Horrible Holiday Dishes!!!!

Medusa · 11-17-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ruby_woo

I honestly thought this thread was going to be about the number of dishes you need to wash after the holidays are over.

One year, a family friend of ours joined us for Thanksgiving dinner, and insisted on bring the stuffing, which is my favorite Thanksgiving dish...and she added oysters. To the stuffing. I wanted to die.

Yeah, WTF is that about? I have a cousin who does that and swears by it. *shiver*

PinkieLee · 11-17-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ruby_woo

I honestly thought this thread was going to be about the number of dishes you need to wash after the holidays are over.

One year, a family friend of ours joined us for Thanksgiving dinner, and insisted on bring the stuffing, which is my favorite Thanksgiving dish...and she added oysters. To the stuffing. I wanted to die.

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Originally Posted by Medusa

Yeah, WTF is that about? I have a cousin who does that and swears by it. *shiver*

A lot of folks do that here, too! Ugh, keep the oysters outta my dressing!
*reminds myself to keep some Stove Top in the cabinet just in case*

ArkansasPiscesGrrl · 11-17-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by PinkieLee

A lot of folks do that here, too! Ugh, keep the oysters outta my dressing!
*reminds myself to keep some Stove Top in the cabinet just in case*

My daughter's ex-husband's family always had oyster stuffing each year, they swore by it. (me, I would just swear!) That, and oyster stew for Christmas Eve. Yuk.
So here I am, for the first time in 15 yrs, being able to cook for my family for Thanksgiving. I have to say I make some of the BEST dressing in the world. My daughter told me that SHE would be making her oyster stuffing again, I told her fine, as long as I made MY stuffing too! She also wants to almost arm wrestle for the right to make our family's traditional cheesy corn casserole. I think I will let her, knowing she wouldn't have known how to make it if it were not for ME teaching her so many years ago! LOL
Bottom line is, Thanksgiving will be at MY place this year!

always2late · 11-17-2011, 11:31 AM

This isn't about an "ick" dish...more like a minor disaster. My mom worked nights for years when I was growing up. We have a big extended family and we would all gather at one or the others' house for a holiday. My parents chose to have Thanksgiving at our house. Because my mom was exhausted come Thanksgiving morning, I usually did the cooking. This one year we were having about 20 people to dinner, so I got up early, put the turkey in the oven (it was HUGE), and spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon getting everything else ready. When the turkey was just about done, my dad decided he needed to "take a look at it". He opened the oven and pulled out the rack...but when he pushed the turkey back in, he pushed the PAN that the turkey was in, not the rack. The rack tipped, spilling grease into the back of the oven, resulting in a huge grease fire. I had to take the turkey next door to my aunt's house (thankfully she lived close), and put it in her oven, wait until our oven cooled off, and then clean out burned on turkey grease.

Fun Fun Fun....gotta love the holidays.

Miss July · 11-17-2011, 11:47 AM

Ok I gotta say................what's up that NASTY green been casserole sheeeit???
(I will admit I have never ventured to even try it)

JAGG · 11-17-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss July

Ok I gotta say................what's up that NASTY green been casserole sheeeit???
(I will admit I have never ventured to even try it)

No kidding! I think that was taken out of a cook book called " 1001 ways to ruin a good veggie"

it was on the same page as the yams with brown sugar, raisins and marshmallows .

luv2luvgirls · 11-17-2011, 01:09 PM

well one yr my sister called herself trying to impress some dude, so she made some baked Ziti.. she thinks its her best dish *rolls eyes*... well she had us comeover as a dinner party on christmas eve and as we began to eat, I noticed it was real crunchy!! wtf its not supposed to be crunchy?.. I know something is wrong because when she cooks if you dont find her hair or somfin its a good dish lol.. I pull out glass from my mouth its bleeding and all.. and my sister is giving me the stank eye.. like "dont say shit Ri!" kinda thing.. but I was scared to keep eating.. I did SMH.
when it was over I was like WTF April and she said I dropped the dish on the floor when I took it out of the oven.. so not only was I eating glass.. it was dirty glass off the floor and so was the ziti.. its not right I tell ya..

persiphone · 11-19-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by luv2luvgirls

well one yr my sister called herself trying to impress some dude, so she made some baked Ziti.. she thinks its her best dish *rolls eyes*... well she had us comeover as a dinner party on christmas eve and as we began to eat, I noticed it was real crunchy!! wtf its not supposed to be crunchy?.. I know something is wrong because when she cooks if you dont find her hair or somfin its a good dish lol.. I pull out glass from my mouth its bleeding and all.. and my sister is giving me the stank eye.. like "dont say shit Ri!" kinda thing.. but I was scared to keep eating.. I did SMH.
when it was over I was like WTF April and she said I dropped the dish on the floor when I took it out of the oven.. so not only was I eating glass.. it was dirty glass off the floor and so was the ziti.. its not right I tell ya..

