Best Thanksgiving dinner side?

[panthers55]

1 minute ago, cookinbrak said:

Do people still not know the difference between stuffing and dressing?

Hont- if something is stuffed inside the bird...

Most folks don't stuff the bird due to concerns about being underdone.

https://www.npr.org/2013/11/26/247336038/dont-stuff-the-turkey-and-other-tips-from-americas-test-kitchen#:~:text=On not stuffing your turkey&text=The problem is%2C when you,going to eat the stuffing.

 

[Captain Obvious]

Guilt

[Anybodyhome]

I make a true, fresh cranberry sauce. Boil down the cranberries, plenty of sugar, fresh squeezed orange juice, walnuts, etc.

My first attempt several years ago turned out to be a huge hit with everyone, so I decided to make it an annual thing.

Gotta admit, I've not had mac & cheese for TG, but I'd be willing to take that on, too.

[Paa Langfart]

Oyster casserole

one variation of it  here

 

https://www.amusingfoodie.com/2011/12/simple-oyster-casserole.html

[Jeremy Igo]

26 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Lots of people already doing exactly what you described with leftover after Thanksgiving. Don't make Thanksgiving itself like leftovers day.

I do a leftover turkey pot pie that is the bee's knees. My boys like it more than Thanksgiving day.

[Anybodyhome]

32 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

I do a leftover turkey pot pie that is the bee's knees. My boys like it more than Thanksgiving day.

I could get behind that as well. There's nothing about just turkey that really interests me. Sandwich, pot pie, turkey & tortellini soup... but just turkey? No, thanks.

[raz]

1 hour ago, Paa Langfart said:

Oyster casserole

one variation of it  here

 

https://www.amusingfoodie.com/2011/12/simple-oyster-casserole.html

ah bro you're bringing back fond memories.  oyster caserole was my mom's specialty on thanksgiving.

[raz]

1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

I make a true, fresh cranberry sauce. Boil down the cranberries, plenty of sugar, fresh squeezed orange juice, walnuts, etc.

My first attempt several years ago turned out to be a huge hit with everyone, so I decided to make it an annual thing.

Gotta admit, I've not had mac & cheese for TG, but I'd be willing to take that on, too.

cranberry sauce is sooooo good on mac n cheese.  idk why, but if you make a mac n cheese this year try a little bit of it.

[kungfoodude]

Traditional Thanksgiving turkey is overrated. 

 

Discuss.

[Billy Love]

Cooter pie

[Sgt Schultz]

20 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Traditional Thanksgiving turkey is overrated. 

 

Discuss.

I smoked one a couple of years ago using cherry wood.  It was a ton of work, but it was great.  Much better than roasted out of the oven.  But, I would have to be bribed to do it again since I had to get up very early on a day off to start the thing.  If you have a Traeger, it probably becomes a lot easier, but I use an old horizontal offset smoker that I've had for almost 20 years.

Best thing overall: a good pecan pie

Best side: a good sweet potato casserole.

I have had so-so versions of both, hence the disclaimer that they be good.

 

[kungfoodude]

7 minutes ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I smoked one a couple of years ago using cherry wood.  It was a ton of work, but it was great.  Much better than roasted out of the oven.  But, I would have to be bribed to do it again since I had to get up very early on a day off to start the thing.  If you have a Traeger, it probably becomes a lot easier, but I use an old horizontal offset smoker that I've had for almost 20 years.

Best thing overall: a good pecan pie

Best side: a good sweet potato casserole.

I have had so-so versions of both, hence the disclaimer that they be good.

 

100% agree with every word of this. 

[Zod]

Pecan Pie is the best thanksgiving pie, and it ain't close. 

[MHS831]

I do not want to cause trouble here, and not everyone does this, but:

BOOM.