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95. What if my part of America isn't in America?

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 07:21 PM

Nov 2015

We have Thanksgiving dinner in the Rheinland near Düsseldorf. My wife is a brilliant chef, and though they now raise turkeys here in Germany, we order cranberries and Peppridge Faaaahm stuffing from the States. We also have green beans sauteed with onions and local mushrooms and sweet potato squash. The neighbors bring a huge bowl of chocolate mousse, and we make up the cranberry sauce.

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Here�s What Your Part Of America Eats On Thanksgiving [View all] sufrommich Nov 2015 OP

Cornbread my friend. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #1

And not that Yankee-fied type Aerows Nov 2015 #73

+1 Go Vols Nov 2015 #94

EEK! My dead mother's ashes would reconstitute TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #121

My grandmother Aerows Nov 2015 #126

I never use Cirsco in it, either... SeattleVet Nov 2015 #133

Olive oil works perfectly in place other types of fat ronnie624 Nov 2015 #157

Cornbread goes in the dressing. LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #113

Who wants to interrupt devouring all the goodness Aerows Nov 2015 #128

Mac and cheese surprised me Mnpaul Nov 2015 #161

Make that cornbread dressing! TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #138

Pass the gravy! Aerows Nov 2015 #139

We're having a feast TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #141

Ours: Aerows Nov 2015 #143

I forgot the mashed potatoes TexasMommaWithAHat Nov 2015 #145

Okay, yeah I do stop by the bread pudding :) Aerows Nov 2015 #147

What is wrong with the western states? Renew Deal Nov 2015 #2

I wasn't going to be the one to say it,but I've never sufrommich Nov 2015 #4

we like Waldorf salad on Thanksgiving... Scout Nov 2015 #17

I know, I thought that was kind of strange. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #26

We are among the salad eaters. You have to have something to balance the butter. Shrike47 Nov 2015 #30

My mother in law always served salad. Not only that, but my husband likes it for dessert. merrily Nov 2015 #39

We always had salad but it wasn't the main side dish. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #54

we're weird out here, I tells ya! Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #109

There was sometimes a small green salad when there were like 15 of us XemaSab Nov 2015 #112

I'm in the NE, and we do salad... MIL makes a warm bacon dressing. Glassunion Nov 2015 #46

I enjoy a spinach salad Aerows Nov 2015 #79

Ha, my MIL does that too. We call it "wilted lettuce salad." ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #104

I make hot bacon dressing Aerows Nov 2015 #148

We always have salad (Pacific NW here), plus other veggie dishes. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #59

I bet it's good Renew Deal Nov 2015 #60

You too! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #62

I didn't know you could eat raw brussels sprouts. Aerows Nov 2015 #80

It's good! Definitely a cabbage-like kind of thing. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #122

YUM, YUM, YUM! Aerows Nov 2015 #125

Great! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #134

I was thinking of maybe tossing Aerows Nov 2015 #135

Good idea. I like 'em too. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #136

I'm not a big fan of pecans Aerows Nov 2015 #137

I made an actual arugula latte today... F4lconF16 Nov 2015 #88

Know what's funny about arugula? Despite the silly crap about it being some effete elitist lettuce, Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #110

Really?! That's so cool! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #124

Arugula Latte is the best username ever! But I have to admit femmedem Nov 2015 #152

I've never seen salad Aerows Nov 2015 #77

My versions are more like "appetizer" salads, Aerows, Hortensis Nov 2015 #171

Salad is effing delicious. But it's usually not the "leaves and dressing" variety. Xithras Nov 2015 #78

It's important to remember that in many parts of this fine land Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #108

That's true! I didn't appreciate California produce, Hortensis Nov 2015 #162

Your salads sound delicious! n/t femmedem Nov 2015 #153

"wrong"? Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #107

I'd say what wrong kentauros Nov 2015 #155

Oh, no! A very small but holiday-special salad sets off Hortensis Nov 2015 #165

Damn no yams? JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #3

It just means that they aren't disproportionately popular Renew Deal Nov 2015 #6

+1. And I don't think of rolls or cornbread as a "side". n/t winter is coming Nov 2015 #70

