What Are You Making for Thanksgiving?

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Cooking, Family, Food & Drink | 169 comments

Every year, we do a special recipe round-up for (American) Thanksgiving. Just because my life has been completely re-booted and I am scarcely ever available here, doesn’t mean that’s any reason to skip the 5th Annual Glibs Thanksgiving Recipe Post!

So, please submit your recipes, including your handle and a photo of the dish if you have one. To see if you’ve previously submitted the recipe, you can check last year’s post.

Each year, I include all the previously submitted recipes, and this year will be no exception. The post will be published a few days before Thanksgiving so you can get some inspiration, if you need it.

Thank you!

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169 Comments

  1. Ownbestenemy

    Traditional it seems. It will be just 6 of us. In-laws, wife, one teen and one teen girlfriend.

    Turkey purchased, it was *snickers* $.69/lb. Sourdough and sausage stuffing, green been casserole, mashed potatoes, roasted brussel spouts with shaved carrot, some sorta sweet potato pie sorta thing and pumpkin pie.

    • CPRM

      shaved carrot

      If you have to shave your carrots, I think they may be past the best by date.

      • Ownbestenemy

        A little limp but get the job done.

    • Count Potato

      The wife is cool with your teen girlfriend? Noice.

  2. westernsloper

    Taking Crab Bisque. No bread dripping with butter to dip in it this year though.

  3. DEG

    I’m probably not going to do much for Thanksgiving beyond finishing up my yardwork for the year.

    I generally don’t travel for Thanksgiving as travel around that time of year is a pain in the ass.

    I will be in PA the weekend before Thanksgiving, but back in NH before Thanksgiving. I will try again to see some relatives that I am not certain if they are Covid crazy. I won’t bother with the definite Covid Crazy Relatives.

  4. Yusef drives a Kia

    Do to scheduling, Sister is doing Thanksgiving Tomorrow, nothing fancy, I have no special recipes, but I’m doing a Cherry Cheesecake and a Cherry Pie, the Glib Bakery gave me some tips.
    then we have the great Rummy Games! Sister and I were taught to play by the same Uncle, so we are ruthless, too much fun,
    Cheers!

    • The Last American Hero

      Better Homes and Gardens Grape and Pear pie. Fantastic seasonal pie and not overly sweet.

  5. Suthenboy

    Just wife and myself. Turkey (not a whole one), cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.
    We both gave up the thanksgiving gluttony years ago. Eat until you are comfortable.

  6. DEG

    OT: PA legislators want to further reign in the governor

    The top Republican in the state House wants to give the legislature the ability to block regulations or administrative orders from the executive branch by a majority vote, a proposal that would significantly expand its power and curtail that of the governor.
    House Speaker Bryan Cutler and state Sen. Ryan Aument, both Lancaster County Republicans, announced the proposed amendments to the state constitution Tuesday.
    Any order from the governor or an executive department that has the force of law would only last 21 days unless approved by lawmakers, while the legislature would be able to more easily block executive branch regulations such as one aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

    • Sean

  7. DEG

    OT: DON’T HEAD FOR THE HILLS!!! THE DEER HAVE LIL RONA!

    White-tailed deer, a common forager in suburban yards and fields in Pennsylvania, might be picking up more than nuts and berries this year.
    Recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service show that some white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania had antibodies against the coronavirus. This is one of the first signs that animals in the wild have been exposed to the virus, although it doesn’t reveal how these deer came in contact with the virus or how it affects their health.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      So if I’m immune can still hunt them?

    • rhywun

      how these deer came in contact with the virus

      Um… because it’s everywhere?

      • Count Potato

        I doubt it. Deer live outside, and don’t let people get close to them.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        is twenty feet close? I sometimes count coup on the city deer, that’s my best so far,

    • Count Potato

      “some white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania had antibodies against the coronavirus”

      Bullshit. They probably had anti-bodies against some other coronavirus.

      • Suthenboy

        Bingo.

        The claimed boogy man status of the Fauci virus is way over the top.

      • NoDakMat

        100% this. It’s hard to keep track of all the bullshit over the past 18 months, but one thing that came out early is that the ‘rona test doesn’t differentiate between strains of the ‘rona. A positive test could mean you have a ‘rona strain that we’ve known for decades.

    • J. Frank Parnell

      On the bright side, if you catch Corona from a deer you can get Lyme to go with it.

      • Gender Traitor

        Genuine LOL and enthusiastic applause!

