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As an American, I've never heard of a Thanksgiving sandwich on Thanksgiving. Maybe as a leftover a couple days later.
I was thinking the same thing
Ditto. First thing that is brought out is the leftovers. No
Thats the only time a thanksgiving sandwich is a thing, is with leftovers. I it’s kind of a poor people thing tbh, I ate em with my mom after we stole all the leftovers after the family function 😂😂
Yes. The "moistmaker" is a sandwich made from leftovers.
I actually always make turkey and gravey sandwiches as my Thanksgiving meal. Just gimme turkey gravey and either Italian bread or rolls and I'm all set. Until dessert.
You should check out "Your New Zealand Family tries Thanksgiving." They did a wonderful job showing a traditional thanksgiving feast.
I agree!
I agree…they did such a good job of recreating it
I agree. Their videos are such fun, and they try hard to recreate American traditions.
Most definitely! Their first one (2021) was exceptional, fun, traditional. Your New Zealand Family = perfect.
I agree 100%
Would have been so much better to layout a feast setting and see everyone serve and enjoy the food like people normally would.
Ehhh, then you wouldn’t have the focus on each individual food item. It would just be hungry teenage boys plowing through a table of food 😅
Sounds like an audio nightmare!!
Yeah no one would ever eat Tgiving "course by course". Its literally supposed to be a banquet.
@@coyotelong4349 They put all the food items in a sandwich. They already took away focus from each individual food item.
Then it all gets mixed together on your plate by the end of the meal, and you end up with this delicious turkey-dressing-mashed potatoes-gravy slurry....yum yum.😋
I wish they had actually put out a typical Thanksgiving dinner. That would have included the turkey, stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce, potato of some kind [usually mashed], gravy, veggies like green beans or green bean casserole, dinner rolls, and dessert like pumpkin pie, pecan pie and other variations of pies and desserts. My family usually has ham too for those that don't care for turkey and other additional sides as well. Basically Thanksgiving dinner is a ridiculous amount of food that can be eaten on for days!! Lol!!
Amen!!! Bring on the leftovers!😊
Yeah, I like to have ham along with turkey too.
Don't forget the deviled eggs!
@@initforcake3159 I could eat a dozen of those!!!😋 Of course no one will want to be around me the next day or so!!!😂🤣😂
Exactly! We have tons of stuff! Being from a Cuban household... we do it up multicultural! Seriously, the amount of food is ridiculous!!
This is just a small sample. Different regions/families have different traditional foods, but typically you would have something like turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and pecan pie.
I've always lived in the South and we include ham and homemade rolls. We also prefer the cranberry sauce to retain the shape of the can. Few people have the one with whole cranberries in it.
I'm from the South, and we typically have Mac and Cheese and cornbread dressing, but we don't have mashed potatoes, stuffing, or green bean casserole.
From the northeast, substitute apple pie for pecan pie for our Thanksgiving.
Stuffing and dressing is the same thing. One goes in the bird, the other not. Corn bread or regular bread doesn't determine which is which.
black southerner here, never had green bean casserole or pecan pie (until I started making it a few years back). Our pie of choice is sweet potato and we typically also serve rice, collards, and ham
The “Turkey pardon” is just a fun, lighthearted Thanksgiving tradition 🦃
The president basically designates one turkey as safe from being killed for Thanksgiving, and the turkey gets a name and is basically made into a pet to live on a plush farm I believe
I think they live at the National Zoo.
I agree, to serve nothing but desert is not representative of American Thanksgiving Dinner
It started when Abe Lincolns son fell in love with the turkey that was going to be for thanksgiving dinner. He begged his father to spare it for a pet. Lincoln always one for humor wrote an actually pardon up for the bird and they went and got another one for supper that night. The tradition has stuck around
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Yep and the turkey became friends with a spider who spun messages into her web saying how awesome the turkey was, so the humans wouldn’t eat him
Not all sweet potato casseroles have marshmallows. My family puts a layer of nuts and brown sugar. Also remember sweet potatoes are naturally sweet so it’s easy to make a sweet dish from them.
Yeah, I like it better that way instead of the marshmallows. They make it too sweet for my taste.
The 4th of July is America's birthday,Thanksgiving is when the pilgrims shared skills with the Indians and shared both people's foods and had a huge meal together and that became Thanksgiving be thankful for each other and give thanks to the heavenly father for his blessings
Interesting fact: all the food in this episode was fixed by Josh’s wife. She’s a professional chef who actually came in 2nd on Korea’s version of Masterchef. Anyway, she documented how she made all the food (including an entire turkey dinner just to go in the Friends’ sandwich & gravy to soak the middle piece of bread in to create "the moist maker"). Her name is Gabie Kook.
Is that on Jolly's channel?
@@joantrotter3005 she has her own channel.
Gabie has her own channel.
In my opinion pro chefs over do things alot and is never as good as southern moms thanksgiving etc.
To fancy for sake of fancy. Just stick the brown sugar and butter in and your golden.
