Fake mincemeat pie. Most people today have never tasted real mincemeat like my grandmother made with venison from grandpa's annual deer hunt, beef suet because venison can be dry, spices, apples, raisins, whiskey. Unfortunately, the recipe was lost; I wish I had it today.
I grew up grinding fresh cranberries with sugar and orange peel and still love it! The first time I saw and tasted the crap in the cans, I understood why so many people don't like it.
hibdibblyabob made a list (twice) of all the traditional Thanksgiving foods I don't like.
Not a fan of the green bean casserole with French onions - too salty and don't like mushrooms -but some families members love it so we always have it. Also just the thought of mincemeat pie, thank you, NO!
AND THE WINNER IS: (SO FAR)
A two-way tie with green beans and mincemeat.
With pumpkin and cranberry a close second.
I think if I gave a Thanksgiving dinner party for you folks we'd be having, mashed potatoes, corn and apple pie.
Please interpret for a Brit. Is mincemeat a sweet thing with dried fruits and suet? Here, mince pies like that, dusted with icing sugar, are an Xmas thing that one leaves out for Santa - boxes appear in the shops from October. Someone once explained to me that US thanksgiving is all about being grateful they beat the Brits, and why not.
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows. I never liked marshmallows. I prefer just sweet potatoes.
There was a green jello-coolwhip concoction with assorted fruits in it, called watergate salad, that I used to like. Would not touch it now. Tastes change. And mum even though your 3 bean casserole was superior to others, and I always faked liking it... because it was your Canadian piece of resistance... Yuck, maybe not on T day?
Pumpkin pie and by extension anything incorporating "pumpkin spice." Now I loves me some cinnamon, use nutmeg in baked goods regularly (and grind my own using whole nutmegs and a microplane), and couldn't live without ginger, especially in savory foods. Even cloves, generally loathsome, have a place in corning beef. Put them all together and the result is fit only as a purgative.
Please interpret for a Brit. Is mincemeat a sweet thing with dried fruits and suet? Here, mince pies like that, dusted with icing sugar, are an Xmas thing that one leaves out for Santa - boxes appear in the shops from October. Someone once explained to me that US thanksgiving is all about being grateful they beat the Brits, and why not.
1. Sweet potatos
2. Cranberry sauce
Never touch either one.
The worst? Tofurkey!!! My sister-in-law brought some one year and it was dreadful.
Never again. Even if you tell me that the stuff has improved, I have no wish to try it
Speaking of pumpkins, this is my favorite sweet.
Happysu,
mincemeat isn’t super common TG dish in the states, at least where I am (southern U.S.) I’m not sure it’s common any day, rlly. Here, those who make it for TG are (often) prob either from elsewhere or, in my mind, v traditional or even fancyish. Like, maybe the waspy sort who talks about tracing their family back to colonial times or the Martha Stewart-y types. (No judgement-I love Martha lol)
That’s just my take tho &huge generalization, just haven’t seen it a lot. Some of my best pals/a few roommates were from places outside the U.S, notably France, London, &Cairo, Egypt- and what struck me abt each is they cooked more regularly in their 20s than I ever will. Also all the tea, ha
TG is actually meant to honor the day early settlers, aka pilgrims, came here and feasted w the Natives who shared crops w them. They were “thankful” for the food they received. ..Its a fairly problematic day bc after that the colonists didn’t seem v grateful to the natives at all, but I won’t go into all that bc its too nightmarish for a light topic. Anyway it’s v weird in hindsight but well intentioned if you squint your eyes / don’t look too closely.. maybe a little like y’all’s guy fawkes day in that regard. (Not comparing tragedy, just irony. ..TG way worse in both)
I've been pretty successful at suppressing the memory of peanuts and raisins in my childhood stuffing. Thanks MrFixit for bringing them back.