Thanksgiving Side Dish Power Rankings

Post by **NTP66** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:43 am

I cannot wait for Thanksgiving leftovers for the next week. It's going to be glorious.

Post by **count2infinity** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:47 am

dodint wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:36 am Maybe get a Butterball small turkey? That's what my wife and I used to do when we didn't come home for Thanksgiving and it was just the two of us.

Did you save any of that pumpkin ice cream for Thursday?

Yup... 2 quarts went to work, and a pint stayed home for Thursday evening when I'm stupidly full, but want more food.

Post by **dodint** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:53 am

That sounds so good.

Post by **NTP66** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:55 am

Pumpkin pie is a middle-tier pie for me, personally. Chocolate pecan pie for Thanksgiving, though? All. Day. Long.

Post by **dodint** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:56 am

Yeah, when my team was chatting about this I said "Is there a bigger dish that lets down on its promise more than pumpkin pie?" But if I could get it as a homemade ice cream that would be much better.

Post by **NTP66** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:58 am

Yeah, I'd be all for trying something like that.

Post by **willeyeam** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:00 am

Actually a great point. I love pumpkin pie flavored items. Pumpkin pie itself though? Not bad, but not top tier.

My mom makes a pumpkin pudding/whipped cream type pie, harder to explain but it's my favorite

Post by **Troy Loney** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:02 am

pumpkin pie with cool whip is a top 5 desert for me.

Post by **NTP66** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:03 am

We did switch it up a week ago and made a bourbon pumpkin pie, which I thought was a nice little take on it. Would probably do that again instead of a traditional pumpkin pie. The bourbon whipped cream, though... gonna use that for more than just pumpkin pie for sure. That **** was great.

Post by **meow** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:04 am

pecan pie would be my death row dessert

Post by **count2infinity** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:11 am

My wife hates pumpkin pie, but loves the flavor. Probably a texture thing. She looooooved the ice cream. So yeah. Much better platform for the pumpkin spices than in pie form.

Post by **King Colby** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:15 am

Mashed potatoes are the most overrated Thanksgiving side. Unless you want to ruin all the other good stuff you ate by filling in the remaining space in your stomach with cement.

Post by **dodint** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:16 am

Mashed potatoes are a gravy delivery vehicle.

Post by **meow** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:19 am

King Colby wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:15 am filling in the remaining space in your stomach with cement.

I do

Post by **count2infinity** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:24 am

Yessssss.... the potato is such a phenomenal culinary treat, and for some god forsaken reason people love to boil 'em and mush 'em and call that a dish. I hate them. But, my wife loves them, so I make them for her.

Post by **Kane** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:33 am

Pumpkin pie is S tier - if it has an appropriate amount of nutmeg.

Post by **NTP66** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:44 am

S as in Satisfactory

Post by **skullman80** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:45 am

I pile on so much whipped topping on the pumpkin pie..that is what makes it for me.

Post by **mikey** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:13 am

Mashed potatoes rule.

Post by **blackjack68** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:21 am

I have mashed potatoes frequently through the year so stuffing/filling tops the list of Thanksgiving sides for me.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:26 am

blackjack68 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:21 am I have mashed potatoes frequently through the year so stuffing/filling tops the list of Thanksgiving sides for me.

Post by **King Colby** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:27 am

Potatoes were invented so poor people hundreds of years ago could feel full. Now they only exist because of the weird norm that there needs to be a side dish with meals.

I'm saving my carb allotment for stuffing and yams.

The turkey itself is the God damn gravy vehicle. As is stuffing

Post by **dodint** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:30 am

If you're stuffing is any good you won't want to drown it in gravy.

Post by **mikey** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:39 am

Mashed potatoes can be quite good, it's not this wallpaper paste that some of you are making it out to be...

I eat mashed potatoes fairly regularly because it's a great vehicle for less good vegetables like carrots.

Post by **Morkle** » Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:44 am

Yams are absolutely ****. My grandma used to make them and I hate them.

Mashed Potatoes rule.
Stuffing rules.

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