LMAOOOOOOOOO

Gemme · 11-17-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by princessbelle

My mom's family comes down the weekend prior to Thanksgiving and they have their feast then. Of course, i work weekends so i never get to attend. This is a blessing to me honestly. All those women in the kitchen cooking, kids everywhere, it's hot in her house and it truly makes me smile that i simply "cannot be there" due to work.

Usually what i do is head over there after work and dig in the fridge for anything i see appetizing. There are some very strange things. But, one thing stands out to me. My Aunt Billy makes this dish every single year...it is jello, cottage cheese, fruit, and not sure what else is in it, i just call it Jello Shyt. It has always amused her that i call it that and she is always asking me to try it. Ummm. no.

However, last year, i folded, i did try it, finally. I hate to say it...but DANG IT WAS GOOD. I talked to her a few days ago and made sure she is making it again this year. I'm thinking not many try it cause there is always a lot left when i finally end up over there. It looks awful. Good. Saves more for me!!!!!

So really i have it pretty good. I work and don't have to deal with the "family" and still get to raid the fridge.

I love that stuff.

princessbelle · 11-17-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemme

I love that stuff.

It's good isn't it? BUT omg it looks horrible. Took me years to get up the nerve to taste it.

Gemme · 11-17-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by princessbelle

It's good isn't it? BUT omg it looks horrible. Took me years to get up the nerve to taste it.

I'm a garbage compactor during the holidays. I'll try anything once because, if I don't like it, it's highly likely I won't even see the dish again until next year.

ruby_woo · 11-17-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss July

Ok I gotta say................what's up that NASTY green been casserole sheeeit???
(I will admit I have never ventured to even try it)

I actually really like green bean casserole! I love the crunchy onions on top.

persiphone · 11-19-2011, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss July

Ok I gotta say................what's up that NASTY green been casserole sheeeit???
(I will admit I have never ventured to even try it)

right?! nothing says tasty like green beans with a can of glop dumped on them topped with fried....onions from a can? why? who does this? just pee on the turkey while you're at it :P

Inked_Trinity · 11-19-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by persiphone

right?! nothing says tasty like green beans with a can of glop dumped on them topped with fried....onions from a can? why? who does this? just pee on the turkey while you're at it :P

SOOOOOOO NOT coming to your house for turkey dinner!

persiphone · 11-19-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Inked_Trinity

SOOOOOOO NOT coming to your house for turkey dinner!

sorry...no canned "foods" at my table lol

11-19-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by persiphone

... just pee on the turkey while you're at it :P

Tenderises that battery farmed flesh dunnit!

persiphone · 11-19-2011, 10:40 AM

one year i took my son camping in Zion for the week of thanksgiving.....hauled up the smoker, smoked the turkey...it was divine..kept the left overs. when i got home i threw some leftover turkey into soup not thinking. smoked turkey soup is dis.gusting.

11-19-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by persiphone

one year i took my son camping in Zion for the week of thanksgiving.....hauled up the smoker, smoked the turkey...it was divine..kept the left overs. when i got home i threw some leftover turkey into soup not thinking. smoked turkey soup is dis.gusting.

Smoking the bird might just tempt me to eat it for the first time in donkey's years.

dixie · 11-17-2011, 11:49 AM

I have one of those weird aunts who (despite being told EVERY year that she doesn't need to bring ANYTHING) always brings something....different. I think one year it was pretty much a plate that looked like it had grass on it. (No clue what that was.) Then one year she attempted to make her own tofu and hummus "turkey". (Once again, not quite sure if that's what it was supposed to be.) This is a lady who does not cook AT ALL throughout the year, but always seems to bring these weird things to every holiday get together. I remember a time when we used to all get a little of it and try it, to be nice. After years of folks gagging and throwing up, I think she is now used to the fact that her stuff stays in its container on a small table in a room by itself. Even she won't eat it, despite swearing it's "the best thing I've ever made!" lol

Despite the fact that my family is very southern and wants the very southern traditional holiday meal, I have no problem with the fact that she is attempting to bring us healthier things and expose us to newer things we may not have tried on our own elsewhere. It's the fact that she has no culinary skills whatsoever, and can't bring her own self to eat it either...lol

That being said...now we'll see if the same thing happens to me, since I am attempting a new cinnamon glazed pumpkin loaf recipe next week. Mine may be sitting right beside hers in that little room...LOL

ReDo · 11-17-2011, 12:09 PM

Ok I must admit the worst holiday dish I ever had was made by me. Yup I messed it up big time. LMAO

I was trying to please everyone who was coming for dinner and usually I only make a huge turkey that looks perfect and tastes better than it looks. However this one year people wanted a ham. WTF the pilgrims did not eat ham but okay fine I can handle a ham in this mix too.

