sweet potato casserole. My mom made the topping with brown sugar, butter, and pecans.😊
It did look excessively mallowed.
@@ambersheets8142we did both pecan and brown sugar mixed in with the sweet potato’s but always topped sweet potato casserole with the mini marshmallow.
I use large ones but not that many. They are an addition not a covering when I make it.
If you come here to America for Thanksgiving, Lew, you’ll be well fed and enjoy some football. I’m sure one of your 22,000 subscribers will happily have you over. You’re always welcome to my house.
Congratulations on gaining so many new subscribers. I’ve been recovering from surgery and watching your charming videos. I subscribed to your channel about two weeks ago when you had 16,000. You’re the first channel I’ve ever subscribed to, so well done you.
Our Thanksgiving meals consist of turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or yams, green bean casserole, or some variation of green bean something, cranberries, rolls, lots of appetizers beforehand, and finish it off with pumpkin pie, and usually another pie. At my house, I make a lemon cream cheese pie, but my southern grandmother always made pecan. This menu will obviously very a little bit from house to house, but it’s pretty standard.
The sandwiches afterward are epic. I blend the cranberries in with cream cheese and use that as a spread. It’s my favorite.
When we do our Thanksgiving dinner ... there is so much food... turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, corn, pea salad, my youngest also like macaroni and cheese casserole, applesauce, croissants, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, mincemeat pie, usually a cake or another kind of pie of some kind....
Side note on the pies: if you've not had pecan pie (usually pronounced "puh-KAHN" here in the southern U.S), imagine treacle tart with walnuts sprinkled on top. (Walnut trees and pecan trees are related; pecans tend to have a little stronger flavor than English walnuts.) Pumpkin pie might sound nasty, but it's really not bad as it's usually seasoned with things like cinnamon or nutmeg and has a flavor similar to sweet potato but not quite as overwhelmingly sweet.
One of the coolest things about America's Thanksgiving is that it's often considered the start of the midwinter holiday season, and is like having Christmas dinner twice a year instead of just once!
We literally would never eat that sandwich. I’m not really sure who made it up, but it is not a traditional item at all!
In some families it is made the day after Thanksgiving for a quick lunch.
@@marydavis5234 I agree but if they wanted to represent the United States thanksgiving tradition, shoving all the leftovers in a sandwich was most definitely not the way to go. People who haven’t had a Thanksgiving every year of their life wouldn’t understand that sandwich at all.
To be fair, they did say it was a leftovers thing, and taken from Friends. Strange they would start with that though
It was created by a writer on the T.V show Friends. It’s not bad, but yeah it’s a day after Thanksgiving meal, not a Thanksgiving meal. The difference there is very important.
I totally grew up with this sandwich. Actually there are a couple of sub places where I live that make this all around. It's amazing!
Marshmallow on sweet potato 😣 is a small percentage of how sweet potato, or yams, are done. We bake them in the jacket, then fix them with butter etc.
They missed the stuffing, green bean hot dish, and Ambrosia salad 😊
Ok…my favorite is yams/sweet potatoes with marshmallows, it’s sooo good. I think the Brits aren’t use to non bland food.
Mine, too! It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without them. We repeat for Christmas dinner, but Christmas Eve, its all about the tamales!
We make a praline topping . Even better ! Imo
Me too, it just rlly depends on how it’s made
It’s disgustingly sweet.
I grew up having sweet potato casserole with our Thanksgiving dinner, but as an adult I much prefer it topped with a pecan streusel.
The Thanksgiving dinner I grew up having typically included turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, Brussels sprouts, corn, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie, banana cream pie, and Jello with fruit.
Out here in the U.S., depending on what culture you are raised in, the Thanksgiving meals differ. I'm of Puerto Rican heritage, so we tend to not enjoy Turkey as much (it's always dry and bland), we opt more for Pernil (pork roast), and arroz con gandules (rice with chick peas) and some of the other traditional Thanksgiving dishes. I'm married to a southern black man whose family tends to opt for traditional soul food (which is amazing), that consists of home made Mac n cheese , sweet potato PIE (not casserole with marshmallows) and collard greens, along with other delicious dishes. Yes, we make turkey for both, but tend to make more Ham and Pernil (if I don't make that, they get upset. Lol), which are obviously pork. Drinks also pay a roll in the meal. If you are ever interested in making and prepping any of these (and that goes for anyone else reading this), I'd be happy to help you out.
