38th Annual DIS Cranberry Sauce Debate Thread

[mjkacmom]

Homemade only, with dried cherries, oj, cranberry juice, sugar and orange zest.

 

[Minnesota!]

Homemade. I'm the only one who eats it.

I just boil in some fresh squeezed OJ, some salt, some cinnamon and leave it chunky. Love it SO much!!

 

[bjscheel]

Mom makes homemade cranberry relish, she grinds up the berries and I don't know what else is in it.

I love cranberry everything.

 

[Minnesota!]

Always homemade - I always use extra fruits - whichever floats my boat ever year - and I make mine very tart, so I go under the sweetener level recommended. My family LOVES the homemade sauce, so much that I am now never allowed to skip it.

Since it does not occupy the "sweet" at our dinner, but the "sour", I've now started rotating either a pumpkin or sweet potato dish in to fill in as "the sweet"...

This year, I have pear nectar to use for some of the planned water, so I'll be using pears and/or apples as my combo with the pear nectar and plenty of crans...

I don't like it sweet, either. No sugar added, outside of whatever is in the OJ!

 

[Donald Duck Family]

It needs to be canned and jellied. Bonus points if served still in its can shape with the ridges prominently displayed.

 

[Micca]

Bonus points if served still in its can shape with the ridges prominently displayed.

That's how you know where to slice it!

 

[AppleDumpling]

I greatly prefer homemade using a family recipe with fresh cranberries, oranges, walnuts and some added sugar. It’s a special treat that we only eat once a year on Thanksgiving. Yum.

I don’t mind canned; we often eat that with poultry the rest of the year. I prefer the kind with whole berries, while DH loves the gel, LOL. Occasionally we also have lingonberry jam (bought at Ikea), which is a good alternative, similar to cranberry but a bit sweeter.

 

[Donald Duck Family]

That's how you know where to slice it!

Exactly!

 

[Micca]

38th Annual DIS Cranberry Sauce Debate Thread​

Hey Red, the DIS only goes back about 23 years or so, where were the first 15 debates held?

 

[georgina]

Not really a cranberry sauce fan. I have sometimes made a salad with whole cranberries and mandarin oranges.

the thought of eating that canned jellied stuff makes my stomach ill.

 

[disykat]

We love cranberry sauce and will eat the canned stuff occasionally throughout the year. I buy a ton of fresh cranberries when they become available. We've had homemade cranberry applesauce four times already this year and I'll be making it on Thanksgiving too. I need to buy more bags and load up the freezer as much as possible before the season is over.

Now for the controversy. I will serve sliced oranges next to cranberry sauce if I serve the jellied kind sliced, but I HATE orange IN cranberry sauce.

 

[SM1992]

Living in "cranberry country" here in s.e. Massachusetts, I guess I'll weigh in. I can't drive 2 miles in any direction from my house without seeing a cranberry bog. However, I'm not a big fan. I'll have some canned jellied on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but that's it. DW won't touch it.

 

[RedAngie]

38th Annual DIS Cranberry Sauce Debate Thread​

Hey Red, the DIS only goes back about 23 years or so, where were the first 15 debates held?

We were here. You musta missed it.