Tell Us Now: What's Your Family's Unique Thanksgiving Dish?

cracked ^ | 11/20/2020 | Shea

[firebrand]

Thanks! I bet that works. Also, the 400 degrees.

My special memory is of my father doing the roasted chestnuts at the end of the meal. He would cut an X in one end of each chestnut (not the pointed end) before roasting. Then they would go into a shallow pan with sides about an inch high so they could be shaken now and then. I don’t know the temperature or how long they had to be roasted but the Internet might tell you.

I would watch the older men peel these and eat them slowly and meditatively, remembering the past in Italy (they lived in chestnut country and had to pick out the best ones to plant in the groves). I could tell it was the best part of the dinner for them.

[Jane Long]

Sounds similar to the Chile Relleno casserole that we make.

It takes the work out of making the traditional Rellenos, although I do make those, from time to time.

[Tellurian]

Sounds similar

In CA, I don't think I'd ever seen anything besides cheese stuffed into a chili called a chili relleno, but I did read somewhere that in TX, as you may be, the stuffing can have quite a variety of things. So yeah, this recipe may have roots in TX. Where I am (CO), if I'm not careful a "chili relleno" is a tortilla stuffed with cheese & chopped chilis, baked. No thank you!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for the recipe! I put in about 12 Shitake mushrooms (3 was WAY too few) and doubled the garlic. I couldn't find the Chinese "red sausage" with anise, so I substituted a spicy Portuguese Linguiça chopped finely. I did three in Rock Cornish Game Hens instead of a big turkey. Turned out great! That's a keeper! Thanks again.