If your turkey is dry, you cooked it wrong.
@@shaneg9081 don't give a shit. It's bland if you don't deep fry it.
@@jenniferking7264It's bland if you don't brine it. That being said, if your family prefer pork there's nothing wrong with that.
I'm Midwestern, so Thanksgiving means taking home a bunch of empty Cool Whip and Country Crock containers filled with leftovers.
Which will be eaten a couple hours after I get home when I'm about at the "those aren't pillows!" part of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and the joint has fully kicked in.
Sweet potatoes are great. Bake one like a baked potato, then add butter and cinnamon. Yummy.
That’s what they serve at a steakhouse we use to go to. Their baked sweet potatoes were out of this world. But so easy to make at home.
@@TexasRose50 yep. Some places serve them here in New Orleans. Soo yummy.
Yes .. cut the potato in half and bake with butter/brown sugar mixture.
Forgot to say that pumpkin pie is absolutely wonderful...it is silky smooth and with whipped cream on top you would want to eat half the pie easily...It is So Good.
July 4th is Independence Day! Bingo! Touchdown! Yahtzee! Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday of November. The sweet potato casserole I prefer has a pecan crumble topping, not the marshmallow. The marshmallow topping is more popular here though. Pumpkin pie would go worldwide if people could taste it. Pecan pie is SO rich I can only eat one slice in a sitting. They totally missed out on green been casserole with julienned green beans and french onion topping, no mash and gravy (traditional brown gravy, btw), no stuffing either. ugh. Thanksgiving is when you can get away with things like mixing one starchy staple with another and it works, like stuffing and mash, dinner rolls and mash, mash and gravy sandwich. Y'all missing out over there...
Oh, I don’t like sweet potatoes but that pecan crumble on top sounds AMAZING!
In the South, a full fledged Thanksgiving feast usually includes: the turkey, dressing (usually cornbread-based dressing), sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping, MAYBE mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (using a Campbell soup recipe) with fried onion topping, cranberry jelly or relish, MAYBE a fresh green salad or another favorite vegetable and desserts CAN include pecan pie (genuine pronunciation is "puh-cahn" - Im not making that up! LOL its a thing here in the US. We know you're not from the South...or more specifically, not from Texas...if you say "PEE-can". Pecans originated in Texas and is the state nut.) Its almost heresy to not have pumpkin pie, but not everyone likes it. My mother in law almost always makes a Chocolate Silk pie and one of my favorite pies is Buttermilk pie, which is not common but just a preference of mine. A common Thanksgiving trope is the "tryptophan coma" after eating but Im not sure if its because turkey is high in tryptophan or if its because everyone gorges themselves and then has to take a nap to sleep the food coma off. Anyway, Jolly gave them iconic dishes but it was by no means representative of the entire Thanksgiving experience.
The actual Thanksgiving meal varies from family to family. I know people who make loads of Italian food or Mexican food to go along with either a Turkey or Ham. The sides vary widely too! Sometimes they’re regional or cultural. But the food is always delicious and you do have leftovers for days 🤤
Where's the green bean casserole?!?!
Green beans, cream of mushroom soup and fried onion topper!
😂😂
~grin~ And not just any green bean casserole...DURKEE BRAND green bean casserole! Get that dish on the table whether anyone likes it or not! Whether it's eaten is irrelevant; ITS PRESENCE IS MANDATORY.
this was so much fun to watch. the sandwich is how we eat leftovers for a day or two after. i've NEVER seen anyone pick up the pie to eat it. so cute! we have mashed sweet potatoes instead of the casserole. i use what's left of the turkey to make soup. I've always thought your Christmas dinner would be a lot like our thanksgiving, but apparently not. really enjoy your videos, i'm always surprised by some of the difference between our countries.
The hand held pie slice is perfect for when there are already way too many dishes in the sink and machine, I’ve done it for years
@4:00 even in America we argue about the marshmallow. Imo it does not belong on sweet potato.
