OK so I am a day late :o but what else is new for me and my drooling state of mind? Copy/paste and answer please!

Thanksgiving Twenty


Do you cook all or part of the meal?

When it is my turn to cook I cook everything, but people usually bring some desserts or some kind of dish to add to the mess on the table.



How much do you spend buying groceries for the meal?

Entirely too much! A good Thanksgiving IMHO consists of a ton of a food. ANY meal I make for guests consists of a ton of food...ask Tom about my Food Faxing Machine http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/03.gif. I'd estimate about $100 for Thanksgiving dinners.




Do you eat at home or go to someone else's?

This varies as the whims of my family/in-laws do. This year I went to my MIL's.




Describe your perfect bite?

Man, its gotta be fresh warm bread with real butter melting all over it.




White meat or dark?

Dark, definitely. Yea, twenty minutes to Wapner and white meat sucks.



Stuffing with giblets or without?

Definitely without! Ew ew ew ew ew TURKEY GUTS!



Anything you won't eat at the Thanksgiving meal?

Collards if my MIL makes them. Lima beans if anybody makes them!




Carve Mr. Gobble at the table of serve on a platter?

Carry pre-carved turkey to table.




Favorite pie?

Anything but pumpkin or mince. I don't like either one.




Formal table or Chinet?

I prefer a formal and totally matching table for a holiday meal. Such are the vestiges of my country-club upbringing.




Your menu?

When I cook? Turkey, gravy, bread stuffing in bird. PA Dutch potato filling (which rocks) and no gross dressing (which sucks). Sweet potatoes with brown sugar and pecans. Salad of some type, possibly cole slaw. Some veggie, usually a common one like corn, green beans etc. If my daughter Katie attends, there WILL BE CUCUMBERS AND ONIONS salad (she will only eat mine and she love, love, loves it). Hot rolls with real butter ---aaaahhhhhh!


Before dinner I usually lay out some veggies and dip, chips and pretzels and pickles and olives, crap like that. There will be several pies, chocolate for Chuck, cherry for Lizzy and coconut for Vicki, usually.



Favorite leftover?

Um, the bread? Possibly the pies, always the turkey in gravy over more bread YUM!




Extended family, friends, both or just immediate family for dinner?

Depends on which family's house we go to. At my house its always extended and also at my in-laws. If I ever eat with my parents anymore? They are divorced now, so it would be at my grandmother's and my aunt and uncle would cook if I went to eat with my mother (and there would be quite an Irish/Scots crowd there). It would be immediate with my dad, since he likes to go out for Thanksgiving someplace expensive. Only with Daddy do you eat shrimp cocktail, french bread and veal picatta for Thanksgiving!



After dinner, do you go to the latest movie or football on TV?

Again this depends where we eat. At my house and my grandmother's the men watch football and the women gab. At my in-laws nobody does anything so we try to get out of there ASAP and come home to do our own chosen fun things. This year Chuck played Dragon Quest VIII and I scrapped on PSP while Vicki made phone calls. Shana fell asleep early so she probably dreamed.



Do you watch the Macy's parade?

You've gotta be kidding me! I hate Mummers.



Christmas decorations up before or after?

After, or you deserve to be shot. :p




Black Friday shopping or sleep in?

Sleep in. I don't like crowds so I avoid Black Friday altogether.



Any special Thanksgiving tradition?

The Traditional Family Argument! And a whole lot of griping about what I am going to wear. This year I was too fat to wear what I wanted to wear.



Favorite thing about Thanksgiving?

The kids have off from school. If I am lucky I do not have to cook or do dishes. Loads of good food and an excuse to eat everything in sight.



Favorite Thanksgiving memory?

The year after my grandmother Norma died. Not because she was dead but because my father and mother assumed that I was ready to pick up the torch and do all the cooking. It really was an honor for me.

Thanksgiving Twenty


Do you cook all or part of the meal?

I don't cook at all. We never have it at my home. If we did, I still wouldn't do any of the cooking. Only the cleaning, and hosting.



How much do you spend buying groceries for the meal?

None, don't cook, I just bring stuff, like plates, drinks...or anything they need for the meals.



Do you eat at home or go to someone else's?

Since living in Ohio, we always go to my in laws. We have never done it at my house.
This year, I avoided all the drama....that goes along with it, and took my kids only, and drove to a nice restrauant, that specializes in holiday meals. All you can eat. It was so nice.....my kids asked if we could do it every year.




Describe your perfect bite?

The first bite of warm sweet potato pie with cool whip on it.




White meat or dark?

White meat, if it's cooked right.


Stuffing with giblets or without?

