Posted on 11/22/2022 8:29:53 AM PST by mylife
Americans will soon be gathering for their Thanksgiving feast. But there are certain “Turkey Day” dishes that many people aren’t thankful to see on the table or their plate. A travel website, The Vacationer, surveyed 1,092 adults to find the most disliked Thanksgiving foods. Cranberry sauce tops the list with nearly 30% of those surveyed opting to pass on it. The second most disliked food is Turkey! Yes, turkey!!! (Whaaat??) Followed by sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and stuffing (or dressing for those of you in the South). So, if you’re doing the cooking this year, take note, plan accordingly and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
1 Cranberry Sauce (29.92% dislike) 2 Turkey (28.09% dislike) 3 Sweet Potatoes or Yams (24.25% dislike) 4 Green Bean Casserole (24.61% dislike) 5 Stuffing or Dressing (23.42% dislike) 6 Coleslaw (21.68% dislike) 7 Ham (21.23% dislike) 8 Pumpkin Pie (20.77% dislike) 9 Mashed Potatoes (17.57% dislike) 10 Macaroni and Cheese (14.73% dislike) 11 Corn (13.82% dislike) 12 Carrots (12.08% dislike)
Thanksgiving week turkey is much less expensive than Spam any time of year.
Nothing like a slab of the jellied stuff on a turkey sandwich (with mayo and homemade jalapeno relish) after the holiday is over...
Turkey. I HATE turkey.
Cranberry sauce is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving.
Yep...it’s what I remember....
But when I was very young my family didn’t have much money to speak of. There were times when my pops was off overseas we had to scrimp. One Thanksgiving my mom asked me what I wanted to eat, all of us knowing there wouldn’t be any big turkey, etc.
I told her I want TWO Swansons TV Turkey dinners. I got them and was perfectly happy.... AND that can of jellied cranberry ‘sauce.’
"Anyone who doesn’t like stuffing should be deported."
I wouldn’t give you a Nickle for all the sweet potato pie on the planet. Just sayin.
BIG glass of milk.
Big fingers, little keyboard.
Peas and carrots. My family always made them mixed for Thanksgiving growing up. Can’t stand them mixed.
‘Who on God’s green earth does not like mashed potatoes and gravy?’
nobody; but I still skip the gravy, because, well, just because...
I’m guessing these rankings are subject to change, depending on how the item is made.
I’ve tasted some really bad turkey over the years. If that’s what a person is used to, they might have an aversion to turkey because of it. (Fortunately, my family is good at roasting a turkey.)
My SIL has a lot of food issues because of the way she grew up. When we first met her, one of the things she refused to eat was ham. Now she’s happy to eat it if one of us cooked it, but the ham her own mother prepares makes her throw up.
I’m always curious about why people like or dislike certain foods. How much of that is because of how the food was prepared? How much is due to psychological factors? How much is due to low-grade intolerances or mild allergies? And how much is just because that’s how their taste buds are?
I doubt we’ll ever truly know.
Gee, that was the choice we had for every meal we ate at home when I was growing up.
Go hungry if you want, but mom is not a short order cook. You eat what she made, like it or not, or you go hungry.
Hunger won EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. (except one, when I choose to go hungry as a 6 or 7 year old. My parents did not know what to do with that. They were shocked that I was willing to go hungry rather than eat the food. It actually did convince them that I really didn't like it, and they never forced her homemade hash on me again. Hallelujah!!!!!!)
I make those for the New Year along with ham. Fried okra is ok with me. I don’t like it slimy.
Wow.
I see you are in PA. Could you by chance have grown up with it from some German, Polish, or similar ethnic take on the holiday?
‘In that case....HEY! I’ll have his share of the desserts!’
not really; he ‘could’ care less about dessert, which means he actually does care and would take offense at you taking his share...
Yeah, a tough and dry slice of turkey breast isn’t palatable without heavy wrapping in mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce.
We had a self-made PB&J as a third option.
‘...plus NIG glass of milk.’
is that chocolate milk...?
Is Thanksgiving ham a Hoosier thing?
I don’t like turkey. At least the way my mom cooked it. Always dry and tasteless. And I can’t stand mincemeat pie.
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