What's everybody's favorite Thanksgiving food?

[gopiscrap]

I love stuffing because I only get it about 2-3 times a year and always between Thanksgiving and New Years Day

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	Mash potato
	3 (6%)
	Yam
	0 (0%)
	Turkey
	2 (4%)
	Cranberries
	2 (4%)
	sweet potato
	2 (4%)
	stuffing/dressing
	31 (58%)
	pumpkin pie
	5 (9%)
	vegetable dish
	0 (0%)
	other meat
	1 (2%)
	other (name it)
	7 (13%)
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[renegade000]

1. Love combos of some of the above

Turkey + Cranberry sauce
Mash Potatoes + Stuffing/Dressing

[Blue_true]

3. To me turkey is the star. My youngest sister cooks the absolutely best turkey. nt

[underpants]

8. Mashed potatoes and vinegar

Don't knock it til you've tried it.

[dameatball]

9. Or sour cream and horseradish

[Codeine]

32. A splash of malt vinegar works on roasted

potatoes and on French fries, so I bet it would be pretty nice on mashed potatoes.

[eleny]

48. I just had that on my fries the other night

I was tired of the same ole ketchup and the malt vinegar tasted great.

[smirkymonkey]

53. I love fries with vinegar on them.

I kind of like my mashed potatoes the traditional way, but willing to give this a try sometime.

[catbyte]

79. That's fascinating. How do you fix them?!?

[sarah FAILIN]

120. I douse potatoes in ACV before making potato salad

It's a German thing.

[old guy]

2. Rutabaga!!

[Blue_true]

4. I used to hate those as a kid, still do. But very impressive Veg nutrition wise. nt

[dameatball]

10. I never tried rutabagas until I finally grew some in the garden. Not bad.

[GoCubsGo]

20. I love rutabagas!

We never had them for Thanksgiving, but I still make them for myself on occasion.

[llmart]

38. My mother used to make mashed rutabaga...

instead of mashed potatoes, but not at Thanksgiving. I hated it as a kid but love it now.

Funny how your tastes change as you get older.

[old guy]

40. Mashed is the way we have them also.

[Kaleva]

51. I love raw rutabaga

Peeled an cut lengthwise into sticks. Put in a jar filled with water and chilled in the fridge. Very good with a little bit of salt sprinkled on them.

[elocs]

5. I don't have a favorite Thanksgiving food since it's just another day for me.

[shanny]

6. Wild Wild Rice

(100%--none of that brown-rice-with-a-dozen-grains-of-wild-rice crap) with mixed dried berries, toasted pecans, green onions, fresh mint and orange zest.

Candy.

[underpants]

7. Vodka and peanut butter in the shed

It kills the smell.

[Little Star]

11. What, no gravy......

I'm not eating turkey without the gravy!

[Poiuyt]

24. There used to be a Loonie Tunes character who always said that!

[rpannier]

78. It's a dangerous choice

Since the cat remembered the gravy at the end

[MountCleaners]

12. Tofurkey!

I usually eat a roasted Tofurkey. Comes with stuffing. Mmmmmm....

[JudyM]

17. Ever try Field Roast's Celebration Roast?

[MountCleaners]

29. Yeah, that's good too

I get the Field Roast sage slices on a regular basis.

[JudyM]

37. That's good. My go-to: hickory smoked tofurkey slices ...

Ahhhmazingly good with lettuce, tomato and avocado as a veggie BLT. The avocado is far better than mayo. My bacon-loving mom loves these sandwiches.

[Codeine]

46. Oh hell yeah.

Beats any other veggie sandwich slice by a mile.

[Codeine]

25. The Tofurkey stuffing is kinda meh.

We always whip up a regular batch of stuffing to go with ours.

[MountCleaners]

64. Maybe I'll do that, too

But my hands are kind of full making sweet potato & pecan bake plus wild rice.

[JHan]

13. sweet potato pie.

[sagesnow]

14. Gravy.

Deep rich mushroom gravy on everything. And don't forget the sparkly glass of bubbly dry champagne.

[Joe941]

15. Green bean casserole

[jcgoldie]

22. This is a good choice!

[JudyM]

16. Field Roast's Celebration Roast

[Codeine]

26. Those are so good I eat them year-round.

The Trader Joe’s roast or a Tofurkey we save for Thanksgiving.