Definitely without! I agree totally KZ...



Anything you won't eat at the Thanksgiving meal?


Cranberry sauce...yuk...



Carve Mr. Gobble at the table of serve on a platter?

Don't care never have to do it, but if I did, it would be pre-cut




Favorite pie?


Sweet potato or Pumpkin




Formal table or Chinet?

Chinet....no washing except, the pots, pans, bowls, silverware...so call me lazy...I don't care... Holidays consist of about 60 people coming and going from about 2pm until 10pm...no way am I helping wash all that junk.




Your menu?

Since my family is a very unique mix. We call ourselve the United Nations Family.
We have the Welsh,Scotish,Indian on my side...
then the Italian,Filipino , Native American, African, that encompass my inlaws side......
Then menu includes...traditional food, turkey, stuffing, cranberry, etc
We also have the chitlens,mac & cheese, greens portion
and finally my fav, the Lumpia (Flipino eggrolls, Ponseigt (Filpino noodle dish), and Filpino fruit salad made from native fruits.
Best of all the worlds....


Favorite leftover?

The Filipino fruit salad, which is my favorite, I get the biggest bowl to take home. I put it in the freezer , makes like a sorbet, and eat it for days on end.



Extended family, friends, both or just immediate family for dinner?

Everybody is invited. Friends, family,neighbors, kids friends....




After dinner, do you go to the latest movie or football on TV?

We usually talk, sing Karaokee , and watch the game...and of course...nap.

Do you watch the Macy's parade?

Nope, since I don't cook, and have the kids stuff ready the night before. and we don't eat until 2-4pm...I sleep in as long as possible!



Christmas decorations up before or after?

After, or you deserve to be shot. :p

I agree again here KZ....ours go up the weekend after....or hmm sometimes the week before Christmas!




Black Friday shopping or sleep in?

Sleep in. hate to shop...in large crowds...I am proned to possible violent acts!



Any special Thanksgiving tradition?

Well the usual is the fight to get everyone out of the door, get dad up and dressed, we get ready and wait an hour for him, then listen to his mom call 500 times screaming on the phone...where are you???? Then the stories from the 4 siblings...my other 1/2 and his brothers and sisters, about all the trouble they got in...the usual agruments ensue....and they all drink and wonder why we do it every year?
This year I broke the tradition..opting for not waiting on anyone...or listening to the crap, since my only blood family here is my kids...we hopped in the car, and went to eat....and decided that should be our own new tradtion every year, stress free, no mess....nice! We had a very nice time!



Favorite thing about Thanksgiving?

Being with my kids. And being off work!

Favorite Thanksgiving memory?

One year, all of the family had other plans...with in-laws or boyfriends., or had to work,
I was left home with my younger siblings (I was an adult, they weren't yet)
And me and my boyfriend cooked and invited all of our friends who had no plans either ...it was great! Best ever!

Thanksgiving Twenty


Do you cook all or part of the meal? I cook it all


How much do you spend buying groceries for the meal? about $120.00


Do you eat at home or go to someone else's? we stay home, my Mother comes to my house


Describe your perfect bite? My perfect bit? not sure I don't think of food that way I don't think

White meat or dark? always white I don't like dark

Stuffing with giblets or without? no giblets


Anything you won't eat at the Thanksgiving meal? I make what I will eat


Carve Mr. Gobble at the table of serve on a platter? on platter



Favorite pie? apple


Formal table or Chinet?not formal but not chinet either

Your menu? it's interesting to see what other have on their tables. Most of what you wrote Crazy~Feet I've never had on Thanksgiving and would never think of them as Thanksgiving day foods.... very intesting....
Turkey/stuffed with sage and herb bread stuffing,carrots, green beans, sweet pot. and reg. white mashed pot.gravy,cranberry sauce. Apple pie, pumpkin pie.


Favorite leftover? turkey sandwiches



Extended family, friends, both or just immediate family for dinner? just me my husband,my 2 girls and my mother


After dinner, do you go to the latest movie or football on TV? neither, we out up the tree and then go shopping at Walgreens.. :) for something to do and to walk off some of our meal for pie


Do you watch the Macy's parade? no


Christmas decorations up before or after? the day of and after


Black Friday shopping or sleep in? stay home


Any special Thanksgiving tradition? putting up the tree with my mother and kids

Favorite thing about Thanksgiving? apple pie.... :D



Favorite Thanksgiving memory? when I was a kid the whole family spent Thanksgiving at my grandmother. I remember the fun of getting to spend the day with Aunts Uncles ( that was when everyone got along... :D )

Hey thanks cf :D for thisthread I love hearing about all different traditions.

