Yuck
 

Thanksgiving dinner, family all around being kind and loing towards one another, a giant bird sits at the head of the table and right in front of my mom's traditional seat always sat this jello salad made with orange or lime jello, shredded carrots and celery. :vomit:

Horrid, pputrid, nasty, vile looking shit. She ate the whole thing because my grandmother made it special just for her.

On your holiday table is there something that equals my family's jello salad? Something that just creeped you out?

I feel that way about the Green Bean casserole that every single American seems to love but me.

Anything with yoghurt or mushrooms.

Keeping with the jelly/o theme:

At Christmas my family raves about beetroot in blackcurrant jelly/o. I can't think of anything more disgusting....other than perhaps Brussels Sprouts and roasted Chestnuts.

Stuffing with liver or giblets :yikes:

The cranberry stuff out of the can -- but I love the salad type

When I was kid, there was my family always sitting around the table. Kinda creeped me out.

How can I top that^ :lol

Not something that turns me off, but I've been pointing out to my wife that we always end up bringing back a full bowl of her fruit salad concoction (mandarin oranges, strawberries, coconut, pecans, marshmallows, sour cream) because she & I are the only ones who ever even touch it the dinner table...she still seems to be in denial about it...

that ^^^ is my :vomit: :p:D

(sorry mr. and especially mrs. scotz)

boiled turnip :eew:

YUM!!!!! And then you refry it into hash for supper! :yum:

and I didn't think I could feel any worse

My mom always had to have pickled herring and it never failed that the bowl with that crap in it would be sitting right next to the one with my apple rings. :mad:

The main thing I avoid from the Thanksgiving spread is the yams or sweet potatoes.

Yuck*(10^100000)

Cranberry anything ...

When I was growing up, my mom always made giblet gravy. She would boil the neck, heart, balls (lol), liver in water with salt & pepper ... then would cut it all up in small pieces... the neck meat was terrible to get off (shred) and then make a gravy out of it all. None of us kids liked it... this was my dad's favorite...

Then it was my turn to have Thanksgiving. I slaved over that gravy.. cut up all of the yukky stuff into small chuncks.. do you know how difficult it is to get all the stuff off turkey balls that have been boiled? Anyway... we all sat down to dinner.. prayers, etc.. dad loaded his plate, and made a hole in his whipped potatoes and then my dad looked up at me, then at the giblet gravy sitting in front of him, and then at my mom. He told her he loved her (which was rare for my dad to say that outloud) and then announced to everyone.

"I hate giblet gravy! Pass the jar stuff."

My mom just looked at him - replied that she loved him too.. and said ...

"I know."

ROFLMAO!!! After 30 years! He hated giblet gravy!!!!! And she knew!!

OMG! Great story!

^^^ YES! :rofl:

Yes, it is one of my favorite memories.. :D

When we were done, all the women would clean up in the kitches. The guys would go in the family room and watch the games on TV. After we were done in the kitchen, we would get out the cards and play 'Shit on Your Neighbor'. The guys would slowly make their way back into the dining room... all except for my dad. He would lay out on the couch and ''watch the game'' with his eyes closed. Soon the rest of us would be into the card game.. laughing, joking, groaning and such. Eventually my dad would make his way into the room and just stand in the doorway. We would all slowly see that he was standing there.. his eyebrow would raise.. and we knew we had better tone it down ''cause he was watching the game". He would then go and get the wine and join in the card game....

I sure miss him. He died 8 years ago. I can count on one hand when he told me he loved me... he didn't have to say it - I just knew.


I think I will make giblet gravy this year.. :D

*snif* sniff*

Anyone have the recipe for nasty jello salad with carrots and celery?

(((hugs)) Chey

((((((((((((((((((Chey))))))))))))))))

My father has been gone for 15 years and I remember a few holidays where he would'nt come see my sister because he did'nt like her 1st. husband. They did finally patch things up but did'nt matter cause they moved after that out of state.

I'm not into homemade dressing. I like the box stuff and even now I'm not so much into that sometimes. Not into yams either.

*passes the tissue to (((Lil))) *

Nasty jello salad with carrots and celery ---> http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,194...-227192,00.html

Tyvm

Pecan pie...ewwwwww.

OMG^^^ /me pokes you to make sure you are not robotic

You survived living here and don't eat pe'can pie????

I think you're the first person I know to dislikes pecan pie. I've gained five lbs on pecan tarts & cake this month. :devil:

Me too. Of course, I hate pie of all types. Peacn and pumpkin included.

LOL...comes from eating that stuff at every shack on the side of the road as far north as Atlanta, as far south as Howey-in-the-Hills and as far east as New Orleans.

Eeeech.

*gack*

and yes...it is Pe'can pie....

Just wanted to interject a little humor. Usually DH's reaction to a tofu dish I've made. Then, I bring out his sliced ham.

There's your problem...it has to be real homemade, with love, not that production line processed-till-it's-devoid-of-flavor tripe they serve in the greasy spoons...

mmm, soon as they figure a way to make a good sugar-free (or at least reduced sugar) pecan pie, I'm gonna pig out bigtime...