Typical American Thanksgiving food?!
I'm Swedish but I'm as I'm interested in cooking I'd like to try and make a typical Thanksgiving dinner this year!. What dishes do you cook for Thanksgiving in your family!? What would you consider to be a traditional Thanksgiving meal (aside from the turkey and cranberry sauce)!?
Recipes or links to them would be much appreciated! Thanks :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Recipes or links to them would be much appreciated! Thanks :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Candied Yams
Cook Time: 25 Minutes Ready In: 40 Minutes
Yields: 6 servings
"These easy, yummy yams are always a hit!"
INGREDIENTS:
1 (29 ounce) can sweet
potatoes
1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups miniature
marshmallows
DIRECTIONS:
1!. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)!.
2!. Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish!. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes!. Sprinkle with brown sugar!. Layer with miniature marshmallows!.
3!. Cover and bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted!.
Traditional Sage Dressing
This is a very basic typical stuffing!. The sage complements the turkey exceedingly well!.
SERVES 6 -8
1 cup melted butter
1 cup minced fresh parsley
3 cups chopped onions
3 cups minced celery (stalks and leaves)
salt and black pepper, to taste
16 slices white bread, dried and broken into small pieces
1 egg
2 cups chicken broth
6 tablespoons minced fresh sage
Saute the onions and celery in 4 tablespoons butter until soft!.
In a large bowl, toss the dried bread, sage, parsley, salt, and pepper!.
Add the onion mixture along with the remaining melted butter to the bread mixture!.
Beat the egg and add to the mixture!.
Toss until well mixed!.
Add the broth slowly while tossing mixture to moisten thoroughly, making sure to not make the stuffing soupy!.
Stuff the turkey or bake alongside in a greased casserole, in a 325 degree oven for 30 minutes!.
Giblet Gravy Recipe
turkey giblet stock
Neck and giblets (excluding liver) from turkey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 celery rib, coarsely chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1 onion, peeled and quartered
10 cups water
1 Turkish bay leaf or 1/2 California
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pat neck and giblets dry!. Heat oil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown neck and giblets, 10 to 15 minutes!. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, until neck and giblets are very tender, about 3 hours!. Pour stock through a large fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, reserving gizzard and heart for gravy if desired but discarding remaining solids!. If using broth right away, let stand until fat rises to top, 1 to 2 minutes, then skim off and discard fat!.
If stock measures less than 4 cups, add water!. If more, boil, uncovered, in clean pot until reduced to 4 cups!.
If not using stock right away, cool completely, uncovered, then chill, covered, before skimming fat (it will be easier to remove when cool or cold)!.
Roasting pan with juices from a (14- to 16-lb) roast turkey
Unsalted butter (less than 1/2 stick), melted, if turkey drippings yield less than 1/4 cup
4 cups hot turkey giblet stock
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Reserved cooked giblets (optional), finely chopped PreparationPour pan juices into a 1-quart glass measure (do not clean roasting pan), then skim off fat and reserve fat and juices separately!. (If using a fat separator, pour pan juices into separator and let stand until fat rises to top, 1 to 2 minutes!. Carefully pour pan juices from separator into 1-quart glass measure and reserve fat left in separator!.) If there is less than 1/4 cup reserved fat, add melted butter!.
Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners!. Add 1 cup giblet stock to pan and deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, scraping up brown bits, about 1 minute!. Add to glass measure with remaining 3 cups giblet stock!.
Whisk together reserved fat and flour in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 3 minutes!. Add hot stock to roux in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then whisk in any turkey juices accumulated on platter and finely chopped giblets, if using!. Simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes!. Season with salt and pepper!.
There is a simple stuffing recipe above!. Yes, you do stuff the bird!.
Some people think it is unsafe, but if done properly it is not and it is delicious!. Here is how!.
http://www!.ehow!.com/how_6601_stuff-turke!.!.!.
Happy Thanksgiving!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Cook Time: 25 Minutes Ready In: 40 Minutes
Yields: 6 servings
"These easy, yummy yams are always a hit!"
