And by that I mean let’s argue about how to cook Thanksgiving food and what food is best. I’m a firm believer that canned green beans are better than fresh or frozen green beans in green bean casserole.

  • Botzo@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    For turkey: throw it away and make something good. Prime rib usually converts the olds once they can smell it.

    If grandma insists on a goddamn classic turkey, tell her that this is her version of her mother-in-law’s fucking microwaved lutefisk and spatchcock or break down the bird. Make your stuffing in a separate pan, there’s no reason to even chance salmonella on your bread.

    To OP, agreed, canned french cut green beans, but fuck Campbell’s and their shitty cream soups. Make your own cream sauce. Maybe try something coconut cream-based and lean into some light curry flavors (ignore Grandpa’s protestations about it being different and weird). We get enough food monoculture with this stupid meal.

    And if you’re making sweet potatoes, for the sake of anything sacred, don’t make that candy-sweet marshmallow and brown sugar abomination. Chop and roast them on a pan with oil adding only savory spices. The sweet potato is already sweet (hint: it’s in the name).

      • Botzo@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 days ago

        Haha, I’m no Gordon Ramsay. I just grew up in upper Midwest USA turkey country where black pepper was spicy, Italian seasoning was exotic, and ketchup went with everything (thanks to the ketchup advisory board, of course). I had way, way too many awful dry, bland thanksgiving meals.

        I still have yet to have some turkey that really changes my mind about it. The closest I’ve come is a heritage turkey we paid something like $14/lb for 10 years ago. It was ultimately pretty tasty, but definitely not worth the hassle of procurement, cost, and obviously doesn’t scale (I think it was a 9lb bird).