What's your family cranberry recipe? Yrs ago NPR's Susan Stanberg gave hers----

[bobbieinok]

Take 1 can cranberry jelly.

Open both ends.

Push from one end onto plate.

Apply, eat as you wish.

Suberb answer!!

[Bfd]

1. That's mine too!

[jayschool2013]

2. It's not difficult to make fresh

Of all the things I make for Thanksgiving, the homemade cranberry sauce is the easiest.

Put three bags of cranberries and a cup of orange juice and some orange zest in a pan and bring it to a boil.
Add some maple syrup (enough to sweeten), a pinch of cinnamon and ground cloves.
When the cranberries start to soften, mash them with a potato masher.
If the consistency is too runny for you, stir in some cornstarch slurry until you get the proper consistency.

Takes about 10 minutes.

[Dave in VA]

3. Cranberry Chutney

I make cranberry chutney and serve it on club crackers with cream cheese. Yum!

[DBoon]

4. 1 oz vodka, 3 oz cranberry juice

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[Xolodno]

16. Wow.

That's really watering it down!

Oh wait, this is cranberry sauce...my mistake, carry on.

[marigold20]

5. the new cans make it difficult

It's hard to remove both ends so the cranberry jelly can be pushed through. You can lose the can indentations on the jelly which is just sad.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I love that stuff.

And it's fun to dump it on a plate, it goes *plorp* and the can's seams and indentations are imprinted on the quivering red cylinder. It's so perfectly fake-looking, I love it.

[Squinch]

9. I like the fresh stuff, but there are howls when there is no "plorp" cranberry sauce.

I've given in on that.

[tonedevil]

7. I'm pretty sure you mean...

Susan Stamberg. That said, I never heard her say that I'm more aware of her controversial cranberry relish. I like it, but almost always forget until the day before and that doesn't give it time to develop it's flavor.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. Wow! 2 tablespoons

is a lot of horseradish!

[Squinch]

8. 6 apples, can of whole cranberry sauce, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, cinnamon.

Stick the whole thing in a pillsbury pie crust. Bake at 350. Takes 10 minutes to prepare and it's the best pie EVAH!

[pansypoo53219]

10. my grandpa would use the old sausage grinder to grind cranberries & a whole orange.

add sugar to taste. it is quite good.

i boil cranberries w/ sugar + fr orange juice + a fruity liquor. started w/ raspberry liquor. when cooked enough, add fr raspberries + fr blueberries(opt).

but i also like my crushed cranberries, mandarin orange + whipped cream, frozen. defrost a bit. add more whipped cream as needed. i took out the mini marshmallows. my great-aunt viola's had apples. seemed wrong.

[bobbieinok]

11. I suspect that's the way my mom made her cranberry orange dish. Perfect holiday taste!

[pansypoo53219]

19. i might wanna try it w/ a grapefruit. i love grapefruit.

[bobbieinok]

20. My dad liked to eat half a grapefruit sprinkled with brown sugar and warmed in microwave

Don't remember if it was pink or regular grapefruit.

(He died in 95.)

[pansypoo53219]

22. my grandpa always had 1/2 yellow grapefruit, bit of sugar & a ckerry in the middle.

and i did that for years. now i use 1/4 + make grapefruit aid. but can't FIND any yellow ones. CA grapefruits sucked.

[Hotler]

12. Plain and simple....

1-cup water
1-cup sugar
bring to a boil, add one bag of berries, lower heat simmer 5-min. cool.

[Kali]

24. yep

[Different Drummer]

14. I like that one best! n/t

[BlueInRedHell]

15. Up until last year, I always made the simple version (cranberries, sugar, orange juice). Then a PBS

email contained this recipe:

12 oz. cranberries
1/4 C light brown sugar
1/4 C white sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C orange juice
2 Tbsp. dark rum
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. freshly grated ginger
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise

Add all of the ingredients to a medium saucepan and place over medium-low heat. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until the cranberries have burst and the sauce has reduced slightly. Give it a taste and adjust sweetener if needed. Remove cinnamon stick and star anise. Transfer to refrigerator to chill.

(I go ahead and can it so that it's shelf stable which gives me a jar for Christmas)

[Xolodno]

17. Well...

1 cup of water

1 cup of sugar

Bag of cranberries

Boil

Wait until it thickens.

Take off heat.

Once it cools down.

Cover.

Refrigerate.

Eat.

[sarge43]

18. Same here

I threw in some pomegranate seeds and raisins. Wish the whole meal were as easy to make.

[UTUSN]

21. Delighted with the o.p. - my non-gourmet thing was: Can, can opener!1

[smirkymonkey]

23. I had something new over the holiday. Cranberry shrub.

You can make it with any fruit, but this was made w/ Cranberries, sugar, apple cider vinegar and fresh sage. My SIL's mother made it. Not sure of the exact recipe but variations are on google. It's a maceration of the above in a mason jar and you use a tablespoon of the mixture w/ mineral water, seltzer, or your favorite mixed beverage (I actually put mine in some ginger ale).

It's an old colonial recipe and the vinegar sounds off-putting, but it's really good! I think I am going to try it with other fruits as my new go-to beverage mix. You can use any combo of fruits, herbs, etc. but the constants are the vinegar and sugar (or other sweetener).

Has anyone else ever had this before?