I was so proud of myself got the perfect looking ham took the wrapper off put the pineapples on it and all that held in place by a tooth pick just like the cook book said.

Well the funny thing is nobody told me that a ham is double wrapped. I cooked it and it didn't smell as I thought it should. The timer went off as I was talking on the phone with my mom who could not make the trip to Florida. I pulled it out and tried to cut it. I asked my mom if ham skin is really that think I can't even cut this thing. She then asked if I took the inner wrapper off the ham.

OH MY GOSH her and I busted out laughing so hard. I slipped my knife under the edge of the plastic and sure enough I had cooked the ham in plastic.

I excused myself and ran to the grocery store and purchased an already cooked ham from the deli and passed it off as my own.

I never agreed to cook another ham after that.

So yes the worst dish in my memory is the ham that was baked in the wrapper

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ReDo Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: her Relationship Status: I am the treat to your trick Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 129 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 265 Thanked 883 Times in 93 Posts Rep Power: 9521536	Ok I must admit the worst holiday dish I ever had was made by me. Yup I messed it up big time. LMAO I was trying to please everyone who was coming for dinner and usually I only make a huge turkey that looks perfect and tastes better than it looks. However this one year people wanted a ham. WTF the pilgrims did not eat ham but okay fine I can handle a ham in this mix too. I was so proud of myself got the perfect looking ham took the wrapper off put the pineapples on it and all that held in place by a tooth pick just like the cook book said. Well the funny thing is nobody told me that a ham is double wrapped. I cooked it and it didn't smell as I thought it should. The timer went off as I was talking on the phone with my mom who could not make the trip to Florida. I pulled it out and tried to cut it. I asked my mom if ham skin is really that think I can't even cut this thing. She then asked if I took the inner wrapper off the ham. OH MY GOSH her and I busted out laughing so hard. I slipped my knife under the edge of the plastic and sure enough I had cooked the ham in plastic. I excused myself and ran to the grocery store and purchased an already cooked ham from the deli and passed it off as my own. I never agreed to cook another ham after that. So yes the worst dish in my memory is the ham that was baked in the wrapper __________________ Always remember, tomorrow is another chance for a great day.

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luv2luvgirls Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Asshole Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kentucky/Austin/Wherever Posts: 2,310 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,387 Thanked 5,470 Times in 1,827 Posts Rep Power: 0	well one yr my sister called herself trying to impress some dude, so she made some baked Ziti.. she thinks its her best dish rolls eyes... well she had us comeover as a dinner party on christmas eve and as we began to eat, I noticed it was real crunchy!! wtf its not supposed to be crunchy?.. I know something is wrong because when she cooks if you dont find her hair or somfin its a good dish lol.. I pull out glass from my mouth its bleeding and all.. and my sister is giving me the stank eye.. like "dont say shit Ri!" kinda thing.. but I was scared to keep eating.. I did SMH. when it was over I was like WTF April and she said I dropped the dish on the floor when I took it out of the oven.. so not only was I eating glass.. it was dirty glass off the floor and so was the ziti.. its not right I tell ya..

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dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,383 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I have one of those weird aunts who (despite being told EVERY year that she doesn't need to bring ANYTHING) always brings something....different. I think one year it was pretty much a plate that looked like it had grass on it. (No clue what that was.) Then one year she attempted to make her own tofu and hummus "turkey". (Once again, not quite sure if that's what it was supposed to be.) This is a lady who does not cook AT ALL throughout the year, but always seems to bring these weird things to every holiday get together. I remember a time when we used to all get a little of it and try it, to be nice. After years of folks gagging and throwing up, I think she is now used to the fact that her stuff stays in its container on a small table in a room by itself. Even she won't eat it, despite swearing it's "the best thing I've ever made!" lol Despite the fact that my family is very southern and wants the very southern traditional holiday meal, I have no problem with the fact that she is attempting to bring us healthier things and expose us to newer things we may not have tried on our own elsewhere. It's the fact that she has no culinary skills whatsoever, and can't bring her own self to eat it either...lol That being said...now we'll see if the same thing happens to me, since I am attempting a new cinnamon glazed pumpkin loaf recipe next week. Mine may be sitting right beside hers in that little room...LOL