Bye-bye turkey, hello ratatouille: 10 turkey-free Thanksgiving mains

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  Posted by Habanero♥™ Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:27pm PDT

  I have 2 vegetarians and a vegan amongst the 15 people for Thanksgiving. I have learned how to make everything twice with totally different ingredients. It is a challenge but one I really enjoy. Me---give me turkey with sausage stuffing, sour cream mashed potatoes, my gravy mmmmmmmm, homemade rolls with salted butter, candied yams, green beans with bleu cheese and buttered bread crumbs, squaw bread with apple butter, cranberry sauce, sweet potato pie, pumpkin cheesecake, cinnamon-chocolate truffles, and my famous Autumn Cocktail.

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  Posted by mighty_mouse Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:34pm PDT

  vegans and vegetarians are the most annoyingly ridiculous people on the planet.

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  Posted by mighty_mouse Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:35pm PDT

  .....other than mccain/palin supporters....

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  Posted by Jezabel Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:16am PDT

  With the exception of the turkey I am sure most of the sides in a T-day meal can make a good vegetarian meal in itself. All you would need to do is switch chicken stock to vegetable stock. Vegans meals are much harder to find at a traditional meal.

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  Posted by pretty much amazing Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:47am PDT

  What about Tofurkey? It tastes delicious. My boyfriend loves his steaks/turkey/whatever, but he actually grabs a lot of the Tofurkey stuff to inhale on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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  Posted by Opal Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:00pm PDT

  lol mighty mouse. I tried a vegetarian diet last year. I liked it for particular reasons, but then I had to quit for others. It occurred to me that vegetarians/vegans should at least offer to bring a dish that suits their diet, though usually they don't. It would be more considerate if they did.

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  Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:44am PDT

  we always have turkey.for us this dinner is a 1 time a yr.for us.

  I do all cooking and inviting,we have had people who dont eat turkey,they show up later for coffee etc, is fine with us.This is why we do stay home so we can have it the way we want and we are all happy.

  I dont change the menus ,either ya like it or ya dont ,if ya dont like turkey i am not mad because of that,come for dessert then,if not oh well maybe we'll see each other the holidays ..we do not stresss over it life is short folks get a grip sometimes you dont know if we have this holiday again..

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