![[homemade] My attempt at thanksgiving dinner as a Brit.](https://www.diningandcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/nv4axjo5s64g1-scaled.jpeg "[homemade] My attempt at thanksgiving dinner as a Brit.")
I always host Friday night dinner at my house so I thought just for fun I’d try my hand at a rendition of thanksgiving dinner. Apologies about the flag, just pretend I cut out 50 tiny stars. We’ve got turkey, red cabbage, Brussels sprouts gratin, macaroni cheese, stuffing, mash potatoes, homemade buns and Green bean casserole which is a miss for me personally.
by CherryFizz12
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That is impressive. Well done!
You absolutely left off the cranberry log and the candied yams with marshmallow fluff.
Green bean casserole can be a miss for folks, but it might also be that you used the wrong type of beans and it looks like your bean to sauce/soup ratio was a little off as well. Overall quite a nice attempt!
Your flag is fine.
the bird looks like it is still in pain…
points for trying!
Looks good. However, the green bean casserole doesn’t look traditional. Maybe that’s why it was a miss. We always make it with canned beans, cream of mushroom or chicken and crunchy French onions on top. The only time I made ot with fresh beans, it didn’t taste right.
Gravy to mashed potatoes ratio is spot on.
Looks great! Just tuck your turkey wings in next time so they don’t stick up like that!
what the hell did you do to those baps!
🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 we love the Liberian flag lol, anyways food looks good 👍
Looks damn good. Only complaints I see is people complaining you didn’t make it the way they do, which who gives a shit. You nailed it!
I’d really like to try a authentic thanksgiving meal, because it always looks fun, but when I see people posting their plates on Reddit it always looks like a Leftovers meal
“Yea we’ve got some turkey leftover, erm have a bread roll with it and some mac and cheese, I think I can throw together a casserole from what’s in the cupboard, all those potatoes need using up so just mash them”
Fucking hell mate, can we be friends? 😂 cant judge them dishes because im not american, but that seems delicious
Ya done good.
The cranberry MUST be from a can and MUST show the ridges 😂 otherwise it really does look great and yummy once we get past the flag.
How was the reaction by the guests?
That bird looks like it died trying to escape the oven
looks like thanksgiving good job
Not sure what the two dishes between the green bean casserole and stuffing are. One looks like brussel sprouts I think? I would deff cut and roast them next time if so
I will say, the most delicious Thanksgiving meal I ever had was at a Gordon Ramsey restaurant, The Narrow, in the UK.
Looks great!
What’s on the brussel sprouts? Bechamel? Really interesting if so, I’ll have to try that
Okay, questions: is that pheasant? What is that on the brussel sprouts? What is that between the bird and the brussel sprouts? Explain the bread to me?
# Glory to Liberia!
Everything looks good, but the green bean casserole does look a little non-traditional. That might be why it didn’t land. I’ve always had it with canned beans, cream of mushroom (or chicken), and crispy French onions. I tried fresh beans once and it just wasn’t the same.
Look at those glass bowls giggling😊
Red cabbage? I’m a bit mystified by that. Almost everything else looks great. Even if it cooked well, a spatchcocked turkey looks wrong.
-3 points no store bought pasta salad put into a giant bowl to pretend you made it.
Solid fucking Thanksgiving spread. The only think I’d change is replacing the brussel sprouts with banana pudding.
I respect the attempt!
You nailed the flag. It’s like being in Texas with a squadron of bald eagles flying over playing Souza.
What is the average Brit’s feeling towards 4th of July? Do you guys mention anything on that day or no one even remembers what day it is?
Pretty good looking first attempt, especially if you’ve never done American Thanksgiving before.
Good showing I generally cut my green beans up & what exactly is happening with the Brussel sprouts
Nice attempt! I’d throw down on this. One suggestion: gotta use chopped green beans in that casserole vs whole, and a big layer of fried onions on top, not enough onion there. Also sorry to say that looks like a dry, sad looking turkey.
