FOOD: Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie — just what is for dinner on Thanksgiving?
The website mentalfloss.com has mapped the most popular Thanksgiving foods in all 50 states, with information from General Mills.
It says in Pennsylvania the most popular Thanksgiving food is Buffalo chicken dip. We’re wondering it that is for the holiday meal, or for the afternoon football game? Not one of the 50 states has turkey listed as a favorite.
New York has cheesecake. OK, we can get behind that idea.
Wyoming has pork chops. Wisconsin and Arizona have shrimp. Texas has chicken spaghetti.
New Jersey’s favorite is crab cakes; Tennessee’s is sausage balls; Virginia has macaroni and cheese; Arkansas has chicken and dumplings; and Nevada and Indiana have peanut butter cookies.
How interesting.
Would you believe one website suggests there are 100 essential things needed for hosting the perfect Thanksgiving?
That site, bestproducts.com includes things like a $60 oak leaf garland, a $40 set of taper candleholders, a $51 harvest wreath, a set of four gold antler place card holders for the low, low price of $2,450.18, a $113 boxwood garland, a Williams Sonoma fall abundance wreath for $99.95, and a Wilson NFL Super Grip official football.
We skipped to the end of the article, but didn’t see a total cost for how much these “essentials” were.
We checked Pinterest next to see what others thought was essential. Here, we found recipes along with decorations and centerpieces for setting the perfect table.
The day commemorates a harvest festival, after all. Allabouthistory.com offers information about what the day should be about.
“To gather in unity, to teach the young, to prepare the heart.”
According to Time Magazine, the tradition of Thanksgiving football is almost as old as the holiday itself. In the mid 1870s, Princeton played Yale in Hoboken, N.J. The tradition took root, and remains a popular pastime for the day.