  8. Pine_Tree

    No answer yet, but I did make DblEagle’s Aged Eggnog (from last year’s Thanksgiving list) just the other day. Will open it up about Christmas.

    • dbleagle

      I made my batch recently as well. I will bring it as my contribution to a feast I have invited to.

  9. Hyperion

    We’re passing on the $10,000 a lb turkey, since we don’t really like it anway. They say Tofurkey is only $1000 a lb now, but that really sounds more awful than anything.

    Best choice, not much, I need to lose a lot of weight anway. Thanks, Biden, for teaching us the North Korean weight management program.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      ” $10,000 a lb turkey” Where do you shop? Aldi?

      • Hyperion

        The USA.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Shits expensive, but Ten Grand a Pound?
        Seriously though, things aren’t bleak yet, but the signs are there, and we can’t stop the Shit now, IMHO

      • The Hyperbole

        Turkey is 49¢/lb at Kroger. I get you people have Biden Derangement Syndrome, and in some cases it’s warranted, but making shit up to bitch about is why no one trusts the other guys, don’t be like the other guys.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Is your sarcasm meter broke? and regards BDS, last year I paid 2.50$ a gallon for gas, not I’m at 3.60$.
        The first thing that Fuckstick did was kill Keystone, now he want’s to kill the pipeline that supplies MY fuel.
        So yeah, FUCK JOE BIDEN

      • Ted S.

        It’s ironic that The Hyperbole doesn’t get hyperbole.

      • The Hyperbole

        Hyperbole, like satire only works if there is an element of truth involved, If turkey were two or three dollars a pound, then yeah, I’d get it, but seeing as it’s dirt cheap hyperbole doesn’t quite work. Now if it was supposed to be satire, I could buy that but I doubt that The Impostor was trying to be sarcastic because that would imply that he doesn’t think Biden has fucked everything up and caused everything to cost more.

      • Ted S.

        He’s like 10,000 flicks when all you need is a cunte.

      • Ted S.

        Pricks, not flicks, lousy auto-correct.

      • Ted S.

        The Butterball 3 lb. roast I bought was a buck more than last year, 11.99 vs. 10.99

        So you can take your contrarian shtick and shove it up your cat ass.

  10. Hyperion

    Look at this picture of Bannon.

    Good gawd, I mean I’m not judgemental, but I don’t know if this guy survives one more bottle of vodka. They say his liver is already in a jar of pickle juice on life support.

    C’mon Steve, time to give it a break

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      The guy is like my age, and he looks like hell, that ain’t Beer talkin’

      • Hyperion

        Like I said, one more bottle of vodka…

    • rhywun

      It’s even more evident in motion.

      Meh, who cares. The ‘little water’ is essence.

  11. Rebel Scum

    For me and the lady for our private TG: Turkey (couple Butterball breasts), stuffing, corn, cranberry sauce and w/e else she wants to make. Following directions on the package. Probably smoking the meat.

    Showing up and eating at the parents place on TG proper. Usually a standard spread there.

  12. Count Potato

    I’m not feeding enough people to roast a stuffed turkey, so I’m going to roast a turkey breast. I already bought it at $2/lb. in case Brandon carpet bombs the country with 37 Trillion in cash and the price goes through the roof. I haven’t decided on sides, but I’ll make gravy and whipped [redacted].

    Any suggestions on non-stuffed stuffings? I usually make cornbread stuffing, but cornbread stuffing not cooked in the bird doesn’t sound that great.

    • Rebel Scum

      in case Brandon carpet bombs the country with 37 Trillion in cash and the price goes through the roof.

      I got the turkey breasts for TG a month ago. I also just got the Cornish hens for Christmas.

  13. The Other Kevin

    I’ll be in Disney World celebrating my birthday. So whatever they’re serving at the restaurant is what’s for dinner.

    We originally had almost 30 people going, but now we’re down to 10. It will be the first time there with my mom and dad in like 25 years.

    • Count Potato

      That sounds great. Have fun!

      • Ted S.

        Disney World doesn’t sound great.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Grouch,

      • rhywun

        Not my bag either, to be honest. Never been, and I don’t care for anything Disney.

        My childhood vacations with one of my mom’s boyfriends was Atlantic City. It was gloriously seedy in the seventies – I can’t imagine how much it’s “improved” since.

      • Ted S.

        If you haven’t seen it, watch the Burt Lancaster movie Atlantic City.

      • rhywun

        OK. Don’t know it.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Cool TOK, Mom and Dad are treasures you often don’t notice til they are gone, Have a Blast!
      Cheers

      • The Other Kevin

        They said the quiet part out loud: this is probably their last trip there. But my 3 yo nephew and his mom and dad are coming and this will be their first time.