[JudyM]

31. Never had Trader Joe's, will look for that! The Gardein roast is good too.

[GoCubsGo]

18. Just give me the damn bowl of stuffing and leave me alone.

I don't care about the rest of it, except maybe for a glass or two of wine to wash it down.

[demigoddess]

42. i make a good cornbread stuffing. Maybe I should try your menu.

[logosoco]

19. Stuffing!!!!

At one point in early summer, I made some stuffing to go with some of the turkey I had frozen. My grandsons were amazed that I could make stuffing when it was not Thanksgiving!!!

Also, shout out for pumpkin pie! I am using my grandmothers recipe. For years, my aunt was the pie maker but as she got older I started making them. It is not as hard as I thought. The hard part is really waiting to make sure everyone else likes them! I think I am improving with each one. And this is another thing my grandsons like helping with!

[jcgoldie]

21. Isn't sweet potatoes and yams pretty much redundant?

Sorry just giving some grief

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. Sweet potatoes and yams aren't the same.

https://ncsweetpotatoes.com/sweet-potatoes-101/difference-between-yam-and-sweet-potato/

[LeftInTX]

143. My in laws call sweet potato yams

And many canned sweet potatoes are labeled canned yams. But if they're orange, they're sweet potatoes.

[panader0]

23. We're having baby back ribs with sweet potato pie and green bean casserole.

and taters.

[Codeine]

27. Miso maple sweet potatoes.

It takes away the nasty cloying oversweetness of the sweet potatoes and balances that with a depth of flavor that is remarkable. I substitute a non-dairy butter, naturally.

[Armymedic88]

28. Bacon wrapped turkey

It's what I'm known for on thanksgiving.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. Real wild rice.

The wild kind, grown by Native Americans in northern Minnesota, not the cultivated, crunchy black stuff you can buy in a grocery store. The real wild rice puffs up more when you cook it, and has a wonderful, mild nutty flavor. We've always had real wild rice on Thanksgiving.

[empedocles]

33. Turnips

Served once a year by my tremendous grandmother with her unconditional love

[Freddie]

35. Stuffing of course

Or as we PA Dutch call it, filling.
Hot turkey I could take or leave, but I adore the leftovers - cold white meat on toast with loads of real mayo. Or I’ll make turkey salad with chopped celery and green olives and of course the mayo (Hellman’s). My hips are a testament to my fondness for the stuff.

[Totally Tunsie]

43. HAS to be Hellmann's! No substitutes!

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Miracle Whip is the creation of the devil. It needs to be banned for eternity.

[smirkymonkey]

54. Totally agree with that!

Hellmann's is the only way to go. Miracle Whip is just disgusting. What is that stuff anyway?

[Totally Tunsie]

62. Miracle Whip is like plastic marshmallow mayonnaise. It's NASTY!

[Freddie]

56. And none of that "diet" or "low fat" crap

I’d rather eat the sandwich dry.

[Drahthaardogs]

59. All emulsified egg is disgusting

Mayo is gross

[unc70]

71. Duke's mayo

Hellmann's is way too sweet for me.

I agree that Miracle Whip is vile slime.

[Totally Tunsie]

75. I've just recently heard of Duke's, but haven't seen or tried it yet.

If I do see it, I'll plan to pick some up b/c I've heard it's very good. So far, the Hellmann's has been the fav.

Man, this thread is making me hungry. I've just had spinal lumbar fusion surgery and am stuck in Convalescent Rehab over T-giving. I've requested family bring me a turkey sandwich with stuffing and cranberry sauce on it. This Rehab turkey dinner at $10 premium isn't going to hack it.



Miracle Whip

[Dave in VA]

87. Dukes!!

That's all we had growing up. Didn't even know what mayonnaise was. Grandmother used to tell us to get the Dukes out of the refrigerator. Use it for whenever mayo is called for when cooking.

[GulfCoast66]

86. Hellmanns is pretty good.

But this Louisiana boy loves his New Orleans made Blue Plate.

BTW, if you live in the SE try Publix brand. I would bet money Hellmanns makes it and for half the price.

Miracle Whip is a creation of Satan. And Kraft Mayo is not much better.

