Think how long it took to extinguish jello salad from Americans' menus — 1948 to 1998.
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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It’s all about real estate on the plate. Some things have to be left out to make room for more special items. :~ )
The results seem to be based on what people googled. Maybe some people googled "stuffed mushrooms" because they already know how to make the dishes they really like to serve on Thanksgiving. I've never even tried a stuffed mushroom. We often have lasagna on Thanksgiving, though.
delicious with smoked ham hocks, pinch of sugar, splash with hotsauce
Why not not?
Its just a bit of fun. :)
I put dried cranberries on my breakfast cereal. Tart and sweet. It really enlivens an otherwise bland meal.
Your apple + bread sounds unique and delicious. If it’s not too much of a hassle, I’d love that recipe.
craisins are great!!
Yes, I know. I’m not seriously upset about it or anything. But I do live in NJ, and have my entire life. I’ve never seen anyone serve stuffed mushrooms at Thanksgiving, but it may very well be that lots of people do.
oatmeal craisin cookies are fantastic!
While I'm generally a fan, that dish is not part of my Thanksgiving culture and heritage, and anyone who puts that on the table is shoving their priviledge at me. I would absolutely sic the Squad on them.
Drifting off topic: I don't like birthday cake, and my wife knows it. So one year she offered to try out a new Wolfgang Puck mac/cheese recipe for me instead. Sure!
Hours later the kitchen looked like a bomb had gone off... she had worked so hard on it and must have used every pot in the house. I thought we'd have to call ServePro to clean it up. I'd never tell her this, but Kraft in a box would have been just fine with me.
Wolfgang Puck's Mac and Cheese has not made a return appearance on our table.
I am not a huge fan of Mac and Cheese, but can make a damn good one from scratch, its pretty simple.
I have never heard of the charcuterie tray and I am from Minnesota.
It looks like a party platter.
https://natashaskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Charcuterie-Board-1.jpg
I think that “charcuterie tray” is actually “cold cuts”, “meat and cheese platter”, or maybe on the east coast, “antipasto.”
Think how long it took to extinguish jello salad from Americans' menus — 1948 to 1998.
Replaced by cooking carrots in 7-up.
Or chow chow
Cranberries grew wild in New England, which is where the colonies—and Thanksgiving—began.
Every fatty meal (turkey dark meat is fatty) needs a side of fruit acids to cut the grease in the digestive tract.
Having lived in MN much of my life, I had to figure out what a “Charcuterie Plate” was.
Mixed veg-cheese-meat plate.
I remember!
Green Bean Casserole is one of those things we have once a year, only at Thanksgiving. I can take it or leave it, but wife insists it’s part of the holiday.
We like “green bean casserole” in Ohio.
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