Every Southerner on Thanksgiving

[@zaqzilla1]

The sleeping man saying he's watching the tv is the truest of all.

[@samuelhowie4543]

Best part of that was the announcer when he said that's a 1st down for the lions. That makes their 5th of the year.

[@pmbramucci1056]

I was wondering if I misheard that. Funnier that I didn't.

[@center4nerds]

Not enough apnea to be real life but the heart was there ;D

[@elwoodblues9613]

That was my father-in-law watching "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" a few years ago!

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

To quote my Daddy, " I was just resting my eyes."

[@marycasanova8905]

"I don't do black Friday....I've already punched enough strangers this year" I need that on a shirt. Woman after my own heart.

[@rileymolloy1969]

I thought she said cashiers lol

[@wayneeddy3261]

That's a line to remember..👍🏻😂😂

[@breckgirldiva]

So very true y'all!!! Hahahha... deep breath Hahahha... deep breath Hahahha... deep breath Hahahha... deep breath

[@johnwalker1058]

She came after my heart when she said that Mac and Cheese does belong on a Thanksgiving table. Fully agree.

[@gregorymoore2877]

So... Black Friday for her is actually Black Eye Friday? 🤔

[@amacen4515]

“That’s another first down for the Lions. That makes their 5th this season.” Holy crap I’m in tears over that

[@LTBudd]

It's just mean.

[@sbutler373]

@@LTBudd And accurate.

[@drgboc]

Dude! I called my wife in to watch the video just for that part! hahahaha

[@rickpresley63]

SO TRUE, y'all. Even the Browns beat them this year.

[@jamesmckane1205]

Me too. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@timothyjohnsey]

bourbon in the sweet potato casserole doesn't sound like a bad idea.

[@cocoanbella]

Depends how you make it. If you boil the butter/sugar/spices with the bourbon and cook off the alcohol before you add it, its fine. Otherwise the alcohol probably won't cook off just by baking, especially if you cover it with marshmallows.

[@tiki_trash]

The only time you're allowed to spill Bourbon is if it lands in the pecan pie.

[@Midori_Seabreeze]

It’s funny bc I purposefully put bourbon in the sweet potato casserole. 👀

[@shilohmjh7628]

Keep the bourbon, throw out the sweet potato anything!!

[@doughesson]

@@tiki_trash That isn't spillage. That's a deliberate action.

[@melissagallinetti9521]

This is a true story. When I was in my late teens I invited a friend to come to thanksgiving at my great grandmas and we had to sit at the kids table with my young adult cousin because we were still considered to be kids. My uncle went to snake handling church and the adults made the mistake of asking him to say the blessing. He started talking loudly in tongues. I was mortified. My cousin was stunned. My friend thought it was the coolest thing he had ever seen.

[@Nelle-uj3eg]

Not assigned food item ?! Sign me up?!😂😂

[@hazelwitherspoon2721]

"I know she's not bringing no food. We'll never make that mistake again." I feel you all the way up here in Central Jersey.

[@splehcar]

Same here all the way in Central Coast California. 🤦🏻‍♀️ That one friend who brings nothing but a wilted flower table centerpiece. Or a small can of pork 'n' beans. Unopened.

[@shadowkissed2370]

I have to make everything before a few people get here because if I don't there will be people in my kitchen "oh let me help" or "oh let my daughter help". If y'all want to help you can bring the napkins. Remember I said napkins, not a roll of paper towels you had out of its plastic packaging in your garage for a year. Bless your heart"

[@kerim.peardon5551]

My aunt never did live down that one year she bought generic ginger ale to make the punch. Every year after that, for decades, people walked past the punch table and checked to make sure "Linda wasn't a tight ass again this year bringing cheap ginger ale in this house."

[@capricorngirl52405]

Same here in Michigan

[@CEinNC]

I resemble that remark! But I married a really amazing cook and I can clean up after really well.

[@kevinramsey417]

A southerner's biggest Thanksgiving fear is not having made enough food for everyone.

[@theohiohousewife]

By everyone we mean the world

[@livesouthernable]

So true. Every year I have to dial my husband down several notches on food quantity. One year we had 6 people to feed and he made 10 pounds of potatoes. That’s like a pound and a half per person. Or he tried to make it. There was so much water in the pot, never could get the thing to boil. 🤦‍♀️

[@peepandstitch]

or *shudders* SALAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michellej7734]

Which NEVER happens, there is always leftovers for a week and then some.

[@bubbles9975]

@@theohiohousewife // 🙂 Where in Ohio r u from? I used to live near Youngstown

[@janzadventure101]

My church has a whole section of kitchen cabinet filled with those "to go" containers. After any church dinner, they are ready to be filled and passed out to the elderly/less fortunate members and anyone else we can think of.

[@jamesburton1050]

That's a great idea!

[@pawpawstew]

Ya'll done good.

[@cherylhee9762]

My mom used to put everything in a zip lock bag 😂. We still laugh about that!

[@janicesullivan8942]

Ours does too, is your church Baptist?

[@janicesullivan8942]

@@cherylhee9762 It works.

[@safraberries4962]

"I'm still gonna ask God to bless it but there ain't nothing he can do about this mac and cheese" I need that on a T-shirt

[@jeanvignes]

Apparently she doesn't know the old "the dog ate it" trick.

[@TheYellowBusLifeReset]

I “ate” a fancy overpriced mac and cheese last week that had (fresh and dried) MINT in it and I’m still having cold sweats and shuddering in horror….the owner of the restaurant was a slightly more than casual acquaintance (ie we run in the same social circles and see each other around and about a couple times a month) and wearing the polite face was HARD 😂😂😂

[@hishealer]

All they missed was, "Who put sugar in the cornbread?!" And the fistfight that follows. It was me. I liked to watch the fights.

[@julieklie2344]

Who ever put sugar in the cornbread better be ready for a whippin’ behind the outhouse !

[@nathankeesler428]

"It's johnnycake, you philistine."