[Totally Tunsie]

90. Agreed on the Kraft also.

I'm in Rhode Island now, but pulled a panic many years ago when living in California - no Hellmann's. Well, duh...west of the Rockies, it's known as Best Foods!

Louisiana boy, eh? Cajun? I love my Cajun music - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, Gino Delafose, Big Sandy. Every year we have a great outdoor festival in RI called Rhythm & Roots, and it wakes the dead over Labor Day Weekend. What a blast!

[GulfCoast66]

107. 1/4 Cajun.

Grandmother’s first language was French. I live Cajun music especially when it French.

And unless people know Bob Wills they totally miss the irony of the Mamou Playboys!

[Totally Tunsie]

111. "Laissez le bon temps rollez."

[Freddie]

112. Kraft mayo is awful

Weirdly sweet and the texture is wrong.

[d_r]

36. Cornbread dressing with

Oysters and pecans and giblets in there

[Ilsa]

39. Turkey gravy on dressing, mashed potatoes, and turkey resting

On a bed of whole berry cranberry sauce.

sorry, I couldn't choose just one thing.

[2naSalit]

41. Almost all of the above + GRAVY!!! - NO GIBLETS!!

I don't get turkey or stuffing and all that except at this time of year.. and no giblets in the stuffing or the gravy or any other dish, ick! Those parts are for the cats/dogs.

[NastyRiffraff]

44. I don't particularly care for turkey

I prefer a goose or duck. Or even a crown roast of pork with stuffing.

That said, it's all about the gravy.

[shanti]

45. Dressing!

(because I don't stuff the turkey anymore).

What the heck is going on with turkey prices? I went shopping for a small (10 and under) turkey last Thursday. Found a 10 lb Butterball at Walmart and the sign said 98 cents a pound, so I grabbed it. It's usually hard to find smaller turkeys. Anyway, got to the checkout and they said, no, this is a "lil turkey" (what the package said) and that they are $1.89 a pound. I get a small turkey because really, I'm not that fond of turkey and it will only be 4 people attending. So...I'm paying a premium for a small turkey, which actually comes out to the same price or less than a large one?? If I got a large one, most of it would be thrown away!

[d_r]

69. freeze some

and have turkey sandwiches later

[qwlauren35]

47. Macaroni and cheese.

May be a black thing.

[Totally Tunsie]

65. Nope...white as snow, and I'll eat mac and cheese anytime!

[irisblue]

72. Not just. Mac & Cheese

Along side a slice of turkey breast & a spoon of dressing/stuffing.

[Equinox Moon]

49. Stuffing with gravy - yum!

[eleny]

50. Stuffing baked inside the turkey

..... .....

[Totally Tunsie]

68. Absolutely baked inside. It's perfectly safe when cooked correctly and makes all the

difference in the world. No whimping out.

We do Arnold's loose stuffing mix, with Jimmy Dean sausage, chopped celery, onions and mushrooms, lots of sage. Mmmmmmm. (Note: I've been making this for 40 years and my kids still don't know there are mushrooms in it, which they swear they'd never eat. Shhhhhh!)

[eleny]

100. Lol! They probably think you put in the giblets

My family starts of with soda crackers, adding sauteed onions & celery, egg & veggie broth. Then add whatever else like giblets, sausage. I like to change it up and it's always a hit. My husband doesn't eat mushrooms, either, but he might this year!

[Totally Tunsie]

109. They wouldn't accept the giblets either. Guess they think the mushrooms are part of

the breadcrust.

The only meat my oldest son would eat as a kid was ham. So, we had pink ham (ham), brown ham (steak), white ham (turkey or chicken), beige ham (pork), ham swimmer (fish), and fried ham (clams). Have never figured his attraction to the word "ham". He's still fussy; over 40 and has never eaten a full hamburger, only tried a bite once. He can't stand "compressed" burger - no meatballs, burgers, meatloaf, etc., but no problem with tacos or in spaghetti sauce. Same stuff. Go figure.

[eleny]

114. The crust?!

Props to you for keeping a straight face.

People can be so funny about their eating habits. A cousin's husband used to like peanut butter on steak. I kept my mouth shut.

