Thanksgiving guilty pleasures....

[Roget]

As you said, some of us have two.
I can't get enough of my homemade oyster dressing. I will eat it for days after turkey day. (covered with gravy of course)

And..... deviled eggs. No matter how many we fix, (yes I said we, because V actually does most of the work on the deviled eggs) I will keep eating them until they are gone. Such a simple dish, but I just can't stop eating them.

Now that you have made me shame myself, I'm going to go make myself some deviled eggs.

[smoker pete]

I'm with Tent on the gravy. I also make twice as much food as I need. And eat leftovers for a week

Same her Pappy 

[hikerman]

I'm with Tent on the gravy. I also make twice as much food as I need. And eat leftovers for a week

Same her Pappy 
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Same here!
Except on years where we go to FIL's, like this year. So we have a second Thanksgiving meal at our home with close friends,  usually on Saturday. This allows the so-called "midnight turkey sandwich with dressing, cranberry sauce and gravy" tradition to go on. And who am I to stop such a great tradition!

[GusRobin]

I am also a gravy man. I make a lot of extra so that I can smother the leftovers.

[Hub]

To me the turkey is just an excuse to make a big ol' panful of homemade gravy to pour over the homemade dressing!

I love homemade turkey gravy (OK ANY homemade gravy) so much I have been known to pour some into a mug and drink it!

It appears I am not the only one who thinks the Thanksgiving feast is all about GRAVY 

Hub

[Hub]

 I CRAVE the cheap,canned jellied fake cranberry sauce ( we call it SPLOCK - from the sound it makes coming out of the can ... mouth watering as it type ...) to go with turkey, dressing and gravy.


O.K. - your turn

One more comment:  After years of research and careful listening, my family has christened that cheap, canned jellied fake cranberry sauce SPLORK.  So, I must ask the academic question:  Is it SPLOCK or is it SPLORK 

Hub

[ACW3]

Here is my version of homemade cranberry orange relish, with tequila or orange liqueur.  It has always been a family hit at turkey time.

Fresh Cranberry Orange Relish

Recipe By: Ocean Spray (http://www.oceanspray.com/Recipes/Corporate/Sauces,-Sides-Salads/Fresh-Cranberry-Orange-Relish.aspx)

Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients:

1 each unpeeled orange, cut into eights and seeded
1 package Ocean Spray fresh cranberries, 12 ouncesm rinsed and drained
3/4 cup sugar, up to 1 cup

Directions:

1. Place half the cranberries and half the orange slices in food processor container. Process until mixture is evenly chopped.

2. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with remaining cranberries and orange slices. Stir in sugar.

3. Store in refrigerator or freezer.

Notes:

To “kick it up”, you can add tequila.

Another twist is to add some orange liqueur.

Art

[Pam Gould]

Pam's Cranberry Holiday Salad
1 pkg raspberry or any red jello
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 orange ground with rind
1 apple ground, cored but not peeled
2 cups ground cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
pineapple - optional
Prepare jello with 1.5 cups water,  when medium thick, and mix with everything else. Pour into mold and let set up
To serve, I mix sour cream with some honey till it tastes good, better than whipped cream.
This is my take on cranbery salad. Enjoy.

Art, thanks for your recipe too. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[hikerman]

Pam's Cranberry Holiday Salad
1 pkg raspberry or any red jello
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 orange ground with rind
1 apple ground, cored but not peeled
2 cups ground cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
pineapple - optional
Prepare jello with 1.5 cups water,  when medium thick, and mix with everything else. Pour into mold and let set up
To serve, I mix sour cream with some honey till it tastes good, better than whipped cream.
This is my take on cranbery salad. Enjoy.

Art, thanks for your recipe too. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Pam that was probably identical to what my mother used to make back in the day. Great stuff!
Brings back many good memories!  Thank you for sharing!!!
I will have to make this when my brother and sister come to town. Bookmarked!

[TentHunteR]

I might as well add one more cranberry sauce recipe to the mix....


Cliff's Holiday Cran-Apple-Orange Sauce

[Pam Gould]

I'm with Tent on the gravy. I also make twice as much food as I need. And eat leftovers for a week

Same her Pappy 

Same here!
Except on years where we go to FIL's, like this year. So we have a second Thanksgiving meal at our home with close friends,  usually on Saturday. This allows the so-called "midnight turkey sandwich with dressing, cranberry sauce and gravy" tradition to go on. And who am I to stop such a great tradition!
[/quote]My mother in law always said..if there are no leftovers..You didn't make enough.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

[Tailgating is my game]

All this talk from all of you makes me want to do a second Thanksgiving in the late winter before spring.......two is better then one.

[ACW3]

All this talk from all of you makes me want to do a second Thanksgiving in the late winter before spring.......two is better then one.

Two thing we know for sure. The food will still be fantastic and the leftovers will be fabulous!!

Art

[Tailgating is my game]

All this talk from all of you makes me want to do a second Thanksgiving in the late winter before spring.......two is better then one.

Two thing we know for sure. The food will still be fantastic and the leftovers will be fabulous!!

Art

& giving thanks is always good for us

[teesquare]

  Nope , Not any more.  When I met Kerry she made real cranberry sauce for our first Thanksgiving. OMG!  what I had been missing all those years! It is  awesome to say the least and after Thanksgiving I have been know to put it and goat cheese stuffed inside pork chops on the grill.

No more cans for me!

PS> Her stuffing is ridiculously good too....   I can't wait !

SOOOO>>>>

Does that mean we can count on a couple of recipes from you or Kerry?

AND...Will anyone that has put a recipe in this thread please also copy it to our recipes section? That way - it will be where we can find it when we want to make it! THANKS!