Just about every common food option for thanksgiving is mediocre. Turkey is dry and flavorless unless you drench it in salt. Cranberry sauce is awful. Not only does dressing (stuffing) look unappealing it also tastes just as bad. And pumpkin pie could be better. Casserole and mash potatoes are alright but nothing to just fond over. The only good meal is mac and cheese and that ONLY depends on who’s cooking it. The 4th of July is the superior holiday in terms of food.
Turkey is dry
Found the guy who doesn’t know how to cook a turkey.
…I mean, neither do I. But I’ve never had dry turkey either. One of it’s defining characteristics is that it’s moist.
Cranberry sauce is awful.
That depends. I’ve had awful cranberry sauce, and I’ve had good cranberry sauce. Also, I do love that jellatin blob that comes in a can.
Not only does dressing (stuffing) look unappealing it also tastes just as bad.
WHO IS PREPARING THIS FOOD FOR YOU, AND WHY ARE THEY SOOOOO BAD AT IT???
And pumpkin pie could be better.
Eh, fair enough. It really depends on how flavorful the pumpkins were. I’ve had bland pie before. Try adding whipped cream.
Casserole and mash potatoes are alright but nothing to just find over.
Casserole is disgusting, but thanksgiving mashed potatoes are the second best food all year (number one is turkey).
The 4th of July is the superior holiday in terms of food.
4th of july is hot dogs, cheeseburgers, and potato chips. You can have that literally ANY time of the year!
I would also throw in barbecue chicken and potato salad in with Fourth of July food. But hey even as simple as it is atleast you can for the most expect it to be actually good.
BBQ chicken is way easier to make dry than a turkey that slowly roasts all day
This isn’t about the food being bad, this is about your family being bad cooks.
lol I consider my grandmother (the cook) to be the best I’ve ever had. But when it comes to thanksgiving, it’s average at best.
it’s not always about the cook. Some food is just subpar. I’ve had it from her, my other grandma, other family members, cooks at school. Eating the same dishes every single year. It ain’t horrible but it’s not to die for either. Go ahead and downvote because I didn’t agree with you, that’s fine lmao
I suspect a lot comes from the ingredients being mediocre when you buy them at high demand periods.
I come from the French country side, my father raises poultry and makes his own foie gras and deli meats. When I see the shit they sell at Christmas, which most of my fellow countrymen eat every year… I wouldn’t be surprised reading a comment similar to yours about French Christmas food.
Maybe your grandma can’t afford the good stuff, or doesn’t have access to it ?
This is possible in the US for sure. My first thanksgiving not at home, I wound up getting my bird the night before.
The smallest one they had left was 23lbs. And it was still frozen.
Burned out two full size hair dryers & one travel size, trying to defrost the bird.
There were only three of us & we drank cognac all day. We didn’t eat until almost 10:30 that night.
It. Was. Terrible.
Disagree. Skill issue. Was going to tell a joke but you already roasted your own mother.
Grandmother, actually. And I consider her to have the best food I’ve had. Everyone’s trying to say “it’s the cook” instead of perhaps considering that certain things just don’t taste good. Never said it was horrible, I said it was overrated
Sounds like you need to learn how to cook.
This post is such a skill issue it’s crazy. Get some gravy on the turkey, make some cranberry sauce and stuffing from scratch, and get some pie variety if you’re not a fan of pumpkin. Casserole and mash potatoes are mid, agree, and good mac and cheese is godly regardless of the time of year.
