I actually did not consume turkey this year.
Dad did a Boston butt on the smoker, and a pan of chicken leg quarters "beer can style" in the oven.
Yes, there was dressing and Cranberry sauce, and green beans.
My personal favorite was the cornbread salad.
It's amazing.
Crumbled cornbread, mixed with mayo/ranch dressing dry mix/sour cream, and stirred together with onion/green bell pepper/whole kernel corn/pinto beans(woulda used black beans personally)/shredded cheese of your choice.
Dessert was homemade pecan and pumpkin pies. He even grew the pumpkin himself, and the neighbor made the pecan pie from pecans they picked up.
He also did a "mystery pie" that turned out to be an old recipe he found for a "pinto bean pie". Had shredded coconut with sweetend mashed pinto beans as the filler.
Surprisingly good with some strawberry ice cream.
Can say this about my dad, hes always learning things. Good or bad, hes always got something different going on.