Worst holiday food [NOT 12/11/24]

12/11/24 brightersideoflife 29
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Hi, friends!

What’s on your list of horrible holiday foods? It needs to be something your family made and expected folks to eat, not just something you don’t like.

For example, nobody in my family ever made cranberry relish or bought the canned cranberry gel, so I can’t say that’s on my list.

What I can say?

The sweet potatoes cooked with marshmallows? Nope, no thank you. Ruined perfectly good sweet potatoes and marshmallows. My dad would make it with Jack Daniels which also wasted alcohol. That we otherwise needed to get through the holidays with family.

My aunt made a horrible pumpkin pie every year. She didn’t like seasonings and always overbaked it. And when I say she didn’t like seasonings? No ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nothing. Horrible.

I know this holds nostalgia for many people, but I was never a fan of the standard green bean casserole with fried onions. I can’t do it. The mushy french-cut canned green beans? No thank you. Adding water chestnuts to make it *fancy*? Doesn’t help. I blame my father for my dislike because that man loved french-cut canned green beans and probably had them 2 or more nights a week my entire childhood. Mush, every time.

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29 Comments

    • I strongly dislike Cream of Mushroom. I used to like it till I got sick after eating it.

      If you’re wondering… yes there is a correlation on getting sick and stuff I refuse to eat/not fond of.

      • Intensely disliking something is correlated to food allergies, at least for me. And honestly, I suspect other people too. Always despised shellfish and then found out I was allergic. I’ve got a sister that’s allergic to strawberries but she always hated them, long before she knew she was allergic.

  2. I really do enjoy green beans, but whole and roasted in the air fryer with some garlic, pepper and some olive oil. I never really like French (fancy name for shredded green slop) cut Yohoho Jolly Green Giant frozen stuff.

  3. *shrugs*

    i mean…..now im adult nobody forces me to eat?

    so you know…..you better give me something good?

    jesus fucking christ….sweet potatos cooked with marshmallows?

    jesus fuck..i thought you meant badly cooked meals not crimes against humanity only americans would dream up

    • Which *type* though, Myo?

      Becase whipped jello is awesome–but all other jellos may be considered abominations😉

       

      To make whipped jello, make a large package of  strawberry–or your preferred Jello flavor, according to the package directions.

      When it is almost set up (and still slides off a tablespoon in one mearly-set “blorp”, use a mixer to blend in one large package of cool whip whipped topping per large package of jello.

      Yes, it *must* be cool whip or the generic version thereof–NOT the “light cool whip” or sugar free jello–neither of those has the requisite number of chemicals to make the concoction set up properly!

      Once the strawberry jello/cool whip concoction is the color of “fluffy Pepto-bismol,” put it back into the fridge to set up the rest of the way.

      Once set, eat the whipped jello (aka, “Jello Salad,” aka “Pink Fluff”)

      It *sounds* revolting–I freely admit that!

      But it *tastes* like strawberry happiness😁

       

  6. The secret to making a really good “Green Bean Casserole” isn’t water chestnuts.

     

    It’s 2-4 cans of you choice green beans, drained.

    2 cans of Cream of Mushroom, Golden Mushroom, or *whatever* mushroom soup you prefer.

    1 can of milk.

    I block of Cream Cheese or Neufchatel, cut into 1/2″ cubes

    1 c (or more!) of Sour Cream or Top the Tater (original Chive/Onion flavor!)

    Mix the above ingredients, and dump into lightly sprayed Casserole dish.

    Cover & bake at 350°F, until all ingredients are heated thoroughly, and Cream cheese is no longer recognizable as such.

    Add 1 package French’s (or store brand) French Fried Onions, and remove cover. Return to oven, until onions are lightly browned.

    The secret is adding the Cream cheese *and* the sour cream, to “pop” and balance out the “bland” of the soup, milk, and green beans!😉💖

  8. Mt step-mom can ruin just about anything. She boils/microwaves all vegetables to DEATH. A nice green salad? Sounds lovely, except for the gallon of oil & vinegar (extra vinegar) dressing she drowns it in. If she does decide to home bake a dessert, she doesn’t take it out when the timer dings, she just turns the oven off. So whatever it was is now dry or burned.

    But she is also the type to complain about having to do “all this work” while also not letting anyone else help or bring anything. So. 

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