Lime the sweet potatos looked to orange and not red hue from the brown sugar. Pumpkin pie looked like store bought crap.
This should have been made by a traditional American mom. This is NOT how we American moms make our Thanksgiving foods.
The headmaster at that school is an absolute star! I love his comments and have seen most of those Jolly videos.
In terms of timing, Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November. The following day is Black Friday. Thanksgiving weekend is the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season. Also a lot of people are nostalgic about watching the Peanuts (Charlie Brown) Thanksgiving special that night. The days is mostly spent watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in the morning and American football games the rest of the day. Families and friends gather and share the feast. Some families take the opportunity to serve the poor by helping out at a local free Thanksgiving meal for the community’s needy and lonely. Many go to church that morning. In general it really is about giving thanks for all we have.
You're actually right, this was short cut with the sandwich. Each family may have different tastes and traditions. Ours is the roast turkey, gravy, mashed, stuffing, many vegetables, corn, carrots, squash, turnip, cranberry sauce, green been casserole, sweet potato casserole, dinner rolls and cornbread. Then later after digesting a bit there's all kinds of pies and snacks .
I would love to see them have turnips. It's one of my favorite foods on earth but I know it's a controversial one. I prefer biscuits over cornbread (cornbread is fine but it makes my teeth squeak so I avoid it) and dipping it in the liquid off the turnips (My gramps called it pot liquor) is one of my FAVORITE THINGS.
I’m 61 from Wisconsin and have never seen sooo much marshmallow on top of sweet potatoes. It looked like they used the regular marshmallows and not the miniature ones…lol 🤢
Right. The yams looked off too.
We never put marshmellow on our sweet potato casserole. My mom made the topping with brown sugar, butter, and pecans.😊
It did look excessively mallowed.
@@ambersheets8142we did both pecan and brown sugar mixed in with the sweet potato’s but always topped sweet potato casserole with the mini marshmallow.
I use large ones but not that many. They are an addition not a covering when I make it.
Sweet potato casserole with cinnamon, brown sugar and butter is amazing! Pumpkin pie is also amazing! Pecan pie is one of my favorites.
The most typical:
turkey with stuffing; cranberry sauce;
mashed potatoes with gravy and/or sweet potato casserole;
pumpkin and/or pecan pie
Don't forget green bean casserole [which I don't like, but many do...lol! ]
Our family's Thanksgiving dinner consisted of turkey, dressing not stuffing, mashed potatos, cranberry sauce, squash, turnip, Brussels sprouts, corn and peas. Desert was pumpkin pie or mince pie. I am from Gloucester, Massachusetts and the cold weather crops were prevalent.
@@danajohnson4757 I love green bean casserole! It's a must for my family. I make mine a bit differently from the basic Campbell's recipe though.
Don't forget the green bean casserole. Greenbeans chunks cooked in a cream of mushroom soup thinned with milk & topped with crispy fried onion rings.
there are pickles of several types and rolls/ breads of different kinds.
My family’s Thanksgiving meal is: three day long roasted turkeys, one pineapple and honey roasted ham, Mac n cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, two types of cranberry sauce (one with pomegranate and one without), butter biscuits, and extra creamy mashed potatoes. Everybody does the appetizers potluck style, but the most consistent ones are deviled eggs, chocolate covered bacon (don’t knock it till you try it), baked brie, and quail chops (my uncle and cousin go hunting and often bring back a few quails to roast up). And desserts are often warm apple pie, ice cream, pumpkin pie, sometime pecan pie, cookies, and cheesecake. It’s all washed down with some boozy hot apple cider, beers, and wines for the adults and some soda for the kids.
Thanksgiving is the second holiday in the “holiday trifecta”. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the reason people gain an average of 10 lbs in those months. It’s three months straight of eating 😅
Some people deep fry a turkey in a barrel of oil.
Some people go the turducken route -- a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey.
I'd like to see a Brit's reaction to a turducken.
Forgot to say that pumpkin pie is absolutely wonderful...it is silky smooth and with whipped cream on top you would want to eat half the pie easily...It is So Good.
Candied yams, not sweet potato casserole. Its my favorite food by far.
It’s the butter content, lol. 🤤
Oh yes, candied yams! I can make some awesome ones! And usually I don’t put marshmallows on top.
lol 👍
Same no marshmallow. Candied is so much better
@@andershay99212 blasphemy. Marshmallow is what makes it. I add cinnamon red hots to minenfor a bit of added kick.
The presidential turkey pardon is just traditional fun 🦃 ....and yes, they left out dressing/stuffing, green bean casserole crannberry sauce, although it was in the sandwich. Actuality every casserole known can be at a family Thanksgiving meal 😄
Sweet potatoes are great. Bake one like a baked potato, then add butter and cinnamon. Yummy.
That’s what they serve at a steakhouse we use to go to. Their baked sweet potatoes were out of this world. But so easy to make at home.
