The Thanksgiving sandwich isn't something you would traditionally eat on Thanksgiving, it's more a way just to get rid of all the leftovers (Turkey, Stuffing, Cranberry sauce, etc) in the days after Thanksgiving.
I used to go to a local deli when it was still in business and I would always get their shreaded turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, green bean sprouts and cream cheese. It was pretty good.
yea exactly not the tradition, just the common way of using up the leftovers because the feast is designed to be wayyyy more than everybody could hope to eat in one sitting.
@@themoviedealers yes but they also say it's a post-Thanksgiving "tradition". It's really not a tradition lol it's just what people commonly do. but those sammies are unquestionably good! That is, incidentally, another reason to make the Thanksgiving feast grandiose because the mass quantity of food is enough to feed the family for a week - efficiency.
Not only too every family, but different parts of the country do different dishes/sides also. So lumping "Thanksgiving dinner" into one thing, pretty hard to do lol
I don't think the generic foods are that variable. Most people have turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, some form of sweet potato and one of the mentioned pies for desert (sometimes all of them). What varies is how you make the constituents. Families have different recipes for how to cook the turkey (roasting, deep frying etc), how to make the stuffing (there are many variations such as cornbread, oysters, sausage and so on), how to cook the sweet potatoes (that casserole with marshmallows is just one way) and yeah, which kind of pie.
@@BTinSF Yeah it's about the style of cooking but I'm Carribbean and also my family is from Louisiana so staples in Creole/Cajun food as well as Caribbean food make an appearance at Thanksgiving too alongside family recipes/remixes of classic American staples.
@@BTinSF Exactly! It’s the variation Different households cook the Turkey in different ways, or they might serve a side dish that other households don’t serve, or maybe they have a unique recipe for stuffing or a pumpkin cheesecake instead of pumpkin pie for dessert, etc
Some Black people usually prefer Sweet Potato pie 🥧🤤but both are great. The menu varies depending on ethnic culture. My family is Jamaican, so we mix both traditional Thanksgiving & Caribbean food with our meal, I'm pretty sure most families do that. 🦃🇯🇲 Also, Marshmallows & Sweet Potatoes are Delicious! Don't knock it til you try it! 🍠😉
Greetings from the Yosemite area of California, in the great Golden State!!! I’m 70, and we Americans have great Thanksgiving dinners! Here’s a hint.. if it has a crust on it.. it’s probably a dessert!! 🤣 Love Grandma Debbie
Sweet Potato casserole is typically just sweet potatoes, brown sugar, maybe a dash of cinnamon or allspice and marshmallows on top (quite easy to make actually). And yes, with basically sugar on top of sugar, mixed with sugar. It IS as overpoweringly sweet as it sounds.
I like to make mine with diced fresh sweet potatoes, SOME mini marshmallows mixed in, with cinnamon, butter, etc. I top it with about a half inch of a mix containing chopped pecans, allspice, brown sugar and salt. So good and not nearly as sweet as other sweet potato casseroles I've had... sweet with a dash of savory. ❤
@@heidileigh7023That actually sounds so good- half my family is from the south and I always get side-eye for taking off 90% of my marshmallow; this might avoid the issue altogether!
Thanksgiving is usually the fourth Thursday of November. The thanksgiving meal in my household usually consists of turkey, stuffing, ham, macaroni and cheese, broccoli rice and cheese, jellied cranberries, scalloped corn (it’s made with cream corn, whole corn, milk, eggs, sugar, salt, pepper. It’s topped with ritz crackers and baked), mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon, and bread rolls. For dessert, my mom makes a very good sweet potato pie!
The sandwich is def for leftovers.There’s a sandwich shop called ‘Which Wich’ that makes the best thanksgiving sandwich. Sweet potato pie is a dessert. Sweet potato casserole is a side dish, you don’t traditionally get a huge serving of it unless you LOVE it. Thanksgiving meals are huge, the plates are full with ALL the options but the servings aren’t huge. I wish there was a way to ship you a plate or two!
there was a sub sandwich place down near where I grew up who made their own "Thanksgiving Sub" which is essentially the same but on a sub roll. They had it every November all month long. It was pretty good.
