Oh, mrspunkysmom - you might like what we also sometimes had - Grandpa Smith called it moosup - equal parts mashed potato and turnip mixed together. Yummy! Again, usually just for holidays!

Come to think of it, there was never anything I didn't like at Thanksgiving! When I was a kid, my mother would invite as many people as possible, there were sometime two tables for adults and a kids table. So while it may seem like we had an incredible amount of food, there were lots of people to eat it, and everyone contributed their own dish!

Aunt Bertha made a wonderful cranberry/orange relish - basically just cranberry and oranges diced fine in the food processor - with maybe a little sugar added, depending on how sweet the oranges were that year. It would likely kill me now, as I am hugely allergic to cranberries, and allergic to citrus as well, but I remember it fondly - a little bit went a long way, it was that strong.