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 put it all on a sangwich the next day, Yom!”
Mayo?
Hashbrown casserole is yummier than plain ole mashed p’s. My state gets another thing wrong 🙄
I grew up in South Dakota and my family has been there since before it became a state. I never heard of anyone making baked sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving.
LOL!
Nice. Think I’ll make this for TG.
No Thanksgiving feast is complete without the Oceanspray quivering red cylinder.
I was just about to say Baltimore. Yes, it’s all about demographics. Every black family function I’ve ever attended in SE PA served collard greens. I assume it’s the same in Baltimore. Around here, most families (including mine) serve lasagna as one of the sides. I’ve never eaten a stuffed mushroom in my life. P.S. I’m surprised stuffing isn’t #1 for everyone.
My Grandma made Oyster stuffing.
delicious
why not?
I use sausage.
Bacon, cheese and onion stuffed potatoes, sourdough bacon stuffing and French cut green been casserole with bacon. (we love bacon)
good calls.
OMG, collard greens. I tried them when I moved to the sort-of South. They tasted so bad it was like burning. What kind of monster eats these?
DC should be government cheese stuffed turkey.
To each his gout?
Seriously?! I question the accuracy of this poll.
Not a huge fan of cranberries myself, but they are the foundation of Plymouth, MA.
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows?!
Whipped sweet potatoes spiked with bourbon topped with toasted marshmallows. Yummmm!!!
I like turnips. I’d make a little room on my plate for that
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