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Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:58 am ]
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With the Holidaze coming up, there will be traditional foods served and made and whatnot. What foods that are steeped in Holiday tradition (not just the upcoming Holidays, but any) do you not like or find wildly overrated?

On the flip side, is there any doctoring you do to make traditional foods better?


For me; Pumpkin Pie sucks. I'd rather eat me dog's food. Corned beef and cabbage sucks. I like lasagna, but my wife's aunt is a "vegetarian" (she'll eat chicken and hot dogs :roll: ) so she makes a vegetable lasagna and a pea salad for xmas day that are quite horrid.

I used to think green bean casserole sucked, but then about two years ago my wife made it with cream of chicken soup and sprinkled some shredded cheese on top along with the crispy onions, and it took the dish to another stratosphere.
Author:  SpiralStairs [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:05 am ]
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I like pee salad. It's salad with piss dressing.
Author:  T-Bone [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:14 am ]
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Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:16 am ]
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sauerkraut with barley. yuck.
Author:  RFDC [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:18 am ]
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T-Bone wrote:
Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.

Absolutely. Terrible
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:19 am ]
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If you like traditional Irish food, here's a big pile of excrement with some leaves on it.
Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:21 am ]
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RFDC wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.

Absolutely. Terrible


A terrible, foul concoction.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:24 am ]
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I hate turkey
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:27 am ]
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Drunk Squirrel wrote:
RFDC wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.

Absolutely. Terrible
A terrible, foul concoction.
Try it with cream of chicken soup and cheese. Its like an entirely different dish.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:29 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Absolutely. Terrible
A terrible, foul concoction.[/quote] Try it with cream of chicken soup and cheese. Its like an entirely different dish.[/quote]

throw a couple of Hershey's Kisses in there too. Trust me on this one.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:33 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
RFDC wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.

Absolutely. Terrible
A terrible, foul concoction.
Try it with cream of chicken soup and cheese. Its like an entirely different dish.


I make it with fresh green beans...and some garlic. Much better than the canned nonsense.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:35 am ]
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Never done the fresh. That probably helps a lot too.
Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:37 am ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
Drunk Squirrel wrote:
RFDC wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
Green bean casserole has always been gross to me. Looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad.

Absolutely. Terrible
A terrible, foul concoction.
Try it with cream of chicken soup and cheese. Its like an entirely different dish.


I make it with fresh green beans...and some garlic. Much better than the canned nonsense.



Adding cream of chicken would just turn it into a fowl concoction.

I really can’t stand canned veggies and I’m sure every version I’ve had was made with canned beans. My family always did steamed green beans anytime we have them.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:40 am ]
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I grew up on canned food, so canned beans with canned soup topped with canned onions is fine by me.
Author:  Kirkwood [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:52 am ]
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A common traditional Ukrainian holiday dish is vinaigrette which is a beet salad. Simply boil beets, carrots, and potatoes and let it cool. Add pickles and that's the dish. There is no way to save that dish.

I love varenyky and love saurkraut/cabbage. But I do not like cabbage varenyky. Keep it simple with potatoes, cheese or my favorite -- blueberries or cherries.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:55 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
Never done the fresh. That probably helps a lot too.


Frozen isn't bad in a pinch, either. Anything to keep the beans somewhat crisp.

And never use those shitty French cut beans. Just terrible.
Author:  doug - evergreen park [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:20 pm ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
I grew up on canned food, so canned beans with canned soup topped with canned onions is fine by me.


eaten out of a can while sitting on the can.
Author:  doug - evergreen park [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:23 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
And never use those shitty French cut beans. Just terrible.


What? They have way more flavor than regular green beans.
Author:  Franky T [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:29 pm ]
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You guys are crazy, green bean casserole is great.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:30 pm ]
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doug - evergreen park wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
And never use those shitty French cut beans. Just terrible.


What? They have way more flavor than regular green beans.


ugh
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:31 pm ]
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Aside from the foul turkey, pumpkin pie & corned beef & cabbage, I've never been subjected to any of the foods you all are talking about. And haven't had the three I mentioned in over thirty years.

But you all are lucky that you were never subjected to chitlins.

In neighborhood stores the frozen 10 lb(?) buckets of them started popping up a couple of weeks ago. The sight of them makes me almost retch.
Author:  BigW72 [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:39 pm ]
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All I know is i get to drink a lot of beer this Thanksgiving and I don't have to be around extended family.
Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.
I don't really care what we eat.
Author:  tommy [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:28 pm ]
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Stuffing and cranberries. Used to love 'em until about 1977. Had the puking flu that Thanksgiving night and have never been able to eat either since.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 1:30 pm ]
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tommy wrote:
Stuffing and cranberries. Used to love 'em until about 1977. Had the puking flu that Thanksgiving night and have never been able to eat either since.


That's about the same year I was similarly afflicted...with watermelon. :evil:
Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:04 pm ]
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Regular Reader wrote:
That's about the same year I was similarly afflicted...with watermelon. :evil:


mental note: no chitlins and watermelon when RR comes to visit.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:05 pm ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
That's about the same year I was similarly afflicted...with watermelon. :evil:


mental note: no chitlins and watermelon when RR comes to visit.

And no gluten if Seacrest is coming too.
Author:  Rod [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:10 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
If you like traditional Irish food, here's a big pile of excrement with some leaves on it.



My cousin's mother-in-law was a nice old lady from Ireland. Every year she used to bring Irish scones for Christmas. My mom could be so ignorant. One year she said, "No offense, Betty, but those scones are terrible. I don't know how anyone could eat them without breaking a tooth." :lol:
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:15 pm ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
Regular Reader wrote:
That's about the same year I was similarly afflicted...with watermelon. :evil:


mental note: no chitlins and watermelon when RR comes to visit.


Or chicken wings. I'm busting ALL the stereotypes :lol:
Author:  Regular Reader [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:18 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
My cousin's mother-in-law was a nice old lady from Ireland. Every year she used to bring Irish scones for Christmas. My mom could be so ignorant. One year she said, "No offense, Betty, but those scones are terrible. I don't know how anyone could eat them without breaking a tooth." :lol:


My mother & her youngest sister are in that mold as well. It's not a holiday if they aren't flaming someone like that. Often my mom doesn't realize how hard she's going and backs off when we laugh, my aunt never cares.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:22 pm ]
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Regular Reader wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
My cousin's mother-in-law was a nice old lady from Ireland. Every year she used to bring Irish scones for Christmas. My mom could be so ignorant. One year she said, "No offense, Betty, but those scones are terrible. I don't know how anyone could eat them without breaking a tooth." :lol:


My mother & her youngest sister are in that mold as well. It's not a holiday if they aren't flaming someone like that. Often my mom doesn't realize how hard she's going and backs off when we laugh, my aunt never cares.


In my own life experience, all the aunt shit-talking happens in Italian, or Greek, or Gaelic. But you know what it is, you don't need subtitles.
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