[@carolcole570]

Tika Majere. Tika, I am an 8th generation Atlantan and my 47 year old daughter loves sugar in her cornbread ! God forbid ! The only reason that I can possibly come up with…….in the mistake in the gene pool …….is that her Daddy was raised in Buffalo, New York. But, HE died when she was 16 months old……so it just HAS to come from somewhere in that gene pool ! I am horrified just thinking about it. ( She does not like turnip greens, either !!! ). 😵‍💫🥶😵‍💫🥶😵‍💫🥶😵‍💫🥶

[@SR-iy4gg]

I'm southern. I can't stand cornbread that's not sweet. Otherwise, why eat it? It doesn't taste good, just very blah, without it. I love Jiffy cornbread. I know people make fun of it for some reason, but that's the best cornbread I've ever had.

[@carolcole570]

@@SR-iy4gg Honey pot, you have some yankee genes floating around that you don’t know about ! It is a BREAD, like for gravy, or eating with chicken or with turnip greens. NOTHING about that calls for “ sweet “. Jiffy is a pure…..yankee…..joke. But…..we love you, anyway !

[@tonia.5861]

Oh, No, Honey……RULE #1: NEVER trust something as important as the stuffing to an unknown outsider! They can bring the veggie and dip platter or the ice or the drinks 😉

[@tswain92_]

Exactly!

[@megzie0411]

Rule #1 never trust the dressing to someone who has stuffing.

[@splehcar]

That's my first thought too. Anything that's part of the main meal can *never* ever be trusted to a newcomer. Just the way it is... they can bring: ice, wine/beer, flowers, rolls/bread (even then that can be tricky because not all bread is created equal) ... ... ... yeah that's about it.

[@iamtalialin]

Don’t worry, there was a back-up in the garage fridge.

[@splehcar]

@@iamtalialin Rule #1 of Southern cooking: have a garage fridge for beer and back up dishes for situations like this. Edit: Actually... rule one is: cast iron never goes in the dishwasher. The garage fridge rule is probably #2

[@lynnbetts4332]

Growing up, Thanksgiving was a reunion of my father's family at an aunt's house in NE Texas. Generally, about 60-75 people. Tables set up outside under the carport for most, but the women were at card tables inside, which converted to tables for the uncles to play 42. Peanuts and pecans were in baskets on the tables for pre-lunch munching. Cokes (of multiple varieties) were in black iron cauldrons outside. Feast promptly served at noon. One aunt made the cornbread dressing in a huge roaster. After eating, the kids started a touch football game on the front lawn. At 3pm, all came back for seconds and found a spot in front of the TV for the Dallas Cowboys game. Really miss those days, but not the holly bushes in front of the house. Too many times, ended up head first in them trying to catch the football.

[@200x-v4k]

I definitely relate to that. And the holly bushes. Those hurt!🤣

[@lifecloud2]

We kids would have mesquite bean wars after eating ... now getting hit with a mesquite bean is not any fun at all. HAHA!

[@malloryjines5050]

What wonderful memories you must have of those years! The older I get (and yes I’m gettin there), the more I appreciate those meals, those stories and those people. Many are gone now, but we all loved Thanksgiving!

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Now all Texans know cokes can be Dr Pepper, Spite, or any other soda waters.

[@slewone4905]

Yeah, unfortunately in my family, My Mother, and an Uncle has the biggest homes. My Grandmother, before she passed insist in her house, despite it's size. SO I have to help my mother set up for 40, which she is particular. I am required to do less cooking each year, not because I can't but she needs more stuff to complain.

[@angelag669]

OK, so the guy sleeping in the chair is every one of my uncles at every family gathering. There is NO such thing as too much gravy and I don't do Black Friday in public anymore for fear I will end up in jail for assault. All this is a very true depiction of any Southern get together. I LOVE it!

[@causticchameleon7861]

Oh I don’t do Black Friday anymore. Especially since I scared the 6’4” tall almost 400lb guy I was dating at a post midnight black Friday sale at Walmart about 5-6 years ago. He was sure I was gonna get stabbed, shot or arrested. Nothing really happened except some ears were singed by some very Spicy language and a few bruises from the shopping buggy.

[@lilithbrantley4930]

I value sleep over a few good deals. It must be a Southern ritual for us women to slave over the stove two days for one Thanksgiving dinner. In my experience the men are ALWAYS gathered around the TV watching football 🙄. Or outside showing off their newest gun 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@firebladetenn6633]

I don’t dare go Black Friday shopping. I would likely get crushed fast as I am only 4’11 and just small all around. Plus my manners are just so instinctive that I probably wouldn’t get anything anyway. So.. meh.

[@johnchandler1687]

The only inaccuracy I saw was the sleeping guy would've had his belt undone and pants unbuttoned. After one each of every pie it's necessary just to breath.😅

[@Wyld1one]

Lazy boy recliners. My God those things were everywhere in the '70s, 80s 90s.

[@rspen2142]

Using the Country Crock container as Tupperware is exactly how we roll over here. We call that recycling!

[@juliemoore6957]

That's right!

[@TramJizzle]

Back in the 70's we had quite the collection cool whip containers

[@rspen2142]

@@TramJizzle I rarely use Cool-Whip, but when I do, i save those too.

[@Dsdcain]

I actually miss the Thanks Giving dinners we had when I was younger. Back when there was more of my family alive TBH. I don't say it to be morbid. It's just that so many of my older relatives have passed away (I am in my 50s now) and the rest of us left are so spread out now that there's almost no way to get together for one day. It's sort of sad, but not in a super depressing way. We grow and move on. I have family from coast to coast and north to south. Even my little girl, 26 little, had to stay in Washington because her husband was on duty the next day. So in short Thanks Giving is not just about being thankful for what we have, it's also important to be thankful for the memories of the things we had. The whole package so to speak.

[@dougfrith5001]

Our parents have passed on and so we now have Siblings Dinners. This year it’ll only happen once, but it allows us, with spouses/partners to get together and keep in touch, face to face. We call them Sibs Dinners for short.

