Thanksgiving Menus - How much can you really eat

Fran M Posted: Oct 23, 2003 10:01 AM

Thanksgiving Menus - How much can you really eat

We are hosting our first Thanksgiving. Our family has always done a huge dinner with all the trimmings and a ton of deserts. My DH appears to want to take it to the next level with a menu that would take an entire day to consume I have bring him back to reality.

ss2002 Posted: Oct 23, 2003 11:27 AM

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LOL...Fran, you DH sounds like he comes from a family like mine!

We usually start with apps, antipaste platter, cheese/crackers.

Then it's a pasta course...usually manicotti or lasagne complete with meatballs, sausage, braciole.

THEN, it's time for turkey, stuffing, sides, salad, etc.

Oh, yeah...after a nap, dessert!

We always say we go overboard and will scale back the next year, but it never happens.

Fran M Posted: Oct 23, 2003 11:56 AM

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Are we related
I said to DH how about we skip the pasta course and do a soup instead. He just added a soup to the menu

Lisa Rose Posted: Oct 23, 2003 01:50 PM

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My sister and I did thanksgiving for the first time last year...Grandma usually did it. We had Turkey and all the trimmings, soup to start, as few appys, then dessert and everyone walked away full but not overstuffed!!

Lunatrek Posted: Oct 23, 2003 02:15 PM

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We always stuff ourselves silly

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday!

MichelleW Posted: Oct 23, 2003 02:40 PM

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Fran,

Our family does the same thing

Appetizers, usually antipast or cheese and crackers with pepperoni

Soup
Pasta
Dinner, with all the trimmings
Dessert

Can you say

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ChristineC68 Posted: Oct 23, 2003 04:51 PM

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Michelle, I love your smilie there!

We just have dinner with the side dishes and a salad starter since there is only a handful of us.

allure Posted: Oct 23, 2003 11:25 PM

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We also do the whole 9 on Thanksgiving
What a wonderful Holiday

JennRenee Posted: Oct 24, 2003 08:07 AM

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I'm Italian... need I say more?
We do the same as Michelle's family.

Although I get stuffed to the gills and a little uncomfortable, I really miss all of the 'extras' when I have Thanksgiving with Patrick's family. They just do the turkey dinner, and I always feel like something is missing.

anna Posted: Oct 24, 2003 09:45 PM

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Who has room for turkey after
antipasta
soup
lasagna...
etc
etc

we look at the turkey and just say 'wow how much does it weigh, thats a big turkey'

and then have it for leftovers the rest of the week...

Claud2001 Posted: Oct 24, 2003 10:04 PM

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My family is pretty much everything like JennRenee and Anna just said!

Latina511 Posted: Oct 24, 2003 10:16 PM

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My sister married an Italian, I married an Italian so Thanksgivings are usually like Michelle's and Claud's. I LOVE IT!

Fran M Posted: Oct 27, 2003 11:05 AM

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Ok so he is not the only one insisting on soup and a past ????

Nora101004 Posted: Oct 27, 2003 01:33 PM

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I can't wait until Thanksgiving next year- ITS AT MY HOUSE

kmcwed Posted: Oct 29, 2003 08:45 PM

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We usually have some appetizers, then the big dinner (turkey and all the sides), and then a huge dessert.

My mother has a monopoly on Thanksgiving Dinner, though. She almost refuses to go to anyone else's house. We all have to come to her, or have a Thanksgiving on our own without her. And now that she bought her Ethan Allen dining room set, she's determined to get use out of it every holiday she can.

I think that's a little extreme. What if I want to have Thanksgiving at my house one year???

Cindy Posted: Nov 02, 2003 05:38 PM

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I usually make tons of appetizers and turkey and many many side dishes. I am Italian, but if I added something Italian to my menu I think it would be too much food.

Maribelle7777 Posted: Nov 02, 2003 05:42 PM

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Karen - I''m the opposite - I''ll cook if I have to and when Dad thinks we should offer to reciprocate but if someone asks first I''m all 'sure no problem we''ll be there!' LOL
Then again my apt can hardly fit more than 6 ppl comfortably. And no dining room =(
If I cook it''s usually at dad''s house.

My aunt does TG every year. Which fine by me she lives upstate and it''s really pretty up there =)

pschica Posted: Nov 02, 2003 07:12 PM

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your family sounds like mine then too fran - the more food the merrier - we have a small thanksgiving and still have a 25+ turkey and more sides than you can shake a stick at....my mom claims she loves leftovers!