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Male2: When bringing food to a thanksgiving dinner, I'm pretty much
assured that all the traditional type of dishes will be there. In that
case, I think you should try and do something a little bit original.
Maybe a family recipe that your mother passed down. Something
that reflects your tradition, your heritage is a great dish to bring. I
would definitely recommend that you bring in something that
looks pretty. If you're going to bring a casserole, it should be in a
real beautiful, festive casserole dish. If you're going to bring a
salad as supposed to bringing in a metal bowl, bring it in a real
beautiful ceramic bowl that could sit on a table. Definitely tell the
host what you're going to bring. So, I like to let her know, if I'm
going to need oven space. If I'm going to need to do something on
a mixing bowl or something like that. Those are the things that
they're not expecting.

If you're going to bring something hot then use a sauce, the sauce
should definitely be on the side. If I’m bringing in a cold dish, that
needs to be dressed. I’ll bring the dressing on the side and I’ll toss
it right before it goes out to the table.

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