Sweet potato casserole is essential for Thanksgiving. My mom's includes sweet potatoes mixed with brown sugar, maple syrup, a squeeze of orange juice with the marshmallow baked on top. So sweet but so good.
And maybe some nuts
I don't do a huge, huge meal for a smaller group. But...when I'd have 25-30 guests...you gotta have a ton of choices.
My husband's family had different things that they expected than what my family expected.
Both agreed on roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, green beans, or gr. bean casserole, corn and massive fresh made dinner rolls. His family added: green onions, dill pickles, bread based stuffing or dressing and usually a relish tray with fresh celery and carrots. My family added: coleslaw, cornbread stuffing and sometimes macaroni and cheese (the good baked kind.)
Desserts would be mostly pies but always included pumpkin and chocolate cream pie(s). Pumpkin roll, pecan pie, apple pie, banana pudding with Nilla wafers and this cake his family always did that weighed like 20 lbs! LOL. Yellow cake layered with vanilla pudding mixed with cream cheese, crushed and chunked pineapple and a top of whipped topping. Crazy!
The sandwich is what we eat the next day
but without all that gunk on it. Bread, turkey and mayo. Done.
Yes sweet potatoes and marshmallows are a very beloved way to enjoy with many more recipes usually families bring a few different dishes and meet up at one house and we enjoy dinner together to celebrate Thanksgiving together as being thankful for everyone who has been will be and all of our blessings in life but mostly to give to share happiness with those around us
Thanksgiving started as a harvest celebration, the pilgrims were giving thanks for their bounty. Traditionally you have Roast Turkey, stuffing/dressing, potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce etc. There are variations based on region, family heritage and traditions. Some people stuff the turkey, some bake the stuffing/dressing on the side. Some like sweet potato casserole (not me!), pecan or apple pie is common.
Not really. Thanksgiving in the US is very specific. Comment later explains, but it was related to a historic event in the country's founding.
On an episode of the TV show "Friends", Ross gets mad because a co-worker stole his Thanksgiving sandwich. Every year Monica makes him a leftover turkey sandwich with what Ross calls the "moist maker" in the middle. He says the bread slice in the middle soaks up all the juices. LOL
Pardoning the turkey is saving the turkeys life from being eaten. Silly tradition. Fun. It gets to live out its life in safety.
We have: roasted turkey, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, asparagus in cheese sauce over Fritos, greenbean casserole, pea salad, candied yams, fancy sweet cranberry sauce with pecans. And more. Lots of pies!!!
Turkey. Roasted. Or, as I've had a couple of times before, deep fried in peanut oil. The skin comes out so f****** crispy and tasty. Along with jellied cranberry sauce, either fully jellied or with whole cranberries. Candied sweet potatoes, which is what they're serving in this video. Stuffing, which I've made a multitude of different ways but usually using Jimmy Dean's sweet sausage. I've made one with Craisins, apples, celery, it's a Crock-Pot thing all onto itself in that case. Then there's mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, corn, some people make brussel sprouts, and a must for me is broccoli smothered in Velveeta cheese sauce.
Like any other pie, depending on how someone makes it, pumpkin pie can be phenomenal or absolutely disgusting. For instance, the Brits in this video are comparing it to a pumpkin spice latte? I wouldn't touch that with a 25 foot pole. Despise anything flavored like pumpkin spice.
I agree with you about pumpkin pie. But I also discovered I like sweet potato pie.
We also had creamed tutnips wth butter/sour cream & seasoned with salt & pepper.
@@deborahscranton9279 I don't know if you meant turnips and not tutnips, as I've never heard of those . But I don't think I could handle anything turnip based. More power to you for it though
It takes me 2 days to cook for Thanksgiving. Turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, corn, crescent rolls, pumpkin pie dutch apple pie.
The 4th of July is America's birthday,Thanksgiving is when the pilgrims shared skills with the Indians and shared both people's foods and had a huge meal together and that became Thanksgiving be thankful for each other and give thanks to the heavenly father for his blessings
Favorite sweet potato recipe is sweet potatoes topped with chopped pecans, brown sugar and butter and then a border of marshmallows baked in the oven…. Pure heaven!!!
Their pecan pie didn’t look like the ones we make. It usually only has a single layer of pecans on top of a sweet jelly-like filling.