[Totally Tunsie]

119. The kid will never know how many mushrooms he ate in his life.

Can't tell him now. LOL

[Codeine]

123. My kids ate some spring rolls once a while back.

They raved about them and wanted me to “make them all the time.” I asked why they weren’t bothered by the mushrooms, as normally they recoil at the very thought.

They literally started crying.

The trauma of knowing they had happily eaten what they claimed to hate was simply too much. People are weird.

[eleny]

139. My husband doesn't get the point of mushrooms

For him there's no flavor and the rubbery consistency (according to him) isn't even interesting. So he's like, meh. It's about the same with avocados. He doesn't get their point, either. I love both. My family was always one to go find wild mushrooms in the nearby woods. The flavors were always the point. And avocados, what can I say.

Oh, that's so funny that your kids actually cried over their eating onions. It's like their brains couldn't compute the whole idea of liking them after all. Thanks for the morning chuckle! That is too cute.

[Codeine]

121. We have a friend who hates onions.

Of course as we all know every recipe worth eating starts with “dice one medium onion.” Our solution has been to run the onion through the grater on the food processor — turns into a bit of a mush, but the flavor is still there. He says as long as he can’t see it then he can pretend it isn’t there and everybody wins.

[JoeOtterbein]

52. Steamed Blue Crabs!

I'm from Baltimore. The best fun food ever! Also for x-mas! YUMMMMMMY!

[smirkymonkey]

55. Mashed potatoes hands down!

just with milk, butter, salt and pepper. No fancy ingredients. Just the traditional way with gravy or butter. I could eat them every day. The best comfort food in the world!

I only like stuffing if it has been started on the stove top and then baked in the oven so it is dry and crispy on top. I HATE mushy stuffing!

[Freddie]

57. Yes to basic mashed potatoes

I don’t even put pepper in mine, people can add that at the table if they like. Potatoes, milk, butter, salt. No cream cheese, sour cream, garlic, etc. and NO white pepper - if it has to have pepper it should be visible! Added ingredients (such as cream cheese) make for a nice potato side dish but it’s not mashed potatoes.
The next day (if there’s any left) I’ll make Refried Mashed Potatoes. Melt a lot of butter in a skillet and sauté the leftovers, scraping the bottom of the pan often to get a lot of brown crispy stuff mixed in.

[smirkymonkey]

73. Yes! I do refried mashed potatoes as well!

Except I saute a little onion in the butter and then throw in the mashed potatoes. They are so good! I love them with a brown, crispy crust!

[Codeine]

124. I do that with leftover roast potatoes.

Throw them in a cast iron skillet with some oil and some (vegetarian) sausage and start squishing and frying until it forms a big crispy cake that I cut into wedges and serve with a tofu scramble.

Deelish, and probably just as good with regular sausage and eggs.

[Codeine]

66. Mushy stuffing is the worst.

I definitely like it with a crispy finish as well. I never knew how good stuffing could be until I made my own as an adult and realized my mom just didn’t have a clue.

[Raine]

137. Yes, definitely! nt

[ProudMNDemocrat]

58. My Greene Beanie Cassarole......

2 -2lb. Packages of frozen French Cut Green Beans
3 regular cans of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup (fat-free will do as well)
1/2 cup Heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp. Low sodium Soy Sauce
1 can of the larger sized French Fried Onions....the other can for the topping

Combine all the ingredients in a baking dish. Bake at 350 ° F for 50 minutes. Take out and add the other can of Fried Onions for the topping. Bake for another 5 minutes until topping is golden brown. Let set for 5 minutes before serving.

You will swear you have died and gone to heaven. It is not Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner without this side dish in my family.

[Doreen]

60. Cranberries.

NOT that canned crap.

My x husbands sweet potatoes sol style comes in close second.

[Codeine]

67. Why do people buy the canned?

It’s literally a couple minutes of boiling to make cranberry sauce. Simplest thing EVAH!

[Totally Tunsie]

70. I know...right? Simple as can be.

Guess it all depends what you're raised on. My daughters-in-law are amazed by real cranberry sauce. One made the switch over; the other just wants the canned stuff. Easy fix - we serve both.

[smirkymonkey]

74. I know! It's so easy and good!

I use a little orange juice and orange zest in mine. I like it either way though.

