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he makes some dern fine brisket

and I take some home with me for chili meat!

Turkey leg goes in, bone comes out.

Trying to think of something other than turkey this year. Not sure that much is coming to mind. 

Cornish game hens work for me.  When my kids were tenish, they liked having their own bird, and no leftovers.

Last year we had duck confit catered by our local French place, partly to aid them in staying around, it was really good.  And they are still around and doing well.

If they are open we'll probably go there, but they probably close.  They aren't.

Time to start talking T-day again?  

Well don't forget the intro - 
My favorite Holiday a respite from modern mayhem.Whatever you're roasting/smoking/grilling/frying hope it exceeds expectations.Good food,good times with family & friends - Best Wishes and safe travels to All.

Those roasted root vegetables sound simple & splendid

I made tamales one year. I thought they were great - everyone else was wondering why I made tamales. I was all excited, thinking everyone could help make them. No one was interested in that either. More tamales for me though.

Tamales take some work that's for sure. Around here, families with Mexican heritage tend to all gather at Abuelita's house in the days before Thanksgiving or Christmas, and all of the moms/aunts/sisters/female cousins join in and help.  Making the holiday tamales is very female-centric in their culture.

Growing up, we had some good friends down the street, whose parents were Mexican nationals, and the whole extended family lived in and around us in NW Austin.  My sister and I were good friends with all of the kids, and when I was a young boy they'd let me participate in the process, which I thought was a lot of fun.  But once I got to my teenage years, they kicked me out of the kitchen and I had to go into the other room with the men, who were drinking cerveza and watching futbol when they could find it, and football otherwise.

Runzas?well i know they did venison and turkey,prolly wabbit.gourds/squash.Not sure if they did any seafood but if it could be caught it might have made the menu

Edit: oh I see that is a link - interesting

Fruits indigenous to the region included blueberries, plums, grapes, gooseberries, raspberries and, of course cranberries, which Native Americans ate and used as a natural dye. The Pilgrims might have been familiar with cranberries by the first Thanksgiving, but they wouldn’t have made sauces and relishes with the tart orbs. That’s because the sacks of sugar that traveled across the Atlantic on the Mayflower were nearly or fully depleted by November 1621. Cooks didn’t begin boiling cranberries with sugar and using the mixture as an accompaniment for meats until about 50 years later.