@@TexasRose50 yep. Some places serve them here in New Orleans. Soo yummy.
Yes .. cut the potato in half and bake with butter/brown sugar mixture.
Oh our thanksgiving is INSANE! We do like 10 appetizers, big turkey, big ham, all the sides (about 6), and about 15 different desserts. It’s nuts how much we do lol.
I am coming to your Thanksgiving!
@@denisewellman5981 it’s a little insane what we do lol. We even have a pop corn station, a salsa bar, and a chocolate fountain. We are a little stupid. 😂😂😂 We also do many meals for homeless persons during this time and throughout the year. But our thanksgiving is crazy. And we love newcomers!❤️❤️❤️
We literally would never eat that sandwich. I’m not really sure who made it up, but it is not a traditional item at all!
In some families it is made the day after Thanksgiving for a quick lunch.
@@marydavis5234 I agree but if they wanted to represent the United States thanksgiving tradition, shoving all the leftovers in a sandwich was most definitely not the way to go. People who haven’t had a Thanksgiving every year of their life wouldn’t understand that sandwich at all.
To be fair, they did say it was a leftovers thing, and taken from Friends. Strange they would start with that though
It was created by a writer on the T.V show Friends. It’s not bad, but yeah it’s a day after Thanksgiving meal, not a Thanksgiving meal. The difference there is very important.
I totally grew up with this sandwich. Actually there are a couple of sub places where I live that make this all around. It's amazing!
When we do our Thanksgiving dinner ... there is so much food... turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, corn, pea salad, my youngest also like macaroni and cheese casserole, applesauce, croissants, pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, mincemeat pie, usually a cake or another kind of pie of some kind....
Ok…my favorite is yams/sweet potatoes with marshmallows, it’s sooo good. I think the Brits aren’t use to non bland food.
Mine, too! It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without them. We repeat for Christmas dinner, but Christmas Eve, its all about the tamales!
We make a praline topping . Even better ! Imo
Me too, it just rlly depends on how it’s made
It’s disgustingly sweet.
You're right... It was entertaining, but they mostly just showed a very few sides and desserts. A full on Thanksgiving dinner is much broader, bigger and more varied. The sandwich is something I'm sure that was dreamed as a way to use up leftovers for following days meals after Thanksgiving. We've made sandwiches, but never that much of a totally mixed up combo with everything in it lol.
I grew up having sweet potato casserole with our Thanksgiving dinner, but as an adult I much prefer it topped with a pecan streusel.
The Thanksgiving dinner I grew up having typically included turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, Brussels sprouts, corn, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie, banana cream pie, and Jello with fruit.
The actual Thanksgiving meal varies from family to family. I know people who make loads of Italian food or Mexican food to go along with either a Turkey or Ham. The sides vary widely too! Sometimes they’re regional or cultural. But the food is always delicious and you do have leftovers for days 🤤
Thanksgiving started as a harvest celebration, the pilgrims were giving thanks for their bounty. Traditionally you have Roast Turkey, stuffing/dressing, potatoes, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce etc. There are variations based on region, family heritage and traditions. Some people stuff the turkey, some bake the stuffing/dressing on the side. Some like sweet potato casserole (not me!), pecan or apple pie is common.
Not really. Thanksgiving in the US is very specific. Comment later explains, but it was related to a historic event in the country's founding.
On an episode of the TV show "Friends", Ross gets mad because a co-worker stole his Thanksgiving sandwich. Every year Monica makes him a leftover turkey sandwich with what Ross calls the "moist maker" in the middle. He says the bread slice in the middle soaks up all the juices. LOL
Sweet potato casserole is essential for Thanksgiving. My mom's includes sweet potatoes mixed with brown sugar, maple syrup, a squeeze of orange juice with the marshmallow baked on top. So sweet but so good.
And maybe some nuts
For MY family in Louisiana. Thanksgiving is a fun time. We’ll have a banquet table set up for all the food. The large turkey is always the centerpiece. My mom makes the dressing (it takes 3 days to make so she only makes it once a year). My sister makes the sweet potato casserole. Any family member can request any dish be on the table. That request will be honored. One year my son brought home a group of friends from college who would, otherwise, be alone on thanksgiving. It was a full house and a fun time.
The sandwich is what we eat the next day
but without all that gunk on it. Bread, turkey and mayo. Done.
I'm Midwestern, so Thanksgiving means taking home a bunch of empty Cool Whip and Country Crock containers filled with leftovers.
Which will be eaten a couple hours after I get home when I'm about at the "those aren't pillows!" part of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and the joint has fully kicked in.
