The turkey has about 2 minutes after coming out of the oven before all the skin is ripped off and eaten.
Not a dirty secret so much as an encouraged and cherished ritual.

Not a dirty little secret, so much, but we always have mashe rutabega. My brother-in-law, though has to have all of his weirdo Iowa Dutch traditional foods, like marshmallow salad.

I like to suck on the turkey anus before it is gutted. Mmmm. Turkey anus.

Lime Jello with shredded carrots, marshmallows, and grapes, covered in whipped cream.

bleh.

frozen salad. google it. disgusting, but my sister insists on it and is the only one to eat it

chess pie. you either love it or hate it.

I just miss the Thanksgiving monster movie marathon.

there was supposed to be stick pretzels for arms.
it's a cheese ball.

My mother made a fruit salad that my whole family loved so much that I now make it for mine.

1 can fruit cocktail (preferably with cherries)
1 container Kool Whip
2 cups walnuts (substitute whatever nuts you like...pecans work well)
4 cups little marshmallows

Stir ingredients together. Store chilled until ready to serve.

/ It's the grub...

Water chestnuts, wrapped in bacon, covered in....

oh hell, I can't even say it, but damn, they are tasty.

My aunt always makes a Coleslaw Ring. It's become almost a family legend/running joke, since as far as I know, she's the only one who ever eats it. As far as I am aware, it basically consists of shredded carrots and cabbage housed inside lime Jell-O, with a touch of mayonnaise mixed in (and more on the side for my aunt to slather on a slice as a sort of "dressing". It looks like nasty barf nicely shaped into a Jell-O mold.

Also, my grandfather's side of the family is Swedish, so usually at Thanksgiving or Christmas there's some pickled herring whipped out. Again, I think my grandfather is pretty much the only one who eats it, but it is heartily offered to anyone in the vicinity, sometimes even the neighbors. But my grandfather is kind of a prankster anyways, so I don't know if he really genuinely likes to eat it, or if he just likes brandishing a cloudy jar of stinky fish around.

karion
Water chestnuts, wrapped in bacon, covered in....
oh hell, I can't even say it, but damn, they are tasty.

so, you're just gonna leave us hanging?
/had me at bacon, natch

karion

Water chestnuts, wrapped in bacon, covered in....

Oh, now you've piqued my curiosity... c'mon... what is it?

Chinese takeout.

'Corn Pudding'

Mix
1 can cream corn
1 can regular corn
8 oz. sour cream
1 box corn muffin mix

Bake 350 until brown on top, hot in middle. I can't survive a holiday without it.

It sounds horrible, but covered in....ketchup.

Yes, you wrap thick sliced bacon around a whole water chestnut, secure with toothpick, cover with ketchup, bake for 45 minutes.

I swear to FSM, it tastes much better than it sounds. Everybody usually fills up on those damn things.

Our traditional stuffing is made with whole wheat matzoh. It's actually really tasty.

submitter: Whipped fish

My friend's mom makes a peach salad that instigated a fist fight between a couple of roomates.

We refer to that as the peach salad incident.

GMZ Rumaki!
Anything wrapped in bacon tastes goodeven liver!
http://www.greatpartyrecipes.com/rumakirecipe.html

karion
It sounds horrible, but covered in....ketchup.
Yes, you wrap thick sliced bacon around a whole water chestnut, secure with toothpick, cover with ketchup, bake for 45 minutes.

45 minutes at what temp?
because good lord, I think I just might have to do this.
/my family hates me anyway

Green beans in Velveeta sauce.

No, we don't live in a trailer.

Deviled eggs.

The slow smoked bacon on my jizz covered potatos of course.

Scrotum pie.

sokeri - I'd do it - as wrong as it sounds, it is almost always the hit of the buffet.

Bake at 375. The house will smell fabulous.

karion

It sounds horrible, but covered in....ketchup.

OK, that is rather disgusting. But I do really hate ketchup.

Yeah I'm a picky eater so most of this stuff sounds absolutely farkin' disgusting. Don't mind me though.

sokeri: it's a cheese ball.

I thought MY mom was the only one that made that marshmellow salad!!!!

/mmm.. manderine oranges
//wt-flying-fark are LEE PRESS-ON OLIVES?

thanks karion!

Chopped pork and potatos, which are then stuffed into a pig stomach, sewed up, and baked.

Teh yum

Have you tried my potatos? They're scrotumptous or somethin... man that was lame

Fnord, that is going in my profile. holy hell, and I didn't think it could be worse! thanks!

Two years ago I couldn't make it home for Thanksgiving, so I was flying solo, yet still enjoyed a can of Beef-a-Roni and a 12-pack of Miller Lite. I'd never felt like such an aristocrat until that day.

Fnord, you can come over to my house on T-giving and sit in the recliner and control the remote, just for providing that image!

For the curious: the stuffing varies slightly from family to family, but here's the idea:

grr...
Copy and paste it yourself:

http://teriskitchen.com/padutch/pigstom.html

Fnord

I've never been a fan of that owl cliche, but you, my friend, you have made my day.

Thera: Deviled eggs.


OMG I am the only one who eats them when my new (now married) family comes over for dinner, so I have to make them. The new family throws me dirty looks, but hey, more for me!.

Thera: Deviled eggs.

Same here. Love em.

Corn and oysters. My wife hates 'em, but I'll eat the hell out of them. And only during the holidays. Don't make them in the middle of April because I'll think you're gross.

ritz crackers
oysters
creamed corn
ritz crackers
oysters
creamed corn
ritz crackers
oysters
creamed corn

Bake at 400 for a couple of hours or until you think it's done.

beer and football