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ProfessorGAC

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21. Turkey

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:19 PM

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I'm making prime rib, a saffron potato puree, a green veggie (not sure which) & a tomato/mozzarella salad.
My wife is handling desert.
But, no turkey for us. It's a boring meat.

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What food side dish will not be on your plate this Thanksgiving? Mine is that jello mold with fruit cocktail in it. How [View all] debm55 Tuesday OP

Turnips and I agree with that jello fruit salad mess TommieMommy Tuesday #1

Thank you very much, TommieMommy , I agree. I don't think I have ever eaten a turnip nor do I want to. debm55 Tuesday #3

No, no, 🫜 turnips are good and so are rutabagas and kohlrabi. Polly Hennessey Tuesday #7

Thank you, Polly Hennessey. I have eaten kohlrabi , which I liked. But never turnips. Never had creamed onions. debm55 Tuesday #11

Polly Hennessey. I set up a thread for you on your 22 anniversary. I don;t want to answer the posts as It is not my debm55 Tuesday #15

Thanks! 😊 It was a happy day twenty-two years sgo when I discovered DU. Polly Hennessey Tuesday #29

There's a turnip cake dim dum. Often has little bits of ham in it. Tasty! electric_blue68 Yesterday #60

Green bean and onion casserole displacedvermoter Tuesday #2

Thank you very much, displacedadvermoter, for sharing. However I do like the breaded onions on top. debm55 Tuesday #4

Idk if they'll have it this year, but Trader Joe's has had a containe of dried fried onions around Holiday time. Yummy! electric_blue68 Yesterday #63

Thank you electric_blue68, I enjoy eating them debm55 Yesterday #65

Agreed RainCaster Tuesday #5

None of it, since I won't be going to a TD dinner. Ocelot II Tuesday #6

HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAH, I agree. Thank you very much, Ocelot II debm55 Tuesday #9

A person after my own heart MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #25

One the rare occasion of having it I've scooped out the marshmallow parts! 😄 electric_blue68 Yesterday #61

mom always had oyster dressing, baked macaroni and the green bean casserole rampartd Tuesday #8

HAHAHAHAHH. Thank you very much, rampartd. debm55 Tuesday #10

If I provide the oysters EYESORE 9001 Tuesday #12

not his year rampartd Tuesday #13

Green bean casserole SheltieLover Tuesday #14

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. But the fried onions on top are good. debm55 Tuesday #16

Oh I'd eat fried onions & love green beans, too, but not in mush soup. SheltieLover Tuesday #17

Thank you , SheltieLover, Yes, the Cream of Mushroom soup is a nasty. debm55 Tuesday #18

In my humble opinion, Green Bean Casserole rocks, but... dwp6577 Tuesday #27

Thank you very much dwp6577, I will go to the link you gave. debm55 Tuesday #31

Use cream of celery. Much better Freddie Tuesday #34

Thank you very much, Freddie. I will switch to Cream of Celery. debm55 Tuesday #37

My daughter and son in law hosting. They are food snobs in a good way. CTyankee Tuesday #19

Thank you very much, CTyankee. I hope you are enjoying your new home. debm55 Tuesday #20

Turkey ProfessorGAC Tuesday #21

We're doing salmon this year MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #23

If We Lived Somewhere... ProfessorGAC Tuesday #36

Wow, that sounds terrific. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Tuesday #38

WOW , that sounds great, ProfessorGAC. I was waiting to see what you were going to make. debm55 Tuesday #32

Thanks ProfessorGAC Tuesday #49

Excellent. debm55 Tuesday #50

Sweet potatos MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #22

I hear you, Thank you very much MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Tuesday #39

By the time I load my plate with turkey, dressing, taters, and gravy, there won't be room for anything else. Dorothy V Tuesday #24

HAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, Dorothy V. I am so glad to be reading your posts again. debm55 Tuesday #40

OH GEE, FEEL like fruit! elleng Tuesday #26

Thank you very much, elleng. debm55 Tuesday #41

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You already know the answer to this one Bluestocking Tuesday #30

Sure do, Bluestocking. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Tuesday #42

Cranberry sauce. MIButterfly Tuesday #33

Thank you very much, MIButterfly, I hate the yams with the syrup and marshmallows. debm55 Tuesday #43

That doesn't even sound good. MIButterfly Tuesday #47

It's not. Thank you MIButterfly. debm55 Tuesday #48

Just back from Morocco so Tagine Lemon Chicken Onthefly Tuesday #35

Oh thank you very much, Onthefly. I have bookmarked the link. debm55 Tuesday #44

My mom would cut up apples, leave the skin on applegrove Tuesday #45

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, applegrove. debm55 Tuesday #46

Ohhhh, boy! 😑😄 electric_blue68 Yesterday #62

Turkey Hassler Tuesday #51

Thank you very much, Hassler. debm55 Tuesday #53

We're eating at my mother's so it's the same cuisine for the last 70 some Thankdgiving: dry turkey, sloppy spuds. marble falls Tuesday #52

HAHAHHHAHa. Oh you. Thank you marble falls. debm55 Yesterday #67

One that I want, being from Massachusetts JPK Tuesday #54

My husband is from Quincy, MA His mother taught me a recipe for corn pudding. I haven't made in a while. It might be debm55 Tuesday #55

Brussels sprouts or broccoli. boonecreek Tuesday #56

Thank you very much, boonecreek. You are very sweet to Mrs. boonecreek debm55 Yesterday #68

Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #57

I agree with you, Thank you for sharing 3catwoman3. debm55 Yesterday #66

Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck. 3catwoman3 Tuesday #58

Baaahahahaaaa! During a Summer extended family get togther, one of my aunt brought one of those jello-mold fruit things! electric_blue68 Yesterday #59

On, did anyone eat some of that????Thank you electic_blue68 debm55 Yesterday #69

Hahahaaa! I'm not sure... electric_blue68 23 hrs ago #70

No to the cranberries! electric_blue68 Yesterday #64

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 23 hrs ago #71

You have to add the baby marshmallows to the fruit cocktail. Amaryllis 22 hrs ago #72

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you you, Amaryllis. debm55 22 hrs ago #73

I forgot Ambrosia--cool whip, diced apples, small marshmallows debm55 22 hrs ago #74

Cream corn JMCKUSICK 16 hrs ago #75

HAHAHAHAHHHAH, Thank you, John. debm55 15 hrs ago #77

Anything justaprogressive 16 hrs ago #76

I agree. Thank you very much, justaprogressive. debm55 15 hrs ago #78

never stuffing + avoid most veg other than taters. more room for gravy. pansypoo53219 15 hrs ago #79

Thank you very much, pansypoo53219, Do you make a crater in your taters for the gravy? debm55 12 hrs ago #82

i usually need a extra cup of gravy to add to the overflowing gravy. uncle makes copious amounts of beef + turkey gravy. pansypoo53219 6 hrs ago #83

Thank you very much, pansypoo53219 debm55 1 hr ago #86

I always hated the roughness of those pear pieces in fruit cocktail. viva la 15 hrs ago #80

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, viva la. That's funny. debm55 1 hr ago #85

Anything Jello. It's just...icky. -nt CrispyQ 13 hrs ago #81

Thank you CrispyQ and I agree with you. debm55 1 hr ago #84