The Thanksgiving Mega Thread

Ah, that looks like what I need! I never heard of gammon before, and when I searched for ham all I got was the stuff in tins. Thanks!

DB was talking about gammon one day and it wasn't until I was at his parents' house that I learned what gammon was. I would definitely get the gammon instead of the canned ham, especially on Thanksgiving!

rolls (what are these called here? I couldn't find any at Tesco.com!)

You know, I looked all over for these, too, and I can't find anything that is quite like the dinner rolls that you get in the States.  DH says he's seen them but he can't think of what they are called, either.

How about serving one of those artisan loaves of bread instead?  You can sprinkle it lightly with water, wrap it up in tin foil, and heat it up in the oven and it will taste like a freshly baked loaf, if you don't want to try your hand at baking. 

I thought I'd post this as it's a Thanksgiving Day staple in our family. Everyone I've ever made it for has loved it. We also do the cranberry sauce but our dinner isn't complete without this.

This one is served cold and keeps quite well for leftovers.

1 lb fresh cranberries
2 medium unpeeled apples (I usually use one Granny Smith and one sweeter one)
2 tsp grated orange rind
2 tbsp lemon juice
1-1/2 c sugar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves

Whiz all the fruit in a food processor or, if you don't have one, you'll need to chop it very very finely. Stir in remaining ingredients. Allow to sit overnight in the fridge to allow flavors to blend.


This is wonderful with other meats as well and sometimes I eat is just as a bit of salad!

I can't remember what a 'dinner roll' in the States is like, but there's no shortage of different kinds of bread/rolls here, so im sure you will find something you like!

Do I remember reading something on here about Pillsbury's crescent rolls (Pop-N-Fresh?) are starting to be sold over here -- or did I dream that?

At my family's Thanksgiving, we always had Grandma's homemade bread rolls & I have her recipe!  I think I'm going to make it at my brother's house in Atlanta, only it's the same recipe as for her bread & her cinnamon rolls too -- so I think we're going to make cinnamon rolls because he wants to know how.

It is yummy and we have been making it every year too since we had it one Thanksgiving Caryn came to ours.

I suppose it will be a small dinner with my wife, daughter and mother in law, more along the lines of a Jewish Friday dinner than typical thanksgiving.

Two years ago my wife and I decided to have a proper Gobble Gobble feast.  We had 9 of us in total and it was my first proper thanksgiving to cook on my own.  We had a 22lb Turkey, my mom shipped over cans of King Kullen jellied cranberries (you know that kind that slides out of the tin and you have to slice it up), cans of Campbell's mushroom soup and Onion sticks to make the string bean casserole, and pumpkin filler for the pie, and everyone that was invited brought various drinks and desserts.  Well, my wife and I slaved in that kitchen for about 15 hours making this dinner and introducing the Britfriends to a real thanksgiving-- we even had College Football on the tv in the background (it was the saturday after thanksgiving, so the NFL games were already done)

They came

They ate

They left.

No.  Really....within about 30 minutes of dinner being finished most of them left.  And never got an invite back to anyo of their homes for dinner.  So from then on I decided we won't be doing many big dinners anymore.

Sorry to bring the mood down, but to answer the original question, just something small with the family.

I havent read this entire thread but someone mentioned dinner rolls. I remember the cheapy brown and serve ones we used to get in the plastic wrapper. We would always either forget to make them entirely or burn the hell out of them. 

Well, the local butcher in our old village had it all the time!

Sorry, I meant its not seen in a meal at MIL's any other time than Xmas 

It is yummy and we have been making it every year too since we had it one Thanksgiving Caryn came to ours.

 

I suppose it will be a small dinner with my wife, daughter and mother in law, more along the lines of a Jewish Friday dinner than typical thanksgiving.

Two years ago my wife and I decided to have a proper Gobble Gobble feast.  We had 9 of us in total and it was my first proper thanksgiving to cook on my own.  We had a 22lb Turkey, my mom shipped over cans of King Kullen jellied cranberries (you know that kind that slides out of the tin and you have to slice it up), cans of Campbell's mushroom soup and Onion sticks to make the string bean casserole, and pumpkin filler for the pie, and everyone that was invited brought various drinks and desserts.  Well, my wife and I slaved in that kitchen for about 15 hours making this dinner and introducing the Britfriends to a real thanksgiving-- we even had College Football on the tv in the background (it was the saturday after thanksgiving, so the NFL games were already done)

They came

They ate

They left.

No.  Really....within about 30 minutes of dinner being finished most of them left.  And never got an invite back to anyo of their homes for dinner.  So from then on I decided we won't be doing many big dinners anymore.

Sorry to bring the mood down, but to answer the original question, just something small with the family.

That happened to me my first year here.... trouble is no one understands that it's an all day event and not just a dinner party...

Well from what I am reading it looks like you can get the fixings over there. It does not matter anyway as my company has postponed my move until January! But that is for another post on another day!!

Thanks for the info!!

 

Do I remember reading something on here about Pillsbury's crescent rolls (Pop-N-Fresh?) are starting to be sold over here -- or did I dream that?

they have croissants in the can in the cooler section by the cheeses bit in tesco. I think it was sara lee, I could be wrong, but either way its there!!

they have croissants in the can in the cooler section by the cheeses bit in tesco. I think it was sara lee, I could be wrong, but either way its there!!

I didn't think of croissants! I just checked at Tesco online, and they have plenty of choices. Thanks!

I havent read this entire thread but someone mentioned dinner rolls. I remember the cheapy brown and serve ones we used to get in the plastic wrapper. We would always either forget to make them entirely or burn the hell out of them. 

Same here.  They usually cost about 1.00 for 12.  I love them with a lot of butter.  Yum!