Thanksgiving? in the UK!!!

[Karrie13]

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Oh yes! That is always on our menu... that and pecan pie! I put a little light brown sugar on it then top it all with marshmallows and bake it. I like my marshmallows to be melted and just a touch of brown.

 

[justbugged]

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I steam Beauregard yams, and then put them in a larger dish with a can of pineapple chunks juice and all, then top the dish with marshmallows. The dish then goes into the oven for about 15 minutes until the juice is hot and the marshmallows are lightly browned. I also often serve some plain steamed yams for those who don't like sweetened yams.

The Beauregard yams are the naturally reddest yams that I can find my local market. Often yams and sweet potatoes are labeled as the same thing. They aren't the same thing, and I can't tell you what the difference is off the top of my head, but I am partial to yams over the sweet potatoes. I used to use canned yams, but with the availability of fresh produce in the market, it is a better finished dish with the fresh food. The yams also make a great pie. All thats done there is substitute the same amount of steamed mashed yams as there was pumpkin in any recipe. I think that yams makes a better homemade pie than pumpkin.

 

[pookiegoldman]

Thanksgiving food varies. Here in Louisiana, we always have roast turkey (Sometimes fried) with dressing (oyster dressing here), Green peas, Cranberry sauce, some sort of potato dish usually mashed with gravy, carrot souffle, sweet potato pie and custard tarts. Go to allrecipes.com for high rated good recipes. Knowing what part of the country she's from would help... I had thanksgiving a few years ago with hubby's family in Tennessee and Cape Cod and their food was really different!

 

[3goodeggs]

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Yes! that is the essential thanksgiving fare! except I married a man who abhors marshmallows...and gelatin.

There is a dish my mom always made ALWAYS,...so I can't stand it any more, but it is good, sweet potato souffle.
My uncle called it 'sweet potato shuffle'. I am sure you can google a recipe. Ask your MIL what she 'remembers' best.

 

[itsachicken]

You have to have the sweet potatoes baked with the little marshmellows on top. It's almost cliche.

I grew up in Missouri, so I'm not really a southerner or a yankee, but our family ALWAYS served two meats, no matter what the holiday. Quite often, two or more families showing up at grandma's house at the same time constituted a holiday. We also liked cheese grits drizzled in honey for holiday meals (I know! And I still say I'm not really a southerner). The other big Thanksgiving tradition is pies. Any pie will do, but most especially pies made from fall produce--apple, pumpkin (with copious amounts of whipped cream) and we usually had minced meat pie, too.

 

[Pelican49]

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Oh yes! That is always on our menu... that and pecan pie! I put a little light brown sugar on it then top it all with marshmallows and bake it. I like my marshmallows to be melted and just a touch of brown.

We do this with yams, but never sweet potatoes. But Thanksgiving is all about what you like. Now y'all got me hungry for pumpkin pie, my favorite. I'm tempted to make one, but I did promise my daughter a cherry pie, so guess I should make that one first. Pumpkin pie next week.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Noticed no one has mentioned potato candy......

 

[3goodeggs]

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Where do you keep pulling these things from? I am starting to feel like a Yankee.

Of course on my mother's side, the great grandparents were from the great lakes. That's why the father's side won't share recipes. He polluted the gene pool.

 

[redhen]

Gimme a recipe for that potato candy... please.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Dont know how to make them myself but I can eat a few pounds of it at a sitting....

Here is a recipe online http://www.josephinesjournal.com/potato.htm