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⌈ Secret Post #5438 ⌋

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Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

Question for Americans: I have heard about this sweet potato casserole that is allegedly a (southern?) Thanksgiving side dish, and how it has sweet potato, sugar and cinnamon and is topped with marshmallows. And I just... are people actually eating this?? And how is this a side dish and not a dessert? I just can't imagine this tasting anything other than sickly sweet...

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

One man's sickly sweet is another man's just right. And lots of people make sweet potatoes without marshmallows, or with pecan nuts instead.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

The only way my brother will eat a sweet potato is if it is baked, cut in half, and filled with a mix of fresh pineapple, apple, butter, and cinnamon. (A good tablespoon of this mixture is great for one medium sized sweet potato.)


Really tasty, and I should make it again some time.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

SA

And maybe a tiny amount of unsalted chopped walnuts on top.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

I eat it as part of dessert with pie, but other people do eat it along with the turkey and stuff. Depending on how you make it, the dish can come out tasting just a bit sweet and not like it's giving you cavities as you eat it.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[ava_tara]

Funny thing is while its commonly associated with the South the ones who invented the dish were a candy company. In 1917 the Rueckheim brothers wanted to boost their marshmallow sales so they paid Janet McKenzie Hill, founder of founder of the Boston Cooking School Magazine, to produce a cookbook encouraging home cooks to use the marshmallow candy in food dishes.

Just as an aside on if its really a side dish versus dessert -- technically a sweet potato pie and a sweet potato casserole are the same thing really. Its a matter of presentation on when its given out as Sweet Potato Pie is made with white sugar and no topping besides whip cream while Sweet Potato Casserole is made with brown sugar and 'traditionally' have the marshmallows on top or a sort of crumble made of brown sugar and nuts (popular being pecans).

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

It wasn't traditional in my family, but yeah, it's a thing. The most wtf this is dessert thing I remember from my childhood was my paternal grandma's jello salad--pistachio pudding mix, canned pineapple, gelatin, sour cream, and I think pecans.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

We had something similar!!

It was called ambrosia fluff in my family and it was something my mom said her mom made when she was a little girl. And now my mom makes around New Years as a dessert treat.

The main difference I see is there was no added gelatin or sour cream in our version. We had instead mini marshmallows, mandarin oranges, cherries and coconut in ours. The nuts were either pecans or walnuts.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking of WTF desserts, have you ever had coffee gelatin?

You take unflavored gelatin and prepare it with coffee instead of water. Sugar and cream are optional. Whipped cream is a good garnish.

My maternal grandmother used to make this for guests from the 1950's onward.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[dani_phantasma]

Yes my fam made it every year for a long time and I ensure we keep eating every year even though only me and Dad like it. I guess the only reason its not a dessert is that sweet potatoes are supposed to be like really good for you. It tastes super sweet but with my tastebuds I dunno it's just GOOD. Its one of my fave dishes honestly. This year we had nuts in it. That was so gooooood.

Re: Favorite Thanksgiving side dishes

[(Anonymous)]

Not an American but we had a sweet potato marshmallow casserole as a laugh as a side for turkey and it was a surprising smash hit!
Delicious, and not as sweet as you'd think. I wouldn't have it as a dessert. It fit well with the turkey and gravy but I like mixing sweet and salty.