We all love thanksgiving, but like every other holiday in 2020, it will be much different this year. For this Thanksgiving, it’s just going to be our immediate family. But next year we’ll really be able to celebrate!
In our home, like in so many others, a big topic of pre-Thanksgiving chatter is about side dishes. Everyone has a favorite and they all put in a request for the big feast.
What is your favorite side dish(es)? Let us know by leaving a comment in the section below.
The Most Popular Thanksgiving Side Dishes
I bet you’d like to know what’s the most popular Thanksgiving side dish in your own state.
Well, the folks at Zippia took a look at some of the most popular Thanksgiving side dishes.
Using Google Trends, Zippia determined what Thanksgiving side dish each state eats a disproportionate amount of. They examined over 20 Thanksgiving classics in the days leading up to the big holiday last year. From there, the company determined what side is searched a disproportionately, high amount.
So if more people in, say, Indiana searched for Deviled Eggs, they determined that Deviled Eggs were the most popular side dish in that state.
We’re sure not everyone will agree with the results. But that’s what makes these studies so much fun!
Zippia’s results showed the following:
- Mashed potatoes are the favorite of 10 states.
- Right behind mashed potatoes is mac n’ cheese, with seven states ranking it Number 1.
- Talk about healthy; Maine is all about the side salad.
- While only New Hampshire chose cranberry sauce as their fav.
- And there were plenty of biscuits, rolls, and stuffing.
Each State’s Favorite Thanksgiving Side
| State | Side |
| Alabama | Dressing |
| Alaska | Hash brown casserole |
| Arizona | Green bean casserole |
| Arkansas | White Gravy |
| California | Mashed Potatoes |
| Colorado | Mashed Potatoes |
| Connecticut | Mashed Potatoes |
| Delaware | Mac And Cheese |
| District of Columbia | Mac And Cheese |
| Florida | Sweet Potato Casserole |
| Georgia | Mac And Cheese |
| Hawaii | Turkey gravy |
| Idaho | Green bean casserole |
| Illinois | Mashed Potatoes |
| Indiana | Deviled Eggs |
| Iowa | Corn |
| Kansas | Cream Corn |
| Kentucky | Broccoli Casserole |
| Louisiana | Cornbread Dressing |
| Maine | Side Salad |
| Maryland | Mac And Cheese |
| Massachusetts | Stuffing |
| Michigan | Green bean casserole |
| Minnesota | Mashed Potatoes |
| Mississippi | Baked Sweet Potatoes |
| Missouri | Rolls |
| Montana | Mashed Potatoes |
| Nebraska | Green bean casserole |
| Nevada | Mashed Potatoes |
| New Hampshire | Cranberry Sauce |
| New Jersey | Stuffing |
| New Mexico | Green bean casserole |
| New York | Stuffing |
| North Carolina | Mac And Cheese |
| North Dakota | Mashed Potatoes |
| Ohio | Green bean casserole |
| Oklahoma | Rolls |
| Oregon | Biscuits |
| Pennsylvania | Stuffing |
| Rhode Island | Stuffing |
| South Carolina | Mac And Cheese |
| South Dakota | Crescent Rolls |
| Tennessee | Sweet Potato Casserole |
| Texas | Green bean casserole |
| Utah | Rolls |
| Vermont | Stuffing |
| Virginia | Mac And Cheese |
| Washington | Mashed Potatoes |
| West Virginia | Rolls |
| Wisconsin | Mashed Potatoes |
| Wyoming | Brown Gravy |
Time To Go Shopping
Now when you think of Thanksgiving, you also think of holiday shopping, as Black Friday and Cyber Monday quickly follow Turkey Day. Again, this year will be different than in the past, with even more online shopping.
So, please remember to record ALL of your holiday purchases, whether you get them in an actual store or online.
Online Shopping Tips
Here again are our best tips for recording online purchases:
- Online purchases may come in one or multiple shipments and don’t always include a packing receipt. Consider printing out your email/order confirmation so you can refer back to it when reporting your purchase.
- If your items do come separately, please scan them as you receive them.
- If an item arrives with the UPC barcode covered by another label, try carefully peeling off that label and scanning the UPC barcode on the item (or manually enter the barcode number if the barcode is damaged).
- If you buy something from the website of a retailer that also has a storefront, make sure to report the trip as an online purchase. For example, if you order something from Walmart’s website, select “Walmart .com” when you record the purchase (whether the item was shipped directly to you or picked up at the store).
Have a very happy Thanksgiving, and remember to stay safe!
Best Regards,
Taylor
Also see:
- Thanksgiving Tidbits (December 6, 2019)
- Happy Thanksgiving! (November 23, 2016)
- Going Online Shopping? (December 6, 2019)
I always look forward to mashed potatoes, dressing and gravy.
Is gravy a SIDE DISH??
I would have to say stuffing and homemade mashed potatoes and gravy both homemade
My Side Dishes Is Mac And Cheese, Corn bread Dressing, Potato Salad And Angel Eggs
We have stuffing with sausage apples and cranberries
Cranberry Salad is my favorite side!
I’m live in Indiana, and I would have to say deviled eggs are up there on my list too.
Cornbread dressing – without oysters, please!
I don’t know about mac & cheese bring the favorite in Ga. Where I live in Ga. Our house hold we like them all and we have them all every Thanksgiving. From green bean casserole, Mac & Cheese Casserole, we have corn casserole, stuffing, rolls, the devil eggs, Mash Potatoes. Sweet potato, cranberry sauce. We have them all, we have left-over a whole week. We all so cook a Turkey and a big ‘O’ Ham. So there’s a lot of food on Thanksgiving week all week. And we only have about Ten people feed give or take 1, or 2, people that’s why we have Thanksgiving for the whole week.
Stuffing
Great the states and favorite dishes we can put that on a bucket list next year(covid19 havoc on health and lives pick two states and their dishes and dedicate yourself to visit and take that dish I only need to visit four St Louis Chicago Kentucky n Tennessee better start planningg now who will occupony me so my 58 year old tail dont get llost.I just fear n ive never really gone anywhere