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What Thanksgiving dish makes your thanksgiving unique

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rtt121
rtt121 Posts: 653
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Turkey, Gravy, Dressing/Stuffing, Breads, Hams, Beefs, Dessert etc...

What makes yours special?

For me both are dressing/stuffing.. my mother's (I am 30 and have always had TG at my mom's) is a jimmy dean sausage stuffing.  This is the best will always be thanksgiving for me.  My mom always made everything mostly scratch.. we never ate jimmy dean.  But jimmy dean stuffing is what I know as thanksgiving. 

Second is my fiancee and soon to be wife's (Jan 18th) pineapple stuffing.  Its so far from the thanksgiving stuffing i grew up with but its also just as delicious.   

What are yours!?
Medium, and XL eggs in Galloway NJ.  Just outside of Atlantic City.  
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  • fusionhq
    fusionhq Posts: 1,707
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    Pineapple casserole.
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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
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    I think I make a pretty darn good gravy.
    Large BGE in a Sole' Gourmet Table
    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • ksmyrl
    ksmyrl Posts: 1,050
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    When home it's deep fried turkey and banana pudding. Every other year when I'm with the inlaws it's made from scratch pasta, sauce, and sausage. Homemade cheesecake and the best part, homemade wine. Yes...I married an Italian.
    Fish, Hunt, Cook....anything else?

    1LBGE, 1MMBGE, somewhere near Athens GA
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  • UncleFred
    UncleFred Posts: 458
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    Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato Casserole

    http://www.food.com/recipe/ruths-chris-sweet-potato-casserole-278583


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    San Diego, CA - Where I've mastered Curmudgeon..working on Recluse.
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  • TigerTony
    TigerTony Posts: 1,078
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    We have all the traditional Thanksgiving foods
    But it's the oyster dressing that makes it special for me. We also have pans of lasagna. Being from a Sicilian family, growing up we had Lasagna at all our family get togethers.
    It wasn't until I married German/French girl that I realized the rest of the world didn't eat lasagna on Thanksgiving.
    "I'm stupidest when I try to be funny" 
    New Orleans

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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,660
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    @rtt121 I would like to hear the recipe for the pineapple stuffing. @fusionhq I would also like to have the pineapple casserole recipe. I love pineapple.

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • rtt121
    rtt121 Posts: 653
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    @shtgunal3

    1/2cup butter
    1 cup gran sugar
    4eggs
    1 can crushed pinapple drained 40oz
    5 slices bread cubed

    Oven 350, Grease a baking pan.

    Cream sugar and butter. Beat in eggs then add pineapple and bread cubes.

    Bake one hour. Enjoy.


    Pretty simple it looks like!
    Medium, and XL eggs in Galloway NJ.  Just outside of Atlantic City.  
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Woodford bourbon before the family arrives. :((
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,487
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    The fish sticks.  I don't like turkey.  
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    "Pro-Life" would be twenty students graduating from Sandy Hook next month  


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  • rtt121
    rtt121 Posts: 653
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    @Botch , Homemade fish sticks?
    Medium, and XL eggs in Galloway NJ.  Just outside of Atlantic City.  
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Mom's green beans. Though she makes them fairly often, Thanksgiving would't be the same without them. Mom is 98 and has been making these for most of her life. For some reason, mine just aren't as good. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
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    My maternal grandmother made a giblet gravy that was out of this world. She is still with us but not able to cook. My paternal grandmother made a honey ham that was better than any ham I have ever had. I'm close to replicating it but yet so far.

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • bboulier
    bboulier Posts: 558
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    Potatoes and gravy, stuffing and gravy, turkey and gravy.  It's all about the gravy.
    Weber Kettle, Weber Genesis Silver B, Medium Egg, KJ Classic (Black)
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  • fusionhq
    fusionhq Posts: 1,707
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    @shtgunal3‌ I'll get it for you. Gotta put my hands on it.
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  • Central_Bama_Egger
    Central_Bama_Egger Posts: 886
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    My dads fried turkey and MY sweet potato casserole.
    Huntsville, Al LBGE
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,487
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    bboulier said:
    Potatoes and gravy, stuffing and gravy, turkey and gravy.  It's all about the gravy.
     
