Knewton Thanksgiving

The term "supplementals" has a different meaning on turkey day.

Team members were asked to name their favorite Thanksgiving side dishes.

Some responses:

Chris H. — Yams with apples, walnuts, and marshmallows on top!

Cassie — Sweet Potato Casserole

David C. — Dumplings made from canned biscuits

Amy – I make an awesome Chinese-style T-day turkey. The turkey is marinated overnight in a soy/ginger/rice wine and baked with a sticky rice stuffing (contains glutinous rice, Chinese sausage, scallions, red peanuts etc). This sticky rice stuffing is the most popular dish on the table because it absorbs the flavors of the marinade and turkey.

Stacy — My grandma’s fried cornbread and collard greens cooked with fatback

John — Peg Bracken’s Spinach Surprise

Natalie – Candied yams

Devon — Fried turkey.  It’s great when you can get a really good marinade and inject it under the skin and into the meat.  The flavor ends up infusing the meat, which is fantastically juicy.

Alex S. — Stuffing

Dave I. — My dad makes the stuffing and my mom makes the yams. Can’t choose between those two.

Alex K. — Mashed Potatoes w/ Cheez Doodles

Ian — My mom’s sweet, walnutty, yammy, mashed sweet potatoes

David Y. — Butternut squash soup? With a little cream on top? Maybe?

Sara – Mulled wine!  Does that count as a side dish?  I’m counting it.  Warm red wine, cooked for an hour or two with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, honey, and some citrus zest… delicious!

Joanna — Sweet potatoes with a coating of marshmallows that are ever-so-slightly burnt

Brian — My 93-year-old Italian grandmother has always maintained that part of gathering as a family to give thanks was to give a nod to our peeps in the old country, too — so, before we dive into the traditional spread, we enjoy a hearty bowl of cheese ravioli with her homemade sauce.

Jon – Baked acorn squash

Michelle — Canned jellied cranberry with the turkey (ewwww!)

Josh — A mashed potato dish my mom makes that prominently features onions.

Pete — Not sure what it’s called, but it’s a casserole my mom makes involving broccoli, cheddar cheese and ritz crackers.  and it… is delicious! Does whipped cream drowned pumpkin pie count as a side dish?