Update: Help me make an American Christmas dinner for the first time.

[tuckgod]

There isn’t one American Christmas dinner.

A lot of people cook non traditional stuff because they don’t want to eat the same shyt they ate for Thanksgiving for another week.

The generic holiday meal in a black American Southern household would probably be something like:

Turkey
Baked Ham
Fried Chicken
Some sort of fish depending on region
Stuffing
Collard greens
Candy yams (I know it’s candied)
Cabbage
mac & cheese
Potato salad
Dinner rolls
Cakes
Sweet potato pie






Chitterlings if it’s a really black household

 

[Coco Loco]

Babes where are the yams, mashed potatoes with gray, baked mac n cheese and sweet potato pie?

 

[Caca-faat]

There isn’t one American Christmas dinner.

A lot of people cook non traditional stuff because they don’t want to eat the same shyt they ate for Thanksgiving for another week.

The generic holiday meal in a black American Southern household would probably be something like:

Turkey
Baked Ham
Fried Chicken
Some sort of fish depending on region
Stuffing
Collard greens
Candy yams (I know it’s candied)
Cabbage
mac & cheese
Potato salad
Dinner rolls
Cakes
Sweet potato pie






Chitterlings if it’s a really black household

I may do some stuffed salmon. I’m definitely not doing chitterlings.

 

[Caca-faat]

Babes where are the yams, mashed potatoes with gray, baked mac n cheese and sweet potato pie?

I put all that in my original post, he doesn’t want sweet potato pie, he wants banana pudding. I forgot to add mash but I’m definitely doing that.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Already good advice in the thread. I'll just add that it's ridiculous for you to have to cook a feast of food that you've never cooked before. I hope he's helping you. Thanksgiving dinner usually takes at least a day to make, as in a whole 24 to 48 hours, and that's with multiple people helping.

Don't go overboard because if he isn't appreciative or doesn't like it, you are gonna be pissed. Please stick to 3 to 4 dishes max with 1 dessert. Less is more.

PS He needs to cover the cost of all the ingredients.

 

[Coco Loco]

I put all that in my original post, he doesn’t want sweet potato pie, he wants banana pudding. I forgot to add mash but I’m definitely doing that.

Oh my bad. I saw the poll and started typing. Carry on

 

[Caca-faat]

Already good advice in the thread. I'll just add that it's ridiculous for you to have to cook a feast of food that you've never cooked before. I hope he's helping you. Thanksgiving dinner usually takes at least a day to make, as in a whole 24 to 48 hours, and that's with multiple people helping.

Don't go overboard because if he isn't appreciative or doesn't like it, you are gonna be pissed. Please stick to 3 to 4 dishes max with 1 dessert. Less is more.

PS He needs to cover the cost of all the ingredients.

I want to do it, it’s not a requirement, I usually make Christmas dinner for up to 20 by myself so it’s no biggie.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Gotta make sweet potato pie

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

That nxgga gon be sick the day after Christmas, no offense to OP.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Already good advice in the thread. I'll just add that it's ridiculous for you to have to cook a feast of food that you've never cooked before. I hope he's helping you. Thanksgiving dinner usually takes at least a day to make, as in a whole 24 to 48 hours, and that's with multiple people helping.

Don't go overboard because if he isn't appreciative or doesn't like it, you are gonna be pissed. Please stick to 3 to 4 dishes max with 1 dessert. Less is more.

PS He needs to cover the cost of all the ingredients.

Yep. I hate to be negative, but this ain't gon turn out the way she thinks it is. She don't even know how the stuff supposed to taste

 

[The BasedFather]

Main foods:
Yams
Baked Mac n cheese
Collard greens
Stuffing
Baked beans
Turkey

For dessert:
Sweet potato pie
Peach cobbler
Some kind of cheesecake
Chocolate cake

 

[The BasedFather]

Where are you from OP?

I’m from up north and my stepdad is from down south. The way they cook is completely different

 

[El Bombi]

So you’re fixing turnip greens instead of collard greens? It’s really not that hard to make it just takes time.

Most people I know cook turnip greens over collard greens.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

I want to do it, it’s not a requirement, I usually make Christmas dinner for up to 20 by myself so it’s no biggie.

Okay...however, Thanksgiving is a family orientation holiday with family contributions. Most people do that by having having family cook different dishes or bring different dishes. The point of 1 person doing all the cooking defeats the purpose. Putting food on the table is 1 part of the holiday, but it doesn't make the holiday.

At the very least he's should be covering the cost of the food. If not you're doing it wrong. Thanksgiving is suppose to be reciprocal.

Anyway, I recommend a lady on YouTube called "Divas Can Cook." She has really good recipes.

 

[MajesticLion]

Nice gesture

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