Yes I'm with you. It's supposed to be a sugar pie with pecans on the top. Some people really like the nuts so they fill the whole thing with nuts.
Meh, not everyone likes super sweet stuff. I personally much prefer pecan pie with more nuts and way less sugar pie filling. My family also doesn't like marshmallows on sweet potato casserole, it's WAY too sweet and sugary. We do baked yams, but only with a very thin glaze. I like the actual flavors of pecans, sweet potato and yams... not so big on a mouthful of straight sugar though.
Our family Thanksgiving dinner consists of roasted Turkey, giblet gravy, homemade rolls, cornbread dressing, green beans casserole, sweet potato casserole, broccoli and cheese, green peas, cranberry sauce, followed by pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie, apple pie and whipped cream. We are Texan, we all contribute, no one does it all. It's a celebration of thankfulness for our Lord's bounty. There are different dishes depending on where you live in the country as well as where you live in Texas. We know families that do BBQ for Thanksgiving.
Hello young Brit! Im from the state of Massachusetts, USA and Im here to tell you that Thanksgiving is a Feast! Roasted turkey, mashed potstoes, candied sweet potstoes, many other different veggies based on where in the US but because the Pilgrims landed here not more than 40 minutes awY, we here in NEW E gland mostly elebrate the days food Traditionally! That said, because the 1st Thznksgiving was during HRvest time; some veggies include squashes, corn and turnips. Stuffing the bird with dressing made with bread pieces ?stsle) that is mixed with turkey juices, onions and seasoned well and either stuffed into the birds cavity or baked separately. Then, of couse turkey gravy made from the same turkey juices, cranberry sauce ( store bought or homemade), biscuits ( not the British sweets we call cookie but like in biscuits and gravy) prefesbbly homemade. We can drink msny beverzges with this meal such as, eggnog, apple cider, coffee, soda, jui e, etc. Please know that it was the LOCAL Native Ameri an tribe, the Wampanoags that SAVED THE LIVES of these people because without the knowledge, generosity compassion and kindness these British seters would not have sur i ed their first winter in the cold winter climate of Massachusetts! The Wampanoags also taught them to fish and showed them where to gather local herbs for cooking and medicinal purposes. They were thsnked for their kindness with nearly genocidal de imation of their tribes, families and their land. The Wampanoags still exist here in MA and continue to struggle after hundreds of years caring for their tribes, families and the land they held sacred. They were devestated as a people by the virusses, colds snd other germs thst these white foreigners brought with them from Europe. They were nearly wiped out as a people, as were many Nstive peoples a ross this country by the greed and cruelty levied against them by the white intruders. Any of us 'Americans' with a Soul, recognize Thsnksgiving day as one in which we Honor these Indigenous people for their hesrt, spirituality, brsvery, compassion and tenacity. This is what Thanksgiving means to me and my family as well as many other people across the nation who recognize the sacrifices of these People of Color in the making of this country!
Young man you need to educate yourself with the Truth regarding All disenfranchised people whose blood sweat, tears and lives contributed to the making of the USA TO THIS DAY!
You are very right on the head with the facts.
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Sorry for my poor te ting skills! I was so absorbed in the telling of the story that I didn't check my long tirade before posting. But I have an excuse. O am a Black woman 69 years young and texting from my phone can be a tedious and awkward exercise for me. I apologize for all my typos and hope my point got across. This you g man in E gland appears to be very Pro USA/ American but I think he is naive to the facts and his/story of this country. I hope I was able to enlighten him just a little bit and e oursge him to dive deeper into the Truth behind this country's history that is more than just big houses and great food. Many POC ha e Contributed to the greatness and prestige that this country is, only now, admitting or appreciating. I won't talk about recognizing òr appreciating these POC, because the USA just ain't there yet after nearly 250 years!
@@karenalves8100 I hear ya Mama. I'm a POC myself. Chinese so I really ally myself with anyone of color. And I don't mind your texting skills. Ya doing well.
@@AC-ni4gt Thanks Mama. Blessings!
The sweet potatoes with marshmallows served as a side dish with stuffing turkey mashed potatoes actually sets off all the herbs while cutting the richness of the starches and fat. You have to have all the sides
They didn’t show a full dinner. Just a few samples
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We serve sweet potatoes with melted butter and sprinkled with brown sugar, a dash of ground clove and cinnamon.