[912gdm]

98. I actually like the canned glob

on thanksgiving only.. Reminds me of my. childhood.


And I've had the real stuff and it is delicious...

[smirkymonkey]

76. I also love just plain mashed butternut squash with a little butter and

some salt and pepper. You can buy it already peeled and cubed. It's kind of challenging to cut the rind off yourself because it's so hard. I have cut myself numerous times so I prefer the prepared cubes of squash.

[Dave in VA]

96. Voted for Cranberries myself...

I make a cranberry chutney that is delicious (if I do say so myself.) Serve it on captain's wafers topped with cream cheese then chutney on top. Love it!

[Demovictory9]

61. like listening to Christmas music, it seems stuffing belongs to one season

[JustAnotherGen]

63. Collards

[rpannier]

77. I went with pumpkin pie

But cranberries are tied

[AllaN01Bear]

80. oh noes , they are asking me to choose!!!!! all of it .

[WePurrsevere]

81. Scalloped Oysters, yum!...

Cranberry Stuffing, Pie (w/Maple Pumpkin in the lead), Butter tarts, Sweet potatoes, homemade creamed corn & cranberry relish are way up there too.

Turkey and mashed potatoes are okay but I could take 'em or leave 'em.

[catbyte]

82. I went with stuffing, but my absolute favorite was my late dad's turkey.

I know this will probably horrify all of the food safety people, but my dad always made the best turkey on the planet. He'd make a big bunch of stuffing using stale bread that he'd made himself & added lots of onions, celery & sage from our garden. He'd make a turkey broth using the giblets & neck plus a few chicken parts, along with celery & onions, adding a generous amount of butter at the end. Then he'd stuff it in the bird & all around it. He'd then cover the roasting pan with a tight-fitting lid and put it in the oven set to 180F or so at about midnight or 1 a.m. the night before Thanksgiving. The best thing about Thanksgiving was waking up to that heavenly aroma. About an hour before dinner, he'd remove the lid, baste the turkey with butter and up the temp to 375F or so to brown the turkey & the stuffing. I've never been able to duplicate it. In all of the 40 Thanksgivings I can remember, nobody ever got sick.

[Freddie]

116. That's what my Grandma did

Her house had a “summer kitchen” in the basement and she would cook the turkey (stuffed) overnight down there, leaving the main kitchen oven for all the other stuff (like GBC). She had a huge table in the finished basement and we would eat down there. At Christmas she would just put the leftover turkey outside and use God’s refrigerator to store the leftovers. It’s amazing no one ever got food poisoning.

[Cartoonist]

83. My grandmother's homemade bread.

She's gone now. I will never have it again.
Does anyone bake their own bread anymore?

[jberryhill]

84. Craig's Thanksgiving Dinner

One and done. Boom.

[Totally Tunsie]

94. Ummmmm ? LOL

[912gdm]

99. thats so vile I am tempted to buy one as a gag gift...

[Squinch]

135. .

[jberryhill]

136. America ain't the Home of the Brave for nothing, kiddo

[NightWatcher]

85. Either the potato salad or the chocolate pie.

Potato salad, yeah my peeps are insane.

[NotASurfer]

88. The sandwich you make the day after with all the leftovers

Split a dinner roll, base of turkey, stuffing, cranberry glop, sweet potato, throw some green bean casserole at it for good measure

I have a brother who goes for mashed potato sandwiches, just mashed potatoes on bread with butter. Don't get it personally

[FloridaBlues]

126. I put leftovers and make a pie potato, stuffing cranberry turkey the whole thing

Pie crust on bottom and top bake about 45 mins serve with gravy and side cranberries
Comes out tastey add me some of the verges in it too.
Just slice some and bring to work enjoy for lunch

[GulfCoast66]

89. Oysters on the half shell.

I have half a bushel of Cedar Key beauties on ice that I picked up today. Will be eating them all week.

[Iggo]

93. Best meal I was ever served: Filet mignon, steamed Brussels sprouts, oyster on a half shell chaser.

Sounded weird when I was told about it, but goddamit it worked.

[Iggo]

91. Filet mignon. (n/t)

[Quixote1818]

117. I prefer red meat over Turkey too on Thanksgiving. nt

[Iggo]

122. Way less work. Way better payoff.

Win and Win.