Which wich is which, is it from which witch? That witch or this witch? The first witch disagrees on which wich was created by her, but the other witch also doesn't ask which wich is from the witch either, so which witch has which wich, the first witch, or the second witch?
Sweet potato casserole is surprisingly well balanced in flavor if you make it right. The marshmallows aren’t necessary, but add a lovely flavor. Don’t knock it until you try it.
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream is an amazing dessert. So SO very good, especially when baked by a grandmother who knows the old school ways of pie crusts.
Thanksgiving dinner is full of very savory dishes. Things like Turkey, Dressing/Stuffing, Green bean casserole, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy... etc. The Sweet potato casserole is a lovely escape from all of that heavy stuff on your plate. A bite of sweet, then go back at the big meal.
Sweet potato pie isn't universal, nor is marshmallow on top of the baked sweet potatoes. But sweet potatoes as a side dish for the dinner is a basic. Of course each family has their own take on the menu. And don't knock pecan pie until you've tried it (and yes, that one had way more pecans in it than any I've ever seen), it's one of the best things.
Sweet potato pie isn’t the same thing as casserole the marshmallow dish is the sweet one that definitely always have marshmallows on top though a lot of people will claim sweetened yams as a sweet potato casserole as well which has no marshmallows but all three have different recipes. Sweet potato pie is not the super sweet one and is actually one of the healthiest of the traditional thanksgiving pies.
Thanksgiving meals in America depends on where you live, your ethnicity, and your family’s income. It could range from Chinese food, Ham, Turkey, Prime Rib, Rack of Lamb to whatever you can imagine. Also, I would wager just as many people throw pumpkin pie in the garbage as those that eat it.
I make a leftover thanksgiving sandwich, but I always use the leftover rolls instead of normal sliced bread. Then throw on some turkey, stuffing, gravy, maybe some cranberries. Yum yum yum
We usually have turkey, gravy, stuffing, rolls, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, green beans or green bean casserole, and sometimes corn casserole. We also have a pumpkin pie and perhaps an apple pie as well for dessert
I'm not a big walnut or pecan lover but if you like nuts you should def try the pecan pie. Best way to describe it is a caramelly nut pie. I love Thanksgiving because the food is always so good. Gravy & mashed potatoes from scratch! Candied carrots, green bean casserole, and roasted brussel sprouts with bacon. I make a really good sage & sausage stuffing and also a toffee apple pie (with candy bars in it 😉). So lots of good stuff to make you a chubby happy monster 😬
Before I discovered a recipe for a chiffon pumpkin pie (classic pumpkin pie is usually too dense for me after a big meal), pecan pie was my yearly go-to. It tended to have a more complex flavor profile and the textures were much more varied. The gelatin-like quality of the pumpkin filling on most classic pumpkin pies is just a turn-off.
As someone who makes Pumpkin Pie filling from scratch, the best filling is actually done from a Sugar/Pie Pumpkin that has been roasted. Gives more flavor. Also, as many have stated, each family has their own variation of a Thanksgiving dinner. For example, my family has turkey, mash potatoes, green bean casserole, arroz con gandules, pumpkin pie, pasteles. Of course, this is a American and Latino Thanksgiving.
The "wet bread" in the middle of the sandwich is stuffing. We usually have (in the northeast) sweet potato casserole with brown sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg on top, marshmallow doesn't appeal to me at all. Sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie are similar, I like them both, and even though I don't have a sweet tooth, pecan pie is probably my favorite.
Rather than a run after the meal, the tradition is probably a family game of touch football. Nuts are a pretty standard part of a Thanksgiving meal because Thanksgiving is in November when nuts are ripe or fall from the trees. The foods tend to all be seasonal because, after all, the original Pilgrim and Native American celebrants had no way of preserving foods.
