[Sca-cooks] OOP - Green beans was Turkey, again!

[Sue Clemenger]

I don't know...they simply always were a part of my family-of-origin's
Thanksgiving (along with turkey, bread stuffing, relish tray with
whatever I'd pickled that summer, mashed potatoes and gravy, sometimes
sweet potatoes with marshmallows, cranberry sauce [the kind that comes
in a can], and pumpkin pie for dessert.  Oh, and Dad always made a pate
from the turkey innards).  I didn't grow up near any of my
cousins/grandparents, etc. so I don't know if the dishes are specific to
my parents or go back farther than that.
The one *very* traditional holiday dish in my family that I _can_
reliably date is a cranberry salad, made with a jello base, to which is
added sugar, ground cranberries, chopped oranges & apples, walnuts, and
celery.  My mom apparently got it from another Forest Service wife the
year before I was born.
--Maire, missing home....*sigh*

A F Murphy wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how or when (or why!) green beans became practically as
> much a part of the feast as the cranberry sauce? They're in half the
> listed menus, frequently as the casserole. They're not particularly
> seasonal, I can't think of any connection, they don't go better with
> turkey than any other green vegetable... Most of the other traditional
> accompaniments are seasonal.
>
> I guess I'm curious because they weren't part of our tradition, and I'm
> not sure I've ever eaten the casserole!
>
> Anne
>
> And I hope your mother also has a speedy and uneventful recovery!
>
> Bronwynmgn at aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> >I'll be going to my in-laws this year.  My in-laws (nor my own parents for
> >that matter) are not much for very fancy cooking.  We'll be having turkey
> >liberally rubbed with sage, some variant on bread stuffing, mashed potatos,
> >sweet potatos baked in casserole with butter and marshmallows over the top, a
> >rice/cheese/broccoli casserole, the ubiquitous green bean casserole, and my
> >father-in-law's homemade cranberry relish, which is easily the most elaborate
> >part of the meal.
> >
> >Were we going to my parents, we would be having turkey roasted plain with a
> >bread stuffing including onions, salt, celery leaves, parsley, melted butter
> >and egg which is cooked inside the bird (except for what doesn't fit, to
> >which we add some pan drippings when we put it in the oven), mashed potatos
> >or baked sweet potatos (my mom gave up candying them years ago, since she
> >always managed to burn the sugar), broccoli, canned cranberry jelly, probably
> >a simple green salad, and cheesecake for desert.
> >
> >
>
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