How Do You Cook Your Turkey And Share Other Family Thanksgiving Traditions?  

hi, we just had our thanksgiving celebrations here in canada and my sister in law usually does the turkey because we all converge on her house (we have a large family on hubbys side of the family) we just bring everything else. as for my own family, my mom came to our house on monday and we had roast beef.
i would love to try deep fried turkey. not too many people do that up here.

My family loves fried turkey and I can't bake one to save my life. our family tradition is to go from house to house visiting, eating, and watching movies.

Hi Gtargirl,

We also used to make the turkey during the thanksgiving party to
all of our friends. Most of the times I used to have more than 2
times as a thanksgiving party and we would enjoy the turkey with roasted
chicken and fish. When the fish was roasted with garlic and onion and it
would give the completeness of the foods and enjoy the foods with great
taste . Many of us including our friends also used to enjoy this party
along with this roasted and deep fried chicken and fish , both are really
great in the taste and nobody knows the technique of this and which has
been learned from the Moroccan Chief chef.

Have a nice day.

I've never cooked my own turkey for Thanksgiving. Instead, when I was a child our entire extended family went to the Holiday Inn's Thanksgiving buffet and then one or two of my aunts or uncles would get hotel rooms and then we would play in the pool and play area for the rest of the day.
Since I've been with my husband, his mother does the Thanksgiving cooking, so we just converge upon her house. She makes everything from boxes and I'm not exactly fond of that, but I don't have to clean up my house and spend days on end cooking, so it really does make for a positive holiday.

Well, my husband and I are vegans, so we actually get a Tofurky. Haha. But since we are the only vegans in both of our families, Thanksgiving is a holiday we spend together, just the two of us, and a holiday we truly enjoy. I look forward to the Tofurky every year, but it's also an excuse to make a huge meal. We usually baste the Tofurky in a brown sugar and I believe Tamari sauce mix, and surround the Tofurky with veggies before it goes in the oven. We also make a ridiculously large bowl of extra-vegan-butter mashed potatoes, and I usually make a vegan pumpkin pie (although one year I made a vegan cheesecake). I also make a whole bunch of buttery brussel sprouts, and sometimes we make dinner rolls.

Our tradition is really simple. We just eat the meal and cuddle together. Sometimes we'll drink hot chocolate or coffee, and sometimes we'll bring out board games. Usually while we eat we talk about things we're thankful for. Thanksgiving really gives you a reason to stop and think about it.

I go to my son house for Thanksgiving dinner so either he or his wife cook the turkey. I just bring a few things to go along with the dinner. He has a cooker oven and they use it to cook the turkey I do not know what all they put on it but it does taste good.

This year will be a bit different. Thinking of having my daugther's boyfriends family over. I like a slow cooked turkey with salt in the middle then turn up the heat that last hour and baset in rum butter. Makes the outside crispy and adds a lot of flavor. Afterwards we settle into board games or card games, have a few glasses of wine. There are a few naps involved and then dessert later on. Takes a few days to recover from Thanksgiving, but always enjoy the family around.

Beer? Now that is something new I haven't tried or heard of before. But ever since I found out about Reynolds Oven Bags that is what I have been using since I haven't had to worry about a dry turkey since. They are worth it. I just usually stuff butter under the skin as much as I can then in the turkeys body cavity then salt and pepper and put in the bag and cook in half the time it usually takes to cook a turkey no basting..because the water steams up and then basts itself that way I think. But it is good I guess since there isn't leftover when the whole family gets together..

Thanksgiving memory: I will never forget the first time I made a turkey all by myself. I was young my first Thanksgiving with my hubby as a married couple and we were by ourselves. And Rinsed the turkey off rubbed it with oil(that's how my mom always taught me to do it) and added the salt and pepper...and popped it in the oven..and waited for it to cook proud that I did okay all by myself..since I hated putting my hands inside of the cavity of the turkey I never done that before my mom always did it. So the turkey was roasting and almost done when my mom called to wish me Happy Thanksgiving and we was talking and she asked me..You did remember to take the extra organs out of the turkey didn't you? I squeaked out a no....and she laughed tld me to go check it.. and sure enough..there in the body cavity was the neck..and in the neck area of the turkey there was the organs heart,liver,and gizzards..I was mortified.. lol So I took it out..and let it finish...still to this day they will tease me and ask me if I taken them out..lol

My husband and I prefer to spend Thanksgiving alone (both the Canadian one and the American one) and this year we chose to go out for dinner. We found a local restaurant that was making up a nice big turkey dinner with all the fixings, and we went there. We had dinner, drinks, pumpkin pie, it was great!

If I cook turkey, it is in a browning bag--no basting. My brother cooks several, for the church and home and community. He uses an electric roaster. We have certain things we have to bring. Like I have to make the whole cranberry sauce, like mom did. My niece has to bring broccoli rice and cheese casserole. We usually have about a dessert a piece. Cakes, pies, cookies, etc. We play family games. Sometimes have some squirrel based foolishness (don't ask, I might have to make a discussion.)