S/O Tday: Cranberry sauce

[tarheels]

[sierramist03]

We have one with oranges and cranberry and sugar

[bethaboo]

I have learned that I don't need it to make my Thanksgiving complete. But if it's there and from a can, I'll eat it.

[thatgirl2478]

Nov 8, 2012 20:54:34 GMT -5 sierramist03 said:

We have one with oranges and cranberry and sugar

We always have this one too. Chopped up super fine in the food processor - it's SO GOOD! Especially in a dinner roll with butter - yumm!

[TBM]

I didn't know that I liked cranberries until I tasted something other than the jelly kind in a can. I love the whole cranberries with orange stuff (like from Trader Joes ), but we mostly use it for other things (like as an ingredient in an appetizer) rather than as a side for thanksgiving.

[Bonita]

I make a Cranberry Jello Salad that has Fresh Cranberries, Red Jello (Cranberry/Raspberry), Pineapple, Walnuts, and Celery in it

[panicked]

Nov 8, 2012 22:20:25 GMT -5 Bonita said:

I make a Cranberry Jello Salad that has Fresh Cranberries, Red Jello (Cranberry/Raspberry), Pineapple, Walnuts, and Celery in it

You had me up until "celery."
I love all things cranberry. I'm making a cranberry chutney this Tday, but I'm also opening up a can. It's not Thanksgiving without the sound of the cranberry jelly coming out of the can.

[magdala9]

If it is canned, it should be jellied. If it is homemade is should have pieces of fruit in it.

And I am another who does not want stuff in my jello.

[bunnymendelbaum]

My family never ate it growing up, but I made some last year. Delicious!

[thewop]

I haven't eaten cranberry sauce since my great-grandmother passed away 15 years ago. I would only eat hers. When she died, she took the recipe with her. Sad. She never kept a recipe book or anything, so when she died the family was pretty disappointed. She was a great cook.

[kaylie]

I like it jellied from the can, with can lines still evident. We're classy like that.

[wawa]

Nov 9, 2012 8:38:15 GMT -5 kaylie said:

I like it jellied from the can, with can lines still evident. We're classy like that.

this is a turkey day tradition for my family. It HAS to have can lines. And then at some point during the meal you make a point of telling the cook that the turkey is good and the mashed potatoes are cool and all - but you're really blown away by how he/she managed to carve those perfect lines in the cranberry sauce.

But we actually like the chunky homemade kind (assorted recipes used - all enjoyed), so last year I got smartassy and made homemade cranberry sauce and modified the recipe that it would jell solid - and then put it in a cleaned out can and unmolded it at the dinner table.