Thanksgiving Quiz

Give yourself one point for every answer you say yes to. The highest score is 15.

I’ve cooked a turkey.I’ve used the gizzards, liver, and heart.I’ve made dressing/stuffing from scratch.I’ve stuffed the dressing/stuffing into the turkey (yes, I know it isn’t supposed to be safe).I’ve made sweet potato casserole with marshmallows.I’ve never used canned cranberry sauce.I’ve made my own gravy from scratch.I’ve made green bean casserole.I’ve made rolls or bread from scratch.My favorite dessert on Thanksgiving is:I’ve made that favorite dessertMy favorite time to eat Thanksgiving dinner is:I’ve actually served dinner at that time.What are you talking about? I’ve never cooked any of that!My favorite leftover is:I love leftovers.I’ve gotten up way too early to shop on Black Friday at a brick and mortar store.I haven’t gotten up early, but I have shopped on Black Friday at a store.

Okay, Wickeds break the answers down for me! Which did you say yes to?

Edith: This is hilarious. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday AND I love to cook! So, I answered Yes to all but 17, 14, and 5 (and18 was decades ago with my mom), which makes my score a 12. I’ll shop online, thank you very much. Sweet potatoes are already so sweet that in my opinion they taste better with olive oil and curry seasonings. 10 – favorite dessert is my own pumpkin pie with whipped-from-scratch cream. 12 – two to three pm. 15 – favorite leftover is stuffing/dressing, although pumpkin pie for breakfast is pretty awesome, too.

Sherry: My answers might surprise you all with my reputation of not liking to cook! My score is 12. I’ve cooked a turkey but the innards go in the trash. I’ve made my mom’s delicious stuffing and stuffed part of it in the turkey. Yuck to sweet potatoes with marshmallows. We weren’t a big cranberry family growing up but surely I’ve used it canned sometime. I like making it from scratch. Green beans yes, bread/rolls no. Apple pie ala mode is the best dessert, but I’ve never made it. I like to eat between one and two and have indeed gotten the food to the table at that time. I love ALL the leftovers. I don’t remember ever getting up early (not a morning person) to shop on Black Friday.

Liz: So fun, Sherry! I’m kind of a failure at this Thanksgiving thing (mostly because I don’t eat meat now) but I have cooked a turkey in the old days! I only answered yes to 1 and 8. I hate cranberry sauce and don’t care if it’s canned or not – yuck! My favorite dessert is pumpkin pie and I have made that. I don’t care when we eat as long as I don’t have to cook! My fave leftovers are stuffing and gravy and yes I love leftovers. For Black Friday – my mother and I used to get up at 4:30 a.m. and go shopping! Now I wouldn’t touch a physical store, but I definitely shop online!

Barb: I can’t remember if I’ve cooked a turkey. If I did, it was years ago. Bill, however, has cooked lots of them. When we had our big Thanksgiving dinners with his whole extended family, it was always his job to bring the “second turkey.” I have made stuffing and gravy from scratch, which is my job in the years we have our smaller family gatherings. And the gravy involves the gizzard and heart but not the liver. Or is it the other way around? Also, I make my grandmother’s turnips every year. My mother-in-law had a fabulous recipe for homemade cranberry sauce–which is great on the day. But Friday, on my turkey, stuffing, mayo on toasted white bread sandwich, give me sliced, canned cranberry. That also happens to be my favorite leftover. My favorite dessert is pumpkin pie but I’ve never made it. It’s my sister-in-law’s job. I make the apple pie, which I love for breakfast Friday morning–my second favorite leftover. I’ve never shopped on Black Friday, except maybe online.

Julie: What a fun quiz! I got 13. While I prefer homemade cranberry sauce, members of my family prefer the slide and slice version. I recently saw a recipe on Instagram that took slices of cranberry sauce and coated them with dark chocolate. That sounded surprisingly good to me. I prefer my sweet potatoes with my bourbon caramel sauce, but again there are family members who love the roasted marshmallows. I would love to not use the inners of the turkey, but again, family members. My dad liked them as part of his gravy, so we’d divide the gravy out and make his with the liver, etc. My best friend’s mother growing up hosting huge holiday gatherings, so I’d go over and help cube the bread and she taught me how to make it from scratch. I also was taught how to stuff it in the bird, though we don’t do that anymore. I don’t have children of my own, so I’ve never shopped brick and mortar stores back in the day. But I was there to support my friends on cabbage patch doll and other “must-have” toy adventures.

Jessie: Sherry, this is such fun! Thanks for setting it up! I learned to make Thanksgiving dinner from a retired Navy cook when I was 11 and have been in charge of some or all of it most years since then so I have a lot of experience in this arena. I got a score of 13. I make sweet potatoes, but I boil mine in cider and and mash them with butter and freshly cracked black pepper, nary a marshmallow in sight. I have no experience with the green bean thing. I’ve never even had a guest bring it. I love to make my homemade stuffing, my freshly made cranberry sauce, and my savory pumpkin pan rolls. I always roast at least one turkey, serve graving made from the pan drippings, and shop online for Black Friday. My favorite dessert is a spice bundt which I have made many times. Generally, dinner is at 2:00 and I have had things ready then more often than not. As to the leftovers, I make stuffing waffles and then pile them with sliced turkey and a spread made with may, chipotle peppers, and leftover cranberry sauce with gravy on the side for dipping. It is delicious!

Readers: What are your answers?