INGREDIENTS:
1 (29 ounce) can sweet
potatoes
1/4 cup butter, cut into pieces 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups miniature
marshmallows
DIRECTIONS:
1!. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)!.
2!. Place sweet potatoes in a medium baking dish!. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the sweet potatoes!. Sprinkle with brown sugar!. Layer with miniature marshmallows!.
3!. Cover and bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender and marshmallows have melted!.
Traditional Sage Dressing
This is a very basic typical stuffing!. The sage complements the turkey exceedingly well!.
SERVES 6 -8
1 cup melted butter
1 cup minced fresh parsley
3 cups chopped onions
3 cups minced celery (stalks and leaves)
salt and black pepper, to taste
16 slices white bread, dried and broken into small pieces
1 egg
2 cups chicken broth
6 tablespoons minced fresh sage
Saute the onions and celery in 4 tablespoons butter until soft!.
In a large bowl, toss the dried bread, sage, parsley, salt, and pepper!.
Add the onion mixture along with the remaining melted butter to the bread mixture!.
Beat the egg and add to the mixture!.
Toss until well mixed!.
Add the broth slowly while tossing mixture to moisten thoroughly, making sure to not make the stuffing soupy!.
Stuff the turkey or bake alongside in a greased casserole, in a 325 degree oven for 30 minutes!.
Giblet Gravy Recipe
turkey giblet stock
Neck and giblets (excluding liver) from turkey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 celery rib, coarsely chopped
1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1 onion, peeled and quartered
10 cups water
1 Turkish bay leaf or 1/2 California
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pat neck and giblets dry!. Heat oil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown neck and giblets, 10 to 15 minutes!. Add remaining ingredients and simmer, uncovered, until neck and giblets are very tender, about 3 hours!. Pour stock through a large fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, reserving gizzard and heart for gravy if desired but discarding remaining solids!. If using broth right away, let stand until fat rises to top, 1 to 2 minutes, then skim off and discard fat!.
If stock measures less than 4 cups, add water!. If more, boil, uncovered, in clean pot until reduced to 4 cups!.
If not using stock right away, cool completely, uncovered, then chill, covered, before skimming fat (it will be easier to remove when cool or cold)!.
Roasting pan with juices from a (14- to 16-lb) roast turkey
Unsalted butter (less than 1/2 stick), melted, if turkey drippings yield less than 1/4 cup
4 cups hot turkey giblet stock
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Reserved cooked giblets (optional), finely chopped PreparationPour pan juices into a 1-quart glass measure (do not clean roasting pan), then skim off fat and reserve fat and juices separately!. (If using a fat separator, pour pan juices into separator and let stand until fat rises to top, 1 to 2 minutes!. Carefully pour pan juices from separator into 1-quart glass measure and reserve fat left in separator!.) If there is less than 1/4 cup reserved fat, add melted butter!.
Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners!. Add 1 cup giblet stock to pan and deglaze pan by boiling over high heat, scraping up brown bits, about 1 minute!. Add to glass measure with remaining 3 cups giblet stock!.
Whisk together reserved fat and flour in a 2-quart heavy saucepan and cook roux over moderately low heat, whisking, 3 minutes!. Add hot stock to roux in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then whisk in any turkey juices accumulated on platter and finely chopped giblets, if using!. Simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes!. Season with salt and pepper!.
There is a simple stuffing recipe above!. Yes, you do stuff the bird!.
Some people think it is unsafe, but if done properly it is not and it is delicious!. Here is how!.
http://www!.ehow!.com/how_6601_stuff-turke!.!.!.
