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<p>We all have our Thanksgiving dinner favorites &mdash; and we all have those weirdo dishes we try to avoid.</p><p>Journalist Maya Kosoff recently sent out a tweet requesting &quot;weird inexplicable retro family recipes&quot; that family members won&#39;t stop making.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">i cannot wait to hear about the recipes you’re all excited to make for thanksgiving but i am also here to hear about the weird inexplicable retro family recipes that end up on your thanksgiving table per tradition or nostalgia or whatever.</p>&mdash; maya kosoff (@mekosoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/1198249646495322114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Kosoff herself shared the first example: &quot;seafoam salad,&quot; which appears to be neither seafoam nor salad.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ours is a wild creation called seafoam salad. i thought this was a normal thing every family made and served for thanksgiving next to the turkey and the stuffing until i was 18. <a href="https://t.co/xE7mQ8W99R">pic.twitter.com/xE7mQ8W99R</a></p>&mdash; maya kosoff (@mekosoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/mekosoff/status/1198250225246363648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Her followers delivered, and then some. Photos and descriptions of wildly unappetizing foodstuffs started flying in. Check them out below &mdash; and please don&#39;t ever combine grape jelly and Tostito&#39;s salsa, okay?</p><h2>1. At least this one is efficient.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In recent years my aunts decided that since everyone likes snacking on chips and cheese that they’d get an actual nacho cheese dispenser.... it will sit alongside the traditional spread 🤣 <a href="https://t.co/ipSHvtseKL">pic.twitter.com/ipSHvtseKL</a></p>&mdash; Casey (@caseyns) <a href="https://twitter.com/caseyns/status/1198387249794207745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. Only Satan could be responsible for this:</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/jaymesPRS/status/1198303090065264640</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. This doesn&#39;t sound like a bad combo, to be fair:</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/WaxDragonflies/status/1198303756523364352</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. This is the type of &quot;magic&quot; only Voldemort would do.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/Volpinator1/status/1198254661284831233</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5. If you give something a legit-sounding name, people will accept it:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My dog trainer told me last night about her mom&#39;s Thanksgiving &quot;succotash&quot; which is a can of corn, a can of beans, and a can of mushrooms.</p>&mdash; Kate Schroeder (@kbschroedy) <a href="https://twitter.com/kbschroedy/status/1198275592199778304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. Gone: my appetite, until further notice.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/alissamarie/status/1198260720909144064</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. Kale with mayo... pretty sure that cancels out:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I learned about kale from my very southern granny. But Appalachian southern, where you grew everything yourself. <br><br>However, she served her greens with mayo. 🤢</p>&mdash; Gnome is a hermit 😷 💉💉💉 (@WildeLakeGnome) <a href="https://twitter.com/WildeLakeGnome/status/1198365436183810049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. Living for these &#39;70s vibes:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Block of cream cheese on a plate. Top with a jar of cocktail sauce and a healthy portion of bay shrimp. Dip with Ritz. I just eat the shrimp and cocktail sauce with a water cracker.</p>&mdash; Nicole (@bliccy) <a href="https://twitter.com/bliccy/status/1198271653626572800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. &quot;Ambrosia&quot; is the most optimistic name for Jell-O salad:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;ve seen it mentioned in this thread: green jello salad or my aunt called it ambrosia salad. Here she is in action sometime in the 80s in our family cookbook. It says crushed pineapple &#39;untrained&#39; should be undrained. Trained pineapple is a whole different deal. <a href="https://t.co/xtaVc7GDeD">pic.twitter.com/xtaVc7GDeD</a></p>&mdash; Stephanie J. Scott (@StephScottYA) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephScottYA/status/1198312743746580481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. Now this is a name that makes sense:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Cranberry Crap,” and I don’t make it anymore because I researched the ingredients in Cool Whip, but canned cranberry sauce, walnuts, pineapple, and Cool Whip. It’s a pink cloud of hydrogenated heart attack sitting between (but not touching) the green beans and stuffing.