We wouldn't really use the phrase "Roast Dinner", but there's exceptions. "Steak Dinner", "Chicken Dinner" aren't unheard of phrases. And "Sunday Dinner", "Christmas Dinner", "Easter Dinner", "Thanksgiving Dinner"
Pecan pie is totally worth a try Also they failed to explain that thanksgiving is a eating holiday where the goal is to just over eat a lot of different foods 😂 it’s the beginning of the “holiday season” it has a different historical meaning but in modern times it’s just one of the only days we get off or holiday pay 🤣
Those pecans should have been chopped a little finer. Pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie is pretty close on taste, made with similar spice palettes. Some folks choose to do baked sweet potato casserole covered with pecans and brown sugar and cinnamon instead of marshmallows.
There is a regional variation of thanksgiving in the US as well. Here in New Mexico we make Thanksgiving Dinner the traditional American way but put green chile in the stuffing and red chile sauce instead of gravy for mash potatoes. Pecan pie is amazing its my favorite pie.
As an American (Black American from Louisiana on my mom's side, CAribbean American on my dads side) videos like these annoy me because while there are "American" Thanksgiving staples, it will differ where you're from. For example, in Louisiana we have stuff like jamabalya, gumbo, dirty rice, etc with our Thanksgiving. I think every American Thanksgiving is different because of all the cultures. Sometimes people just cook a big feast of what the want to cook for their families. I know Caribbeans who make turkeys with their style of flavoring. Sometimes we would have oxtail, rice and peas, Caribbean style greens, etc. In the south sweet potatoes are very common in place of yams. The staples like turkey, stuffing (but in my family we had cornbread dressing which is very different), yams, pumpkin pie, etc are pretty wide spread but people's Thanksgiving tables are so different in America because it's such a huge and diverse country of other cultures who made a home here too with their own spin. Like my family were never pumpkin pie people, we would have either sweet potato pie or a pecan pie, I've never had pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.
I have never seen that sandwich - before. LOL! Thanksgiving menus vary among families and cultures. I've never had big Marshmallows on my sweet potatoes, but I am sure that some people do that.
I'm with you. I prefer my sweet potatoes straight: Just baked with a bit of brown sugar syrup drizzled on them. Never had the sandwich. I just make turkey sandwiches with mayonnaise and some cranberry sauce on the side.
The primary spice of pumpkin pie is Cinnamon, the secondary spice is Nutmeg. There's also some variety of the following: all-spice, chinese 5-spice powder, ground cloves, ginger, but there's no consistancy
I know what a headmaster is, because private schools here in the U.S. a lot of times call what would normally be a principal in public schools a “headmaster” or “headmistress”, but what the hell is a “head boy” that they labeled that kid Henry?
Thanksgiving is the one day of the year where all the old recipes come out, and people will spend two days cooking to prepare. You gather your entire family and friends together and enjoy the best food possible. It's a lovely holiday, better than all the rest. Of course, gathering these people all together can have some history and long festering family conflicts arise, resulting in outright fights and murder. Good times! 🤪
Sweet potato pie is most popular in the South and/or Black households no matter the part of the US because it's associated with Soul Food which is Southern in origin. Southern food is a mix of African, European, & Native cuisines. In the UK you might want to hit up a Jamaican restaurant to see if they have Sweet Potato pudding which may be the closest thing I can think of that isn't American.
Most people don't eat sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving, maybe Southern blacks, we eat pumpkin pie!! And I don't like nuts, but pecan pie is my all-time favorite pie!
I usually have sweet potato pie I've rarely have pumpkin. For me most African American families usually lean more towards sweet potato pie. I have no stats to back this up just personal experience
I just can't do marshmallows, but the pecan topped sweet potato casserole is good; I really enjoy cinnamon butter and chocolate hummus on sweet potatoes though. And there's other more custard versions of pecan pie. I can't believe they didn't do green bean casserole!
Sweet potato pie is a dessert. Pumpkin pie is the most traditional Thanksgiving dessert. Plain mashed sweet potatoes are a Thanksgiving meal staple. Sometimes people put marshmallows on the savory sweet potatoes like the ones the boys were eating.
@@christined6321 It's not my observation. It's factual in America from tons of polls. A huge one last year said "Pumpkin pie is Americans' top choice for a Thanksgiving pie - with pecan pie, apple pie, and sweet potato pie right behind it." Don't shoot the messenger, I honestly don't care.
Pumpkin pie is extremely easy to make. You can use a can of pureed pumpkin from the store, and the recipe will be right on the can. I highly suggest trying it if you are interested!
