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We actually don't do stuffing or dressing at my house anymore. We always had it before, but we discovered in the past couple of years that people don't eat it anymore. One less thing to cook. We replaced it with fresh green beans sauteed with almonds.
There are a few things that I love at Thanksgiving- I don't care so much about the turkey (we grill ours to keep the oven free for things like fresh baked rolls and pies and sweet potatoes), but I have to have my mother's cranberry relish. Its red jello (either cherry or raspberry, doesn't really matter), fresh cooked cranberries, walnuts, and celery. Sounds really weird but its awesome and there are never left overs of it on friday. We always mix northern traditions since my parents met when my father was at Harvard and lived in Boston afterwards, and southern traditions since my father is from Atlanta. We do the same thing at Christmas as well. Now that my older sister is Jewish (and vegetarian... and a feminist who teaches at Georgia Southern... oy vey) we include Jewish traditions and cuisine. And try to sneak some meat into her food.
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