</p>&mdash; 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝙴𝚖 (@mz_daylewis) <a href="https://twitter.com/mz_daylewis/status/1198307830182211585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11. This is abuse.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have repeatedly been exposed to “Tunies”: canned tuna mixed with margarine and a shelf-stable jar cheese, then baked on an English muffin. One year they were burned. A burned English muffin is its own kind of violence, but a burned Tunie? Forever seared in my sinuses.</p>&mdash; Ellen DeCandia (@ellendecandia) <a href="https://twitter.com/ellendecandia/status/1198270470442885120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. This is the closest thing to real food on the list, to be fair:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fried chicken livers! I know they’re gross to some people but most members of my family love and look forward to them on thanksgiving. <a href="https://t.co/M3gdP6vntf">pic.twitter.com/M3gdP6vntf</a></p>&mdash; Cal Trask (@caltrask112) <a href="https://twitter.com/caltrask112/status/1198314907227189249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. I feel tired just thinking of how tired the parent who tried to pass this off as a recipe have been:</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/AndrewPaulJoyce/status/1198310110671626241</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14. And this &quot;salad&quot; had to have been invented by two five-year-olds in a trench coat:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Served at a family potluck, I give you “Snicker Salad”:<br>Chop up some apples<br>Chop up some Snicker bars<br>Mix, in a large bowl, with Cool Whip<br>Keep refrigerated until ready to serve<br>🍏🍎🍫🤷‍♀️<br>Suprisingly tasty but don’t let the kiddies OD on it!</p>&mdash; Pugmother (@Pugmothersue) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pugmothersue/status/1198326179729563648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15. America is such a resourceful nation:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My aunt makes her fruit cakes by taking several boxes of graham crackers, tossing them in a (clean) Hefty garbage bag, and driving over the bag repeatedly with her car to crush. That’s actually our longest standing tradition.</p>&mdash; Eva Parker (@OG5Eva) <a href="https://twitter.com/OG5Eva/status/1198340299149512706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16. Canned pear with cheddar? I&#39;m calling the police.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This monstrosity: canned pear topped with Miracle Whip, shredded cheddar and a maraschino cherry on a bed of iceberg lettuce. This is high-falutin’ gourmet cuisine for my MIL 🤮 <a href="https://t.co/XameEP6qdB">pic.twitter.com/XameEP6qdB</a></p>&mdash; Lauren Chapin (@DarthMother64) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarthMother64/status/1198379260530044933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>17. Noodles <em>on top of</em> potatoes. Just why?</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/cordinbleu/status/1198872703966629888</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People are sharing the retro Thanksgiving recipes their families won't stop making.

We all have our Thanksgiving dinner favorites &mdash; and we all have those weirdo dishes we try to avoid.Journalist Maya Kosoff recently sent out a tweet requesting &quot;weird inexplicable retro family recipes&quot; that family members won&#39;t stop making.i cannot wait to hear about the recipes you’re all excited to make for thanksgiving but i am also here to hear about the weird inexplicable retro family recipes that end up on your thanksgiving table per tradition or nostalgia or whatever.