Menu Planning
Thanksgiving Day is one week from today. There are various meanings tied to the day, and we’ll address those another time.
For others, though, Thanksgiving means Thanksgiving dinner. But what’s showing up on the table across America?
An Economist/YouGov poll last year indicated that two-third of us, 67 percent, would be dining on turkey. That makes it the most popular food to find its way onto the Thanksgiving table; they don’t call it “turkey day” for nothing.
When asked what they planned to eat for Thanksgiving last year, 56 percent said mashed potatoes would be on their plate, with another 55 percent saying bread or rolls. And dessert ranks high—54 percent of us said pie.
A majority of 51 percent said they would have stuffing; that same number said gravy would be essential.
While 40 percent of us said green beans would be on the table…there was no word if the toasted onion pieces out of a can would be atop the green bean casserole.
Call them yams, call them sweet potatoes—regardless, they are on 39 percent of our Thanksgiving tables. Yes, there is a difference between them. No, I don’t care.
Cranberry sauce makes it on 38 percent of American Thanksgiving tables; guessing most of those have it in the shape of a can on a serving dish.
And a salute to Iowa…a third, 33 percent, of those surveyed last year said corn would be on the table.
Get those shopping lists made out…it’s only a week away.