[@Karen-p9t5g]

I agree, it is being able to look back on the life of family and stories that pulls me thru today.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I would have gone out to my kids & gkids if they couldn’t come to me Thanksgiving is way more important than Xmas to me. I even give gifts on Thxgvg and ignore Xmas. I hate being away from them or the gkids on their bdays too

[@Dsdcain]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah It comes down to we're just cousins now. No more parents and grandparents to hold it all together. My cousins have their own families and their own children as well as their children's grandparents. My dad passed in 2016, and my younger brother passed last year a few days before christmas. My wife and I care for my 81 year old mother and cannot travel with her. My daughter lives 3000 miles away and has commitments, and my son has commitments with inlaws for Thanksgiving. So I get your sentiment and applaud it, I still miss the past get togethers with all the characters that made up my family. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Make sure to let your loved ones know how important they are. You never know how long you'll have them. Peace.

[@LisaMerideth-i8t]

That’s what has become of my family. If they haven’t passed, they are spread all over this great county. And it is just one day. We text, we talk, we are grateful, we may even have some sadness. But we are still family. ❤❤

[@MariBlough]

Stuffing is in the bird only. In the pan, it's dressing. My NC grandmommie taught me that.

[@tracigresham7164]

Yes!!

[@royacree5227]

Preach!

[@lourdeswhitener9713]

PREACH IT SISTA

[@julieklie2344]

Oh no…well, bless yer lil heart!

[@lynnfelsheim2386]

That’s a new one to me. I thought it was all called stuffing.

[@fatmanoutdoors]

Missed on having Adam open the "to-go" container and exclaim, "Wait, this is actually butter!"

[@alchemyofcolorandstyle]

I was expecting that, too!😂

[@gailmpintos7232]

I thought butter is always in the cool whip container!?!

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Me too!

[@jamesrogers1554]

I still don’t understand the hang up about impromptu storage containers. Old sour cream cartons, pimento cheese buckets, and Chinese soup carriers work just as well as Tupperware and you never have to worry about getting them back from people.

[@kimbarbeaureads]

My mom used to refer to Country crock tubs as Tupperware. As in, go get some Tupperware for these leftovers.🤦🏼‍♀️

[@rrjohn5]

The eye roll over the lady bringing the "stuffing" was on point!😂😂🤣🤣🎯

[@rogue7723]

Was that supposed to be an innuendo for the girlfriend getting breast augmentation or am I just having a dirty mind?

[@julieklie2344]

@@rogue7723 Unless she was “Un-dressin’ “

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

@@rogue7723 It's called dressing in normal people language.

[@bellanutella7091]

I thought it was someone bringing oyster casserole 🥘

[@animebrat76]

I’m confused?

[@andrewlybbert9527]

Death by fried turkey explosion has to be the purest example of the freedoms and liberties the Founding Fathers envisioned for our country. “You want to risk serious personal injury to fry a bird you don’t know how to cook? Go ahead, it is your right as an American!” 🤣

[@betsybarnicle8016]

The stuffing isn't assigned to a newbie...that's an established dish for grandma or the hostess. Someone brought a rogue stuffing two years in a row. It was bland and bad. I told my sister, the hostess, that she needed to address the problem.

[@ellenhage3611]

Thanksgiving is not the time to go rogue, or use a new recipe. I would have thrown that box Mac n Cheese in the trash. Just stick to the tried and true.

[@MysticHeather]

Lol we don’t do stuffing in the south, dressin exclusively 😝

[@betsybarnicle8016]

@@MysticHeather We used to, 50 years ago, in the north, but now I think people up here have gotten lazy.

[@pumpkin3.1415]

@@MysticHeather I'm just curious, as someone from the northeast who's only ever had stuffing, what is dressing?

[@MysticHeather]

@@pumpkin3.1415 haha 😄 well… basically it’s cornbread crumbled up and mixed with various things, different families use different mixins, usually chicken or turkey, broth, some people add boiled eggs my dad hates em so we don’t, and seasonings like sage and then the entire mixture is baked creating sort of a moist savory … cake..? It’s more solid and bread/cornbread based than a casserole. It could arguably be the southern universal favorite item on the thanksgiving table.:. Some say it competes w the turkey itself, I certainly do lol. Without a doubt my favorite part. I hope that’s a somewhat accurate description for someone who’s never had it, I’m sure some other southerners will jump in and add their own descriptions. It *sounds* kinda gross but it is the most delicious thing, I get to eat it two times a year and I save plenty of room on my plate for it every time!

[@joannelwatson5066]

OMG I just had a flashback from Thankgiving at my late Mamaw and Papaw's house. The men disappeared into the woods to go hunting, while the women "helped" Mamaw cook (except she didn't like OR allow anyone to help) so we (kids) sat in the living room & watched the black & white tv with ONE channel OR visited the empty dog kennel (dogs went with the men hunting). I can literally smell my Mamaw's house and all of the yummy food that she made... Lord how I miss that woman!!

[@DeathnoteBB]

What did you do at the empty kennel? I’m curious now lol

[@julieklie2344]

ditto, except it was Granny’s. I always wondered what all the grown men were doing out behind the shed, and we weren’t allowed to go out there.?🤔

[@serenabell1971]

I understand. I miss Sunday dinner and all holiday dinners at Granny and Pawpaw’s house. Those were truly the good all days!

[@RH-tv9hk]

❤❤❤

[@klptravel1]

@@julieklie2344 haha, this is SO TRUE!!!

[@MattLovesVinyl]

Eunice is my spirit animal. "Before anyone asks, no I don't have [someone] this year. Again. And before anyone asks me at Christmas, the answer will be the same. Again." Every damn year! Hah!

[@ktspirit1]

That one or "when are you going to have me a grandchild, greatgrandchild or any other child". LOL.

[@dclark142002]

@@ktspirit1, yup. Because once you DO have a potential spousal interest or a spouse, the question just morphs...it doesn't go away.

[@elwoodblues9613]

Good for you, Matthew.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

My daughter feels the same.

[@kathryn3802]

Same. I'm the only single person and I get asked every year without fail. I just need to play that clip and save some time. Also it makes you feel bad when they ask, or maybe that's just me.

[@MotoRideswJohn]

I married a, gulp, northerner. We have the Dressing / Stuffing fight every year. It's just not Thanksgiving without cornbread dressing.

