Favorite side - the dressing
Favorite dessert - pie or fruit

Kaycountrygal, my college roommate's mother-in-law is a 4-H mom. She makes pumpkin pie from scratch as you described it. My roomie keeps the frozen cooked pumpkin on hand from autumn through Christmas and uses it in a few different ways. It tastes different from pumpkin pie made with the canned pumpkin.

Other favorite Thanksgiving treat - Ocean Spray jellied cranberry sauce (we have a divide in my family, jellied vs. whole berry, so I bought both!)