Best Thanksgiving dinner side?

[Jon Snow]

11 minutes ago, Ncpantherfan71 said:

Aren't any of you guys actually from North Carolina?  

The answer to best side is ALWAYS collards, creamed corn, and fried corn bread patties.

Maybe at the nursing homes.  I've lived on the coast, the piedmont and now the mountains and not once have I had any of those for Thanksgiving.  Collards are a coastal thing with any meal and usually with pork (but not exclusively) in the Piedmont.  I've yet to find good collards in the mountains.

Only old people eat creamed corn.

Fried cornbread is fried in very large cast iron pans over an open fire during molasses making in the fall here in the mountains.

[Davidson Deac II]

41 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Maybe at the nursing homes.  I've lived on the coast, the piedmont and now the mountains and not once have I had any of those for Thanksgiving.  Collards are a coastal thing with any meal and usually with pork (but not exclusively) in the Piedmont.  I've yet to find good collards in the mountains.

Only old people eat creamed corn.

Fried cornbread is fried in very large cast iron pans over an open fire during molasses making in the fall here in the mountains.

Mostly agree, although I have seen creamed corn on a Thanksgiving table.   But Thanksgiving is homemade biscuits in my part of NC.  Cornbread is used to make the dressing.   

[Butterflyj30]

Cornbread Dressing!!

[Ncpantherfan71]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

Maybe at the nursing homes.  I've lived on the coast, the piedmont and now the mountains and not once have I had any of those for Thanksgiving.  Collards are a coastal thing with any meal and usually with pork (but not exclusively) in the Piedmont.  I've yet to find good collards in the mountains.

Only old people eat creamed corn.

Fried cornbread is fried in very large cast iron pans over an open fire during molasses making in the fall here in the mountains.

Mom grew up in Kinston and have collards anytime.  I cut collards from the garden every Thanksgiving. 

Corn is a traditional Thanksgiving food, we prefer it creamed over on the cob, my grand dad gummed all his food so that might be why.  I grew up in the country with a large garden, usually couple acres, our foods reflect that.

[Stumpy]

11 hours ago, MHS831 said:

PeeeeeKAYUN? 

or

PahKAHN? 

 

 

 

pee•kun

[Stumpy]

From the Low Country so I have to hold it down. 

 

1. Crab Dressing

2. Baked Mac n Cheese

3. Collards

4. Butternutsquash Cheesecake Dip (Stupidly High Creation) 

5. Green Bean Cassarole

[The Huddler]

14 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Stuffing out of the bird. There's no other choice worthy of discussion.

this

[DamnItJake!]

My squash casserole!!! Gets destroyed!! Will post picks of it on Turkey Day!!

[OceanPanther]

In the Catagory Best Side :

And the winner is :

 

 

[raz]

16 minutes ago, OceanPanther said:

In the Catagory Best Side :

And the winner is :

 

 

if its buttercream frosting then yes, that is as good as gravy

[raz]

11 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Where I'm from we pass a jar while the turkey is deep frying.  Usually by the time the bird is done I am so lit that I don't remember much after that.  

so you're saying corn is the best.  i can def get down with that corn

[Panthers4real]

20 hours ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I smoked one a couple of years ago using cherry wood.  It was a ton of work, but it was great.  Much better than roasted out of the oven.  But, I would have to be bribed to do it again since I had to get up very early on a day off to start the thing.  If you have a Traeger, it probably becomes a lot easier, but I use an old horizontal offset smoker that I've had for almost 20 years.

Best thing overall: a good pecan pie

Best side: a good sweet potato casserole.

I have had so-so versions of both, hence the disclaimer that they be good.

 

Smoked turkey is the only way to do it. Fried is a close second.

[MHS831]

Could be wrong here, but I doubt it:

Sounds like we are all invited to Zod's house, if we bring a side. 

 

 

[332nd]

Cown Puddin. Spelled exactly like grandma pronounced it.