Holiday Humor

My mama always made potato salad on Thanksgiving. Christmas, too.

 

Traditions vary, often depending on location. Down here potato salad, sweet potato casserole (yuck), and mashed potatoes are common (sometimes all three at the same meal lol). And as far as being temperature driven, in Texas "summer time foods" almost always fit the menu. lol Rolls are a common bread option down here because a lot of folks prefer cornbread dressing over stuffing. Damn it, all this potato salad talk has me craving some. lol

 

Nailed it. lol

 

LOL. It's the marshmallows that ruin it for me. That's the only way my daddy would eat it though, so that's the way they were made. Candied sweet potatoes/yams or pie are the best way to go with them.

Green bean casserole is semi-popular around here. It wasn't all that popular when I was a kid, but more people were serving it as I got older. It's okay, but I'm not a fan of the French fried onions.

Something else my mama always made during the major holidays was pea salad. She pretty much ate it by herself, but she loved it. lol Mama wasn't much of a cook in general since she hated cooking, but she always did a great job with Thanksgiving and Christmas. She always went all out, and her cornbread dressing was the best.

 

It's a side dish, and folks eat the hell out of it around here. It might be okay without the marshmallows, but I've never thought it was worth the effort to find out. Lol. There are too many better options.