[HopeAgain]

92. Well made Mac 'n Cheese

not healthy so I dont eat it the rest of the year.

[Totally Tunsie]

95. Thanksgiving is the best holiday.

Fabulous food, family & friends; football; no gift buying; don't even have to send cards. Just eat, enjoy, and eat again. Leftovers call my name.

[shanti]

118. Yup

It's the only holiday I celebrate.

[VOX]

97. 2 Xanax & a glass of water.

Because it’s the most wonderful time of the year, damnit!

[NurseJackie]

101. Pecan pie.

[Afromania]

102. What kind of list is this???!!!!!

I see no baked macaroni!!!! So, yeah baked macaroni as my vote for other

[PoorMonger]

103. Mashed Potatoes

I eat a lot of mashed potatoes throughout the year. But thanksgiving potatoes with turkey gravy are my absolute favorite kind

[PoorMonger]

104. Honestly though.

It’s the combination that makes it Thanksgiving. Mashed Potatoes & Turkey and a good roll all together make the best bite to me!

[Ohiogal]

105. Stuffing with gravy on it.

[bitterross]

106. Green Bean Casserole

Yim!

[lastlib]

108. Mincemeat pie!

Haven't had one since my grandmother died almost 20 years ago--she made a KILLER mincemeat pie! Dayum, I miss it! (and her!)

[Squinch]

134. There is a mincemeat in a jar that you can make a really nice pie from. I don't remember

the brand name but it has a green label. I've seen it in the regular grocery store.

My sister made a mince pie last year and it was just like Nana's. I was shocked when she told me she just put the jar stuff into the pie crust.

[Liberty Belle]

110. Cranberry orange relish--mmmm!

Made with fresh oranges off our trees.

[Runningdawg]

113. Cabbage rolls

I know it's not traditional but my husbands family (now my only family) have always had them and I have gotten to where I look forward to them.

[Quixote1818]

115. Jalapeno Poppers nt

[LibDemAlways]

125. Anything cooked by someone else.

My mother is 95 and no longer active in the kitchen. It's now up to me, and I hate cooking, but she likes the traditional dinner the way she used to make it, so I'm stuck. I dread Thanksgiving.

[applegrove]

127. My mom's gravy. She used to add a bit of chicken bouillon to it. It was

very good. Served in a gravy boat which was ridiculous. We would have to refill it 3 times as there were sometimes 15 at the table. Finally we got over that and started serving it in a water pitcher. Much better.

[GP6971]

128. Acorn Squash

with melted butter.

[struggle4progress]

129. Leftovers!

You get you some nice slices of turkey and some good pieces of dressing and some leftover sauerkraut and you put it between some slabs of rye bread to make you a sammitch

which you eat in bed while watching the TV reports showing all the crazy folk trying to kill each another at the Friday sales, while you are grateful you never have any cause to leave the house on the day after Turkey Day

[Sneederbunk]

130. Wild Turkey

[Golden Raisin]

131. Corn Pudding.

[femmedem]

132. I make a lentil, mushroomy shepherd's pie.

More than half the people I cook for are vegetarians and two are gluten free, which is fine with me because I like this as much as I like turkey.

But I also really like homemade cranberry sauce. I'm going to try it with maple syrup this year.

[Squinch]

133. Plum pudding with hard sauce, mulled wine.

[Tiggeroshii]

138. Special K Loaf

If you know what Im talking about, holler

[Glimmer of Hope]

140. All the pies.

[Adrahil]

141. Turkey and stuffng!!!!

Love it SO much.

[brooklynite]

142. Nobody picked Brussels Sprouts?

[Codeine]

148. Thanksgiving isn't complete without them

but I can’t imagine they’re anyone’s favorite. I’ll certainly eat my share on Thursday.

[ecstatic]

144. You left off macaroni and cheese!

Unfortunately, that makes this poll null and void.

[LeftInTX]

145. Alka-Seltzer

[Bantamfancier]

146. Just remember....

When you're doing your holiday cooking.
If you find one bag, keep on looking.
'Cause there's TWO BAGS OF GUTS IN EVERY BIRD!


Thanks and a tip of the hat to Dan Orr.

[gopiscrap]

147. once when we were much younger, we cooked one of the bags into the turkey