Out here in the U.S., depending on what culture you are raised in, the Thanksgiving meals differ. I'm of Puerto Rican heritage, so we tend to not enjoy Turkey as much (it's always dry and bland), we opt more for Pernil (pork roast), and arroz con gandules (rice with chick peas) and some of the other traditional Thanksgiving dishes. I'm married to a southern black man whose family tends to opt for traditional soul food (which is amazing), that consists of home made Mac n cheese , sweet potato PIE (not casserole with marshmallows) and collard greens, along with other delicious dishes. Yes, we make turkey for both, but tend to make more Ham and Pernil (if I don't make that, they get upset. Lol), which are obviously pork. Drinks also pay a roll in the meal. If you are ever interested in making and prepping any of these (and that goes for anyone else reading this), I'd be happy to help you out.
If your turkey is dry, you cooked it wrong.
@@shaneg9081 don't give a shit. It's bland if you don't deep fry it.
@@jenniferking7264It's bland if you don't brine it. That being said, if your family prefer pork there's nothing wrong with that.
Their pecan pie didn’t look like the ones we make. It usually only has a single layer of pecans on top of a sweet jelly-like filling.
Yes I'm with you. It's supposed to be a sugar pie with pecans on the top. Some people really like the nuts so they fill the whole thing with nuts.
Meh, not everyone likes super sweet stuff. I personally much prefer pecan pie with more nuts and way less sugar pie filling. My family also doesn't like marshmallows on sweet potato casserole, it's WAY too sweet and sugary. We do baked yams, but only with a very thin glaze. I like the actual flavors of pecans, sweet potato and yams... not so big on a mouthful of straight sugar though.
July 4th is Independence Day! Bingo! Touchdown! Yahtzee! Thanksgiving is the 4th Thursday of November. The sweet potato casserole I prefer has a pecan crumble topping, not the marshmallow. The marshmallow topping is more popular here though. Pumpkin pie would go worldwide if people could taste it. Pecan pie is SO rich I can only eat one slice in a sitting. They totally missed out on green been casserole with julienned green beans and french onion topping, no mash and gravy (traditional brown gravy, btw), no stuffing either. ugh. Thanksgiving is when you can get away with things like mixing one starchy staple with another and it works, like stuffing and mash, dinner rolls and mash, mash and gravy sandwich. Y'all missing out over there...
Oh, I don’t like sweet potatoes but that pecan crumble on top sounds AMAZING!
this was so much fun to watch. the sandwich is how we eat leftovers for a day or two after. i've NEVER seen anyone pick up the pie to eat it. so cute! we have mashed sweet potatoes instead of the casserole. i use what's left of the turkey to make soup. I've always thought your Christmas dinner would be a lot like our thanksgiving, but apparently not. really enjoy your videos, i'm always surprised by some of the difference between our countries.
The hand held pie slice is perfect for when there are already way too many dishes in the sink and machine, I’ve done it for years
Pardoning the turkey is saving the turkeys life from being eaten. Silly tradition. Fun. It gets to live out its life in safety.
I've had 66 Thanksgivings and have never had or heard of a thanksgiving sandwich. This is nothing like a Thanksgiving dinner. Tried a turducken once for Thanksgiving and it was good.
Hello young Brit! Im from the state of Massachusetts, USA and Im here to tell you that Thanksgiving is a Feast! Roasted turkey, mashed potstoes, candied sweet potstoes, many other different veggies based on where in the US but because the Pilgrims landed here not more than 40 minutes awY, we here in NEW E gland mostly elebrate the days food Traditionally! That said, because the 1st Thznksgiving was during HRvest time; some veggies include squashes, corn and turnips. Stuffing the bird with dressing made with bread pieces ?stsle) that is mixed with turkey juices, onions and seasoned well and either stuffed into the birds cavity or baked separately. Then, of couse turkey gravy made from the same turkey juices, cranberry sauce ( store bought or homemade), biscuits ( not the British sweets we call cookie but like in biscuits and gravy) prefesbbly homemade. We can drink msny beverzges with this meal such as, eggnog, apple cider, coffee, soda, jui e, etc. Please know that it was the LOCAL Native Ameri an tribe, the Wampanoags that SAVED THE LIVES of these people because without the knowledge, generosity compassion and kindness these British seters would not have sur i ed their first winter in the cold winter climate of Massachusetts! The Wampanoags also taught them to fish and showed them where to gather local herbs for cooking and medicinal purposes. They were thsnked for their kindness with nearly genocidal de imation of their tribes, families and their land. The Wampanoags still exist here in MA and continue to struggle after hundreds of years caring for their tribes, families and the land they held sacred. They were devestated as a people by the virusses, colds snd other germs thst these white foreigners brought with them from Europe. They were nearly wiped out as a people, as were many Nstive peoples a ross this country by the greed and cruelty levied against them by the white intruders. Any of us 'Americans' with a Soul, recognize Thsnksgiving day as one in which we Honor these Indigenous people for their hesrt, spirituality, brsvery, compassion and tenacity. This is what Thanksgiving means to me and my family as well as many other people across the nation who recognize the sacrifices of these People of Color in the making of this country!
Young man you need to educate yourself with the Truth regarding All disenfranchised people whose blood sweat, tears and lives contributed to the making of the USA TO THIS DAY!