[@RJ-mw2gw]

John, you had better learn to make it, because you’re right cornbread dressing is the way to go! There’s nothing wrong with two kinds of dressing on the table! 😂 Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 🥧

[@coolkumquats]

@@RJ-mw2gw Exactly! Both is the way to go. Everyone is happy and there are even more leftovers 😋

[@SkitSkat674]

I combine the two and shove it all in the bird. I know. I'm horrible.

[@nobackhands]

bless your heart

[@marycasanova8905]

Amen

[@debco12]

This video made me laugh then cry remembering all those Thanksgivings spent with my southern family. My granny made everything from scratch. As a kid you think it will always be this way. Oh if only!

[@julieklie2344]

At least we were lucky enough to have had them, and can see and hear them in our minds! I’ll never forget, or un see all the details of the table (tables) of food!

[@debco12]

@@julieklie2344 You are so right! What a blessing to not only have been there but to have those wonderful memories.

[@gailmrutland6508]

*HOW TRUE. Happy Thanksgiving From the Western North Carolina Mountains!!!*

[@WNCtarheel77]

Happy Thanksgiving neighbor 👋🏻

[@jennymacallan9071]

Hope you are safe and well in western NC.

[@sailordave1000]

Wife has a neat trick for freezing chopped onion mix. She gets a box of snack size Ziploc bags and a box of gallon size Ziploc bags. She spoons the mix into the snack size Ziploc and placed the snack size bags in a freezer gallon size bag. She preps two bags. One labeled beans and one labeled gravy. The one for beans is half the size as the one labeled gravy. She pulls out what she needs depending on the meal. No onion smell in the freezer because they’re double bagged.

[@kellylaney2863]

Brilliant!

[@heatherriley3963]

Is she a member of MENSA, by chance? Because that sh!t is genius.

[@kerim.peardon5551]

I may need to try this the next time I put up bell peppers. My ice and water both tasted like bell pepper for months.

[@sailordave1000]

@@heatherriley3963 just sent her the screen shot of your reply. Once the snack size bags are filled, she then pats them flat before sealing the bag. They take up less freezer space this way.

[@wandasetzer1469]

But veggies have to be blanched before freezing or else they get woody. That would only work if you're going to use them fairly soon.

[@marissagonzalez429]

I will never forget the time I brought lumpia (a Filipino type of egg roll) to my husband’s southern family Thanksgiving. You would have thought I was trying to poison them. 🤣😂

[@katcraig7525]

Lumpia is yummy. I had a Christmas with a friend with all Filipino food. It was one of the best Christmases that I've ever had.

[@jamesburton1050]

Bless their heart!

[@tuc1113]

I love lumpia...with the sweet sauce 😋. Yum.

[@georgekerr8804]

LOL, really.

[@SaturnStatic]

Those are SO GOOD. Wish somebody would bring that to my thanksgiving

[@matthewschoenemann]

1:35 had me rolling. "That's the Lions 5th first down of the season." Truer words have never been spoken. 😂😂😂

[@charlesmangum3108]

"What are you doing? I'm watching that." SNORE

[@WVgrl59]

I wish all those that I loved were still alive and we could have Thanksgiving together... not one story would be boring. ❤️

[@jeanvignes]

"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone?" -- Joni Mitchell

[@chipparmley]

I'm stealing the "Christmas tree was up before the blessing was done, " line

[@janettamcgee8124]

I was planning to to that myself.

[@essaboselin5252]

I related to that part! There are several people on each side of the family who never get asked to say grace, 'cause they take forever.

[@Alabamafan2]

9 casseroles for 5 people... that's me ALWAYS counting the casseroles thinking "is that enough?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@danielleking262]

lmao like each person is going to eat one whole casserole 😂😂😂

[@athenastewart9167]

No, that is definitely not enough.

[@danielleking262]

@@athenastewart9167 Then those must be "individual" sized casseroles, lol

[@technicolordreamer]

"Oh, no, I don't do Black Friday. I've already punched enough strangers in the face this year."🤔

[@jessicaaudate]

That line was 🏅

[@gwgux]

Matt is so awesome that he can sleep through it and still nail it!

[@elwoodblues9613]

Detroit has a first down, that's their fifth this year . . .

[@prettiestpigeon]

I love Liz so much. “I‘ve already punched enough strangers in the face this year.”

[@HeartlandHunny]

Liz is a treasure.

[@rachelace6102]

Yeah, it's been another rough year, hasn't it.

[@flowertrue]

That woman is my spirit animal

[@rachelace6102]

Well, it's been another rough year for all of us.

[@kungfuhustling4832]

I love how Matt had the fewest lines and the most screen time. I also love how we all call them "french fried onions" when they are French's brand Crispy Fried Onions. 😂

[@kittykat8169]

When did they stop calling them Durkee French Fried onions?

[@kungfuhustling4832]

@@kittykat8169 I completely forgot that.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

French’s fried onions are what we always have called them

[@kittykat8169]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah you're probably a lot younger than me. 🤪

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

@@kittykat8169 I’m olddddd

[@texasbeast239]

"I'm all outta seats and I can only fit one butt on the cooler." And maybe not even that, AFTER the meal! 🥁 *tss* 🤣

[@julieklie2344]

Little kids on cardtable on the screened back porch, teens at the kitchen table, grownups in the dining room with the better silver ware, and plates. Sadly there weren’t enough behind me to ever make it to the teen table, let alone the grown up!😥

[@vladimirenlow4388]

My Granny and Grandaddy had seven kids, six of whom had kids of their own. There _was_ no kids' table. When we had Thanksgiving at her house, you sat wherever you could find a seat, adults and kids included!

[@JasonMoir]

That to-go box was perfect. I have a few containers like that in my house on standby for leftovers.

[@SkitSkat674]

?

[@JasonMoir]

@@SkitSkat674 The to-go box was an empty container of Country Crock butter. Many Southerners will use something like that rather than Tupperware for example.

[@bellmendoza6687]

So true 🤣🤣

[@Briansgate]

@@JasonMoir too true.

[@SkitSkat674]

@@JasonMoir thanks. I saw it. I just read the comment to early, lol.