    I never stop eating on TG because I'm full.  I stop when the gravy gets cold.  
    :|
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  • cajunduck
    cajunduck Posts: 203
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    Cushaw pie!
    Geaux Tigers!! West Monroe, Louisiana
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,627
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    Celery root salad. Tradition in my family and my wife's.
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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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    Kielbasi and honey.
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    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,897
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    Mine is a rich, but small butter and oyster casserole that was my Father's favorite side dish. It brings back memories in so many ways!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Tjcoley said:
    Kielbasi and honey.
    Tell this Pollock about it.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • Jeepster47
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    UncleFred said:
    Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato Casserole ...
    Have got to give a big thumbs up on this dish ... definitely one of my favorites.  Great choice.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • bcsnave
    bcsnave Posts: 1,009
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    My wife makes a stuffing with ..pork sausage. water chestnuts, celery, stuffing mix, onions, mushrooms, butter, chicken stock, ..it is fantastic

    The Dude..a Mini and a Large Egg..a DigiQ DX (BGE Green)..some Cast Iron...a Thermapen.............and an Ol' Fashion

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    Glenbeulah, WI

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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
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    Fred19Flintstone said:
    Tjcoley said:
    Kielbasi and honey.
    Tell this Pollock about it.

    We have a place here in town that served an appetizer of hot beef sausage and honey. Very hot sausage sliced, covered in honey and heated. The heat from the sausage and sweet from the honey made a great combo. Years ago, I decided to try it with Kielbasi. It is now the favorite way to eat Kielbasi, not only for the whole family, but for any one who tries it. Start with a smoked Kielbasi (I've cured and made and smoked my own on the Egg, and we still buy from a small place in NE PA where we have buying for 50 years). Slice about 1/3 inch, and heat. I've done indirect on the Egg, but if you are in a hurry the microwave works fine (the horrors). When it s hot, pour some honey over the slices and zap to heat the honey. Put it on a big plate and serve with toothpicks. Makes a great app. At our last family reunion, 24 people, we went through 12 rings in a week.
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    It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.
    - Camp Hill, PA
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  • Keyrock
    Keyrock Posts: 13
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    Mashed rutabaga.  
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Thanks TJ.  Wilma likes hers pretty much the same way, but she uses apple sauce instead of honey.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,660
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    @rtt121‌ & @fusionhq‌ Thanks guys

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • hapster
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    I think for me it's the fact that my wife and I have hosted for 15 years now, since we got back from our honeymoon...

    The dishes that make it for me is my stuffing/ dressing made with bob Evans sage and sage hot sausage along with my company potatoes. The stuffing is my mom's recipe and it's awesome. My FIL likes to take the leftovers, slice it like scrapple, and fry it up the day after in some butter to have with eggs. I also think my gravy is pretty good, I use the dripping along with turkey stock I make thanksgiving day to make it.
    MSV Chill Spot
    Chester County, PA

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  • Jstroke
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    For us it's the baked beans. Got to have beans with salt pork and biscuits on thanksgiving. We eat that at around 11. We always split firewood on thanksgiving. Get up early, eat a big slice of pie with coffee and get to work. At 11 beans and biscuits, then turkey around 4.
    Columbus, Ohio--A Gasser filled with Matchlight and an Ugly Drum.
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  • Egger_Girl
    Egger_Girl Posts: 12
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    Hi everyone, Got my Egg in June and have been lurking to learn ever since but this is my first post. I have a list of several things my husband requested I make rather than have my guests bring them. My favorite is homemade Cranberry Sauce. It's probably one of the first things I ever cooked as a child. Over the years I've changed it from the very basic recipe on the cranberry bag to my own version which includes a little Grand Marnier. Looking forward to smoking my bird this year, did a practice one a couple of weeks ago. Happy Thanksgiving!
    Yep, I'm a girl and it's my XLBGE not his.
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