Happy Thanksgiving!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
The Food Network website has a ton of ideas, and a separate section for Thanksgiving recipes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Stuffing is basically bread, with celery, onion, egg and herbs, especially sage (although there are many variations) which is roasted inside the turkey!. Many people now make it in a casserole pan, instead of stuffing the turkey, by my family is traditional and I put it INSIDE the turkey!.!.!.!. Mashed potatoes with gravy is traditional; and also a sweet potato dish!. I have to make baked sweet potatoes and a casserole with the little marshmellows melted on top, because all the men like the marshmellow one:) !.!.!.!. Green bean casserole is also traditional (cut green beans, mixed with a can of Cream of Mushroom soup and topped with a can of French fried onions - then baked) !.!.!.!. We usually have Waldorf Salad with ours too (apples, celery, grapes, nuts with a mayonnaise/sugar dressing - and I'll add some of my homemade cranberry relish) and also a green salad !.!.!.!.!. My husband likes Creamed peas & onions too; and my grandmother always made a Carrot Ring, which tasted like gingerbread:) !.!.!.!.!. Of course, cranberry sauce is mandatory! !.!.!. Pumpkin pie is traditional, although many families now make Pumpkin Cheesecake instead, and also have a Pecan Pie (that's what we do - and I make brownies for the chocoholics - marbled with pumpkin/cream cheese mixture)!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Sometimes, it depends where you live and what family traditions you follow!. We always had the turkey, (sometimes baked ham instead) stuffing or dressing, mashed potatoes & gravy, yams, green beans, corn, green peas and some sort of yeast bread!. Sometimes a person would bring a dish to share: baked macaroni & cheese, roasted potatoes, cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce mixed with horseradish, (yum) fruit salad or Ambrosia!.
My family always had a relish tray with green olives, black olives, dill pickles, sweet pickles, celery sticks stuffed with cream cheese and deviled eggs!.
There was also pecan pie, pumpkin pie and/or apple pie for dessert!.
Here are some typical dishes-
http://www!.daybydayinspirations!.com/tgme!.!.!.
http://teriskitchen!.com/thanks!.html
http://www!.mahalo!.com/Thanksgiving_dinne!.!.!.
ps: stuffing is stuffed into the turkey and baked!. Dressing is the same ingredients, only baked in a dish!. It's stale bread pieces, onions, celery and chicken broth!. Some cooks add the minced giblet & liver that were included inside the turkey!.
Recipe-
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Bread-and-C!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My family always had a relish tray with green olives, black olives, dill pickles, sweet pickles, celery sticks stuffed with cream cheese and deviled eggs!.
There was also pecan pie, pumpkin pie and/or apple pie for dessert!.
Here are some typical dishes-
http://www!.daybydayinspirations!.com/tgme!.!.!.
http://teriskitchen!.com/thanks!.html
http://www!.mahalo!.com/Thanksgiving_dinne!.!.!.
ps: stuffing is stuffed into the turkey and baked!. Dressing is the same ingredients, only baked in a dish!. It's stale bread pieces, onions, celery and chicken broth!. Some cooks add the minced giblet & liver that were included inside the turkey!.
Recipe-
http://allrecipes!.com/Recipe/Bread-and-C!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
-Stuffing (bread or cornbread- any other ingredients are up to you)
-Sweet Potatoes (most Americans make these extra sweet w/ marshmallows in them-- yuck!) or Mashed potatoes
-Pecan or Pumpkin Pie
-Turkey Gravy
These along with the turkey and cranberry sauce are the basics!. Everyone usually has a few extra vegetable sides, but it's mostly a very high carbohydrate meal!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
-Sweet Potatoes (most Americans make these extra sweet w/ marshmallows in them-- yuck!) or Mashed potatoes
-Pecan or Pumpkin Pie
-Turkey Gravy
These along with the turkey and cranberry sauce are the basics!. Everyone usually has a few extra vegetable sides, but it's mostly a very high carbohydrate meal!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Typical thanksgiving meals are all very different but if you came to my house; Turkey, sliced ham, homemade mac and chesse, dinner rolls, mashed potatos, greens, green beans, corn, corn bread, pies (pumpkin, cranberry, etc), cakes, potato salad, pasta salad, and garden salads!. Stuffing, is like crumbled up bread with meat and spices inside of it!. It is mainly a side, but it can be used how ever you like!These are just what i can think of off the top of my head! If you go to the food network!.com there are millions of holiday recipes there for your picking! Good luck and enjoy~Www@FoodAQ@Com
My family we always do:
Main Dishes:
Turkey
Stuffing
GRAVY! (can't forget that)
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Peas
Green Beans
Squash
Turnip
Baked Onions
Baked Sweet Potatoes (yams)
Desserts:
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Apple Pie with vanilla icecream or Apple Crisp
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Main Dishes:
Turkey
Stuffing
GRAVY! (can't forget that)
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Peas
Green Beans
Squash
Turnip
Baked Onions
Baked Sweet Potatoes (yams)
Desserts:
Pumpkin Pie
Pecan Pie
Apple Pie with vanilla icecream or Apple Crisp
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AllRecipes!.com has a pretty good Thanksgiving section!. My grandmother always served turkey and ham, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, creamed peas and potatoes, a nut, cheese and olive plate and an assortment of pies!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
mashed potatoes or scalloped potatoes
yams(but just plain with butter, not all fancy)
stuffing
and around the Turkey, we put little sausages(like cocktail wieners)!.