&mdash; maya kosoff (@mekosoff) November 23, 2019 Kosoff herself shared the first example: &quot;seafoam salad,&quot; which appears to be neither seafoam nor salad.ours is a wild creation called seafoam salad. i thought this was a normal thing every family made and served for thanksgiving next to the turkey and the stuffing until i was 18. pic.twitter.com/xE7mQ8W99R&mdash; maya kosoff (@mekosoff) November 23, 2019 Her followers delivered, and then some. Photos and descriptions of wildly unappetizing foodstuffs started flying in. Check them out below &mdash; and please don&#39;t ever combine grape jelly and Tostito&#39;s salsa, okay?1. At least this one is efficient.In recent years my aunts decided that since everyone likes snacking on chips and cheese that they’d get an actual nacho cheese dispenser.... it will sit alongside the traditional spread 🤣 pic.twitter.com/ipSHvtseKL&mdash; Casey (@caseyns) November 23, 2019 2. Only Satan could be responsible for this:https://twitter.com/jaymesPRS/status/11983030900652646403. This doesn&#39;t sound like a bad combo, to be fair:https://twitter.com/WaxDragonflies/status/11983037565233643524. This is the type of &quot;magic&quot; only Voldemort would do.https://twitter.com/Volpinator1/status/11982546612848312335. If you give something a legit-sounding name, people will accept it:My dog trainer told me last night about her mom&#39;s Thanksgiving &quot;succotash&quot; which is a can of corn, a can of beans, and a can of mushrooms.&mdash; Kate Schroeder (@kbschroedy) November 23, 2019 6. Gone: my appetite, until further notice.https://twitter.com/alissamarie/status/11982607209091440647. Kale with mayo... pretty sure that cancels out:I learned about kale from my very southern granny. But Appalachian southern, where you grew everything yourself. However, she served her greens with mayo. 🤢&mdash; Gnome is a hermit 😷 💉💉💉 (@WildeLakeGnome) November 23, 2019 8. Living for these &#39;70s vibes:Block of cream cheese on a plate. Top with a jar of cocktail sauce and a healthy portion of bay shrimp. Dip with Ritz. I just eat the shrimp and cocktail sauce with a water cracker.&mdash; Nicole (@bliccy) November 23, 2019 9. &quot;Ambrosia&quot; is the most optimistic name for Jell-O salad:I&#39;ve seen it mentioned in this thread: green jello salad or my aunt called it ambrosia salad. Here she is in action sometime in the 80s in our family cookbook. It says crushed pineapple &#39;untrained&#39; should be undrained. Trained pineapple is a whole different deal. pic.twitter.com/xtaVc7GDeD&mdash; Stephanie J. Scott (@StephScottYA) November 23, 2019 10. Now this is a name that makes sense:“Cranberry Crap,” and I don’t make it anymore because I researched the ingredients in Cool Whip, but canned cranberry sauce, walnuts, pineapple, and Cool Whip. It’s a pink cloud of hydrogenated heart attack sitting between (but not touching) the green beans and stuffing.&mdash; 𝙵𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝙴𝚖 (@mz_daylewis) November 23, 2019 11. This is abuse.I have repeatedly been exposed to “Tunies”: canned tuna mixed with margarine and a shelf-stable jar cheese, then baked on an English muffin. One year they were burned. A burned English muffin is its own kind of violence, but a burned Tunie? Forever seared in my sinuses.&mdash; Ellen DeCandia (@ellendecandia) November 23, 2019 12. This is the closest thing to real food on the list, to be fair:Fried chicken livers! I know they’re gross to some people but most members of my family love and look forward to them on thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/M3gdP6vntf&mdash; Cal Trask (@caltrask112) November 23, 2019 13. I feel tired just thinking of how tired the parent who tried to pass this off as a recipe have been:https://twitter.com/AndrewPaulJoyce/status/119831011067162624114. And this &quot;salad&quot; had to have been invented by two five-year-olds in a trench coat:Served at a family potluck, I give you “Snicker Salad”:Chop up some applesChop up some Snicker barsMix, in a large bowl, with Cool WhipKeep refrigerated until ready to serve🍏🍎🍫🤷‍♀️Suprisingly tasty but don’t let the kiddies OD on it!&mdash; Pugmother (@Pugmothersue) November 23, 2019 15. America is such a resourceful nation:My aunt makes her fruit cakes by taking several boxes of graham crackers, tossing them in a (clean) Hefty garbage bag, and driving over the bag repeatedly with her car to crush. That’s actually our longest standing tradition.&mdash; Eva Parker (@OG5Eva) November 23, 2019 16. Canned pear with cheddar? I&#39;m calling the police.This monstrosity: canned pear topped with Miracle Whip, shredded cheddar and a maraschino cherry on a bed of iceberg lettuce. This is high-falutin’ gourmet cuisine for my MIL 🤮 pic.twitter.com/XameEP6qdB&mdash; Lauren Chapin (@DarthMother64) November 23, 2019 17. Noodles on top of potatoes. Just why?https://twitter.com/cordinbleu/status/1198872703966629888

We all have our Thanksgiving dinner favorites &mdash; and we all have those weirdo dishes we try to avoid.  Journalist Maya Kosoff recently sent out a tweet requesting &quot;weird inexplicable retro family recipes&quot; that family members...