Love that your turkey is waving at us. I tuck the wings before roasting. Red cabbage is the oddity to me. I’m also not a fan of green bean casserole (didn’t grow up eating it in Southern California). Brussels sprouts gratin a new one too, but sounds like a yummy side. Love the addition of mac n cheese. I lived many, many years in the south and it’s a thanksgiving staple and always part of our meal. You’re just missing candied yams or sweet potatoes with marshmallow (I don’t eat those either, but very southern), and pumpkin pie. Good job!
No one has red cabbage, but it sounds much better to me than a lot of thanksgiving sides. In fact, it’s gonna make it into my Thanksgiving routine next year!
Mashed and gravy look amazing.
Your cranberry sauce is 10x better than the canned stuff that people are talking about on this thread.
The dressing looks more like a loaf. Should be light and fluffy (as a gravy absorber). Brussels sprouts in cream doesn’t sound good to me.
that turkey looks like it was fighting to get out of the oven. 😅
Valiant effort. Bird looks dry af. The green beans are practically swimming in cream sauce. And no fried onion topping?! Just a hard pass from me all round.
I love how the turkey seems to be saluting the flag.
A very solid attempt.
Also, I also serve gravy out of Pyrex. I am rather embarrassed about that, but not so embarrassed that I want to keep a gravy boat in my house for exactly one meal a year.
We need to talk about the Brussels. 🤣 but jokes aside this is honestly quite good!
We make a full English on Xmas morning, so turnabout is fair play! I’m sure we do something wrong lol
Well, having been raised by my British mum, not bad for your first attempt. Again, based on my childhood experiences, ill assume that turkey is drier than a camel’s ass. Mum would overcook all meats, then drown it in gravy. It was like eating wood, but with less taste. Full marks on effort!!
Looks like you did a great job ! Brussels aren’t necessarily a super common dish in the US, probably less for thanksgiving but that green bean casserole is absolutely a classic. I swear it’s the only time of year cream of mushroom soup sells. In our household we prefer it on the drier side. We’d probably use twice as many greenbeans for that pan. We also place the little fried onion crisps in it and on it – again probably the only time of year those things sell well lol; it’s one of those very traditional recipes that was likely created by the onion crisp company decades ago but became very popular and works well.
It needs a pie – pecan, pumpkin or sweet potato are all acceptable.
It also needs candied yams.
It looks great! The green bean casserole looks amazing.
Are those Brussels sprouts in mashed potatoes? Holy hell lol
Looks wonderful – you did a great job! That’s a whole lot of work
If you make it a tradition, try sweet potato casserole next time too (with a pecan crunch topping, don’t listen to the heretics with their marshmallows). It’s pretty tasty and a staple at a lot of tables!
Years ago when I was studying in Germany on an exchange year, we did something similar and invited our fellow international exchange students, as a potluck. I was in charge of one of two turkeys, and it was in fact the first turkey I had ever personally cooked! Our city was near a US army base and we had a connect on the inside that procured two frozen turkeys for us. I was very nervous about messing it up but I think I nailed it, haha. Several other Americans brought the staple sides and we encouraged others to bring their favorite dish from their home countries. It was such a fun evening!
Most real thing is the gravy being made and served outta the Pyrex measuring cup 😂👍
Green bean casserole is made with (French) cut canned green beans not whole fresh ones 😭
Looks great. You lot know your way around a gravy across the pond. I’m sure everything was delicious!
You did an awesome job! It looks pretty good, I’d definitely eat it. And to complete the cultural exchange, I learned about Guy Fawkes Night from a British friend of mine the other day. Now I really want to make a straw doll of him and chuck it into a fire!
Some people just don’t like green bean casserole; I prefer a recipe like Alton Brown’s green bean casserole. The standard canned green beans and canned mushroom soup will do in a pinch, but definitely not the best there is. Hope you enjoyed your feast!