The turkey pardon is a tradition that dates back to the American civil war and our 16th president Abraham Lincoln in 1863 but more specifically to his son Tad Lincoln, the turkey who Tad had named Jack and treated like a pet was originally supposed to be the presidential Christmas dinner. When Tad learned of this he begged his father to save Jacks life, Lincoln did go on to pardon the turkey and for Christmas dinner would instead have a roast hence the tradition of having a roast for Christmas dinner. The turkey then became a family pet and stayed with the Lincoln's for some time.
I've heard two stories of how this happened. one is that Tad barged into one of Lincolns cabinet meetings and begged for for the turkeys life. Even after Lincoln explained why the turkey was there and was to be eaten Tad sill instead the turkey be spared. The other story was that Tad after discovering what was going to happen took the turkey with him and waited in line with former Confederate soldiers who were there in the white house for clemency and being pardon for their actions in the war. When it was Tads turn Lincoln was confused and asked his son why he was there and with the turkey Tad then explained and convinced his father to pardon the turkey.
it has been an annual tradition ever since 1989 when president George H. W. Bush formalized it as white house tradition. Although no formal pardons a few of the previous presidents did spare some of the turkeys. Like Richard Nixon who had them sent to a nearby zoo.
Thanksgiving dinner is roast turkey, cornbread and/or oyster dressing, mashed potato with brown or turkey gravy, assorted vegetables, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls with butter, and pecan and pumpkin pie..It is Wonderful and everyone eats a Lot!...You would Love it.
Generally, we do have several pies. Apple, Cherry, pecan, squash, and pumpkin are probably the most common for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving in the U.S. is celebrated as the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, they celebrate after harvest Day, which is on a Monday.
Side dishes and other desserts generally vary from region. We generally have an apple salad as well, which is cored and sliced apples, sliced grapes, chopped walnuts, sliced celery, mayonnaise. Tip: if you use apples with light lemon juice before adding to the salad, it prevents Browning.
8:53 usually made with Bourbon
My sweet potato casserole actually doesn’t have marshmallows but I have pecans and brown sugar on top. It is a side dish but I prefer it for dessert myself
I've been a HUGE fan of these high schoolers trying food series for a while now, your commentary and reactions, plus the kids reactions is the best thing that has ever happened to youtube. I'm rewatching all the taste tests because I'm enjoying your reactions so much.
Your low key disappointment makes me want to send you a whole Thanksgiving dinner. 😂 Generally speaking, we have a turkey, dressing with giblet gravy, mac and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, a variety of salads, a veg variety like corn on the cob, and dinner rolls. Dessert is pecan and pumpkin pie, different kinds of cheesecakes and a variety of cookies. Thanksgiving may be regionally different too. Some places have seafood or ham, although turkey is still the most traditional.
Yup, I like sweet potato casserole. Sweet potato pie rocks too.
Geez, the kid reacting to the pecan pie was scary. I love pecan pie, it’s incredible. Especially if it’s a real southern style.
You need to do an actual Thanksgiving dinner feast video.
We thank God for the food and sustenance before the meal.
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Then the food spread is enormous!
My favorite holiday ❤️
No gifts just family amd friends for an amazing dinner.
That's what we are thankful for
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And there's TWO types of stuffing/dressing, depending on what region of the US you're in. In some areas, stale bread is used as the base. In other areas, cornbread is used as the base. We're kinda in the middle of the US, so my grandmother always did a bread/cornbread combo. LOL
Turkey, dressing/stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, lima beans, dinner rolls, sometimes cornbread, collard greens, ham, sweet potato casserole (I use a topping of chopped pecans, brown sugar, butter, and a little bit of flour rather than marshmallow), deviled eggs, a tray with peanut butter-stuffed celery, pickles, olives, carrots, and all manner of various other veggies. Different regions of the country have their own traditional dishes.