Do you cook all or part of the meal?
this year i did not help cook any of the meal.
the first time in my whole life.
How much do you spend buying groceries for the meal?
nothing

Do you eat at home or go to someone else's
inlaws(or are they the outlaws and im the inlaw?)
Describe your perfect bite?
when i had that perfect balance of turkey, stuffing, gravy, and cranbearies on one fork full.:p
White meat or dark?
i like them both :rolleyes: . (actullly with lots of gravey on both.)

Stuffing with giblets or without?
I like with but never seem to get it.
Anything you won't eat at the Thanksgiving meal? not really, oh wait, mince meat pie, I dont even think its mince or meat.

Carve Mr. Gobble at the table of serve on a platter?
platter
Favorite pie?
this year it was the pumpkin pie, but on my side of the family it back bottom pie, an old family recipie.
Formal table or Chinet?
formal

Your menu?
for this year most was the traditional, with some odd items thrown in. we had t he turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, greenbean cassarole. we also had stuffed mushrooms, spinich hot dish, fruit salad, and the choice of apple pie, pumpkin pie, or mince meat pie. but I agree it is cool to hear what everyone else has.
Favorite leftover?
turkey and stuffingsandwiches.
Extended family, friends, both or just immediate family for dinner? usally both when i am on my side, but this year just family.
After dinner, do you go to the latest movie or football on TV?
watched tv them played texas holdem poker. for fun of corse would not want to take my inlaws money..........:rolleyes:
Do you watch the Macy's parade?
yes
Christmas decorations up before or after?
about a week or two after
Black Friday shopping or sleep in?
now every other year I would have said sleep in, but this year there was something my daughter has been asking for for a verrrrrrrrrrry long time that was on sale and we had to get it for her. A leather jacket, black of corse.
Any special Thanksgiving tradition?
yes just spending time with family. remebering that dispite all things we need each other and deep down we love each other.

Favorite thing about Thaksgiving?
The one time i can eat so much my pants burst.
Favorite Thanksgiving memory?
actully one of my favorites was when i was in the airforce. I had to spend the day out in the missle field. the cook stated he never made a whole dinner before and asked if I could help him. so I got up at five am and we got everything together. one of my buddies told us the dinner reminded him of home for a ffew moments. now that has been the best compliment my cooking has ever gotten to this day.

Do you cook all or part of the meal?
Most of it. I let the green giant handle the vegetables.

How much do you spend buying groceries for the meal?
Too much.

Do you eat at home or go to someone else's?
Stay at home since my daughter was about 6 maybe. Before that we would pack up every year and drive to Philadelphia (300 miles one way).

Describe your perfect bite?
Turkey oysters! That little nibble of dark meat on the back of the turkey. Hubby and I each get one while he's carving the bird.

White meat or dark?
Both.

Stuffing with giblets or without?
No stuffing at all. Stuffing goes in its own pan and gets cooked alongside the bird. I put some herbs and roughly chopped veggies in the bird while it cooks (onions, celery, carrots, garlic and rosemay and thyme) smells great.

Anything you won't eat at the Thanksgiving meal?
I'll try anything once.

Carve Mr. Gobble at the table of serve on a platter?
Platter.

Favorite pie?
Depends on my mood. Usually apple and pumpkin. I hate mince, and don't even make it.

Formal table or Chinet?
Formal. White tablecloth, white cloth napkins. Good crystal.

Your menu?
Turkey that was brined since the night before; dressing (that's stuffing not in the bird); mashed potatos (real, not boxed); candied sweet potatos; veggies (different every year); gravy; salad; dinner rolls and butter. I put out munchies about 11:00 am (we eat at 5pm) - shrimp, veggie platter, cheese and crackers with pepperoni, salami, grapes and olives and smoked salmon.

Favorite leftover?
Do I have to choose? All of it.

Extended family, friends, both or just immediate family for dinner?
Usually it is just us and sometimes one of the kids will invite a friend. For the past 5 years it was the son's girlfriend, but they broke up...

After dinner, do you go to the latest movie or football on TV?

We stay at home. The guys watch football on tv. The rest of us putter. I take a nap.

Do you watch the Macy's parade?
No.

Christmas decorations up before or after?
Usually not until Christmas eve. But I will start decorating the house, probably on the first Sunday of Advent.

Black Friday shopping or sleep in?
I would not be caught dead waiting for a store to open at 5am. How insane.

Any special Thanksgiving tradition?
We always listen to Alice's Restaurant during dinner.

Favorite thing about Thanksgiving?
Family harmony.

Favorite Thanksgiving memory?
Cooking my first Thanksgiving when I was 17.