Is your state’s favorite dish on the Thanksgiving dinner menu this year?
But it turns out, the most popular side dishes vary by state—and your state’s favorite dish may surprise you.
The following written content by Emily VanSchmus via Better Homes & Gardens
As you’re planning this year’s Thanksgiving dinner menu, you’ve probably got all the basics covered: Green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and stuffing are among the most classic Thanksgiving side dishes. But it turns out, the most popular side dishes vary by state—and your state’s favorite dish may surprise you.
Career website Zippia recently published a state-by-state guide of the most popular Thanksgiving side dishes, and not all of the results were what we expected to see. The company compiled Google Trends data from November 2019 to determine what recipes were searched on Google in each state in the days leading up to the big holiday last year. If people in Nebraska searched, “how to make green bean casserole,” more than any other Thanksgiving-related recipe, Zippia concluded this was their most popular dish.
They excluded main dishes and drinks—because wine and roast turkey are a given at many Thanksgiving dinners—but they did include gravy as a side dish since it was such a popular search.
They found that mashed potatoes were the country’s most popular side dish, beating out all other recipes in 10 states. The next most popular dish was mac and cheese. Not as surprising was their finding that the Midwest states love a good green bean casserole (one of my personal favorites). They also noted that regional differences in dialect played a part in the winning dishes, even though they use similar recipes: In Southern states, searches for “dressing” were common, while the rest of the country searched “stuffing,” expecting the same result.
To see whether your state’s favorite is represented on your Thanksgiving dinner menu, check out the results below.
Alabama: Dressing
Alaska: Hashbrown Casserole
Arizona: Green Bean Casserole
Arkansas: White Gravy
California: Mashed Potatoes
Colorado: Mashed Potatoes
Connecticut: Mashed Potatoes
Read more about the rest of the list from Better Homes & Gardens here.
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