  14. whiz

    Mrs. Whiz and I are going to Green Bay to see her mother, so it’s whatever Festival Foods has available.

  15. kinnath

    We are hosting this year after last year’s season of fear. 10 or so people attending. Basic stuff on the menu: turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy, some veggies, and many deserts.

  16. hayeksplosives

    All depends on whether we go to Oklahoma to be with my mom, my siblings and their spouses and kids!

    If we stay here, it will be a Turkey and just a couple of faves. If we fly to OK, then the sky is the limit!

  17. mindyourbusiness

    Just Me and Mrs. MYB this year, so we’re going to renew a tradition and head to a great Chinese restaurant.

    • Suthenboy

      Sounds like a great Thanksgiving Story. Any BB guns involved?

      • mindyourbusiness

        No eyes were put out (yet).

    • Chafed

      Sounds like Jewish Christmas.

      • mindyourbusiness

        Been there, done that. Gotta say, no seating problems…

  18. Suthenboy

    Good grief. Up an hour after my bedtime again.
    I keep poking my head out of the door to check for horses. A full grown horse and a colt…both shoed…have shown up in my yard three nights in a row. I guess it is at night. I dont see anything in the daytime.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Maybe an odd question, but why don’t we ID horses like our pets? not RFID, but you know , a tag?

      • Suthenboy

        That is sensible and some do with a tag on the ear. Usually just a brand. The Sheriff has a record of all of the brands in the parish.

  19. Yusef drives a Kia

    The Club is doing a Turkeyshoot, TG morning, rain, snow or ice, 10$ in, winner takes all. The course starts it’s messy period, snot snow and mud, and those who are worst, can finish in first,
    It’s Mud Bowl!

    • Suthenboy

      If the shot size is not specified, get some #9. You will probably get a cussin’ but hey…bring. your thick skin.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        I throw 7’s mostly, we have so much Fowl here, it’s truly amazing, and don’t get me going aboot the Pike, hell yes!

  20. trshmnstr the terrible

    Another year, another day of hopping around to hit the inlaws houses. My fault for saying “do what you want” instead of “I don’t want to spend half the day in the car shuttling between your family’s houses.” Oh well, I’m sure I’ll be expected to make a side.

    /sorry, I’m getting over a cold, so I’m in a bad mood

    • The coolest vaccine-free BEAM in the world™

      Still hasn’t arrived here. Sun, blue skies, cool temps, ZERO snow.

      I can handle this.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        This is just the beginning of a week of Shit/Snow slimy road crap, nothing new,

  21. Gender Traitor

    No firm plans re: what we’re doing for Thanksgiving, but the usual participants are all local. My prediction: when Sister #1 calls to wish me a happy birthday (which falls sometime between now and Thanksgiving,) she’ll ask, “Can we have Thanksgiving at your house? We’d have to clean too much stuff off the table and the living room furniture for people to sit down.” If that happens, then we’ll probably host in exchange for NOT having to do most of the cooking. Wherever it ends up happening, I’ll do the obligatory green bean casserole (pro tip: Golden Mushroom > Cream of Mushroom) and order a couple of pies from the local German Baptist market.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Lord what a mess, I just have to bake yummies, cool tip on the Golden mushroom,
      /GINGERS!

      • Gender Traitor

        …and French-cut green beans or GTFO.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        No, I hate them as much as creamed corn, a travesty to good veggies, like cooking Carrots,
        YMMV

  22. The Bearded Hobbit

    Thanksgiving has sort of fallen apart over the past few years. All my daughters are doing things with their spouse families. We are taking my, and Mrs. Hobbit’s, mothers to the local bar for Thanksgiving.

    • rhywun

      sort of fallen apart over the past few years

      I don’t have a nuclear family so it was usually a “Thanksgiving with friends”. Last one I can recall was with my best friend I don’t talk to anymore, his girlfriend who has since passed away, her asshole friends from France, and a ton of coke. Oh, and a rockin’ turkey she cooked in my oven.

      I’m more into “low key” nowadays, which probably means “nothing” again this year.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        All my adult life we had huge Holiday dinners, I married into a family that did that. I’m happy my Sister still does TG, but her kids are growing out and away, so the traditions are fading away, kind of sad.

    • The Bearded Hobbit

      my, and Mrs. Hobbit’s, mothers

      Grammar Nazis: Is the plural correct in this case?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Self pedant? no Ted?

