These are the Most Popular Thanksgiving Dishes in the United States

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Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays and for good reason – the food is amazing! Green bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, turkey, pumpkin pie… we could go on and on. Have you ever wondered how people’s favorite dishes differ across parts of the United States? We did and we found out which foods are most popular in different regions.

Nate Silver from FiveThirtyEight conducted a pole with Survey Monkey to find out about people’s favorite Thanksgiving dishes. Did your favorite food make the cut?

Main Dish

In regards to main dishes, the turkey was the most popular by far, with 82% of people voting for it, but chicken, pork, and roast beef also made it on the list.

Side Dish

For side dishes, the country was a lot more divided. People from the West coast’s favorite side is a salad, in the South, it’s cornbread, in the Southeast it’s mac and cheese, in New England it’s squash, in the Midwest it’s green beans/casserole, and in the Mideast, it’s rolls/biscuits.

Desserts

It’s no surprise that pumpkin pie is one of America’s favorite desserts on Thanksgiving, but these pies also made the cut. In New England and the Midatlantic, they enjoy apple pie, in the South, it’s pecan and sweet potato pie, and in the Midwest and New England, they eat cherry pie.

 

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Chris L
Chris loves traveling and exploring different cultures and tasting all the local cuisines. He has visited 6 of the 7 continents – all but Antarctica. His favorite food is Mediterranean; he loves a nice fresh salad and watermelon with feta cheese! You have to try it.