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The chaos is my favorite part, the people. I am hosting so make the turkey plus a bunch of vegan sides because one kid is vegan and otherwise she gets not much. So for her a stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted sweet potatoes with chili paste, green beans & mushrooms, "creamed" greens in coconut milk, confit of parsnips.

Now would I rather be putting butter in most of those,and eggs in the stuffing, and sausage? Fuck yes. But I'm her best chance at getting something that is delicious not just vegan, so I do only vegan sides. We have two grandmas attending and one insists on bringing a whole Thanksgiving no matter what I ask so there is all the regular stuff. Like sometimes she literally brings another turkey with her, it's ridiculous. I only want her to bring pies, I cannot pie.

Mac and cheese with bechamel and a little tomato

Butternut squash soup

ITT: People who don‘t give two shits about indigenous people

Not surprising coming from settler americans.

Cranberry sauce from the can; is it mostly sugar? Yes. Is it yummy? Hell yes. Does it have cool little ridges? Absolutely.

Not Peking duck unfortunately. For a couple of years instead of a turkey my brother would get Peking duck. Last year they didn’t do it because we didn’t have as many people coming so they got a turkey breast thing from Trader Joe’s (it wasn’t good, I gave my portion to my dog). This year my mom is insisting on getting thanksgiving stuff from Costco so no Peking duck this year either. Oh well, at least there’s going to be stuffing.

Whatever I bring. Seriously, the ex gets my kids this year. Of course I’m going for them, but:

• no alcohol
• no soda
• low sugar
• no corn anything
• very little spice of any kind
• none of my family’s traditional foods unless I bring it

While they’re making my favorite pumpkin pie, somehow it can’t have any spices this year. Just pumpkin. So bland but might as well be mayo

Stuffing and deviled eggs. However my family is also full of deviled egg fiends, so mostly stuffing

Collards. I only recently discovered them as a transplant to the southern part of the country, and I love making them because they’re phenomenally tasty. Plus you can justify that they’re dark leafy greens (never mind the gratuitous pork fat).

Green bean casserole.

I was grossed out as a kid, but that stuff is the bomb.

Stuffing. I would eat stuffing every Goddamn day of the year except I'd get fat as fuck. I have to literally limit myself to eating it once a year for Thanksgiving or I'll gradually work it into my regular dinner meal plans and even that is too much.

The stuffing. I frickin love stuffing

Candied yams from a can with toasted marshmallows is all I need! Everything else is details.

Political discourse.

I’m far from family, so probably my vegan tater tot casserole. I don’t live in the Midwest anymore, but for some reason on Thanksgiving I crave this very heavy food along with my wife’s Mexican green pasta recipe (to die for!).

Always mashed potatoes. I am a freak for some potatoes.

Also my wife's grandma always makes Mac and cheese and usually 2 different kinds. I'm a big Mac and cheese fan so I'm hoping they have that but maybe not since she's getting pretty old now. Maybe I'll have to make them this year!

Leftovers

I ordered the Popeyes Cajun turkey and i make great stuffing so I'm looking forward to both of those.

Stuffed mushrooms, my aunt's scratch made wheat rolls, and bacon wrapped asparagus.

Deep fried turkey. We have used the Butterball electric frier for over a decade and it turns out awesome every year.

Just polished off the trial run of the dressing and gravy, happy to have them again next week.

Stuffing and mashed potatoes. I make the mashed potatoes, and I am really good at it. I am not sure why, since it's just ordinary yellow (or russet, depends on what they have) potatoes, milk, salt, and butter. I don't even peel them, but it gets all the rave reviews.

Just about everything, minus the green bean casserole I'm pretty sure my sister-in-law is making. That's one thing I just don't like.

A giant slice of Costco pumpkin pie with a gallon of whipped cream on top. Anyone who expresses disapproval is secretly envious.

I'm making Bizzle's Sticky Wieners, which I'm sure already have a name but holy cow I couldn't pass up that joke. It's lil smokies wrapped in bacon and topped with brown sugar, then baked. It's pretty decadent though so I only make them for thanksgiving, I've been looking forward to it all year.

Nothing in particular. It will all be food.

Roasted brussel sprouts and bacon.