You are very right on the head with the facts.
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Sorry for my poor te ting skills! I was so absorbed in the telling of the story that I didn't check my long tirade before posting. But I have an excuse. O am a Black woman 69 years young and texting from my phone can be a tedious and awkward exercise for me. I apologize for all my typos and hope my point got across. This you g man in E gland appears to be very Pro USA/ American but I think he is naive to the facts and his/story of this country. I hope I was able to enlighten him just a little bit and e oursge him to dive deeper into the Truth behind this country's history that is more than just big houses and great food. Many POC ha e Contributed to the greatness and prestige that this country is, only now, admitting or appreciating. I won't talk about recognizing òr appreciating these POC, because the USA just ain't there yet after nearly 250 years!
@@karenalves8100 I hear ya Mama. I'm a POC myself. Chinese so I really ally myself with anyone of color. And I don't mind your texting skills. Ya doing well.
@@AC-ni4gt Thanks Mama. Blessings!
It takes me 2 days to cook for Thanksgiving. Turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, corn, crescent rolls, pumpkin pie dutch apple pie.
Turkey. Roasted. Or, as I've had a couple of times before, deep fried in peanut oil. The skin comes out so f****** crispy and tasty. Along with jellied cranberry sauce, either fully jellied or with whole cranberries. Candied sweet potatoes, which is what they're serving in this video. Stuffing, which I've made a multitude of different ways but usually using Jimmy Dean's sweet sausage. I've made one with Craisins, apples, celery, it's a Crock-Pot thing all onto itself in that case. Then there's mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, corn, some people make brussel sprouts, and a must for me is broccoli smothered in Velveeta cheese sauce.
Like any other pie, depending on how someone makes it, pumpkin pie can be phenomenal or absolutely disgusting. For instance, the Brits in this video are comparing it to a pumpkin spice latte? I wouldn't touch that with a 25 foot pole. Despise anything flavored like pumpkin spice.
I agree with you about pumpkin pie. But I also discovered I like sweet potato pie.
We also had creamed tutnips wth butter/sour cream & seasoned with salt & pepper.
@@deborahscranton9279 I don't know if you meant turnips and not tutnips, as I've never heard of those . But I don't think I could handle anything turnip based. More power to you for it though
The moist bread in the sandwich is stuffing. That is croutons which are seasoned. It marries the flavors of Thanksgiving dinner exceptionally.
They didn’t show a full dinner. Just a few samples
Side note on the pies: if you've not had pecan pie (usually pronounced "puh-KAHN" here in the southern U.S), imagine treacle tart with walnuts sprinkled on top. (Walnut trees and pecan trees are related; pecans tend to have a little stronger flavor than English walnuts.) Pumpkin pie might sound nasty, but it's really not bad as it's usually seasoned with things like cinnamon or nutmeg and has a flavor similar to sweet potato but not quite as overwhelmingly sweet.
One of the coolest things about America's Thanksgiving is that it's often considered the start of the midwinter holiday season, and is like having Christmas dinner twice a year instead of just once!
My thanksgiving dinners growing up had turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, pickled beets, green beans w bacon, pickled okra, green bean casserole, sweet boiled carrots (my grandmother adds a splash of orange juice), deviled eggs, dinner rolls, flaky biscuits, candied yams (the sweet potatoes with marshmallow), fruit salad and mandarin orange salad (jello), and for dessert we would have homemade ice cream, cheesecake, pumpkin pie, cherry pie, pecan pie, and often a cream pie or two like a Boston cream pie or coconut cream pie or a key lime pie. But that was for like big family thanksgiving
Thanksgiving dinner generally has a stuffed roasted Turkey (stuffing consisting of Brad or cornbread, onions, celery, seasoning like sage, garlic, butter and Turkey broth) Mashed potatoes with Turkey gravey, rolls, a vegetable such as peas, yams or sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and maybe a salad. Dessert pie ( pumpkin, apple, pecan are the traditional ones) Lots of people like to make Turkey sandwiches with leftovers the next day. Of course many people serve other things like roasted duck instead of Turkey and depending on their cultures they may have something entirely different. I’m just going by what I was brought up having.
Yes sweet potatoes and marshmallows are a very beloved way to enjoy with many more recipes usually families bring a few different dishes and meet up at one house and we enjoy dinner together to celebrate Thanksgiving together as being thankful for everyone who has been will be and all of our blessings in life but mostly to give to share happiness with those around us
I don't do a huge, huge meal for a smaller group. But...when I'd have 25-30 guests...you gotta have a ton of choices.
My husband's family had different things that they expected than what my family expected.
Both agreed on roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, green beans, or gr. bean casserole, corn and massive fresh made dinner rolls. His family added: green onions, dill pickles, bread based stuffing or dressing and usually a relish tray with fresh celery and carrots. My family added: coleslaw, cornbread stuffing and sometimes macaroni and cheese (the good baked kind.)
