Thanksgiving!!! Who's Cooking? (and what?)

[cyber-sibes]

I was just going to make a small dinner for hubs & me & a couple friends, but it turns out my two sons are both coming and two more friends and a whole family of friends - so now I'm cooking for 13! I got a 23 lb. turkey. do you think that's big enough? I'm making the turkey/gravey & dressing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes (my favoirte), and corn. Friends are bringing wild rice -mushroom casserole, fresh rolls, and pumpkin & apple pies, and ice cream. Man, are we gonna be FULL!!!

P.S. My dishwasher broke last week. Please keep your fingers crossed the new one arrives on time!

[ParNone]

We're having a big family shindig at my Aunt's this year. 14 Adults, 9 kids and 8 or 10 dogs. My Aunt will be making at least Turkey and Rice Dressing and Chocolate Pies and who knows what else.

Me and Mom are gonna bring Turkey with Corn Bread Dressing (I don't care for Rice, even though Rice is the family tradition from our Cajun background), Ham, Potato Salad (we got German in our background too ) and Pumpkin Cheese Pie.

Then my sister'll bring Sweet Potato Pie, Watergate Salad and an Apple Pie. I have no idea what my cousins will make, but you can be sure there'll be enough food and pie for a lot of left overs. One thing us southerns love to do is eat.

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[joycenalex]

[QUOTE=ParNone]Watergate Salad and an Apple Pie.
what's watergate salad? is it a form of waldorf salad?

[ramanth]

In years past we had Thanksgiving dinner either at my mom's parents house or at my parents. And it was always what I considered traditional Thanksgiving fare.

Turkey
Dressing
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Yams (with marshmallows on top)
Green Bean Casserole
Cranberry sauce
Salad
Fresh baked rolls
Hor'derve's (consisting of deviled eggs, shrimp, and a relish tray)
and lots and lots of PIE!

Sometimes other dishes get tossed in but those are the ones that I look forward too. Mom and Grandma have always shared the cooking duties.

This year will be a full house. My mom is hosting and it'll be my parents, grandma, great aunt, myself and Andy, my sister and her new hubby, and my other sister and her new beau.

The past two years my parents were out of state so I spent it with Andy's family and their Thanksgiving dinner is very different to what I grew up to. But we still had fun.