      • R C Dean

        Unless they are siblings, the plural is correct.

  23. The Bearded Hobbit

    Mrs. Hobbit and I were bantering a bit this evening and this exchange came out:

    Her: “I’m just so unpredictable!”
    Me: “I knew you were going to say that!”

    Nice pause before she connected. Then a high-five.

    Cherish your victories.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I miss those times, Wendy and I would look at each other, and just knew,
      Cherish those victories, for they can be fleeting,

  24. Ted S.

    Thanksgiving will be just me and Dad (and the dog), so we’ll have a Butterball roast and the standard sides.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      From what I recall, your Dad is pretty cool, enjoy Ted,

      • Ted S.

        His jokes are worse than mine.

  25. Ted S.

    Suck it, La Tri.

    • rhywun

      ?

      No VAR. Unreal.

    • rhywun

      DOS A CERO

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        2×0 means nothing, whatever are you talking aboot?

      • rhywun

        US soccer just beat Mexico 2:0 again.

        It became a catchphrase the first time these dopes achieved it a few years ago.

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Ahh, ok

      • Rebel Scum

        Nice. ///BuildTheFreeKickWall

  26. Zwak, sensual panzer

    I’m making… my wife cook.

    Nah, she loves to cook, I am pretty indiferent, so I do the dishes. All the dishes, as she never misses a beat on using every. single. dish.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Last time I did the Big Spread for like 20 people, I cooked everything, served it and had to do the dishes, But Wendy got her wish so it was worth it.

    • kinnath

      First slow dance. Nights in White Satin. Great memories.

  27. J. Frank Parnell

    As usual, we’re going to a restaurant with my wife’s parents (and possibly her grandfather and his roommate), because nobody has any interest in hosting, cooking, or cleaning up afterwards.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      I did it once, an adventure in logistics indeed,

      • J. Frank Parnell

        Yeah, we hosted a few times. We would pick up one of the prepackaged cook-at-home Thanksgiving feasts from a local restaurant, with an instruction sheet showing when exactly to put everything in the oven. Still a pain, and last time we did that the restaurant gave us a turkey breast that was still frozen solid in the middle, so we ended up with a bunch of fully cooked sides and had to put the turkey back in the oven for another two hours.

  28. Ozymandias

    Fifth Circuit has stayed the OSHA rule. It is a beautiful piece of writing for those who appreciate liberty. I wish I could link to it, but I don’t really know how.
    No chance these mandates survive or come back.
    The only one left will wind up being the military one – until one of us beats that, too.

    • one true athena

      I haven’t read the full opinion yet, just the short concurrence that was on twitter, but it was lovely in its very basic smackdown that no, OSHA has no mechanism to do this, and their justifications for trying are for shit.

      I notice Massie picked up on the “what vax is actually approved” issue and has been pounding it lately. So that’s a good step too.

    • NoDakMat

      Ozy, so no mandate? I’m drunk and not a lawyer. Dumb it down for us, buddy!

    • rhywun

      One of us! One of us!

      Still crickets from my employer. We don’t work for the Feds, thank goodness. I hope you’re right.

    • Gustave Lytton

      And to mandate that a person receive a vaccine or undergo testing falls squarely within the States’ police power. Zucht v. King, 260 U.S. 174, 176 (1922) (noting that precedent had long “settled that it is within the police power of a state to provide for compulsory vaccination”); Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 25–26 (1905) (similar).

      Go fuck yourself, 5th Circuit, and your dipshit precedent. You assholes will still be sterilizing the unwarranted. Three generations of imbecilic judges is enough.

      • Gustave Lytton

        The States, too, have an interest in seeing their constitutionally reserved police power over public health policy defended from federal overreach.

        These assholes are pointing the way toward state level mandates. There’s not a wood chipper big enough for these gibbering idiots.

  29. Grumbletarian

    About $40k per year more than last year. Booyah!

    • Grumbletarian

      Then again, that’ll be just a cost of living increase in the Biden economy.

  30. Cannoli

    Thanksgiving is usually my grandmother’s fiefdom, but she’s taking this year off and my sister is hosting instead. It’ll be 18 people total, and I’m a little worried about overwhelming my husband’s parents because this is the first big holiday they’ll be spending with my family, and my husband’s family is tiny and quiet, while my family is large, loud, and crazy. My sister has assigned everyone a dish, I’ve got the carrot souffle, and my husband will be doing the stuffing and helping with the fried turkey.

