"It doesn't count as Thanksgiving dinner if I don't get to eat [blank]"

[NotUrsula]

I'm not a huge fan of Thanksgiving as a holiday (*so* much work), or even a lot of the traditional foods, but I do look forward to the pecan pie every year.

So, what's your "if I didn't get [blank], then I didn't have Thanksgiving Dinner" dish?

 

[Praying Colonel]

The correct answer is dressing.

 

[threeboysmom]

The correct answer is dressing.

Uh no. Correct answer is STUFFING

(and turkey and gravy…everything else is just bonus)

 

[Kittyblue]

jellied cranberry sauce in a can

 

[tvguy]

Uh no. Correct answer is STUFFING

(and turkey and gravy…everything else is just bonus)

No stuffing in our house, dressing. No cavity to stuff on the boneless turkey breast we will be having. And with a vegetarian at the meal, even if we had a whole turkey, it would be cooked outside the bird.
And as far as gravy, I hope you mean giblet gravy.

 

[tvguy]

jellied cranberry sauce in a can

Should be banned. Only homemade whole berry cranberry sauce.

 

[Kitty 34]

the turkey; the obvious

.....but also, for me, rutabaga

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Well, in our family, lefse is almost always served with a turkey dinner. I love lefse, but I have got to say that good dressing is a must. (I have tasted some truly awful dressings/stuffings, and in that case, lefse wins.)

 

[Lumpy1106]

I have to pick just one? OK - Turkey. After that, sweet potatoes, stuffing, apple pie, key lime pie. I'm the cook in our house - cook gets to make the menu.

 

[soccerdad72]

Leftovers the next day

 

[VandVsmama]

honey brined turkey roasted in the oven
stuffing
lingonberry sauce

I don't care about the rest of the sides. If it has those 3 things, then I'm a happy camper.

 

[White Cat]

Any dinner for me on thanksgiving is thanksgiving dinner.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Stuffing/dressing

 

[neverlandsky]

Some sort of pumpkin pie seals the deal for me that it’s Thanksgiving.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So, what's your "if I didn't get [blank], then I didn't have Thanksgiving Dinner" dish?

So hard - turkey & cranberry sauce

or

stuffing

or

pumpkin pie

 

[ronandannette]

It's a "can't have one without the other" things for me. I couldn't possibly pick just one dish because the one and only time of year we have a turkey feast is Thanksgiving.

 

[RogueX]

Pizza

 

[cvjw]

Corn bread dressing. Not any sort of stuffing from a bag.

 

[easyas123]

Stuffing, pumpkin roll and champagne (not necessarily in that order )

 

[EACarlson]

Stuffing, one of only two times a year I get to eat it. The other is Christmas.