[@lilliegibson7131]

I've been saving my to go containers all year. And this video hit close to home. Gotta love being a Southern!

[@causticchameleon7861]

I save to go containers all year too but this year I got wiped out of them by my daughters wedding reception. Had to take 90% or more of them to give out to go portions of the reception food for the wedding party. They had a party house for an after wedding party. I did not get home until 4 am the next day.

[@200x-v4k]

My mother always put leftover food in large butter bowls for us to take home If you opened her cabinet, you didn’t have to ask her which container to use because it was full of all the same butter containers 😂

[@200x-v4k]

My mother always put leftover food in large butter bowls for us to take home If you opened her cabinet, you didn’t have to ask her which container to use because it was full of all the same butter containers 😂

[@sonyafox3271]

It’s not being Southern, that’s where you are from, you are a Southerner because, you are from the south or a from the southern states! My grandma had a cabinet full, when, you have a huge family grandma always had plenty and, she would try to get you to return it, to fill-up the next time you came in.

[@cylversprings]

I always cook the Thanksgiving meal. Keeps me from worrying if there is going to be enough. My brother is doing it this year because he has a new house. I am still cooking at my house for me and my husband. We love the leftovers.

[@t.h.8475]

Thanksgiving isn't Thanksgiving without the leftovers.🦃

[@justintime6998]

@@t.h.8475 Amen

[@andrewvelonis5940]

My sister hosts Thanksgiving in our family, with the help of her daughters and maybe some husbands. I take over on the second day. In our family, Thanksgiving isn't a meal, it's a 2&1\2 day event.

[@denisadellinger4543]

Me: I have a meat plate, a sides plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate and I spread gravy over it all. You can't get enough gravy. So true ya'll

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Giblet or plain? Some how some of my generation has stooped to that jar stuff and mixes.

[@jeremypace249]

If there's gravy left over, that's only because there's a loaf of bread I couldn't find in the kitchen, and the potato salad is empty.

[@baconbap]

She said she puts gravy on pie. 🙂

[@ronnycollins9125]

Personally, I’ve never poured gravy over dessert. Vegetables… MAYBE… never dessert. Just not a big fan of mixing salts and sweets, I guess.

[@juliemoore6957]

Amen!

[@michellej7734]

There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BETTER THAN A SOUTERN THANKSGIVING!!!!!

[@bjwhite7210]

@S Ragsdale Do your own Thanksgiving. I'm sure we can all give you our recipes for the basics. ❤️

[@samanthamyers4267]

Acceptable salads: potato salad, macaroni salad, or Watergate salad Actual salads are a no go.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

My family calls Jello with anything inside it “jello salad”. Sigh

[@DragoSonicMile]

@Samantha Myers But... but... all three of those _are_ actual salads. Instructions unclear. Paradox detected. AAAAAAAH!

[@animebrat76]

What about 5 cup salad? Or egg salad?

[@TraceyRenee1]

7 layer salad!!!

[@tessat338]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah It would not be Thanksgiving without my mother-in-law's cranberry orange Jello salad. I LOVE it! I'm going to get some right now!

[@sillygoose808]

As a southerner myself I’ve never seen anything so accurate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pattywilliams788]

The dressing/stuffing debate is not a thing in my family or among our close circle of friends. The only stuffing that would ever be discussed at Thanksgiving would be whether someone ate too much food or we need a new sofa. Just sayin’ y’all. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@rustybird8803]

Or who gonna stuff what in who and where.....

[@melanieniemann4160]

I didn't know there was a debate. To me, stuffing is northern style, dressing is southern style.

[@hah3456]

@@melanieniemann4160 I think it’s stuffing if it’s inside the bird and dressing when cooked in a casserole

[@pattywilliams788]

@@melanieniemann4160 oh, there is. Stuffing is little cubes of bread (usually toasted like Stove Top) with a myriad of veggies, etc. Dressing is made with cornbread and is never put inside of the turkey. There are different versions, but cornbread is Queen.

[@pattywilliams788]

@@hah3456 not in the South. Stuffing is usually little cubes of bread (mostly toasted like the kind in Stove Top) with different veggies and other things cooked inside of the turkey or outside. Dressing is made with cornbread and there are different versions, but it is never cooked inside the turkey (at least I’ve never seen or heard that before). It’s always cooked in a pan or casserole dish. It’s sacred in my family.

[@duanecrichlow8791]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: you guys are straight up hilarious! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! LMAO

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Oh but this is a factual report of serious business.

[@sharonallen6921]

Y'all must have visited my family at some time and every other southerner I know because all these topics and situations come up at all of our houses! Every year and ain't it great to know year after year exactly how the day is going to be. I love it! Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how are you doing?

[@UnclePhil73]

I’m on Matt’s side. We aren’t sleeping, just resting our eyes

[@djonpow]

Yep!...just checkin' our eyelids for holes y'all.

[@jasmirris]

@@djonpow My Gramma always said she was checking them for cracks. 😂

[@rachelhoyle5728]

@@djonpow lol! My Grandaddy always said that! 😂

[@colormedubious4747]

The holiday "salads" in my family were basically bowls filled with chopped up fruit, mayonnaise, and sugar, sometimes served with a side of poppy seed salad dressing for dippin'. Bless their hearts.

[@MaidMirawyn]

My Papa made ambrosia, and someone always made a congealed salad. THAT is what salad should be on Thanksgiving!

[@leert2698]

Talking politics at family gatherings has broken up many families. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, whatever part of the country you are in !

[@WeberIMayRoam]

We have a rule that discussion is fine, but as soon as we notice someone's body language change (pursed lips, tight face, clenched fists, or short, terse responses), we have to change the subject. Has made the holidays much better.

[@splehcar]

@@WeberIMayRoam *That's* the way to do it. Reading mood/body language of people is such a lost art these days.

[@kerim.peardon5551]

That mistake was only made once at my family's house. After that, everyone united around bitching about the Tennessee football coach.

[@splehcar]

@@kerim.peardon5551 What would we all do without sports?!? The saving grace of many a family holiday gathering.

