Store-Bought Pies
Pumpkin pie often shares the spotlight with turkey as the star of Thanksgiving meals. Perhaps that’s why it’s such a slap in the face to some people when the pies come from grocery stores. Those who named this as their number one offender listed as reasons the stale crust, chemical-laden insides, and the underwhelming, mass-produced flavor. “I can see why someone might let cranberry sauce slide,” one friend said, “but for God’s sake, get a hold of yourself when you start letting dessert slide!”
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Sweet Potato Casserole
My mom makes this every year and while the rest of the family enjoys it, I just can’t get behind combining
succulent sweet potatoes with marshmallows and goopy syrup. (Sorry, Mom!) I was relieved to find out I’m not alone; most of those polled cited this as their least-liked Thanksgiving food. But there will always be diehards who deem sweet potatoes not nearly sweet enough, which is why this dish remains a Thanksgiving staple.
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Interestingly, the results of my research didn’t vary much across gender or age. Our favorite parts about Thanksgiving meals vary from person to person, but when it came to least-liked dishes, the answers were strikingly similar among people of all ages and in all locations. However, for every few people who disliked a certain dish, there was another one who proclaimed, “Hey, I like that!” I guess pleasing everybody at a big meal is pretty much impossible, which is probably why these items exist in the first place—to make sure everybody stuffs themselves properly on the biggest eating holiday of the year. Clearly, one person’s cornbread casserole can be someone else’s random floaties in Jell-O.
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