Desserts would be mostly pies but always included pumpkin and chocolate cream pie(s). Pumpkin roll, pecan pie, apple pie, banana pudding with Nilla wafers and this cake his family always did that weighed like 20 lbs! LOL. Yellow cake layered with vanilla pudding mixed with cream cheese, crushed and chunked pineapple and a top of whipped topping. Crazy!
The sweet potatoes with marshmallows served as a side dish with stuffing turkey mashed potatoes actually sets off all the herbs while cutting the richness of the starches and fat. You have to have all the sides
Our family has: Turkey, Honey Ham, Mashed potatoes, Sweet potato casserole with marshmellows an walnuts, green bean casserole, honey butter rolls, gravy, sausage rolls, deviled eggs, mac and cheese, cranberry sauce and our desserts are banana pudding and pumpkin pie usually. A feast! And we do use the meal to make leftovers or the sandwich in the 1 to 3 days after!
Turkey, stuffing (AKA dressing), Corn, Green Beans, Sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, hot dinner rolls, salad, For the main course. Dessert, cherry cream cheese pie, pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate pie, jello salad. And you HAVE to have whipped topping on the pumpkin pie!
Favorite sweet potato recipe is sweet potatoes topped with chopped pecans, brown sugar and butter and then a border of marshmallows baked in the oven…. Pure heaven!!!
We serve sweet potatoes with melted butter and sprinkled with brown sugar, a dash of ground clove and cinnamon.
It's all about the sides! Everybody has the turkey, on the side is corn, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, usually a green bean dish. It depends where you live.
As an African American, we don't call it a "sweet potato casserol," we call it "Candied Yams" and we add butter, cinnamon, syrup and marshmallows. And we serve it hot....
Marshmallow on sweet potato 😣 is a small percentage of how sweet potato, or yams, are done. We bake them in the jacket, then fix them with butter etc.
They missed the stuffing, green bean hot dish, and Ambrosia salad 😊
Our family Thanksgiving dinner consists of roasted Turkey, giblet gravy, homemade rolls, cornbread dressing, green beans casserole, sweet potato casserole, broccoli and cheese, green peas, cranberry sauce, followed by pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie, apple pie and whipped cream. We are Texan, we all contribute, no one does it all. It's a celebration of thankfulness for our Lord's bounty. There are different dishes depending on where you live in the country as well as where you live in Texas. We know families that do BBQ for Thanksgiving.
@4:00 even in America we argue about the marshmallow. Imo it does not belong on sweet potato.
The sweet potatoes are baked first, than mashed with butter,.cinnamon and cream and either the yolk or whole egg to keep its form then topped with marshmallows and put into oven until golden
This is turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, maybe mashed and gravy. In my house it's Turkey, mashed white potato, gravy, rutabaga boiled, lefse (Norwegian flat bread) pumpkin pie, apple pie, cranberry sauce my house some times does sweet potatoes baked (no marshmallow) in the jacket, some times ham also. oh and green bean casserole Pecan pie, egg, butter, corn syrup, pecans, a bit of vanilla (some add bourbon or rum) and sugar, maybe some cinnamon baked it's gooey and super sweet, crunchy. He spares the turkey from being killed. Oh I forgot either bread or rice stuffing.
Thanksgiving dinner is roast turkey, cornbread and/or oyster dressing, mashed potato with brown or turkey gravy, assorted vegetables, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls with butter, and pecan and pumpkin pie..It is Wonderful and everyone eats a Lot!...You would Love it.
I love Thaksgieving food...it means familiy once a year with the people that cares more for you. the warmth of thanksgiving is uniquely a U.S. tradition... Its even more important than Christmas.
We have: roasted turkey, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, asparagus in cheese sauce over Fritos, greenbean casserole, pea salad, candied yams, fancy sweet cranberry sauce with pecans. And more. Lots of pies!!!
Turkey sandwiches are usually had the next day. They are sliced turkey and mayonnaise on bread. It doesn’t have any of that other crap.
Stuffing and dressing are different things. Stuffing is bread, meat, and some vegetables stuffed into the turkey and cooked at the same time. Dressing is similar but is cooked in a casserole dish, and might be cornbread instead of white bread or sourdough bread.
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Thankgiving meal consists of oven baked/roasted or deep fried turkey, cornbread dressing or stuffing with turkey giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, hot rolls, fruit salad/ambrosia, pecan pie, ham ( maybe, for a meat choice ), deviled eggs, potato salad, vinegar cole slaw, and a huge selection of deserts from pies to cakes to puddings to even sweet cottage cheese dishes flavored with jello mix.
L3WG...Thanksgiving dinner consists of a huge roast turkey (about 25 lbs.), maybe a baked ham, candied sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy with giblets, stuffing/dressing (made with oysters or cornbread or the giblets or a myriad of other recipes) , green bean casserole, corn, any other veggies you want, fresh cranberry sauce/cranberry relish/jellied cranberries, fresh baked dinner rolls, pecan pie, pumpkin pie with whipped cream...and then you eat leftovers for a couple of days...and then there are numerous regional dishes thrown in depending on which part of the country you live...and let's not forget, maybe some champagne or wine with the meal...and just FYI...I've never seen nor heard of a sandwich made of all the leftovers like was shown. Yes, we make turkey sandwiches but not like that one.
Turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans or green bean casserole, serve the pecan pie warm with ice cream, baked Mac-n-cheese, cranberry sauce, corn casserole, ham, cornbread or rolls and much more.
Thanksgiving is a feast like you can't imagine unless you've tried it. Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows is an amazing side of done right. Open your mind. If you get a chance, try it.
We usually have pumpkin pie, not sweet potato pie! We put sweet potato puree in a casserole dish and cover with marshmallows then bake till the marshmallows are melted and golden brown.
Yes we have.sweet potato casserole for thanksgiving with marshmallows. There is also the other version with brown sugar,.cinnamon and chopped pecans topping.
I’m Hispanic and in texas, so it’s pretty common for tamales to be a staple in our holiday meals! Sometimes even forgoing the traditional turkey and ham entirely, my grandma made us caldo and menudo for the adults!
So thanksgiving meals will differ by culture and region as well
Pumpkin pie, when done correctly is one of my favorite things. Thanksgiving can be a little different for each house. At my house, we have turkey, prime rib, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, corn, butternut squash, ham, dinner rolls, "green salad" (a side dish that has marshmallows, green jellow, cream cheese, and pineapple), vanilla ice cream, and a number of pies (always Pumpkin and apple, and sometimes pecan pie). During the day, we snack, but more specifically we have a cheeseball with crackers. My mom has the best recipe for that.
They can probably only fit in a few things, so this is just a glance at a proper thanksgiving meal. Plus it depends on where you live.
Where my family lives in North Carolina, everyone/every family brings a dish (also called potluck). So we have things like turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, some kind of vegetable roast, homemade bread, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mac and cheese casserole, green bean casserole, and a few other odd and ends. Dessert gets its own table with pecan pie, peanut butter pie, several types of pumpkin pie, and usually something chocolate too.
We eat real good and have plenty of leftovers!
There’s more. Gravy, mashed potatoes, biscuits, cornbread, corn, tossed salad, jello with fruit inside, apple pie and la mode and more.
Thanksgiving dinner is usually like a roast dinner. Turkey stuffing Mash potatoes green beans and sweet potatoes some make it sweet some make it savory. It depends on personal taste.
I was born and grew up right down the road from where the Brits crashed into Plymouth Rock with the mayflower in 1620. Never one time in my life at Thanksgiving dinner have I seen sweet potato with marshmallows on it.
My sweet potato casserole actually doesn’t have marshmallows but I have pecans and brown sugar on top. It is a side dish but I prefer it for dessert myself
My family never did marshmallows on sweet potatoes. You can just mash them or candy them with brown sugar, cinnamon etc. It's a side dish. For dessert we liked pumpkin pie, pecan pie and apple pie - all with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Our traditional Thanksgiving was turkey, mashed potatoes, GRAVY, dressing (the moist bread with herbs and flavorings),sometimes a green vegetable like green beans, sometimes broccoli/rice casserole, sweet potatoes (several different preparations are popular) and then dessert.
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner for my family and I, (we live in Minnesota) includes, mashed potatoes and gravy, roasted turkey and stuffing, perogies with sautés onion in butter and bacon, green bean casserole, roasted asparagus, cranberry sauce, fresh and warm dinner roll’s, salad and dressings, and for dessert we have a variety of pies, such as pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, deep dish apple pie, cherry pie and pecan pie. We also put ice cream on the side and/or whipped cream as well. We never to sweet potato pie. We don’t like it.
I live in the South. We usually have turkey and a ham, sweet potato casserole with a streusel topping instead of marshmallows. We have green bean casserole and pineapple casserole, peas, mashed potatoes, and gravy, rolls... and of course, cranberry sauce. We have at least 3 kinds of pie. We always have pecan pie, pumpkin pie, cheesecake, and sometimes a chocolate pie. We used to have a fruit salad, but it was the last thing eaten, so we started leaving it off. We love the leftovers, but I've never made that sandwich before.
In the South, a full fledged Thanksgiving feast usually includes: the turkey, dressing (usually cornbread-based dressing), sweet potatoes with marshmallow topping, MAYBE mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (using a Campbell soup recipe) with fried onion topping, cranberry jelly or relish, MAYBE a fresh green salad or another favorite vegetable and desserts CAN include pecan pie (genuine pronunciation is "puh-cahn" - Im not making that up! LOL its a thing here in the US. We know you're not from the South...or more specifically, not from Texas...if you say "PEE-can". Pecans originated in Texas and is the state nut.) Its almost heresy to not have pumpkin pie, but not everyone likes it. My mother in law almost always makes a Chocolate Silk pie and one of my favorite pies is Buttermilk pie, which is not common but just a preference of mine. A common Thanksgiving trope is the "tryptophan coma" after eating but Im not sure if its because turkey is high in tryptophan or if its because everyone gorges themselves and then has to take a nap to sleep the food coma off. Anyway, Jolly gave them iconic dishes but it was by no means representative of the entire Thanksgiving experience.
