Rinna
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'Tis the Season.....Ok, Adak is slackin' so I've decided to post this one myself. That, and I've come to the conclusion that someone has to counter Ryker's freaky movie posting.  Bear with me, as I'm not the accomplished pollster Adak is.... 
What's the Thanksgiving food you're most looking forward to having this year?
Oh, and anyone who feels like sharing recipes, please feel free to PM me!
(OK...maybe I shouldn't have skipped breakfast this morning....)
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BeachBrat
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OTHER - I look forward to stuffing my face so much that the food all tastes the same, then going comatose on the floor in front of the tv watching football
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Nuri
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I voted for stuffing. There are only two times a year I can get "real" stuffing (the other being X-mas dinner), so I look forward to this.
I also look forward to the mass amounts of dinner rolls that are served at our table, but those aren't quite as "unique" as stuffing is.
I love Mashed potatoes, but they aren't the same when they aren't made with milk. So aren't consumed with the same fervor as the rest of the meal.
And yes, olives are a tradition at our household. My mother gave up trying to keep the relish tray stocked with them and now just gives my sister and I a seperate bowl of them. You would think we both were 25 years younger. 
I have to careful stuffing myself as this year I won't be able to take that post-dinner nap that I usual get in.
Damn, now I am hungry.
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Sai'nu
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Other, of course.
One can not be very festive without the blessing of a little Holiday Beer! 
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Oroho
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Black olives on the fingers - hell yeah. Even better if at large family gathering and you get to make menacing olive claws hands at people....
...not that I do that kinda thing... 
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Kuri
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I live in a mixed culture household so we do it the American way on Thanksgiving but follow Danish traditions for Christmas. I have two things which fit in the Other category.
One is candied yams. It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without them. Turkey is so easy to cook that we don't save it for the holidays. However, fresh yams can only be gotten in the fall and candying them is too messy to be made more than once a year.
The other is Gumbo. It's the day-before-the-holiday tradition in my family. You'd have to understand Cajun culture to appreciate why what you eat the day before is just as important as what is served the day of. Ie: any excuse for making gumbo is worth pursuing. The big gumbo pot goes on the stove on Tuesday night and provides Wednesday's dinner while the pies, dressing and turkey take their turns in the oven.
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xyryn
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Ummmm, I forgot about the candied yams and the fresh made applesauce with fresh ground nutmeg on top. I did not forget about the Eggnog, and the mulled wine, but liquids were not listed.
I will have to get back to the traditions now that I'm not exhausted from a slew of tests and submissions the three days before Thanksgiving.
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Malis
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Pie. And more pie.
Maybe Funyuns too.
But definitely pie.
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xyryn
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Hmmm, never made the volcano...not that fond of potatoes, they are only a way of getting gravy into the mouth. Now, potato skins...that is another matter!
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Adak Sunrunner
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i'm just happy if i can get any food remotely related to thanksgiving over here
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xyryn
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 /comfort Adak
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Adak Sunrunner
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its all good. my first thanksgiving here i sat down to a bucket of chicken from KFC, along with mashed taters, corn, and biscuits. Just had to pretend the fried chicken was turkey, and the ping pong match was a football game. 
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Iafeu
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I always have a HUGE ham. No turkey.
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Degwin
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That's a tough one. I love stuffing and I love mashed potatoes and gravey (and I like to call it a "well" not a volcano ). But what I love must of all is my grandmother's peas and carrots in a cream sauce. Damn that's good eattin'!
Of course I'm looking forward to the coliflower and broccoli with cheese sauce and the brussle sprouts in butter too. 
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Rinna
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Well, normally I'd go with the stuffing, as my dad makes some killer homemade sourdough stuffing. He started that years ago when my mother was first diagnosed with diabetes, because ALL the stuffing mixes have sugar as an ingredient (don't ask me why). Unfortunately, my mom informed me that they're going with StoveTop this year. Nothing against StoveTop - it's good for boxed stuff - but I'm really gonna miss my dad's specialty.
I guess I'll have to make do with dad's homemade mashed potatoes and mom's homemade gravy. It will be hard, but I'll try to suffer through....
Thanks for the reminder, Iafeu. My parents cook both a turkey AND a ham as well. I hope I still fit in the airplane seat after dinner....
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Chasity
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In my house it's a bit of everything (turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, Cherry Pie, Pumpkin Pie, etc) however, i must say i absolutely love Deviled Eggs. I only make them once or twice a year and by the end of the night family and friends have eaten over 3 Dozen of em' I think i just like getting the tired feeling after eating all of the food... and it'll certainly help this year since i have to work at 4:45am on the day after T-Day. 
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eboobi
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I for one rarely use gravy on potatoes. I generally cook my mashed potatoes with butter and seasoned salt. The corn also gets the butter and seasoned salt treatment. Then they are mixed together into a messy goodness.
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Evrae
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Yum Yum, it's to hard to choose just one thing, Thanksgivin foos is all good,but if i had to pick somethin, i would choose my Grandmas Mashed Taters with homemade gravy, with green beans, with some turkey and stuffing, with awesome bread rolls, and corn with butter,and homemade pie and pudding for dessert. *mouth waters* I'm making me hungry, you won't like me when i'm hungry.
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