I do not like Thanksgiving food. Don't like turkey, don't like sweet potatoes.

[bamademo]

Hate Campbells Green bean casserole. Why must the menu be dictated?

[LiberalElite]

1. Who's dictating it? Eat what you want. -

It's just a lot of tradition, what people eat every year and for many it's a comforting routine.

I have never eaten Campbells green bean casserole. Not once. Never even seen it.

P.S.: I'm a vegetarian since 1987.

[bigwillq]

2. Is anyone forcing you to eat that stuff?

Eat what you want.

[redwitch]

3. You can come to my house for Thanksgiving dinner.

And order Chinese takeout as my youngest son does every year.

[In_The_Wind]

4. We roast a duck or Cornish Hens on Thanksgiving.

[pinboy3niner]

5. We always have parrots

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[In_The_Wind]

11. ... always

[flying rabbit]

32. Aw geez...

[Demoiselle]

44. Shameless!!!!!!!

[Hotler]

6. I'm thinking a standing rib roast and baked potatos and salad. n/t

[Doctor Who]

45. What time should I be over?

I'll bring the wine and homemade cheesecake.

[Hotler]

49. Around 5:00pm .....

And welcome to DU.

[Iggo]

7. At my house I eat filet mignon, baked potatoes, and asparagus.

Of course, I do it alone. But that's kinda the point.

Break the cycle. Celebrate how you want.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I don't like them, Sam I am. nt

[Kali]

9. I like some of it, but I just don't feel like preparing it.

turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes I do like, stuffing and sweet potatoes are gross. I have only had that green bean casserole once at someone else's house. it was never a tradition for my family. we usually have peas with pearl onions.

[hollysmom]

26. sweet potatoes are amazingly good for you and good for the dog as well.

get a dog under the table and feed them ha ha
of course,I like them plain from the oven still in the peel.

[Kali]

28. oh yeah, I like them fine

just not coated in brown sugar and marshmallows

my favorite way is fried - how can you go wrong with healthy orange french fries?

[eppur_se_muova]

39. Try pralene-topped casserole ...

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/15633/gourmet-sweet-potato-classic/

Mom used to serve the marshmallow-topped version. We tried this version and abandoned marshmallows for good.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

51. Agreed, the brown sugar - marshmallow things are disgusting

But my wife brought a favorite from her family that is delicious.

Boil the sweet potatoes in the skin until a probe poked into one goes in easily, then remove from water and let cool until they can be easily handled. Pull the skin off, and slice about 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick. Sautee slices in butter until a little bit of crust forms on them, and serve.

They're sweet enough as it is, and the sautee in butter causes a Maillard reaction that really kicks up the flavor.

Yummy and simple. You can't beat that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. Both carrots and sweet potatoes are delicious with a bit of orange juice

I mix a tablespoon of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter in microwave to melt, stir in 2 tablespoons of orange juice and drizzle
over the carrots or potatoes.
tangy and rich flavor.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Well, there's always peccary

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. In a lot of families that's "traditional" food

and people kind of expect it. Make your own tradition. In my family we'd often have pheasant or grouse (if my dad's hunting trips were successful) instead of turkey. I think one year we had ham.We never had that sweet potato-marshmallow glop because everybody hated it. Anyhow, it's just another meal. If you're cooking, serve something else; if you're a guest, just be polite and eat it.

[Heddi]

13. Who dictates?

My husband and I aren't turkey fans. He doesn't like mashed potatoes, and I don't always want Mac and Cheese. So some years we'lld o a roast (it's just the 2 of us, family lives far away and no kids). I like making a nice home-made lasagna and from scratch garlic bread. Sometimes we'll get take out from this GREAT dominican restaurant up the road.

Life is short--why waste it feeling like you have to eat food you don't like?

[lame54]

14. Leave and let a Syrian refugee take your place...

You Commie

[Tipperary]

15. Make what you want to eat!

Or...are you not the one who cooks?

[OriginalGeek]

16. I eat green bean casserole many times a year

but it tastes even better on Thanksgiving.

Sometimes I do the same thing with asparagus instead of green beans and cheese instead of fried onions. So basically it's completely different except for the mushroom soup.

And there's no better turkey sandwich than one that's made from leftover TG turkey.

I won't eat cranberries or sweet potato anything though. Bleah.

[KamaAina]

17. Why do you hate America so much?

[SwankyXomb]

36. Right, you should be out buying things you don't need

it's the Big Box American way.

[KamaAina]

37. That's a mocking reference to O'Really?

[hedgehog]

18. I think I'll be hauling dinner 120 miles, so it's

going to be ham for sure. I want something that won't poison people.

[dr.strangelove]

19. First, what the hell is Campbells Green bean casserole?

Second, eat whatever you want. My family makes something different almost every year. We have not had turkey alone in some time. We always make a turkey breast for those who want tradition, but we have made alligator, turducken, bison meatloaf, fried chicken, NY strips and whatever fish I could catch that week (mostly trout) in the past few years. Start your own tradition. Just enjoy the time with those you care about. The best thanksgivings of my life were when my wife and I were dirt poor livign on our own and we went to pot luck thansgivings and had an assortment of things.

[Laffy Kat]

20. How can you live in this country and NOT KNOW about GB casserole?

Let's take a look at your green card, shall we?

[Tipperary]

31. Lol!

You speak the truth here!

[dr.strangelove]

33. I seriously have never even heard of that shit

I'm an old NYer. We never had whatever this is. Sounds nasty! the only casserole I ever saw was some baked pasta with chicken in it. I never heard of this thing.

