Thanksgiving (U.S.) 2025

[C. sapidus]

19 minutes ago, gulfporter said:

 

Love your description!  We like LGBoD, but not on 🦃Day. 

 

Credit to @Tropicalsenior for the shriveled gonads 😆

 

19 minutes ago, gulfporter said:

 

We halve then caramelize until almost charred (with shallots), often adding Indian spices to them as a side.  Other times we incorporate into pasta dishes with pancetta, prosciutto or good ole bacon. 

 

Have tried shaving them thin to use as a salad base, but not worth the risk to fingertips.  

 

Those all sound good to me!

[gulfporter]

My late MIL introduced me to creamed pearl onions on 🦃Day.   In a cream sauce with a dash of nutmeg.   When I am in US and making the Big Meal, I always include them.  

 

Growing up our 🦃Day table included my Uncle Wally's fresh kielbasa (he owned a meat market) as well as my grandmother's kugelis which had a very dark brown crust and a lot of salt pork in it.  My family emigrated to US from Lithuania. 

 

I expect to be in Mexico for 🦃Day this year.  While Turkey Molé is a Mexican 'thing' it's reserved for the wealthy as  🦃🦃🦃 are uncommon and expensive in Mexico and almost all are imported.   I made a Turkey Molé several years ago that cost me 3 days of labor, and a thousand pesos for a rather small bird!  

[rotuts]

Although I grew up initially in an Apricot Orchard , ( 2 acres ) , gravel and dirt roads near by.

 

both my parents were teachers, and benefited w sabbaticals in Europe  thanks to a Senator

 

who saw something in the Future  ( Fulbright )  I lived two years in France and two in Spain 

 

and went to local schools  ....

 

I saw Thanksgiving as more or less what we had :  roast Turkey , sage stuffing , mashed potatoes , pan gravy 

 

peas w +/- pear onions , baked thick sliced sweet potatoes , boiled , cooled , then broiled w a marshmallow and brown sugar.

 

much later , living in the East , I discovered various Ethnic additions :  Friends of Italian heritage had the basics

 

then added Lasagna etc.

 

@gulfporter  I like the idea of  fresh kielbasa and kugelis     What a feast !

 

BTW  that apricot orchard no longer exists .   they were very common there then

 

in Los Altos , CA 1950 ++