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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: LadyRexall Date: October 8, 2018, 7:57 am
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My husbands parents immigrated from Europe, so thanksgiving
isn’t turkey and ham. It’s usually:
Breaded chicken skewers, roast, veal, fish, roasted potatoes,
veggie medley in sauce, gnocchi, pasta (no sauce), rice and
peas. It’s all good food, but it’s not turkey lol
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: RubyCat Date: October 8, 2018, 7:59 am
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It sounds delicious!
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: guest657 Date: October 8, 2018, 8:42 am
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[quote author=LadyRexall link=topic=723.msg15611#msg15611
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[quote author=gramma dishes link=topic=723.msg15602#msg15602
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[quote author=LadyRexall link=topic=723.msg15587#msg15587
date=1538938702]
We do slightly different than USA but not too much. I’ve heard
y’all always serve macaroni? That’s not typical over here. We do
turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, veggies, stuffing, gravy and
salads. I’m missing out today as the little guy is sick. Hubby
went to his moms for turkeyand im here with a sick kid 🤨
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Thanksgiving macaroni? That's a new one for me! I don't think
I've ever seen macaroni served at Thanksgiving dinners. Or even
heard of it!
Sorry your wee person is sick. Hope he improves quickly and is
back up and at 'em tomorrow.
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Most of the people from more southern states that I know have
macaroni. Maybe it’s a thing in the south? My grandma who was
from Michigan always talked about it too lol. I though maybe it
was just a thing!
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Southerner for at least 5 generations on each side - never
macaroni at Thanksgiving. Cornbread, sweet potato, dinner rolls,
scalloped potatoes, maybe mashed potato.
My stepsister brings macaroni & cheese to every holiday meal,
but that's because her husband won't eat anything but meat and
Mac n cheese, and her kids won't even eat the meat.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: Asharah Date: October 8, 2018, 10:07 am
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: Thitpualso Date: October 8, 2018, 11:14 am
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Back in the 1970s I spent one American Thanksgiving in London.
I was amazed at how much it was observed in the UK.
Churches had notices about special lunchtime prayer services.
Restaurants offered turkey dinners.
The BBC aired a fascinating documentary about regional
Thanksgiving customs in the USA and ITV aired ‘Charlie Brown’s
Thanksgiving’.
That weekend was also the annual charity turkey auction.
We felt right at home.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: kckgirl Date: October 8, 2018, 5:40 pm
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We have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato
casserole, green bean casserole, tossed salad, and sometimes
broccoli casserole. We also have hot rolls and butter, and
dessert that everybody is too full to eat. Our main meal on
Thanksgiving is at 2:00, dessert around 7 or 8. I don't remember
ever having any kind of macaroni on Thanksgiving.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: lakey Date: October 9, 2018, 11:50 am
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A lot of you haven't mentioned cranberries for the American
Thanksgiving. I like to have two kinds. I make the cranberry
relish that is so easy to make by putting cranberries, oranges,
and sugar in the cuisinart. Then I also must have the can of
jelled cranberry that plops out in the shape of the can. I like
the combination of fruit and poultry.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: GardenGal Date: October 9, 2018, 1:50 pm
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[quote author=lakey link=topic=723.msg15720#msg15720
date=1539103804]
A lot of you haven't mentioned cranberries for the American
Thanksgiving. I like to have two kinds. I make the cranberry
relish that is so easy to make by putting cranberries, oranges,
and sugar in the cuisinart. Then I also must have the can of
jelled cranberry that plops out in the shape of the can. I like
the combination of fruit and poultry.
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My sweet MIL makes the same cranberry relish, but she adds a
tablespoon or so of Triple Sec or other orange-flavored liquor.
We all love it, and every year we get her to make extra batches
so there is plenty for people to take home with their leftovers.
It also freezes really well.
Thanksgiving is my absolutely favorite holiday, and I usually
buy at least 1 extra turkey and keep it frozen for a few months,
as they're so hard to buy after the holidays. That frozen
cranberry relish works out great, as fresh cranberries are
pretty much impossible to find after the holidays.
I usually have about 20-25 people for Thanksgiving, and make 2
turkeys so there are plenty of leftovers for everyone. For
years my best friend hosted a leftovers party a few days after
Thanksgiving, and her friends all loved that.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: Amara Date: October 9, 2018, 6:48 pm
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I make my own cranberry sauce too, and freezing extra means you
can have it in the heat of summer. It's cold (!) and wonderful
with barbecued chicken.
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Re: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day
By: AmericanRose Date: October 9, 2018, 8:22 pm
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I spent one Canadian Thanksgiving in Canada, but the family I
spent it with was Chinese, so I imagine their meal looked
different from 'traditional' menus! I do remember a lot of egg
was used, which surprised me.
When my Grandma did Thanksgiving (in rural Michigan) we had
turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, salad, rolls
and a sort of 'green bean casserole'. For dessert we had pumpkin
pie with Cool Whip, lemon pie, and strawberry Jell-O with
bananas in it. Dinner would always be at 2, with a 'snack' of
the leftovers around 6, and everyone would leave around 8. After
dinner most everyone would take a nap... but then the men would
watch football, and after cleaning up, the women would get
started on Christmas shopping lists. Pre my teen years, my aunt
and I would make Christmas cookies, which went into the big
basement freezer for a few weeks.
For the few years my mom did Thanksgiving when I was at home, it
would just be us 3 (and the cats), and we would have turkey,
mashed potatoes + gravy, salad, rolls, and some sort of
vegetable with pumpkin pie and whipped cream (the real stuff)
for dessert. When I was hosting Thanksgiving dinner for my
friends, I stuck to a similar... nope, the same menu as my
mom's! Minus the salad, and with a much smaller turkey.
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