Forget the turkey... Favorite side

Tie.  Creamed onions and celery root salad.

Legume said:

Tie.  Creamed onions and celery root salad.

He said FAVORITE! sheesh. 

Baked Mac and cheese... Easily

Giblet gravy and @HuskerMaMa 's cranberry sauce. 
Homemade Keylime & Pumpkin Pie. 

Ooh & @HuskerMaMa 's Sweet Potato Casserole w/ or w/out marshmallows (I prefer it fully Monty style) with toasted pecans. 

My mom's neighbor when she was growing up always made amazing dressing. When my mom got married and moved from Asheville to Atlanta, she begged her neighbor for the recipe and her neighbor gave it to her with the condition that she never tells anyone else. My dad's sister, Mary, started begging my mom for the dressing recipe and since she was nervous about fitting in with her new relatives she gave her the recipe and made her promise not to tell anyone else. The next year, the Atlanta journal constitution held a contest for the best thanksgiving sides. Guess which dressing won. Only now it was called Mary's famous cornbread dressing. There's a lesson to be learned in all of this, but it escapes me. 

My favorite side goes clear back to my childhood. It was my Father's favorite as well and I'm 71 now. We still make it every ThanksGiving! Mom just called it scalloped oysters. Ingredients obviously are oysters, sliced sautéed mushrooms, some diced green pepper, lots of butter, crushed crackers and whipping cream. WOWSER is that rich and delicious! 

Stuffing from the bird for me. Wife told me this week she heard on the radio that its dressing if its cooked on the side and not in the bird. Stuffing is in the bird. So I said so if I stuff a ham in the turkey does that make stuffing? I got the  look. Its location right? 

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Legume said:

Tie.  Creamed onions and celery root salad.That's gotta be a northern thing.. I've never heard of it. 

Celery root salad is a German thing - tradition in my family and I got lucky, tradition in my wife's as well.  Almost identical.   It's kind of like a slaw made with cooked and grated celery root that's loaded with cider vinegar - served chilled.  Cuts right through all of the heavy/fatty things to set you right for another trip around the plate.

Creamed onions contribute to climate change 

Dressing and gravy for me. 

I don't like deviled eggs much but the jalapeño topping would make them awesome. 

Stuffing. Browned sausage, then sautée onions in the grease. Add fresh herbs, celery, apples, diced cranberries, the stuffing cubes. Add stock until almost wet. Bake it up. Stuff face. 

Sweet potato casserole is my favorite side. 

It's dressing and giblet gravy for me, with the best of everything else involving one of those two items: mashed potatoes with giblet gravy, Parker House rolls to sop the giblet gravy, etc.