I will be celebrating Thanksgiving alone. longship Nov 2015 #5

I've celebrated it alone quite a few times in my life. cwydro Nov 2015 #22

Living alone, I won't be cooking a turkey. longship Nov 2015 #25

I'll be on an extended business trip on Thanksgiving. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #33

I will raise a glass to you... longship Nov 2015 #36

I will be alone too but I will think of you. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #38

Mine will be either a Martini or a Manhattan. longship Nov 2015 #40

Maybe all of us celebrating-alone types should check in on a live thread Thursday night. Jim Lane Nov 2015 #100

Works for me! nt FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #170

Tough going 'celebrating' Thanksgiving alone. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #55

If I had to eat salad w/my turkey, I'd have that much less to be Thankful for Bucky Nov 2015 #7

lol! nt sufrommich Nov 2015 #10

Homemade Cornbread dressing & gravy is the BEST! CottonBear Nov 2015 #106

We're from everywhere snpsmom Nov 2015 #8

"No thanks, I'm a vegan. I'll have a Tofu Turkey salad instead" -- California 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #9

I have always wondered about vegan/vegetarian pipoman Nov 2015 #21

I'm fairly certain Aerows Nov 2015 #84

Any many who eat nothing. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #11

What does this mean...it doesn't read like English pipoman Nov 2015 #19

It would never occur to me to have mac & cheese at Thanksgiving cyberswede Nov 2015 #12

I don't think mashed potatos are regional. sufrommich Nov 2015 #14

No, it isn't. OnionPatch Nov 2015 #149

Mac and cheese isn't eaten at our house, either. I found that one odd. Shrike47 Nov 2015 #31

Map says I eat it, but I've never seen it on a thanksgiving table. Bonx Nov 2015 #35

We have mac n cheese because for most of his life my youngest son wouldn't eat anything else. ladyVet Nov 2015 #98

Or me. 840high Nov 2015 #61

I'm over 50 and don't remember a Thanksgiving without fried okra or sweet potatoes FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #13

Fried okra definitely sounds regional. :) Hortensis Nov 2015 #168

I'm a Texan, raised by Okies. blogslut Nov 2015 #15

I've had cornbread stuffing before,although it's not common sufrommich Nov 2015 #16

That would be dressing. Sissyk Nov 2015 #119

Salad? None of the rest surprised me.... pipoman Nov 2015 #18

"orange jello with shredded carrots" sufrommich Nov 2015 #20

mine used to slather it with mayonnaise...like frosting on the jello .. pipoman Nov 2015 #23

oh my god,we do have the same grandma! sufrommich Nov 2015 #24

Another grandchild here Sienna86 Nov 2015 #64

OMG I've witnessed that, too. Aerows Nov 2015 #85

And crushed pineapple. We always have it with crushed pineapple, too. n/t winter is coming Nov 2015 #69

Hmmm...been on the West Coast fredamae Nov 2015 #27

Same here! Salad in my family was the tray of vegetables and dip before csziggy Nov 2015 #131

Yummmm- fredamae Nov 2015 #164

Your dinner sounds great! csziggy Nov 2015 #167

As does yours! fredamae Nov 2015 #169

To me, pecan and key lime pies are the easiest pies to make csziggy Nov 2015 #172

Ok, you've convinced fredamae Nov 2015 #173

I hope you and your family enjoyu them as much as we do csziggy Nov 2015 #174

I've never had mac/cheese on Thanksgiving, and I live in the south. cwydro Nov 2015 #28

I think we have mac n cheese... one_voice Nov 2015 #87

LOL! cwydro Nov 2015 #89

Am I the only one who thinks this graphic is crazy? Paper Roses Nov 2015 #29

NH here.... bunnies Nov 2015 #49

That sounds about right Marrah_G Nov 2015 #116

I've never had Squash for Thanksgiving. Xyzse Nov 2015 #32

Squash? Mac and Cheese? matt819 Nov 2015 #34

Squash is an intricate part of thanksgiving in new england Marrah_G Nov 2015 #117

Mac and Cheese? Salad? Tree-Hugger Nov 2015 #37

Southern 'spreads' generally have it all and then some. :-) Lars39 Nov 2015 #41

Exactly - except I don't think I've ever had Mac & Cheese -?? n/t Whiskeytide Nov 2015 #47

