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fajitas, hands down.

Here's a suggestion that should work.

Just use the chips for the first 60-90 minutes while roasting the bird.

I use mesquite and/or hickory chips and in the case of a larger piece of meat, I use the chunks.

You'll get some smoke flavor, but not all the way through the meat.

Of course, I come down on the smokey taste that improves the next day.

Once other suggestion, baste the bird after it starts to brown.
I use a bit of cider vinegar and cherry or pomegranate juice.
It'll brown the bird and you'll serve a really gorgeous looking bird.

Be sure to let it rest for about 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

Grandy's roast beef, carrots, and mashed potatoes

ABT: Anything but turkey.

I also love Thanksgiving - it's my favorite holiday, hands down. My favorite food is Mama's dressing. She bakes cornbread separately, sautes onion and celery, breaks up the cornbread and adds the vegetables, chicken broth, and some of the drippings from the turkey pan and then bakes the mixture. Since it never goes inside the turkey, it's not stuffing, but dressing, and it is yummy!
I love how everybody talks about how cozy Thanksgiving is. I absolutely agree and I love the day after, too. Turkey sandwiches on sourdough bread - yum!

The roast beef at Manny's Deli in Chicago. I get it extra rare on an onion roll that is SOAKED in roast beef juice. The potato pancake and pickle on the side aren't too shabby either.

Coming from a Turkish household, my favorite family dinner is mercimek çorbasi (lentil soup) with köfte (ground beef/meatball-like patties), domatesli pilav (tomato rice), and yogurt.

i love everything about Thanksgiving... maybe because I was born on a Thanksgiving day a few years ago ;) and it marks the start of Xmas season... it's sucha happy time for me, always.

I used to love the whole menu combination. And would most look forward eating the same menu a few times via the leftovers. and even now that I am vegetarian, I think my favorite part are the sweet potatoes/yams... my mom used to make them with marshmallows on top. YUMMM.

CUMIN... after 3 weeks in India a few years ago, i developed an aversion to cumin after a whole week straight of eating food seasoned with cumin. Everything tasted the same.

Now, I can't even smell it at the supermarket.

Favorite family dinner would have to be my childhood birthday meal of Earl Abel's fried chicken and black bottom pie.

Really anything, as long as it's accompanied by family and laughter. We often have shrimp scampi in the summer and a roast with Yorkshire Pudding in the winter....mmm.... :)

I emigrated from the US ten years ago, so it's been a while since I celebrated Thanksgiving. Also, we don't eat poultry (we keep chickens as pets). But a good bread, sausage and onion stuffing with an ale gravy is hard to beat. And of course mashed potatoes...I put them up there with the omelette and scrambled eggs as something every good cook should be able to do well.

Sweet potato pie, topped with pecans, brown sugar and butter, and caramelised. An apple pie with a lattice top. Broccoli baked with a sharp cheese sauce.