Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by annie in Notebook
Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. It’s a time where I get to eat delicious food with my hilarious family. Well, most of the food is delicious. I thought I’d take a moment to acknowledge the phenomenon of that one rogue dish which tradition dictates that each family make every year despite the fact that most of it remains untouched on the dining room table, except perhaps by the dish’s one enthusiast/maker.
In our family, this dish is called “Bing Cherry Salad.” Also known as “The Dreaded Bing-er.” My sister has another nickname for this salad which I won’t write here as this is a family-friendly blog.
Here’s the recipe for the Dreaded Bing-er.
Strike one: It’s a Jello salad. Like, nobody makes gelatin salads these days. They’ve had their rise and fall in popular culture and it’s now generally known that they are gross.
Strike two: Bing cherries. Have you ever even heard of a Bing cherry? This dish is so outdated that the fruit it calls for has practically disappeared from existence. It’s like making a Dodo bird salad. They don’t really exist anymore. In fact, mom couldn’t even find a can of bing cherries at the grocery store this year. We thought we were off the hook until she found a lone can of them at the back of our pantry. No telling how long it’d been there…
Strike three: Cream Cheese. What? Cream cheese and jello? And coca cola? What?
Here is the Dreaded Bing-er in all its glory:
Terrifying! I always have a tiny spoonful just to carry on the family tradition but I have a feeling that this dish will inevitably disappear from our Thanksgiving line-up unless mom can find Bing cherries for sale on the internet.
To add insult to injury, my little brothers have begun growing, harvesting, and juicing their own wheatgrass. It’s packed with immune boosters and antioxidants but it’s also just gross. Even when mixed with apple juice.
The boys are ready to serve the healthy juice to the entire family. Also, Tyler photo-bombed this picture. He’s on the left.
I give it a try. Even mixed with 2 parts apple juice, it’s still a tough thing to swallow.
Those brothers of mine never cease to amaze me. So anyway, I’d love to get feedback from everyone on their family’s one random dish that no one seems to really like but gets served every year. Maybe I could put together a cookbook?!? Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!
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Tanya
29. Nov, 2009
It’s funny you mentioned jello salads, because this year for the first time ever, my mom made one. Her and my dad love it because they’re old. Well, my dad is, he’s 80. Anyway, I did the dutiful daughter thing and ate some. I even texted my mom to tell her it was good. I texted her because if I called she would have known I was only saying it to be nice.
The one dish we have every year that is so disgusting is turnip. My dad is the only one who eats it.
Brooke
29. Nov, 2009
Hi Annie…we are pretty traditional around here so nothing like the Bing Cherry Salad ….when Grandma’s around she likes us to eat cranberryies all the time (which none of us like) so we stick to the stuffing potatoes and Turkey!!! Thats a cool idea about a cookbook!! We could all send in recipes and then proceeds from the cookbook could go to your friend that was hit in the head or a charity. We would buy one!!!
Lv ya,
Brooke
steve
29. Nov, 2009
it would be a rutabaga turnip. It smell’s terrible while being cooked and nobody eats it except for my mom.It’s some sorta Candian thing from my moms gradnma.
Emily C
29. Nov, 2009
my mom makes something that kind of looks like that but its with cranberries and its actually good haha =) we dont really have any really bad dishes in our family but we do have a really good one! my cousins and i call it “ribbon jello.” (im hoping it doesnt fall under your category of being outdated! its really good, i promise!) my grandma makes it for christmas dinner. its basically 8-10 layers of all different flavors of jello with cream cheese in between each layer to hold it together. definitely a classic! =)
Jessica
29. Nov, 2009
We threw tradition to the wind this year and had a Thai Thanksgiving….it was great, except for the illegal soup and thai chi tea stuff my aunt made. I’m talking a neon orange tea with truckloads of sugar in it and some foreign tasting spices that don’t compliment the overly sweetness of the tea….then you add half and half to it. It was definitely not my idea of a good drink. My aunt also made Thai soup…from God only knows what….but she told us not to eat the grass, leaves or wood chips that were IN it (she also said the wood and leaves in it are illegal to sell here, but her asian market always has some in the back if you ask for it. It tasted okay, but more importantly -I want to know why it’s illegal!!!!) Like a good niece, I tried a little of both concoctions. I just hope she doesn’t make them next time
Maybe try the wheatgrass with pomegranate juice. If it helped beer taste good….who knows what it could do for the grass. I’m glad you had fun with your family!
Happy Holidays!!!
Sean
29. Nov, 2009
I’m probably crazy, but that actually sounds kind of good to me… Bring it on!
I’m personally not a big fan of the ubiquitous green bean casserole. It seems like everyone else loves the stuff, but I really don’t see the appeal.
annie
29. Nov, 2009
Turnip? Yuck!
Well, actually I don’t know that I’ve ever tried it but I”m pretty sure I wouldn’t be into it…
annie
29. Nov, 2009
That’s a great idea Brooke! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
annie
29. Nov, 2009
More turnip. I had no idea it was even a traditional dish. Wow.
annie
29. Nov, 2009
I would love to see a picture of that!