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92. Green bean casserole will not darken my table

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 04:31 PM

Saturday

Oh lord, let me tell you the disaster that Thanksgiving is already turning out to be.

A couple weeks ago my niece sent me a text, "would you be willing to host Thanksgiving dinner at your house this year? Mom and dad will be out of town." (She normally eats Thanksgiving dinner at her parents' but they're unavailable this year. Please don't ask why to protect their privacy.) So I said that wouldn't be a problem. My house is pretty much designed to do this - I have two refrigerators, a 36-inch induction range and a Traeger grill. She lives in an old mobile home that's way too small for company.

On Thursday I got a text from her: "We're having Thanksgiving dinner at my house. My house is really small but we'll make it work. Please come." This came in AFTER I had already bought the turkey.

I worked days Friday building Thanksgiving packages (a newspaper section with inserts in it - this makes life much easier for us because one person can feed the equivalent of six heads) and after work went out to her house. "Uhh...I thought I was hosting Thanksgiving. We agreed to that a couple weeks ago." "We did?" "Uhh...yeah." I pulled out my phone and showed her the text thread. "Oh." So, now it's at my house again.

Anyway, I'm gonna do smoked turkey, smoked stuffing, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls, jello salad, three kinds of olives (black, green and some damn thing I bought at the store last week) and a couple kinds of pie for dessert.

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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 Nov 18 OP

Turnips and I agree with that jello fruit salad mess TommieMommy Nov 18 #1

Thank you very much, TommieMommy , I agree. I don't think I have ever eaten a turnip nor do I want to. debm55 Nov 18 #3

No, no, 🫜 turnips are good and so are rutabagas and kohlrabi. Polly Hennessey Nov 18 #7

Thank you, Polly Hennessey. I have eaten kohlrabi , which I liked. But never turnips. Never had creamed onions. debm55 Nov 18 #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 Nov 18 #15

Thanks! 😊 It was a happy day twenty-two years sgo when I discovered DU. Polly Hennessey Nov 18 #29

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

Green bean and onion casserole displacedvermoter Nov 18 #2

Thank you very much, displacedadvermoter, for sharing. However I do like the breaded onions on top. debm55 Nov 18 #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 Wednesday #63

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

Agreed RainCaster Nov 18 #5

None of it, since I won't be going to a TD dinner. Ocelot II Nov 18 #6

HAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAH, I agree. Thank you very much, Ocelot II debm55 Nov 18 #9

A person after my own heart MustLoveBeagles Nov 18 #25

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

mom always had oyster dressing, baked macaroni and the green bean casserole rampartd Nov 18 #8

HAHAHAHAHH. Thank you very much, rampartd. debm55 Nov 18 #10

If I provide the oysters EYESORE 9001 Nov 18 #12

not his year rampartd Nov 18 #13

Green bean casserole SheltieLover Nov 18 #14

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. But the fried onions on top are good. debm55 Nov 18 #16

Oh I'd eat fried onions & love green beans, too, but not in mush soup. SheltieLover Nov 18 #17

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

In my humble opinion, Green Bean Casserole rocks, but... dwp6577 Nov 18 #27

Thank you very much dwp6577, I will go to the link you gave. debm55 Nov 18 #31

Use cream of celery. Much better Freddie Nov 18 #34

Thank you very much, Freddie. I will switch to Cream of Celery. debm55 Nov 18 #37

My daughter and son in law hosting. They are food snobs in a good way. CTyankee Nov 18 #19

Thank you very much, CTyankee. I hope you are enjoying your new home. debm55 Nov 18 #20

Turkey ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #21

We're doing salmon this year MustLoveBeagles Nov 18 #23

If We Lived Somewhere... ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #36

Wow, that sounds terrific. Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Nov 18 #38

WOW , that sounds great, ProfessorGAC. I was waiting to see what you were going to make. debm55 Nov 18 #32

Thanks ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #49

Excellent. debm55 Nov 18 #50

Sweet potatos MustLoveBeagles Nov 18 #22

I hear you, Thank you very much MustLoveBeagles. debm55 Nov 18 #39

By the time I load my plate with turkey, dressing, taters, and gravy, there won't be room for anything else. Dorothy V Nov 18 #24

HAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, Dorothy V. I am so glad to be reading your posts again. debm55 Nov 18 #40

OH GEE, FEEL like fruit! elleng Nov 18 #26

Thank you very much, elleng. debm55 Nov 18 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Nov 18 #28

You already know the answer to this one Bluestocking Nov 18 #30

Sure do, Bluestocking. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Nov 18 #42

Cranberry sauce. MIButterfly Nov 18 #33

Thank you very much, MIButterfly, I hate the yams with the syrup and marshmallows. debm55 Nov 18 #43

That doesn't even sound good. MIButterfly Nov 18 #47

It's not. Thank you MIButterfly. debm55 Nov 18 #48

Just back from Morocco so Tagine Lemon Chicken Onthefly Nov 18 #35

Oh thank you very much, Onthefly. I have bookmarked the link. debm55 Nov 18 #44

My mom would cut up apples, leave the skin on applegrove Nov 18 #45

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, applegrove. debm55 Nov 18 #46

Ohhhh, boy! 😑😄 electric_blue68 Wednesday #62

Turkey Hassler Nov 18 #51

Thank you very much, Hassler. debm55 Nov 18 #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 Nov 18 #52

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

One that I want, being from Massachusetts JPK Nov 18 #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 Nov 18 #55

Brussels sprouts or broccoli. boonecreek Nov 18 #56

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

Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck. 3catwoman3 Nov 18 #57

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

Another vote against the sweet potato-marshmallow yuck. 3catwoman3 Nov 18 #58

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

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

Hahahaaa! I'm not sure... electric_blue68 Wednesday #70

No to the cranberries! electric_blue68 Wednesday #64

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 debm55 Wednesday #71

You have to add the baby marshmallows to the fruit cocktail. Amaryllis Wednesday #72

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you you, Amaryllis. debm55 Wednesday #73

I forgot Ambrosia--cool whip, diced apples, small marshmallows debm55 Wednesday #74

Cream corn JMCKUSICK Wednesday #75

HAHAHAHAHHHAH, Thank you, John. debm55 Wednesday #77

Anything justaprogressive Wednesday #76

I agree. Thank you very much, justaprogressive. debm55 Wednesday #78

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

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

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

Thank you very much, pansypoo53219 debm55 Thursday #86

at least they use corn starch instead of flour now. pansypoo53219 Friday #91

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

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

Great jello memories--- viva la Thursday #87

HAHAHAHHAH. I'll pass if you don't mind. Thank you, viva la. debm55 Thursday #88

Anything Jello. It's just...icky. -nt CrispyQ Wednesday #81

Thank you CrispyQ and I agree with you. debm55 Thursday #84

Turkey. Not a side dish but I don't eat mammals and birds. NNadir Thursday #89

Thank you very much for sharing with us. NNadir. debm55 Thursday #90

Green bean casserole will not darken my table jmowreader Saturday #92

Thank you very much, jmowreader. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. debm55 Saturday #93