brussel sprouts
PUMPLIN PIIEEE!!
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yams(but just plain with butter, not all fancy)
stuffing
and around the Turkey, we put little sausages(like cocktail wieners)!.
brussel sprouts
PUMPLIN PIIEEE!!
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http://allrecipes!.com/Recipes/Holidays-a!.!.!.
Great recipes, ideas!.
Hope this helped :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Great recipes, ideas!.
Hope this helped :)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Turkey of course
homemade mashed potatoes
homemade gravy
Rolls
Cheesy Broccoli
Green been casserole
sometimes macaroni and cheese
stuffing
sometimes yams
sauteed veggies
Dessert:
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Cake
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homemade mashed potatoes
homemade gravy
Rolls
Cheesy Broccoli
Green been casserole
sometimes macaroni and cheese
stuffing
sometimes yams
sauteed veggies
Dessert:
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Cake
Cherry PieWww@FoodAQ@Com
You got it with turkey and cranberry sauce, but here's the other main ones:
rolls
gravy
jello
baked potatoes
green vegetables
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rolls
gravy
jello
baked potatoes
green vegetables
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Turkey
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Candied Yams with walnuts
Carrots
Broccolli
Brussel Sprouts
Buns
Stuffing
Desert
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
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Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Candied Yams with walnuts
Carrots
Broccolli
Brussel Sprouts
Buns
Stuffing
Desert
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
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Candied yams, greenbean casserole, sage stuffing, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Turkey/ham
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Yams
Carrots
Stuffing
Pumpkin Pie
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Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Yams
Carrots
Stuffing
Pumpkin Pie
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Mash Potatoes and Gravy
Stuffing/Dressing
Yams usually baked in the oven with Marshmallows on top
Pumpkin/Apple PieWww@FoodAQ@Com
Stuffing/Dressing
Yams usually baked in the oven with Marshmallows on top
Pumpkin/Apple PieWww@FoodAQ@Com
Green bean casserole ( recipe on back of Frosh fried onion rings) Baked squash with butter!. Mashed potatoes with butter!. Pumpkin pie!. with whipped cream!. Beer & Foot Ball!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!Www@FoodAQ@Com
stuffing, potatoes, or sweet potatoes, another vegetable, maybe corn!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Apple Pie
Turkey
Yukon gold pan roasted potatoes
steamed asparagusWww@FoodAQ@Com
Turkey
Yukon gold pan roasted potatoes
steamed asparagusWww@FoodAQ@Com
yimmy, yimmy yams!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Dressing is very popular!. We have crab bisque as well, before the main course!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
candied sweet potatoes
stuffed mushrooms
stuffed clams
broccoli
corn
pumpkin pie
gravy
nuts
fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com
stuffed mushrooms
stuffed clams
broccoli
corn
pumpkin pie
gravy
nuts
fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com