[@leert2698]

@@kerim.peardon5551 celebrate the unity where you can find it !

[@nathanjplatt]

Ah yes the helpful reminder that Thanksgiving single and alone isn't bad lol

[@2JobsStillPoorUSA]

I hear you.

[@kathryn3802]

Amen!

[@ranjanbiswas3233]

Yes thank you for enriching my pain. Thank you very much for reminding me.

[@patricksullivan2261]

Hehe, the secret ingredient is bourbon. That sounds like a lot of Southern dishes.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

To be honest, I thought it sounded like it would be good.

[@bjwhite7210]

Bourbon pecan pie is fabulous 😍

[@jennymacallan9071]

Yes. Now my people know the source of my comely glow as I emerge from the kitchen.😉

[@bjwhite7210]

@@jennymacallan9071 💯💯💯 😜

[@caronstout354]

The bigger the family, the more "spilled" bourbon...

[@nmbat5036]

Sorted out the to go containers earlier with my sister. We’ve got a good selection of butter containers, cream cheese containers, large yogurt and sour cream containers, those containers you get the sides in from KFC and to go containers from Waffle House and IHOP 😂. We usually collect them for her kids’ art class at school but hold off on the donations close to holidays.

[@julieklie2344]

Save um up all year!

[@fairyprincess911]

Go you!!!

[@moniquehunt4475]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@billstout2118]

Many years ago my father fell asleep on the floor with the TV on. He was on his back snoring. I walked into the room and changed the channel. Dad woke up and told me to change it back because he was watching it. Miss him every day but holidays are hardest.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

My dad slept every holiday in his chair Once he ate. Then wake up in time for desserts. Back out lol I miss my childhood holidays

[@coolchristiangirl190]

Watch the girlfriend bring BOXED stuffing😂

[@philstone2627]

Oh,bless your heart

[@stephanietip]

NOOOOO,may as well serve instant potatoes

[@texasbeast239]

I don't like none of the above: stuffin', dressin', nor instant taters. It might as well all be the same dang thang.

[@ChinchillaQueen]

Boxed stuffing and instant mashed potatoes is a crucifiable sin on Thanksgiving.

[@queenbee3647]

😲😲😲😞

[@linabasilisk1955]

I celebrated early this year because that's when some family visited. We had a lovely duck. I know turkey is traditional, but like goose and duck way better than turkey. I hope everyone else has a good Thanksgiving!

[@jamesburton1050]

Yes! Duck is good stuff!!

[@djkh20]

Deep fried turkey. It will change your life!!!

[@zipadeed00dah]

If the person who cooked it got it from the person who shot it, it couldn't be more Southern.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

My husband and I would do game hens because it was impossible to find a small turkey.

[@nude_cat_ellie7417]

Duck is my favorite. But we always have turkey on the day. I did make a goose at Christmas once, but I was the only one who liked it. Now I make lamb every year.

[@richdorak1547]

The South is the best part of the USA. If you gotta ask why... You'll never get it. Bless your heart. ( NJ fan )

[@bethwood765]

@@GundamGokuTV I’ve lived all over the world, the South is my favorite place. But every place has it charms and plus points.

[@durgan5668]

@@bethwood765 Same. I've enjoyed living in other areas, but the South is Home.

[@julieklie2344]

It’s all about being RAISED in the south. Either you is , or you ain’t! Although we were NEVER allowed to say “ain’t”

[@zaram131]

Raised in the South 🤚🏼 No longer live there but it’s like coming home when I go back. Mississippi..

[@bjwhite7210]

@@zaram131 Mississippi misses you and everyone that had wandered away. ❤️

[@prathit7541]

Okay that last part about the TV remote thing is so typical with Indian parents as well. Hope you guys had a wonderful thanksgiving! Love your videos from India 🇮🇳 :)

[@holliberry2614]

Bourbon in sweet potato casserole sounds amazeballs.

[@Qw3rtScapes]

Now the struggle after thanksgiving: fitting the leftovers in your fridge(s)

[@bellmendoza6687]

One thing we do is we share our food with some elderly people first,then we keep enough for ourselves, so no leftovers 😊

[@SkitSkat674]

So true. Especially with the bird still on the platter. I'm just too tired after a long day to do anything else with it.

[@tracigresham7164]

SOOOOO TRUE‼️

[@ladybee883]

That's why you have 2 refrigerators

[@michelleferguson9104]

That’s where my Tetris skills come in handy!

[@Wendygirljp]

Matt - Your part reminds me of my first marriage where, after the television station had gone off the air for at least two hours, when I would turn off the television while my ex was sawing logs, she would wake up and say the same thing! "I WAS WATCHING THAT!"

[@southernsass2937]

Was waiting for this! 😂 Happy Thanksgiving y'all! 🦃

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how are you doing?

[@ednaselm]

We need you guys so much right now....from a Fully grown southern girl..(65)! I forgot about the "Kids Table" until you mentioned it! Love it...wouldn't have wanted to grow up anywhere else! Life lessons: If it aint yours don't touch it....Waste not want not....love thy neighbor as thyself....When daddy picks up the belt a whippin is coming!! Love you guys!!

[@queenbee3647]

And when Mama says "Say that again"....dont be dumb! She doesnt really want you to say it again!

[@davegreenlaw5654]

This was just downright hilarious! Hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, sent with love from up here in Canada...where we celebrate six weeks earlier so that the only thing we have to worry about defrosting is the turkey. ^_^

[@emiliaescobar7652]

I don't what care what anybodys says, mac n cheese goes on the table!!! of course it does!!!!

[@jeremykeeling8779]

Snoring…”Hey what are you doing? I’m watching that!”

[@ceebee5848]

Only baked Mac & cheese belongs at the Thanksgiving table. Don’t bring that pot of Kraft that we eat all the other days of the year, we ain’t heathens! 😂

[@wjodf8067]

mac and cheese and hotdogs for the kiddies kiddies only sample thansgiving food so dont rely on turkey and fixings alone

[@ceebee5848]

@ Absolutely not! 🤣 we have enough home-cooked real food to feed an army at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The kiddos can find something that isn’t Dino nuggets or they won’t get dessert. Not cooking an entire spread only to turn around and boil hotdogs for little picky eaters. No way!

