To ask what's on your thanksgiving menu this year?

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For those who celebrate.

Soul food here- ribs, chicken wings, mac and cheese, etc.

When we lived in the US, we did Thanksgiving meals with other Brit friends. I have to say the green bean casserole (tinned green beans with Campbell's mushroom soup on top, sprinkled with onions) wasn't my favourite, but the sweet potato casserole, despite myself, was AMAZING! I did a recipe that had the sweet potato mash topped with alternating mini marshmallow and crushed cornflakes in butter rows. Sounds hideous, but I could have eaten it all day . I think my blood sugar was probably at an all time high though!

I also like the idea of Thanksgiving as a holiday. No gifts, little stress, just a nice time to spend with family. We've been doing it since we've moved back to the UK too with others who have lived in the US.

Very much British, but we've done 'American Day' for thanksgiving here for many years. We always have a really unhealthy pancakes, bacon, syrup and hash browns with a New York cheesecake for dessert. Not traditional and it began as an excuse to pig out on the US food we missed from holidays.

I'm in the Southern US; we will have turkey, corn bread dressing (not called stuffing when it's cooked outside the turkey) sweet potatoes (no marshmallows), mac and cheese (this is more of a Southern thing for Thanksgiving); green bean casserole (only time of year we have it); brussels sprouts roasted with bacon; cranberry sauce; crescent rolls; pumpkin pie, apple pie, and Kentucky Derby pie (chocolate pecan pie with Bourbon in it).

Blimey! Do people eat all that in one sitting, or is it spread out over the day?

Florida here, but going home to Georgia for Thanksgiving. We are going to my brother's house, but we will all be participating in the cooking. My specialty is cornbread dressing.

needmy that does sound revolting...but equally divine! How can this be?

I do my candied yams with mallows, allspice, cinnamon and brown sugar.

Does anyone have an idea for a vegan main? Usually I'm happy to just have potatoes and veg, but I want to show off give my guests an alternative to try if they want to, too.

All my guests are English, and think I have toys in the attic to keep this up every year! The kids love it though 😁

Ifailed well, some people do pick and choose among the offerings especially the desserts. But, yes, a lot of food is consumed during the main meal. But then throughout the rest of the day people wander in and out the kitchen for leftovers and, of course, turkey sandwiches.

There are also a lot of football games on Thanksgiving day so that becomes part of a tradition as well.

I’m from Chicago, but I live in York, England.

I’m unsure about Thanksgiving this year, I’m 37 weeks, and may be induced next week. I’m just a bit worried I won’t have the energy to cook a full on Thanksgiving. It would just be for me, husband, and baby. If I was cooking, I’d do a toned down version so: turkey, mac and cheese (it may be a southern thing, but as an African American, its a necessary dish for our Thanksgiving), buttermilk biscuits, mashed potatoes, and greens. I may make some cornbread as well. Dessert is my husbands favourite, pumpkin pie.

If I was in the States, there would be more dishes. As well, if I was in the States for Christmas, our family doesn’t cook on Christmas. We go out for dinner, go ice skating, movies, bowling, etc. We usually hit up a diner for breakfast, and then eat a nice meal at a good restaurant in downtown Chicago. Easter we cook duck, if my mom does actually cook Christmas (which is really rare), she cooks roast beef.

Forgot I’d cook cranberry sauce as well!

A few times my mom has cooked lamb for Christmas. We also deep fry our Thanksgiving turkey in my family. I can’t do it here though. I went home for Thanksgiving last year, and my sister has a rotisserie deep fryer. That turkey was gorgeous.

Yes, mac and cheese is very traditional for Thanksgiving in African-American families. There is a lot of crossover between traditional Southern Cuisine and traditional African American cuisine.The Obamas always had mac and cheese for Thanksgiving.

Thanks, SenecaFalls. Sounds more like some of the xmas dinners I've been at where the main course is eaten sitting down, puddings (desserts) are offered, but many people will hold back for a while and have some later in the day.

We make a version of this mac and cheese. It is so good.

www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Southern-Style-Macaroni-and-Cheese

Seneca, that crossover is because most AA’s have their American origins in the Deep South (ya know, slavery). We cook a lot of Southern food for Thanksgiving. There’s an argument that Southern food is mostly AA, because of who would have been cooking 150 years ago (ya know, the female slaves). But thats another discussion! I don’t know many white Northerners who cook collard greens.

green beans in lemon butter

Sounds amazing.

I’m from Chicago, but I live in York, England

I'm a fellow Yorkie. I never add the England bit on at the end because there's only one true York - home of chocolate, the white rose, fat rascals and that numpty who paints himself purple. Oh and the creepy bloke with the balls.

Seneca, ours is relatively similar but instead of cream with use milk, cream cheese, and four different types of cheddar cheese. We use that to make the sauce and then add it to the pasta. I actually made some last week because I was homesick and at 37 weeks pregnant, I was certain I could eat the entire dish on my own. BTW, totally did it.

Hahah, I add it because my American friends were so confused when I told them I was moving to York, they thought it was York, Pennsylvania.....

Excellent points, Amd. I have lived up North, and when I had a hankering for Southern food, I would always try to find soul food restaurants. There was a really good one in Chicago, but it has been a long time, and I can't remember the name. It was on the Southside.

green beans in lemon butter

Sounds amazing.

@Floellabumbags They are. I steam them until just tender, then toss them in a hot skillet with two tablespoons of butter and the juice of half a lemon.

I'm in Massachusetts.

Think there was a book written recently by an African American food writer about the african origins of southern cuisine.

It is the dream of my life to deep-fry a turkey.

Seneca, of course it was on the south side. HAHA, its where most of the black people in Chicago live. I miss chicken and waffles, with a side of mac and cheese . I also miss grits.

Pallisers, I WISH I could find a deep fryer in the UK that would fit a whole turkey. It’s beautiful.

*Pallisers I deep fried a Turkey leg a few years back, it was delicious.
I've a small kitchen and even smaller deep frier so that's all would fit, the rest was roasted after I'd brined it.

I love chicken and waffles! It's become part of fancy Southern "fusion" cuisine in quite a few restaurants.