Thanksgiving (United States)

What is eaten for Thanksgiving (United States)

Thanksgiving is the great home meal of the American year. Families travel long distances to sit at one table and say what they are thankful for. The menu hardly changes: a whole roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and green bean casserole, then pumpkin and pecan pies. Most of the ingredients are native to North America. Regions add their own dishes, such as cornbread dressing and macaroni cheese in the South. Leftovers feed the house for days.

The dishes

StuffingBread, herbs and onion, cooked in or beside the bird.Cranberry sauceSharp red sauce for the turkey.Pumpkin pieThe dessert of the day.Pecan pieThe second pie, from the South.

More dishes made for Thanksgiving (United States)

SauerkrautVegan 🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreFinely shredded cabbage preserved by natural fermentation in salt Sauce, pickle or ferment, Lunch, Dinner Thanksgiving dinnerMeat 🇺🇸 United States and 2 moreA holiday meal centered on roast turkey with a variety of side dishes and desserts Main dish, Dinner Roast chickenMeat 🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreWhole chicken roasted over heat or fire, served in many styles worldwide Main dish, Lunch, Dinner Mince pie 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreSmall sweet pies filled with spiced fruit mincemeat, eaten at Christmas Pie or savoury pastry, Tea time, Snacks Candy corn 🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreTri-colored sweet shaped like a kernel, linked with autumn and Halloween in the US Sweet or dessert, Snacks Sweet potato pieVegetarian 🇺🇸 United StatesSouthern U.S. pie with a creamy sweet potato filling, often served at holiday meals Sweet or dessert TourtièreMeat 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 moreFrench Canadian meat pie with spiced filling, often served at Christmas and New Year Main dish, Dinner