[KamaAina]

38. And his/her long-form birth certificate!

[jmowreader]

21. It is an abomination of Old Testament proportions

"Young grandchild, I bring you to my kitchen today to pass on a Great Family Tradition: our secret green bean casserole recipe."
'But Grandma, that stuff tastes like week-old shit.'
"Yeah...we all said that too."

You mix green beans with cream of mushroom soup and pour them into a casserole dish. Then you cover the hazardous waste you just put in the pan with french fried onions to disguise the taste of the preceding two ingredients. Next, you bake it for 30 to 60 minutes to convert it into a more-easily-discarded solid lump. And finally, you make like the general in Apocalypse Now and tell your children, "I don't know how you feel about this green bean casserole, but if you eat it you'll never have to prove your courage in any other way."

It was invented to disguise the fact you bought three cases of cream of mushroom soup because, thanks to the weirdness in American culinary life that says you are required to serve turkey at both Thanksgiving and Christmas, your family is going to be eating turkey and noodle casserole every night from Black Friday until Groundhog Day.

This nightmare must cease. There is only one way to solve the Green Bean Casserole Problem: slip out of bed after midnight the night before Thanksgiving and eat all the cream of mushroom soup in the house.

[Ford F-150]

30. Bravo...

I laughed while reading!

But I do like the casserole

[Laffy Kat]

41. You nailed it!

Some of us, gulp, like it. Sort of. Although I can't imagine making/eating it any other time of the year.

[Arugula Latte]

35. It really is a "classic" for millions of Americans (although people are sharply divided on it).

We used to have it when I was growing up. Now I prefer regular fresh green beans with a bit of shallot and butter.

A lot of people on DU love it, but a lot despise it. There have been several threads on it over the years. Here's one: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018524517

http://www.campbellskitchen.com/recipes/classic-green-bean-casserole-24099

[Generic Brad]

22. Then you are condemned to watching Thanksgiving themed movies

You do not get spared from holiday hell simply because you do not like what's on the menu, pilgrim.

Either that or Detroit Lions football.

[Doctor Who]

47. Planes, trains and automobiles?

Love that movie, one of John Candy's best. "YOUR GOING THE WRONG WAY!!" "How does he know where we're going?"

[Generic Brad]

53. That is one of my all time favorites!

And it is more satisfying than a traditional meal.

[LiberalEsto]

23. But do you like green eggs and ham?

Do you like them, bamademo-I-am?

[rurallib]

24. It is the American Way

[BlueJazz]

25. Anybody who eats Green Bean Casserole is just simply uncivilized.

If Aliens ever land on Earth and find out some of us eat that crap, we're doomed.

(Xlretyu otubgms kkwertyuc sstuj) (What the fuck is THIS shit?)

[hollysmom]

27. well, I like the parts sweparate

just not mixed together, ugh.
Now that I think of it, I like seasoned food but usually not mixed with other stuff. Like don't think I would like a turducken, but turkey or duck is fine. Green beans are fine as is mushroom soup, put them together and ugh. I like peas and I like carrots, but not peas and carrots mixed, the texture is weird.

[Snobblevitch]

29. I happpen to like turkey, mashed potatoes, graby, stuffing, and pumpkin pie.

I can do without the rest of it. We wlso have some family ethnic food on Thanksgiving.

[Arugula Latte]

34. I'm big on the veggie dishes and the mashed potatoes.

I looooove green beans (but not in that casserole!). I also like to have an old-fashioned small onions and peas in a white sauce dish, and this year I'm making a brussel sprout/apple/dijon vinaigrette salad (it calls for raw brussel sprouts but I blanch them for a minute and dunk 'em in cold water).

Agree with you on the sweet potatoes -- yuck. I don't like them in any form, even though I've tried because they've been so hyped as a wonder food. I want my veggie-like foods to be savory, not sweet (I know they're not exactly veggies). Carrots I can deal with, although I'm not a huge fan.

Pumpkin pie is okay, but I'm fine having one piece a year.

[Enthusiast]

40. You should eat what you like. That said, we have encountered some truly lousy turkey.

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But we now know why.

After Thanksgiving the grocery chains freeze all the left over fresh turkeys. These frozen turkey's reappear the next year before Thanksgiving.

We suspect some of the frozen turkeys even make it to the third Thanksgiving season.

We solved that problem by pre-ordering a fresh turkey at the local butcher.

I think a good turkey is one of life's great culinary delights.

[raccoon]

42. So don't eat it. I for one am not going to beg you to. nt

[Demoiselle]

43. Celebrate with whatever food you love the best… But….

I never much liked turkey until I brined it. And inserted soft butter under the skin of the breast before I roasted it. It does make a huge difference. You might look for a recipe ...
NOBODY should have to eat green bean casserole if they hate it!!!!
I also love to fiendishly perpetrate a candied yam casserole (complete with butter, brown sugar and a marshmallow topping) on my family.
I will admit I love the stuffing more than the bird…
And turkey gravy sends me into raptures.

[mrmpa]

46. I too hate turkey............

I do like yams and stuffing, brussel sprouts too. That's all I'll eat. My brother is cooking this year, he gives the neck to my mother who uses it for soup, YUK....

[FrodosPet]

48. Nothing wrong with not liking turkey

It is over-priced this year anyhow. We need lower demand to get the price back down.

[oldandhappy]

50. I am having duck.

Thanksgiving is about being thankful. This year I will be thankful for a new stint in my heart, my own bed, positive neighbors -- gratitude is a good soul meal.

[Enthusiast]

54. You are so right about that. Best wishes to you.

People sometimes forget the value of your own bed. Be it ever so humble.

[Wolf Frankula]

52. We're Having Roast Duck with Basque Rice

green salad and cheesecake.

Wolf

[Major Nikon]

56. That's what whiskey is for

When you can't please everyone. Might as well please yourself.