Live Poll: Happy Hanksgiving — A Day to Celebrate Tom Hanks

I like Turnips & Hooch, for its playful turn on the title; but I am with you Catch Me If You Cran-berries sounds the most appetizing. Most of these are Tom Hanks inspired Hanksgiving menu items with actual recipes from Serious Eats Hanksgiving Recipes or Vulture Hanksgiving Recipes.
 
Catch Me If You Cran-berries: As colorful and festive as a sixties airport lounge!

Ingredients:

1 12-ounce bag of cranberries
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
Zest and juice of 1 orange
1 tbs. finely chopped ginger
1 whole star anise
1 cinnamon stick

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in a pan and simmer until the cranberries are very soft and the liquid is thick and jammy, about 20 minutes. Recipe by Tejal Rao; restaurant critic, Bloomberg

The rest Jen or I came up on our own, when this was a poll suggestion on the old message boards, Jen was a big help. It was not that difficult with over fifty Tom Hanks movie titles to work with and the menu items only have to sound good, not necessarily taste good. Plus,  you can use an existing recipe and just add the pun-able ingredient to make it work. The tough part is the time involved and having the pun pop into your head.

I have added some more, so here's a new one, if you appreciate wonderfully awful puns.

Saving Mr. Banks 2013 | Movie 7.5 (134,721)
Hanksgiving menu item: Glazing Mr. Shanks
Braised pork shanks covered in a pineapple, orange and brown sugar glaze

Urb,

You may find this recent article pertinent:
In Defense of Puns
By James Geary
November 15, 2018
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/11/15/in-defense-of-puns/

Thanks, I did find interesting, especially the famous pun masters and its place in history. How did you ever run across it?

Urb,

It appeared in the Pocket Recommendations in Firefox.

Pocket Recommendations in Firefox FAQ
https://help.getpocket.com/article/1142-firefox-new-tab-recommendations-faq

I probably would have eventually come across the article. I'm a big fan of puns, word play and the word origins.

Cool, I love pocket too,

I probably read a half dozen articles a day from my Firefox browser. I either missed it or we are set up for different interests. I found it interesting too, as I am a origins fan too and the story behind the story stuff.

Thanks, corrected.
Cravin' Private Ryan: An oversized fried turkey, nicknamed "Private Ryan" with juicy tender turkey meat, a delicious flaky crust and plenty of leftovers saved for later.

Another typo:
...but Hanksgiving has its own traditions and menu.

Corrected, a couple last minute menu additions


The Terminal 2004 | Movie 7.3 (353,877)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: The Corn-minal
A covered basket of warm gluten-free, low fat, low calorie and low sugar cornbread muffins.


The Post 2017 | Movie 7.2 (93,748)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: The Roast
A platter assortment of carved roast meats: lamb, pork, pot and rump.


Sleepless in Seattle
1993 | Movie 6.8 (140,752)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: Sleepless in Se-Apple
An apple cider cream pie topped with cinnamon-sprinkled Washington state grown baked apple slices.


Splash 1984 | Movie 6.2 (61,649)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: Spl-Hash
A russet potato hash and a splash of hot sauce mixed with bacon, yellow onion, red bell pepper, baby spinach and spiced with chopped garlic, kosher salt and black pepper.


Cast Away 2000 | Movie 7.8 (458,007)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: Cast Iron Way Chili
A 3-way, 4-way or 5-way chili prepared in a cast iron skillet.

Corrected, I made the suggested edits. Thanks again for all your help.

You made these unique suggestions for Hanksgiving 2016: A Soy Story Too, Pig, Mode to Perfection Salad, Punch Lime, Dough versus the Volcano, The Bean Pile, Ladyfinger Chillers, The 'Herbs and Philadelphia Cheese Cake. Although, I may have tweaked the recipes or description a bit, in some cases. You also put me onto a second article that had a bunch Tom Hanks inspired Hanksgiving menu items that helped fill out the answer pool. As a result, you are either directly or indirectly responsible for over half the answer pool items.

The outer colored part of the peel of citrus fruit has the following synonyms: zest, rind, peel and skin, it is just a matter of personal preference.

Hanksgiving menu addition

The Post 2017 | Movie 7.2 (93,748)
Hanksgiving Menu Item: The Roast
A platter assortment of carved roast meats: lamb, pork, pot and rump.

Oops...someone already recommended this. Sorry!

Thanks, Enjoy your Hanksgiving Holiday.

I was curious to see what would drive the votes; the title, the menu item or the wit, when the question asks which combination do you prefer. So, far early votes would seem to indicate the title seems to be driving force, as some more appetizing menu items have lower totals than their less tasty counterparts.

Thanks, changed #13 menu item "Sleepless in Se-Apple" to "Sweetness in Se-Apple"

Thanks, corrected #9 spelling "tahani" "tahini"

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