[@amdyblade2245]

It’s a Southern Thanksgiving video so I feel the need to tell this tale: My freshman year of high school we went to my grandma’s house for thanksgiving. She got out the turkey from the unplugged freezer, heated up in the microwave and put it on a platter that looked to have spoiled milk in it. My mom asked her when she got the Turkey and she proudly replied “it’s the leftovers from last year!” Needless to say I did not eat the Thanksgiving Turkey. My mom felt we needed a redemption Thanksgiving so she did just that once we got back and it was one of the best meals in my entire life.

[@ThunderStruck15]

Jesus, was she okay?

[@amdyblade2245]

@@ThunderStruck15 I highly doubt it. She’s a crazy old bat. I don’t know why we haven’t put her in a home.

[@julieklie2344]

Lord have mercy!!

[@amdyblade2245]

@@julieklie2344 I wouldn’t think that he will once it is her time

[@rachelace6102]

Sounds like Grandma served a Zombie Turkey. Did it try to climb off of the platter and atack people?

[@jasonstarr6419]

OMG!!! Nearing 70. Grew up in South Texas, and this is soooooo true!!!! Especially the part about having to have dinner six different places!!! And that Ancient and Accepted To Go Box??? Priceless!!!!

[@leed1318]

That teeny weeny to-go box was a rookie move. My MIL always has the full size clamshell ones ready to put on the counter as soon as dessert is over.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi 👋how are you doing?

[@jezlassiter9374]

Hold up, there are people saying Mac and cheese don’t belong at the Thanksgiving table?! What kinda Twilight Zone nonsense is this?!

[@2JobsStillPoorUSA]

No, it was mac n cheese from a box. Southerners pride themselves on making it from scratch. Boxed is just lazy.

[@jezlassiter9374]

@@2JobsStillPoorUSA I was referring to 1:30 when she says, “I don’t care what anyone says, Mac and cheese does belong on the Thanksgiving table.”. Separately, I completely agree with you about making it from scratch.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I never had it at Turkey Day. But there was always a ham too. Cuz you don’t have ppl over and not have ham. Least in NC…

[@jezlassiter9374]

@@YeshuaKingMessiah Ha! I hear that; I’m NC born and raised lol

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

@@jezlassiter9374 Blueberry YumYum too?

[@001minky]

Bourbon in the sweet potato casserole sounds delicious and I'm going to try that!

[@MelanaC]

Gravy on everything - that’s my motto for life! 💫🤩🥰

[@jibe5]

You forgot to add the traditional deviled eggs and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in the morning and the kids running around. Happy Thanksgiving!!

[@hansgrueber8169]

I think the Macy's thing is more of a Northeastern thing.

[@iclocal8900]

i have never heard of deviled eggs as a Thanksgiving food.

[@Joe-bh4vz]

Devil eggs?!? Heathens

[@p.n.r8511]

Girl you said my favorite thang from Thanksgivin Angel Eggs

[@donotneedtoknow7541]

"If y'all don't stop fighting over that computer chair I'm gonna put it back." 🤣

[@julieklie2344]

And don’t forget the fight over the drumsticks, and the “pulley bone”, or you won’t get your wish!

[@Darci3333]

Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday when I still had family....everyone is gone now...💔😥 I loved it because we all got together had wonderful food and no one expected gifts or anything....it was always my favorite Holiday....

[@siennabrown3936]

ahhh! being a child of a southerner, living in the north with the other side of the family makes for a PAIN at holidays!! love the video!

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Bless your heart should we ship you some corn bread dressing?

[@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718]

I remember the first time I had heard of stuffing...my husbands family is from the South but unfortunately had to live up north for several years due to family situations. Because of this they drink "sweet tea"(2 tea spoons of sugar for a whole gallon...😬) And they also do thinks like stuffing. I was so confused when I had Thanksgiving with them the first time!! 😂😂

[@ktspirit1]

Two tsps of sugar for a whole gallon of tea? You are a PunchingBag. 🤣

[@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718]

@@ktspirit1 such suffering!! Haha!; I remember when I first started dating my now husband and I went to their house to have dinner I was excited to see the tea, took a big chug and instantly held it in my mouth...after I swallowed it I asked them if they had sweet tea, they said that's what it was. They said the look on my face was one of such shock...ever since then it's been a constant joke at their house if it's actually sweet tea!! 🤣

[@ktspirit1]

@@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718 Why even bother with two teaspoons of sugar for a gallon of tea? 😜🤣

[@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718]

@@ktspirit1 my sentiments exactly!! 🤷🤣

[@ktspirit1]

@@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718 You are going to have to come pick me up off the floor. I'm gonna die laughing!

[@leslietarkin]

Facts!! 😂🤣 I remember the year my cousin's wife made a sweet potato casserole. Bless her heart, it was her first time cooking sweet potato casserole but, how do you to make a runny sweet potato casserole?! We all ate some because, no one wanted to hurt her feelings but, it wasn't good. To this day, someone else always speaks up and says they'll do the sweet potato casserole before she gets a chance to volunteer to make one.

[@julieklie2344]

Bless her heart…

[@200x-v4k]

🤣😂😆

[@invadergrimm1973]

Am I the only one who went "wait, bourbon in the sweet potatoes? That's brilliant!"

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Myers rum...

[@invadergrimm1973]

@nomadmarauder-dw9re ooohhh that good too...🤤

[@laurakurkowski4413]

As a Michigan yankee with a southern granny, thank you for the Lions dig! It’s so hard to be a fan up here! They lost to the Browns. I can’t.

[@BelowTheYellowLine]

Browns are good again though, nothing to be ashamed of!

[@BelowTheYellowLine]

@@Myrrden 6-5 with a few games where key players were hurt. Certainly not a team you should be "ashamed" to lose to.

[@melindoranightsilver9298]

If the Fords aren't going to do anything with the team to really improve it then they should really sell it to someone who will.