Oh, heck... Lars39 Nov 2015 #48

Don't get me wrong... Whiskeytide Nov 2015 #58

Lol, of course. :-) Lars39 Nov 2015 #66

I might do something different this year and do closeupready Nov 2015 #42

Chicken and rice is a big favorite here, and Hortensis Nov 2015 #163

Thanks, and you too. closeupready Nov 2015 #166

WEED Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #43

Happy Danksgiving pipoman Nov 2015 #150

Squash? bigwillq Nov 2015 #44

I'm From PA RobinA Nov 2015 #45

This map leaves out all the ethnic variations - I know hedgehog Nov 2015 #50

Wow. My ancestors were Irish, and we didn't have squash on that side of the family PatrickforO Nov 2015 #57

As one living in Arizona ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #51

Mac & cheese for Thanksgiving? Really? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2015 #52

Well, ya know, between the stuffing, cornbread, rolls, mashed potatoes, and pie, Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #71

I see a 'bleed' of green bean casserole into the eastern portion of the western bloc of states... PatrickforO Nov 2015 #53

Roast Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing... Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #56

According to the map.. one_voice Nov 2015 #63

In the San Francisco area it's traditional to have Dungeness crab with that turkey dinner Gormy Cuss Nov 2015 #65

Yep. Every year. Xithras Nov 2015 #82

Mac and cheese?! KamaAina Nov 2015 #67

We never had mac and cheese until the neice married a guy from Ohio... Phentex Nov 2015 #97

We have a large family gathering at Thanksgiving. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #68

Hotdish? Aerows Nov 2015 #75

I did that on purpose. Even Minnesotans call that particular dish green been casserole. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #83

It isn't Thanksgiving Aerows Nov 2015 #72

I think we have all of those but the cornbread. Ace Rothstein Nov 2015 #74

We always have several salads at Thanksgiving cally Nov 2015 #76

Right? What is so weird about salad??? MissB Nov 2015 #90

I'm on board for all except one..... daleanime Nov 2015 #81

No potatoes of any kind? Cassiopeia Nov 2015 #86

Only time I ever eat mac & cheese ... lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #91

My Texan husband clamors for cornbread stuffing every year, Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #92

I hate squash ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2015 #93

What if my part of America isn't in America? DFW Nov 2015 #95

Cornbread dressing FTW Go Vols Nov 2015 #96

Don't forget the celery/olives platter Adsos Letter Nov 2015 #99

If you look very carefully there's an off-color dot in Puget sound that says "tomato aspic" Scootaloo Nov 2015 #101

Agreed about the rolls. Also we get some crossover on the green bean Casserole and even cornbread. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #102

Yams glazed in dark rum. Roasted garlic mashed potatoes. Balsamic mushroom gravy. LeftyMom Nov 2015 #103

South easterner born & bred: corn bread dressing w/ gravy CottonBear Nov 2015 #105

A bit different this year KT2000 Nov 2015 #111

Salad....really? Kilgore Nov 2015 #114

Mac n cheese on thanksgiving? Marrah_G Nov 2015 #115

There's just two of us so no turkey tammywammy Nov 2015 #118

I just found this updated version on facebook. pintobean Nov 2015 #120

everything must be gluten free in the west JI7 Nov 2015 #123

Damn straight npk Nov 2015 #127

Not really, But I have a few strays from the traditional Path: bobalew Nov 2015 #144

No salad for me; Jamaal510 Nov 2015 #129

What the hell? SheilaT Nov 2015 #130

LOL this map is a little too simple npk Nov 2015 #132

I love salad LittleBlue Nov 2015 #140

I usually eat chicken on Thanksgiving day prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #142

Mac and Cheese is the nectar of the gods! n/t Calista241 Nov 2015 #146

I'm doing a vegan Thanksgiving in Northeast, and it is going to be all about the stuffed squash. femmedem Nov 2015 #151

I was allegedly in mac & cheese country, but we always had cornbread stuffing Recursion Nov 2015 #154

I have "doctored" up our stuffing... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #156

ohio here JesterCS Nov 2015 #158

Interested Mildred S Nov 2015 #159

How would a standard turkey dinner not have all four of those "top" items? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #160