The 10 best Thanksgiving meal dishes?

In honor of our thanks to the God who made us and who gives us life anew each day, let us spend a moment to consider all the wonderful foods for which we are thankful on Thanksgiving.

If you had to limit your Thanksgiving meal dishes to ten, what would they be?

Mine, you ask?

Oh, here they are.

10) Canned cranberry cylinders - Hate me for liking these more than the fresh version. I once hated them too, but now I almost have to eat my turkey with them.

9) Green bean casserole - Is it cream of mushroom soup that they put in that? I like.

8) Shrimp rice stuffing - I don't like it inside the turkey, so I guess it's not technically stuffing. But boy do I like it. I thumb my nose at all you dressing snobs.

7) Fresh yeast rolls - In an earlier time, this may have been numba one. But with age, my love of bread has slightly declined.

6) Jello salad - Don't know what it is about that alien looking goo, but the sweetness when served between savory dishes makes me shimmy and shake.

5) Mashed potatoes - I'm not talking instant. I want them fresh, creamy, and not filled with anything but butter, cream, salt and pepper. Screw you garlic pushers.

4) Fresh gravy - I'm not talking instant. I will spit instant right back into your gravy boat. King, Queen, President, glassman, I don't care. Make me some gravy from the fat of the turkey.

3) Turkey - Predictable, but it's not Thanksgiving without it. Don't overcook it, please.

2) Piccadilly carrot souffle - It looks like it should be savory, but it might be the best dessert item I've had. The sweetness and the richness of that vanillay flavor hidden in the orange. Yum.

1) Sweet potatoes with marshmallow - Like the carrot souffle, but along with the cranberry, this might be the best accompaniment to the dry, gamey turkey.