Mac and cheese I believe is a standard African-American side dish at Thanksgiving.
“Mac and cheese I believe is a standard African-American side dish at Thanksgiving.”
Appalachian as well although we have Black relatives so maybe that is why it is there. My wife makes it at Thanksgiving as did her mother and aunts.
I had African-American friends who hosted a pre-Thanksgiving party (I suppose it’s what they call “Friendsgiving” now) every year about a week before Thanksgiving.
They didn’t serve mac & cheese, but they always had greens and dirty rice, both of which were delicious.