  31. grrizzly

    Key West is awesome. No sign of covid insanity. People drink from open containers in downtown. Local souvenir shops feature let’s go Brandon and pro-Trump t-shirts at the entrance. I didn’t know much about the place but was concerned that it could be a little bit like Provincetown. Fortunately not, the gays are still in minority.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Stay Sunny!
      /jelly as fuck

    • l0b0t

      If you wear sandals, check out Kino Sandals, handmade in Kino Plaza since 1966, they are the ultimate Florida Man footwear.

      https://kinosandals.com/

  32. Yusef drives a Kia

    ahh shit, that thick wet snow is coming down, it just turn into snot and hassle, blech,

  33. Brochettaward

    As The First Of All Firsters, the one who will give birth to The First That Will Change Everything, I’ve already celebrated Thanksgiving.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      Well, at least you are off my Christmas list, how hard is that?

      • Yusef drives a Kia

        Flicks Bro a bag of Candy…..

  34. Mojeaux

    Going to my mom-and-the-2-aunts’ again as per usual. Another aunt and uncle are showing up. I’m doing green beans and mashed potatoes and probably a pecan pie since I want one and my mom is all, “I’m being minimalist this like you wanted.” Mom, 3 aunts, an uncle, me, My Dude, and 2 teens.

    Aunt #1 is doing turkey in a roaster (this is where I fight my urge to preach the gospel of spatchcocking), mom is doing dressing and gravy and an apple pie and a pumpkin pie, aunt #2 is doing rolls (and she makes rolls better than any elderly in my family ever thought about doing rolls) and probably candied yams since she’s the only one who likes them, aunt #3 is bringing a blueberry jello salad thingie I don’t like and some kind of pie.

    I saw a turkey, cheese, and cranberry grilled sandwich. I think I’d rather have a turkey, dressing, and cranberry grilled sandwich and dip it in turkey in gravy.

    • Trigger Hippie

      I like to make a turkey, stuffing, gravy and yam sandwich with Thanksgiving leftovers.

      /stoner

      • Trigger Hippie

        Ha! Da fuck was that?

      • Trigger Hippie

        Anyway, Jackson County ends mask mandates immediately.

      • Mojeaux

        Excellent!

        Watch Mayor Q flex his muscles again, tho.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        So, no toofache?

      • Trigger Hippie

        Yes, but it only registers in code.

      • Toxteth O'Grady

        Sorry; hope it’s better by 2:30.

      • Trigger Hippie

        *checks clock*

        Negative, Ghost Writer.

      • Tres Cool

        Chinese dentist time !

      • Trigger Hippie

        …just now got that…

        Lacist!!!

    • Stinky Wizzleteats

      The French legal and prison systems are actually no joke or at least didn’t used to be. These aren’t the Scannies you’re talking about here.

      • Gender Traitor

        Jean Valjean nods sadly.

    • NoDakMat

      *what

  35. NoDakMat

    Drunken Poets Dream

    My harmonica’s got a busted reed….

  36. Tres Cool

    suh’ fam
    yo whats goody

  37. Tres Cool

    1st snow of the year here, evidenced by having to clear my windshield after work.

    • Gender Traitor

      ::glances out kitchen window:: Yup. And the magnolia leaves all over the driveway are probably too wet to easily push to the street for the township leaf-suckers.

      • Tres Cool

        It can wait till tomorrow, Im sure

  38. Festus

    Hmm, what have I not fucked up yet? Let me count the ways. Most everything can be repaired but I really need to keep working on that problem with my temper. When you find out that 7 nights a week is a thing and you are already frustrated and drunk it bodes ill for everyone. Even Glib-buddies on Zoom.

    • Tres Cool

      Sounds like I missed a good one.

      • Festus

        I threw my hat in frustration. It was pretty mild. Now I must venture outdoors and repair what I fucked up because I was distracted. It’s still good. It’s still good…

      • l0b0t

        I’m sorry I had computer problems last night. I wanted to commiserate with you via zoomy. I hope your day gets brighter.

  39. Not Adahn

    Today’s eggs Benedict have been made with cold-smoked salmon. They are extraordinary.

    • Sean

      Missing: Sean’s artisanal super hot pepper powder.

  40. Sean

    On topic: Probably take out Boston Market (although a local restaurant may be subbed in instead) for traditional turkey style lunch and grilled steak for dinner.

  41. l0b0t

    The loss of Graeme Edge is really getting to me this morning. Days Of Future Past was one of the albums I pinched from my parents when I was wee and I must have ground down several phonograph needles playing it over an over.

    • Ozymandias

      Merkel?