He pardon the turkey so it can’t be killed for thanksgiving 😂
Pumpkin pie, when done correctly is one of my favorite things. Thanksgiving can be a little different for each house. At my house, we have turkey, prime rib, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, corn, butternut squash, ham, dinner rolls, "green salad" (a side dish that has marshmallows, green jellow, cream cheese, and pineapple), vanilla ice cream, and a number of pies (always Pumpkin and apple, and sometimes pecan pie). During the day, we snack, but more specifically we have a cheeseball with crackers. My mom has the best recipe for that.
I remember the FRIENDS episode where Monica makes the turkey sandwich with the moist maker for Ross. He even explains how it's made. LOL
our family thanksgiving has baked turkey with 2 kinds of stuffing, usually some kind of a beef roast, mashed potatoes, noodles, gravy, sweet potatoes (they overdid it with the marshmallows, I think, in the video) cranberries and cranberry sauce, green been casserole, homemade rolls with homemade jam, butter, waldorf salad (chopped apples with celery, grapes, mayo), asparagus. Sometimes we play around with different soup but that isnt a staple. Dessert could be anything people bring, but pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream, pecan pie, apple pie, maybe a banana cream pie since that was dad's favorite. Sweet iced tea or sparkling juice for the kids. Yes, there was always a lot of people at our family thanksgiving! oh, there would usually be ice cream or cheese for the apple pie. My family (not me) make fantastic pies.
LOL! Pumpkin pie and sweet potato's with baked marshmellow's is fantastic and should be part of Thanksgiving everywhere!
Thanksgiving is a peasful conversation at the table with the family and with warm candle light.... Some times ends up in fights, but hey!... We try.
Our traditional dinner is comprised of: turkey, traditional sage stuffing, riced potatoes and giblet gravy, homemade dinner rolls, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, 24 hour salad, a tray of homemade sweet pickles, dill pickles, black olives and cranberry sauce, for desert: pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie and lemon meringue pie, and for drinks we serve 7up with grenadine and vanilla ice cream.
thanksgiving is much more than a Sunday roast, it is a massive feast - so much so that most fall asleep after eating. The sweet potato casserole is best when the marshmallows are still warm and melting over the sweet potatoes. Pumpkin pie is amazingly good with whipped cream (or cool whip) on top. Many dishes are specialty dishes reserved just for thanksgiving. Frequently there are extra starches, and veggies, but most all thanksgiving dinners include turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, dressing (stuffing) deviled eggs, rolls, cranberry (canned jelly or fresh) with maybe a green bean casserole, and multiple desserts. Often whole and extended families gather with guests all bringing a dish.
Thanksgiving dinner generally has a few staples and some variations, depending on family traditions and other things. In my family we have the turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato pie, mashed potatoes, turnips, corn, cranberry sauce, brown gravy, and rolls for the main meal, and desserts usually are pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, fruit salad (some people call it ambrosia), and pecan pie. And of course, wine/juice/water with the meal and coffee with dessert. Leftovers are split and eaten throughout the day (We eat the meal around 2 pm) and for a few days after.
Thanksgiving dinner is like a Sunday roast. Different people do different variations. But.. Roasted turkey, cornbread stuffing, Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes w/ marshmallows, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie, pecan pie……. So good
Our family has: Turkey, Honey Ham, Mashed potatoes, Sweet potato casserole with marshmellows an walnuts, green bean casserole, honey butter rolls, gravy, sausage rolls, deviled eggs, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce and our desserts are banana pudding and pumpkin pie usually. A feast! And we do use the meal to make leftovers or the sandwich in the 1 to 3 days after!
Moist maker is the stuffing1 that is made to go with the Turkey. Made of seasoned bread and spices that complement the Thanksgiving dinner. It is absolutely delicious!!
We have a whole turkey and cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, rolls, sweet potato casserole, corn, brussel sprouts with bacon, honey smoked ham, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple bundt cake. Sometimes, we'll have zucchini and yellow squash as well.
Thankgiving meal consists of oven baked/roasted or deep fried turkey, cornbread dressing or stuffing with turkey giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, hot rolls, fruit salad/ambrosia, pecan pie, ham ( maybe, for a meat choice ), deviled eggs, potato salad, vinegar cole slaw, and a huge selection of deserts from pies to cakes to puddings to even sweet cottage cheese dishes flavored with jello mix.
We have Roast Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, salad, relish tray (includes black and green olives, sweet and dull pickles, cherry peppers, etc), candied yams (is a sweet potato dish). We always have whipped cream on our pies.
