Are you an Angel or Devil?

 Okay...what is the "ONE" food that you just can't stay away from on Turkey Day?

My downfall will be the pumpkin pie....best darn breakfast in the world!

Turkey, did someone mention Turkey? I have the perfect recipe

Here is a turkey recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as a stuffing -- imagine that. When I found this recipe, I thought it was perfect for people like me, who just are not sure how to tell when poultry is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out. Give this a try.

8 - 15 lb. turkey
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing
1 cup uncooked popcorn (any brand)
Salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush turkey well with melted butter salt, and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.

Listen for the popping sounds. When the turkey's ass blows the oven door open and the bird flies across the room, it's done.

pumpkin pie is #1...minced meat #2 ....Cornbread dressing any time....

Four (??)-generation recipe of stuffing. Still haven't got this one down all the way and make my mother stand right there while I make it so I get it right and can one day teach my daughter... not written down as if it's taboo to do so - lol

YUMMY!!! Don't care if it hurts, I'm eating it!

it depends on who cooks...If I am cooking it would be a toss up between pumpkin pie and stuffing (both hurt like the dickens later though). If my sister in law is cooking.....my cookies I bring to add to dessert (wow is her turkey and stuffing dry and she can't make gravy). I always make our own thanksgiving type dinner a few days after thanksgiving since we eat at his sis's house and have no leftovers

It's a toss up between the mashed taters and pumpkin pie. I love both, but don't eat either very often..

If pumpkin pie gives you a bad time , try running the pumpkin through a ricer before you put it in the shell. I even run potatoes through one before making mashed potatoes. It gets all the fibers out. My old gut says its the way to go...

Sorry to disappoint but I don't eat anything that I feel will bother me and I have decided to live without turnip and pumpkin pie. I also go cranberry jelly. Oh for the good old days........and nights... lol gail

I don't indulge. I eat just white meat turkey and some yeast rolls. My plate looks pathetic.

A ricer is a device that forces food through small holes like a strainer. Its like a cup with holes in the bottom and a plunger on top. You can also use a food mill. It has a paddle inside that turns with a crank and it mashes the pumpkin or potatoes or what ever you wish through the small holes in the pan and makes it much more tender, plus it takes out fiber and seeds. You can get them anywhere cooking supplies are sold. People use them to make baby food or in our case crohnie food. You can make much smoother creamed potatoes, sweet potatoes, or any dish with fiber or seeds. I think they call them ricers because it easier to say than food masher upper strainer cranky thingies . Really, if you have gut trouble from too much fiber they work wonders. Makes me wonder if anyone else uses one...

I'm with Vicky. I love the leftovers too. I even make 2X the amount of everything so the everyone can take a plate home. So before everything gets put away, we have the annual, make you plate go around. One year my Husband's Uncle brought out his own huge container. He took every last bit of turkey. The only thing he left was the bones. I had spent days cooking and was left with no left over turkey. I had to go out the next day and start over just so my family could have leftover dinners. Obviously, he's never been invited for Thanksgiving again and he's serving time in purgatory cause his wife make Tofurky for Thanksgiving.

ok all this food sounds bit weird... ill stik 2 chips

Okay...

Dressing (also made from generations old recipe), green bean casserole, and green rice (or cheesy broccoli-rice bake to others) are my favorites. And I'm pretty sure I'm going to have issues with every single item I just typed. I don't know if I can care about the agony of later when it could break a persons' heart wanting to have your old traditional Thanksgiving. I'm planning on listening to my gut first, then the good angel or bad one.