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Holiday Atrocities...
« on: November 13, 2017, 10:53:45 AM »
A friend posted something about terrible Thanksgiving recipes on her site, and that made me think that we need to have a thread discussing HORRIBLE food combinations, especially horrible food combinations around the holidays.

This is the post that started it all...

http://mentalfloss.com/article/88999/9-vintage-thanksgiving-side-dishes-we-shouldnt-bring-back

Of the 9 on that list, 7 are bad enough to cause nightmares. But I really like creamed pearl onions, and if you make your own creamed corn, instead of using the canned stuff, Winter Corn wouldn't be too bad.

One holiday standard that I could go my entire life without seeing ever again is candied yams with marshmallow topping. Fortunately that was never big in my family, so I never really had to worry about it.

So, what holiday recipes have you encountered over the years that you really wish you hadn't?
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2017, 11:11:12 AM »
I like baked sweet taters for butter, salt and pepper on them. I always hated the candied yams.

Scalloped corn is popular here, it's similar to winter corn.

I always hated the cranberry from a can, it was just dumped out in it's tube form on a plate. I much prefer cranberry sauce made that morning or the day before from a bag of cranberries.

Jello mold with fruit, depends on the jello flavor and the canned fruit used.

Also jello fluff sucks, wish that would just fall out Midwest fashion.
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2017, 11:39:40 AM »
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4) No bashing another person's food/drink choice, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2017, 11:59:27 AM »
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Ok smartass which one do you like and was it bashed?
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2017, 12:01:04 PM »
Ok smartass which one do you like and was it bashed?

I've always had my suspicions that our Mr. Fisty is a jello mold man...
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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2017, 12:02:20 PM »
I've always had my suspicions that our Mr. Fisty is a jello mold man...

I was thinking hot Dr Pepper.
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2017, 12:04:28 PM »
Oh, and this isn't exactly a holiday recipe, but it is possibly the greatest culinary atrocity ever to come out of the 1950s.

https://vintagerecipecards.com/2011/06/15/ham-and-bananas-hollandaise/
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2017, 12:11:50 PM »
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2017, 12:12:46 PM »
I lurves me some cranberry salad with a gloppy dollop of mayo on it.

Also, how dare they demean creamed corn. Heathens, I tell ya...

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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2017, 12:13:19 PM »
I was thinking hot Dr Pepper.

Nah. Too upscale...

And hell, I don't even like Dr. Pepper cold.
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2017, 12:18:27 PM »
From the page you linked too

https://vintagerecipecards.com/2016/03/18/sweet-potato-turkey-pie/


Yeah, there is all sorts of fail in that recipe, but at least it's marginally edible. I could eat it. Probably wouldn't be too happy about the "crust," but I like creamed turkey and vegetables.
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2017, 12:20:03 PM »
I lurves me some cranberry salad with a gloppy dollop of mayo on it.

Also, how dare they demean creamed corn. Heathens, I tell ya...

Brad

Canned creamed corn is fine...

As an additive. Say, like in the Tamale Casserole recipe.

On its own?

Pretty damned gross.
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2017, 12:20:56 PM »
Thanksgiving Enchiladas. Best use of T&D leftovers EVAR!

Mince together the leftover turkey and dressing, adding just a touch of gravy for moistness.  You can add the cranberry sauce, too, if you like.  Just don't use much.  Throw in a dash of red pepper for fun.  Roll it up in flour tortillas along with a dab of cream cheese (first tried on my suggestion last year, thank you!) and place in a greased casserole.  Top with remaining gravy and shredded cheese (cheddar jack, mozzerella, or meunster depending on what you like). Bake at 350 until bubbly.  Browning the cheese under the broiler makes it even nummy-er

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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2017, 12:23:26 PM »
GODDAMN IT BRAD!

NO!

This is a tread about holiday culinary atrocities!

Go start your own Holiday Leftovers thread!

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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2017, 12:24:07 PM »
Creamed corn is fine...

As an additive. Say, like in the Tamale Casserole recipe.

On its own?

Pretty damned gross.

A little salt and pepper, a dash of Cholula sauce, and drink it straight from the can. Consumed with saltine crackers... instant feast!

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« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2017, 12:27:17 PM »

This is a tread about holiday culinary atrocities!


Then I shall tread lightly.  =D

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« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2017, 12:35:43 PM »
A little salt and pepper, a dash of Cholula sauce, and drink it straight from the can. Consumed with saltine crackers... instant feast!

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OK. I apologize.

You are connecting with this thread.

Because that is, without a doubt, one of the biggest *expletive deleted*ing food atrocities I have ever heard of!

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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2017, 01:15:52 PM »
Ok smartass which one do you like and was it bashed?


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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2017, 02:43:30 PM »
Green Jello Salad.

Made with some green jello (lime I think) and mayo plus other stuff. Always at my grandmothers.  [barf]


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« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2017, 06:05:31 PM »
The only thing I've got is... Well, there are certain people in this world who should just not make cookies.

Every year, the personally assistant to a friend of my boss makes a HUGE platter of cookies for everyone he knows. We're talking like 50 different cookies. And I mean it when I say DIFFERENT, each platter only has one of each kind of cookie he makes.
And they're all bad. Most have a sugar cookie base. I don't know how he does it, but cardboard tastes better. They aren't even sweet. A person can rectify a lot of culinary wrongs by just overloading with sugar so you can't taste the wrong, but this guy missed that memo.

He is, without a doubt, the worst I've ever encountered when it comes to people who do the whole holiday baking thing.

Anyway, like I said, there are some people who should either just not give food, or, if they really must, invest in the fancy baskets from a gourmet company. Their heart may be in the right place, but love is not an actual ingredient and it doesn't fix things when it's gone horribly wrong.

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« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2017, 06:13:53 PM »
Whilst on a health kick one year my wife decided to make "healthy" green bean casserole. In included things like nonfat Greek yogurt.

It was successful in being extremely healthy, seeing as no one ate it. It was so bad even she didn't eat it. She's still apologizing 7 or 8 years later.

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« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2017, 07:10:00 PM »
A year or two ago, my wife ordered some chestnuts on Amazon. We roasted them. Over an open fire. I guess they weren't horrible, but we likely won't do it again. She does some kind of a spiced almond thing that's addictive, though.

My wife could tell stories about her Dad's "cooking." He'd combine leftovers that should never have been combined, and never seemed to realize there was anything wrong with it. To be fair though, he was a widower raising two kids.
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Re: Holiday Atrocities...
« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2017, 07:55:41 PM »
A year or two ago, my wife ordered some chestnuts on Amazon. We roasted them. Over an open fire. I guess they weren't horrible, but we likely won't do it again. She does some kind of a spiced almond thing that's addictive, though.

My wife could tell stories about her Dad's "cooking." He'd combine leftovers that should never have been combined, and never seemed to realize there was anything wrong with it. To be fair though, he was a widower raising two kids.

If you can get fresh chestnuts, they are amazing roasted.
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« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2017, 08:02:16 PM »
Lutefisk. Of course, I actually like the stuff.
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2017, 08:21:33 PM »
Lutefisk. Of course, I actually like the stuff.

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