I'm a Yankee girl, originally. Thanksgiving sandwiches as shown are not a thing, but hot turkey sandwiches (sliced turkey on bread with gravy, with or without bread stuffing, eaten with a fork) on the day after are common. And -- this is peculiar to our family, but our friends have picked it up -- there are so many pies of several varieties left over that we have Pie Breakfast on Friday morning.
Dinner is roast turkey, bread stuffing with or without sausage, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, baked sweet potatoes with maple syrup & cinnamon & maybe marshmallow, cranberry sauce, assorted veg, and pumpkin pie with real whipped cream. My veg includes a carrot-pineapple combo made with butter, brown sugar & cinnamon sauce, and steamed green beans with toasted almond slivers. We also have apple pie for non-custard eaters, as well as whatever pies are brought by guests. (Pumpkin pie filling is a custard made with pumpkin.) We also have a jellied salad of cranberry, orange, celery, walnuts, and apple that's sweeter than traditional cranberry sauce.
My family never did marshmallows on sweet potatoes. You can just mash them or candy them with brown sugar, cinnamon etc. It's a side dish. For dessert we liked pumpkin pie, pecan pie and apple pie - all with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Our traditional Thanksgiving was turkey, mashed potatoes, GRAVY, dressing (the moist bread with herbs and flavorings),sometimes a green vegetable like green beans, sometimes broccoli/rice casserole, sweet potatoes (several different preparations are popular) and then dessert.
Candied Yams is Yams with honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and baked with marshmallows over them. It’s eaten in very small doses with our food. 😂
Thanksgiving is in the fall so it’s a lot of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, brown sugar, honey and maple. All warming spices and flavors.
All over the US has different classic dishes and even depends on your family’s background. Irish families don’t usually do candied yams, but they will a greenbean casserole. French Canadian families make a broken glass torte, Italians make the best mincemeat pies, etc etc.
Sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping is great if you have the right sweet potato filling recipe. Not too sweet. Typically, thanksgiving means roast turkey (20-25" for our large family), mashed potatoes, glazed carrots (sweetened with brown sugar), green bean casserole, white bread or corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce (although hubby & I don't eat it; mostly for other family members) and you follow it with desserts of pumpkin pie with whipped cream topping, cherry pie or pecan pie. Growing up, we had 5 pecan trees in our yard, so they are plentiful in the central Texas area. Our grandpa used to climb the tree with a long cane stick and knock them off the tree while we gathered them and sat around shelling and eat them, while saving some for pies. While in Germany, I lived in a small village rather than on the military post and our landlady requested we cook them a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, while she made us sauerbraten in exchange - it was great but we had to take a hike between lunch and dinner time. They loved it! You definitely need to make a trip to the U.S.A. Hope that happens for you! If you want biscuits and gravy, get online and order Bisquick biscuit mix and see if you can find Pioneer Flour Mills country gravy with or without sausage or McCormick's country gravy with or without sausage - both gravy mixes have a good flavor, make your biscuits and you'll get a good idea of what they taste like.
We all have slightly different Thanksgiving meals. The average meal is a big turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, with or without marshmallows, cranberry sauce for the turkey, dinner rolls. Dessert is of course pumpkin pie, apple pie, pecan pie and pumpin rolls. My family also adds collard greens (because my mom is from North Carolina), ham, corn souffle, deviled eggs. You can eat whatever you want it is all about family and being thankful.❤
It's all about the sides! Everybody has the turkey, on the side is corn, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, usually a green bean dish. It depends where you live.
Thanksgiving traditions are different in every family.
Turkeys are oven baked, smashed and baked, or deep fried; some people even do a Turducken, which is a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey.
Mashed potatoes with turkey gravy is most common side dish.
Then we do both stuffing and dressing, which is basically the same thing with the stuffing being cooked inside the bird, so it has a different flavor and usually isn't as dry as dressing. Recipes for each can vary widely, as well.
Cranberries are also done differently in different families. From chunky whole cranberries in a sauce to straight out of a can that looks like a gelatin.
Some families do a green bean casserole, while we just do green beans with onions, garlic, bacon and butter.