[@sailordave1000]

Try being a fan of the Saints in the 70s, 80s, & 90s

[@dclark142002]

...as a kid, watching the Lions on Thanksgiving was a meme... ...basically being that the Lions would, nearly without fail, make you think they had a chance in that game before losing it in Lion fashion. Ah, predictable memories.

[@margaretmarshall3645]

Bourbon is the secret ingredient in MY sweet potato casserole, too! My recipe calls for 2 tsp of vanilla, but also 2 Tbs of bourbon. Yum.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

Sounds delicious!

[@sonyafox3271]

She said she accidentally spilled it in there, now, that means she might’ve been using something else she was putting bourbon in or that means she was hitting the bourbon a bit hard and, might have been a bit tipsy! Cause, you noticed she was whispering about it and, she apparently put a overwhelming amount in there, because, she put a over spilled amount in there!

[@cheyennemundy9681]

Hahaha! I grew up in Texas, and never realized until I watched this video, that I've NEVER seen a dinner or side salad grace a Thanksgiving table! But I concur, salad does not belong on the Thanksgiving Table! The only salads I've ever seen be brought for Thanksgiving has been Fruit Salad, Potato Salad, or Jello Salad.

[@janettamcgee8124]

Fellow Texan here and you are so right. I've never seen a Thanksgiving lettuce salad and never thought about it until now.

[@bkane573]

Never heard of that shit in Pennsylvania. Who the hell does that?

[@durgan5668]

@@janettamcgee8124 Well, we can't take the chance we'd fill up with lettuce and not have room for that 3rd slice of pecan pie. The closest we'll get is the opening blessing: Lettuce pray.....

[@julieklie2344]

Yep, red jello, molded in the shape of a wreath ,with assorted things chopped up in it!

[@bjwhite7210]

@@bkane573 🤷🏼‍♀️ Whoever is bringing the salad is the one that isn't invited next year SERIOUSLY. We take that very serious down here, too. The only people I know that eat that on holidays are vegetarians. (Not my kind of people)

[@eilisnugent]

“You can never have too much gravy” - truer words have never been spoken

[@ubergeek1968]

Sometimes I do miss Thanksgiving, Easter, Independence Day, Christmas, etc in the South... grew up in Nashville... but, now I know the joys of funeral potatoes.

[@betsysanders4524]

“No I do not do Black Friday. I’ve already punched enough strangers in the face this year” 😂🤣😂🤣 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@robbybeckmeyer828]

"And it's another first down for the Lions, that makes it their fifth this season" I love it

[@sarahdoanpeace3623]

Rotlf….thank you! This is all so true! “If I hear that song one more time they can spend it AT….” (Love that song truly) Happy Thanksgiving y’all!

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi 👋how are you doing?

[@cinderdonihoo9372]

The to go container!!! 🤣🤣🤣 So spot on I love it!!! All of it!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robertemmons2260]

Loved this episode. So true on so many levels! We need a holiday episode with the Hubby Vision glasses but with how much food that we dish out vs how hungry that we really aren't. "My eyes were bigger than my stomach!"

[@t.h.8475]

Midwest here. My granny used to make 2 kinds of dressing. I mean 2 turkey sized pans of dressing.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

I had a sister in law who didn't eat onions and my sweet momma would make her a special pan of dressing without onions.

[@t.h.8475]

@@kathleenkirchoff9223 that's something I would do.

[@queenbee3647]

👍

[@ChildofGod98765]

Thank you for the laughs. I needed it. Please pray for me this thanksgiving. I’m so discouraged! I lost my job over not wanting the vaccine due to my pre existing health conditions (lupus) I’m a single mother with two children both are autistic so it’s very challenging at times. Im so ashamed I can’t even afford Thanksgiving dinner this year. I have no family or friends that may help me. I feel all alone. Facing homelessness next month, but I have faith God will provide.

[@alicesmith7020]

God is good always. Yes I will pray for you and your children.

[@jesuslovesyou4400]

God will provide

[@tswain92_]

You're going to be just fine. God is working it out. You'll be back at work soon. Bless you and your children.

[@sgt.kilrain6891]

My families prayers and best wishes Angela

[@kennethmcdonald2987]

Prayers being sent up for you and your family from Alabama .We are in a similar situation ourselves so will earnestly be praying for God to move mightily on your family's behalf .All things are possible with Him. God bless and keep you during this season in your life .Though you may feel alone in this you aren't and though I may not know you or your situation and what is best He does .Isaiah 40 : 31 was the first scripture came to me upon reading your comment .Many blessings to you and yours .

[@savvyshelly3983]

My favorite part is Adam talking about Grandpa and then Grandpa rolls up with the walker behind him! I bet Papaw also has selective hearing.

[@ronnycollins9125]

Think he might also practice “selective OUTRAGE?” (Maniacal Hyena-like Laughter)

[@YeoYeo32]

“Ughhh, this is from a box of Kraft … I’m still going to ask God to bless it, but there’s nothing he can do about this Mac and cheese” 😂😂😂

[@JenniferKMorin]

The slap of the walker coming 'round to tell the spinach story 😂

[@kellylorang6845]

😆I'm not southern, I'm midwestern, but the last scene that you showed of the man sleeping and waking up when his remote was being taken and yelling that he was watching football, brought back a flood of memories of my dad after eating a big meal especially during football season! 😁

[@nunyabidness4779]

Painfully true - every single word of it.

[@BluegrassBarn]

"She's bringing the 'stuffing.' That tells us all we need to know about her." 😂😂😂😂 My grandma's dressing is the best.

[@sonyafox3271]

Stuffing is in the bird, dressing is a side dish, every good Southerner knows the difference between the 2!

[@oxymuse001]

That is so true… if you bring up politics at the thanksgiving table, you’re getting politely escorted to the door

[@jamescobb2624]

Every year my aunt would bring her infamous green salad. It consisted of green jello, grated cabbage and cream cheese. It didn't matter that 15 people all politely ate a spoonful each year because I swear the thing would magically regenerate to its original size. We all suspected that every subsequent thanksgiving the "new" salad was just a spawn of the original salad dating back to 1969. RIP Aunt Maude.

[@Annabelle3Rose]

Love the impression that Matt does, I know that my dad has done that before