Oh, and the pecan tree is a species of hickory and is native to the American South. And it's not just good for its delicious nuts, but you can also use the wood to smoke meats; it is similar to but a bit milder and sweeter than actual hickory.
You can also use the wood for furniture and flooring, of course. Again, it's similar in look to hickory, except that the darker bands are far more pronounced (much darker than hickory's) and are less red and more dusty brown.
The bread in the middle of the sandwich is usually soaked in gravy to make it easier to eat with the (often) dry turkey and stuffing. Also for flavoring, since gravy ties most of the ingredients together, just like on the plate.
Candied Yams is Yams with honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and baked with marshmallows over them. It’s eaten in very small doses with our food. 😂
Thanksgiving is in the fall so it’s a lot of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, brown sugar, honey and maple. All warming spices and flavors.
All over the US has different classic dishes and even depends on your family’s background. Irish families don’t usually do candied yams, but they will a greenbean casserole. French Canadian families make a broken glass torte, Italians make the best mincemeat pies, etc etc.
From the tv series "Friends" where Ross had this sandwich of leftovers and took it to work. A coworker stole his lunch and he freaked out.
Our typical Thanksgiving dinner consists of turkey, stuffing, although we call it dressing as we are southern, green bean casserole, sweet potato's, mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, and several different pies for dessert.
The sandwich is leftover turkey, there is mashed potatoes, dressing (which is made all different ways) and YES sweet potatoes some people use marshmallows others use cinnamon, butter, some may even use pecans. Green beans, Thanksgiving is the last Thursday of November. We celebrate because the first Thankgiving is when the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, they left England.
Thanksgiving dinner generally has a few staples and some variations, depending on family traditions and other things. In my family we have the turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato pie, mashed potatoes, turnips, corn, cranberry sauce, brown gravy, and rolls for the main meal, and desserts usually are pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, fruit salad (some people call it ambrosia), and pecan pie. And of course, wine/juice/water with the meal and coffee with dessert. Leftovers are split and eaten throughout the day (We eat the meal around 2 pm) and for a few days after.
Before sweet potatoes were genetically modified into something sweeter, the original sweet potatoes really needed brown sugar or orange juice to make them palatable. Of course you would add butter and salt and pepper and for Thanksgiving: marshmallows! But now, sweet potatoes are actually a lot sweeter and it just doesn’t work with all that marshmallow as well as it used to.
I remember the FRIENDS episode where Monica makes the turkey sandwich with the moist maker for Ross. He even explains how it's made. LOL
Thanksgiving dinner is different depending on region. Northeast was turkey, dressing, sweet potato, squash,mashed potato, and creamed pearl onions and of course gravy and cranberry sauce.
Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, greenbean casserole, sweet potatos, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, peacn pie and pumpkin for dessert. Is a basic Thanksgiving meal. Every family has their additions or traditions though , so it varies a lot. The main thing is the turkey. 15:46
A traditional thanksgiving dinner is turkey, stuffing, mashed or sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, and any other dishes your family may like
Thanksgiving dishes have a huge degree of variation. Every region and every family has slightly different dishes that they cosider essential and slightly different ways of preparing them. Turkey is the only constant.
Every family in the USA has a their own traditions on Thanksgiving dinner.
But, it usually starts with the turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, some type of vegetables, either candied yams or sweet potato pie, stuffing or dressing depending on where you are on what it is called, deviled eggs, cranberries or cranberry sauce and often cornbread as well.
Then the deserts usually vary as well. Pumpkin pie, peacan pie, banana pudding, chocolate cream pie, apple pie, blueberry pie and devil's food cake are all deserts I have seen people do at Thanksgiving. For those not big on the turkey, they will switch it up with ham, but the sides remain the same.
A lot of homes do some red wine or beer for the adults who like to drink. Apple cider, lemonade or a soda for those who don't drink alcohol.
The giving thanks or praying or both varries. Every home has it's individual tradions regarding them.
Often a lot of people will sit around and watch the football games that are on that day. Me, I prefer basketball or to watch a movie. Just because I am not a football fan.
Turkey, potatoes and turkey gravy, dressing , cranberry sauce, deviled eggs, stuffed jalapeños, sweet potato casserole, Watergate salad, pickles, olives,pumpkin pie, pecan pie crescent rolls, jello salad and green bean casserole. There will always be the other things guests bring.We start eating about noon and eat all day.
When you make the sweet potato casserole, you out the traditional pumpkin pie spices into it with some brown sugar, butter, some milk, and egg. You bake it until it’s cooked and then add the marshmallow and put it in until it’s melted and browned.