*horf*

Best thing ever.

Awe is the right word here.

It's like a casserole cake. Awesome.

not a fan...

LOL that would be fun. *ponders actually doing that to confuse her friends for thanksgiving*

Hooray! I'm thrilled! I no longer have to waste all that time and effort scooping different foods out of bowls to enjoy my holiday. It's really space-age thinking!

It doesn't look that appetizing at first glance, but once I ran down the list of what the layers and icing were, I got on board. I bet it's delish!

Gross.

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oh dear.

Yummy, mashed potato cake!

there are no words.....

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This would be way better with peanut butter in it...

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Showed my boyfriend. He looked nauseated.

say it ain't so.

That's just nasty. No wonder Americans' diets are so horrible. "We" really will eat anything!

All that effort to make something that is just bound to be totally vile. Why?

Trish1980 you need to look more closely at the middle dark layer. The texture is different because it's a thin layer of cranberry sauce with sausage stuffing on top instead of turkey.

Not so much.

Noooooooooo!

Disgusting ... the worst part is the "loaf". There might be a sexier way to do this, but this isn't remotely close

ew ew ew

I wonder why they did the "loaf"? My family's (southern) dressing recipe would work well as the layers... I might do this just to gross my sister out. She's one of those people who doesn't like the different types of food on her plate to touch each other.

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There's a whole business in Chicago based on this concept (link above).
I'm not sure why people are so grossed out. I'm veg, so it's not for me, but what's the difference between this and how things mix together on the plate? (although I'm with you, marshmallows are a bit much)

I thought I was just grossed out because I'm a vegetarian. Now I see that I have company among the omnivores. So much work, such a scary result.

Are marshmallows regional? There are always sweet potatoes at my family's and friends gatherings, but I've never seen a marshmallow on top, not once. I always hear about it. (Not that I WANT to see them, it sounds hideous, but what do I know.)

I think this might be fun to try. Not anytime soon, but I will keep it in mind. I suppose you could serve green beans on the side. . .

Oh eeww. Kinda nauseating.

I was initially excited because I first thought the pic showed some kind of pumpin pie and cake hybrid :(

I'd still try this, but would have to savor the top two layers by their tasty selves.

I actually made my brother a meatloaf cake for his birthday one year. His birthday is on April Fools day :)

Looks more like an art project or science experiment! This is what happens when adults play with their food :)

I bet this tastes really good with gravy ALL over it!
NOT for the compartment eaters though!

Yeah..no gracias :P

it looks kind of gross, yet I want one.

I could have gone my whole life without seeing that...

"I'm European do you normally have marshmallows with turkey?"

Actually, no -- the marshmallows are probably there because of the top orange layer, which I'm assuming is sweet potatoes. There are many who put marshmallows on top of sweet potatoes.

I'll admit I'm not one. I always had weird issues about mixing sweet-and-savory as a child. I'd eat anything, but only as long as the sweet stuff stayed AWAY from the savory stuff like it was supposed to.

It's mashed potatoes, turkey, and stuffing topped with sweet potatoes and marshmallows. I thought yuck initially because I thought the "icing" was sweet. But it's essentially like a shepherd's pie.

One word: brilliant.

Makes me wanna eat meat again.

My husband just about puked a little in his mouth when I showed him this :D LOL.

Heheeh you're all a bunch of food snobs! I think it's hilarious and was intended to be humorous. Like the meatloaf birthday cake.

Lighten up!

This is so funny. But it's just...wrong.

Impressive use of space

Ew.

ew ew ew

eeeeeeeeeeeeew

I can't believe someone else thought this before Sandra Lee thought of it, made it, and designed a tablescape around it.

Didn't take long for this to get veganized!!

Behold:
Thanksgiving cake!

Too funny! Never would we make this in our house, but its entertaining to imagine doing it. The addition of cranberry sauce in some form would add some nice color.....my six-year old saw the pic with me and is now nagging me to make it....

This could only appeal to pregnant women. Or sixth graders. Or maybe pregnant sixth graders, depending on where you live.

Egad.... that's repulsive. But I'd probably still try it. once.

Just because one CAN do something doesn't mean one SHOULD do something. Even so, it takes a lot of creativity to come up with something like this.

It needs a layer of green beans mixed with cream of mushroom soup and a layer of french-fried onion rings ;-D

@pennysgirl - maybe we could turn that into "ice cream" to go with the "cake"?

My mom made this the other night for a family she cooks for on certain nights of the week, and they loved it! They finished the entire thing. However, it did take a long time to make.

There should be cranberries on top