Posted on 11/04/2021 6:25:22 AM PDT by mylife
The map of favorite Thanksgiving sides, provided by Zippia, is surprisingly varied.
Okay, get your arguin’ pants on, everybody, because we’ve got a Thanksgiving map for you. This one features America’s favorite Thanksgiving sides by state. It’s provided by Zippia, a career resource site which used Google Trends to determine each state’s most-searched side.
The Zippia team based its data on a pre-determined list of classic Thanksgiving side dishes, and they did make some calls that you might consider controversial—for example, labeling gravy a side, because it’s not a main dish (nor a drink, as they joked). The team also analyzed search trends from November of last year, so if any big changes happen in 2021, we won’t know until later.
Keeping those things in mind, here’s the skinny. The top pick? A classic: mashed potatoes. Nine states have crowned mashed potatoes the cream of the Thanksgiving crop: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois (The Takeout’s home state), Massachusetts, Nevada, and Oregon.
Other states chose more non-traditional sides: for example, Alaska’s pick of stuffed mushrooms, Delaware’s choice of mashed cauliflower potatoes, Kentucky’s and Tennessee’s hashbrown casserole, and Minnesota and Missouri’s pick of a charcuterie tray.
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I dislike these sorts of rankings. The assumption is “most searched” equals “most popular”. All it takes is one local news story with an “ewwwww!” factor to skew the results. Besides that, the REAL favorites don’t have to be “searched” because people know them so they don’t have to look them up.
Very nice.
I just adore cranberries. I make real cranberry sauce not the canned one. I’ll make an apple bread with dried cranberries and walnuts, too.
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
15 ounces condensed cream of chicken soup
3 cups cubed potatoes (frozen, thawed at room temperature for at least 30 minutes)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter (melted)
2 cups Corn Flakes Cereal
Funeral potatoes is a traditional potato hotdish or casserole that is popular in the American Intermountain West and Midwest. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints call the casserole "funeral" potatoes because it is commonly served as a side dish during traditional after-funeral dinners, such as those planned by members of the Relief Society. But the dish is also served at other church dinners, both within and outside of the LDS Church, as well as at potlucks and other social gatherings.
Yep, with fresh cranberries. Not my fav but it's a tradition.
Any list which doesn’t have Persimmon Pudding at the top is suspect in my book.
true dat.
Good sweet potatoes need nothing more than pools of butter to do the job.
butter, salt, pepper.
Collard Greens my butt.
I’ve never heard of a single person here in MD that even had Collard Greens on TG. East, west, or in between.
This must be a “Baltimore” (i.e., demographic) thing.
I’d think stuffing is #1.
As far as “unusual” (but how is collard greens usual?) - we do seem to like our sauerkraut. I have to be careful or I might miss out buying the best before TG and Xmas.
Amen to the butter.
The cinnamon is really good though.
And I confess to a sweet tooth, so I add a smidgen of dark brown sugar.
Funny thing, I’m a life long NYSer. And I’ve never seen or heard of anyone serving sweet potatoes with marshmallows.
Maybe it’s a Downstate thing...
It seemed like we were eating sticks and twigs.
You Pilgrims were not the first (English) in the US territories and were not the first to offer up “thanksgiving”.
Even Columbus did this on the Caribbean shores.
It’s like cracker barrel potatoes. I make it. It’s crushed corn flakes on top mixed with hot butter first then put on top of shredded hash brows. Just look up copy cat cracker barrel potatoe recipe.
My mom makes a mashed turnip dish that is to die for.
DE=Cauliflower mashed. No wonder biden is filling his diaper.
Were the nanas on the pizza or the salad...?
Nanas on salad, well, not my cuppa, but I’d try it.
Nanas on pizza...
GACK.
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