T-day dinner: new recipes or same-old-same?
Backstory
I always think I want to try something new and different...but when the day comes, I make the same stuffing my mother did, the same three kinds of pies, the same sweet potatoes with marshmallows, the same sweet breads and brown-n-serve rolls. I have tried substituting new items, one at a time...doesn't fly. And the one year we didn't have banana bread? You would have thought the world had ended. My kids still aren't over it.How about you?
by accidentaltourist in Six Words Questions on Nov 12, 2012 | 
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MotorCityMich says,
Over the years, I have traded out a few "classics" and put in a few things of my own that are newer and a bit more tasty IMO. Still, we have turkey and potatoes and cranberries, just all in slightly different forms.MO_Thoughts2 says,
The last couple years since my Mom got remarried we've had the traditional menu since her husband insists on cooking it. Traditional, boring T-Day dinner. We tolerate it for Mom's sake. Personally I could pass on most of it. I just want a piece of pumpkin pie with Cool Whip. And yeah, a couple slices of banana bread !However for the 4 or 5 years before that, our family had decided we would rather have taco salad ... our weird family one ... that includes fritos, pork and beans and dill pickles. We would still have the desserts though ... pecan and pumpkin pies, chocolate chip cookies and brownies.
accidentaltourist says,
I love traditions too, rabbit...which is why I make the banana bread now. I let my sister make the breads one year, and she skipped the banana....that can never happen again. And I see nothing eccentric about deviled eggs. Both my dad and my oldest son fight for them.canadafreeze says,
We have pumpkin flan instead of pumpkin pie - but the rest stays very traditional.Wench says,
I've only hosted Thanksgiving twice, because there are firmly established dinners on both parent's side, and now on my mother-in-law's (god forbid we say we're spending a holiday with his dad, she loses it. A female friend brought him to my son's birthday party the other day and she left the party for half an hour because she thought he got married again after 21 years and was furious). That being said, everything is new for us. When we visit family, it's always the same and I like that. But when we do something at home, we're still figuring out what our own traditions are.Dean6805 says,
In some settings, there's absolutely nothing wrong with tradition. It can engender a sense of security and belonging that's hard to find in other places. I still sorely miss my grandmother's sweet rolls and the way she set out the Thanksgiving spread. Nothing said "all is right with the world" like that gathering every year.marymc says,
I make what I'm told. Show up and shut up. I may skip the whole thing this year, given my circumstances.