38th Annual DIS Cranberry Sauce Debate Thread

[RedAngie]

Homemade or canned? Jellied or whole berry? Say anything you want cranberry related: juice, bogs, vitamin supplements, craisins, etc.

My family has always preferred canned jellied. A few times at Turkey Day gatherings someone had the audacity to bring homemade and it didn’t go over too well.

I really only want a small amount but this time of year the big can is often on sale for less than the small can.

 

[tvguy]

LOL. About 30 years ago, on a whim, I looked at the package of cranberries in the store and saw the recipe for homemade cranberry sauce.
2 cups sugar, 2 cups water. Bring water to a boil. Pour in cranberries, boil 10 minutes. Let cool.
Easy. Made it that year, every since my kids INSIST on homemade. Haven't had a can of cranberry sauce, jellied for whole, in the house since.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Canned. One year some friends came to Thanksgiving at my sister's house with us and brought homemade cranberry sauce. Ugh. I can still remember choking some down to be polite.

 

[Disneylover99]

I prefer whole berry, canned.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Canned is good. So is like fresh, whole or smasjed berries.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Anything except canned. I like the fresh deli cranberry sauce, or homemade.

 

[easyas123]

Oh, well we go both ways!

I always open a can of jellied cranberry sauce for the table, and I make my own basic cranberry sauce as well. This year I'm infusing some vodka with cranberries and having cranberry martinis Thanksgiving afternoon/evening.
Not to be confused with the cranberry mimosas in the morning...

 

[Kitty 34]

.....and when was the DIS in existence?

I can eat a bite of canned cranberry but that's about it.

 

[lynxstch]

Canned..for me it can be either jellied or whole, husband will only eat jellied. Unfortunately, around here, there seems to be a jellied canned cranberry shortage. None of our 3 stores had any. Good thing I have a few extra cans in the pantry. I bought 2 of the whole for myself, so I have enough to have with leftovers.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Homemade or canned? Jellied or whole berry? Say anything you want cranberry related: juice, bogs, vitamin supplements, etc.

My family has always preferred canned jellied. A few times at Turkey Day gatherings someone had the audacity to bring homemade and it didn’t go over to well.

I really only want a small amount but this time of year the big can is often on sale for less than the small can.

Homemade. Whole berry. made with orange juice, cinnamon, brown sugar.
I liked canned when I was little.

I like cranberry juice and dried cranberries too. I do not like raisins, though. Weirdo, I know.

 

[Meriweather]

homemade, but I really don't care for it.
Love lots of other cranberry things. I will be making a cranberry salad for Thanksgiving....made with fresh whole berries (well, they need to be frozen and then ground)

 

[TwoMisfits]

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...

 

[easyas123]

and I make mine very tart,

That’s how I like my cranberry sauce as well.

 

[HashberryOTG]

Homemade whole berry here (well, smashed anyways). With orange, orange zest, cinnamon, sugar (brown and white). Lots of zest. Love the bitter. Love cranberries!! Still keep cans around for leftovers just in case tho.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Anything BUT homemade orange cranberry relish. I can’t chug it down, too bitter.

We live in the heart of Ocean Spray country and eat the whole, canned cranberry sauce year round. I always have a bunch on hand. We also use cranberries in a lot of our cooking, like with garlic and butter on string beans.

 

[CynBeth]

Canned Jellied!

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I hate actual cranberries so I don’t eat the sauce but I love the jellied stuff in the can.

 

[BayouQueen]

Canned Jellied Loyalists here. But we always have a homemade cranberry something, too, for those who don't share our passion.

 

[MIGrandma]

Homemade or canned, jellied or whole berries, I like it all

 

[mumto3girls]

I like all of it, but only a little bit. My sister makes one using cherries with the cranberries. I love it. My dad and my Kate FIL only liked the jellied roll from the can. Always served that for them. I like it too.