While some do a sweet potato casserole, we do candied yams. They are sliced up take some with brown sugar, topped with butter, and also topped with mini marshmallows, just not such a massive amount of them.
I also make my own baked beans as they seem to go well with turkey.
We do yeast rolls with dinner. Everyone had some kind of bread with their feast, but that also varies.
Desserts are usually bright by guests at my house. We generally find pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple pie. For those who don't care for baked pies, we also do a chocolate dream pie, a cookie/brownie treat with mini M&Ms and crushed pretzels on top different in chocolate and caramel sauce.
But Thanksgiving is more than just food. It's bringing family together, focusing one day on the most important thing we each have in common.. each other.
Some will drink beer while watching the football games. Some will play games out in the yard. Some will play board games or cards. After dinner, we usually make Christmas ornaments and decide secret Santa for the next holiday gathering. Some may even make plans for strategically getting through Black Friday sales the next day.
It's a full day from around 10 in the morning to nearly 10 at night. My table seats 12, but I also have a 6ft and two 4ft tables I bring up from the basement that can seat another 14 people. We've even extended seating out into my deck when the weather has cooperated.
Since it's on Thursday, the leftovers continue through the entire weekend and may even make it to Monday or Tuesday lunches at work.
I've hosted between 12 and 40 people for Thanksgiving and I do the whole thing again on Friday for friends as a stop over casual affair while everyone's running around hitting all the sales. Lunch is available from noon to four, so all my friends are encouraged to pop in for a bite, get caught up on the years events, and share lots of hugs and laughter.
After all, we get so busy just living that we need one day (or two, in my house) to really let people know how grateful we are to have each other.
The moist bread in the sandwich is stuffing. That is croutons which are seasoned. It marries the flavors of Thanksgiving dinner exceptionally.
My thanksgiving dinners growing up had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, pickled beets, green beans w bacon, pickled okra, green bean casserole, sweet boiled carrots (my grandmother adds a splash of orange juice), deviled eggs, dinner rolls, flaky biscuits, candied yams (the sweet potatoes with marshmallow), fruit salad and mandarin orange salad (jello), and for dessert we would have homemade ice cream, cheesecake, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, pecan pie, and often a cream pie or two like a Boston cream pie or coconut cream pie or a key lime pie. But that was for like big family thanksgiving
I live in Tennessee and for Thanksgiving, we usually do both turkey and ham for the meat, then stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, mac and cheese, green beans, cooked pears, corn and rolls for sides and chess pie, pecan pie and pumpkin pie for dessert. And of course you can't forget the sweet tea lol
The bread in the middle of the sandwich is usually soaked in gravy to make it easier to eat with the (often) dry turkey and stuffing. Also for flavoring, since gravy ties most of the ingredients together, just like on the plate.
I live in the South. We usually have turkey and a ham, sweet potato casserole with a streusel topping instead of marshmallows. We have green bean casserole and pineapple casserole, peas, mashed potatoes, and gravy, rolls... and of course, cranberry sauce. We have at least 3 kinds of pie. We always have pecan pie, pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and sometimes a chocolate pie. We used to have a fruit salad, but it was the last thing eaten, so we started leaving it off. We love the leftovers, but I've never made that sandwich before.
Turkey, potatoes and turkey gravy, dressing , cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, stuffed jalapeños, sweet potato casserole, Watergate salad, pickles, olives,pumpkin pie, pecan pie crescent rolls, jello salad and green bean casserole. There will always be the other things guests bring.We start eating about noon and eat all day.
Turkey, stuffing (AKA dressing), Corn, Green Beans, Sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, hot dinner rolls, salad, For the main course. Dessert, cherry cream cheese pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, jello salad. And you HAVE to have whipped topping on the pumpkin pie!
Yeah the sandwich is definitely a leftover thing. Usually it’s turkey, stuffing (the wet bread) mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and a bunch of comfort side dishes and casseroles. Macaroni & cheese and green bean casserole being the most popular as well as a bunch of finger foods and hors-doeuvres to eat while the main course is being cooked
It’s basically the same as a Sunday roast, but almost always with turkey (occasionally ham), and swap the Yorkshire puddings for stuffing/dressing, and include some sweet potato or yam item, with a pie for dessert