We use both a Turkey and Ham. Sides include mash potatoes, gravy, Macaroni, Mexican rice, cranberry sauce, stuffing, corn, green beans, baked beans, potato salad, green bean casserole, deviled eggs. Desserts include pumpkin pie, pecan pie, fudge, chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, white cake, snicker surprise cookies, brownies, strawberry shortcake, chocolate covered cherries, carrot cake and chocolate sheet cake.
My mom always explained that the sweet potato casserole was there to break up the large amount of savory on the plate. When the meal was no longer savory, have a bite of the sweet potato
Pecan pie is basically pecans with a caramel, egg based, dairy free, custard. It is quite sweet, it helps to serve it with ice cream. It's one of my favorites!
Every family is different, and sometimes some families will do different every year. There is a lot of stuff they didn't add in that are more staples - like homemade mac n cheese, homemade mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, they had some stuffing in the sandwich but didn't really talk about it, and in the south we sometimes would have hushpuppies.
A few side dishes left out of this video that our family often has at Thanksgiving: potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans, fresh out of the oven buttered dinner rolls, stuffing/dressing.
I make my pies from toasted pumpkin- not canned ( though that’s fine in a pinch) I usually roast several pumpkins and freeze 2 cup bags of pumpkin purée for bread , muffins and pies. This year I made my own cranberry sauce from scratch and I loved it. I never would eat the canned junk. Not a sweet potato fan so we always had mashed potatoes but I’ll make some sweet potatoes with marshmallows for everyone else. We have turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole and deviled eggs and Kings Hawaiian rolls
My Thanksgiving, I try to focus on as many native American (and some Native American) foods and dishes and concepts as I can. I debuted a “Three Sisters Salad” this last year which got rave reviews- hominy, ayacote beans, honey patch squash (smaller, sweeter butternut squash). Native Americans grew them together because the corn acts as a trellis for the beans and squash vines, the beans fix nitrogen in the soil for better growth, and the squash vines are prickly which keep animals away from eating the crops. Mixing the 3 vegetables get you all the necessary amino acids in your diet (succotash) and a good mix of vitamins and fiber, too! Mixed a few fresh herbs and a light vinaigrette and everyone was happy. My Thanksgiving dinners are good enough that my friends would eat a light dinner with their family and come to my dinner to pig out- and take leftovers.
Pumpkin pie is more popular but also more closely tied to the fall season, than sweet potato pie. Traditionally, in a lower-tech society, it was relatively easy to keep sweet potatoes in a root cellar for longer periods of time, compared to pumpkin, and so sweet potatoes were eaten all winter long and maybe even in the spring; whereas, if you wanted pumpkin to last beyond about Christmas or so, you pretty much had to can it. And people did sometimes can it, but that was more work, so then they'd reserve that for special occasions. These days you can just go to any grocery store and buy a can of pumpkin for a dollar or two, but we still think of pumpkin as being traditionally a fall food. Whereas, although Thanksgiving dinner traditionally includes sweet potatoes, it also traditionally includes corn, and we don't necessarily think of Thanksgiving or of fall, every time we eat these foods. But pumpkins, always make us think of fall, if not Thanksgiving and pie, then Halloween decorations and seasonal Charlie Brown specials. Pumpkin by itself, tastes a lot like winter squash (butternut or acorn or whatever), but milder. It's good in muffins, as well as pie. Pecan pie might be a bit much for some Brits, just because it's so rich. It's roughly twice as sweet as straight sugar, and also more fattening than butter. If you think I'm exaggerating, you haven't had pecan pie. People who like it, really like it, and if you're one of those people who thinks there's no such thing as too sweet, pecan pie may be for you. Personally, I can eat it, but I don't really care all that much about it; I'd rather have the pumpkin pie (which is easily my favorite kind of pie), or dark chocolate, either of which would be markedly fewer calories than the pecan pie.
This was mostly deserts, but the sides are not to be missed. Every family has their favorites, mine are: Green bean casserole, which has a mushroom gravy, fried onions, and we add in almond slivers (delicious!) and mashed potatoes with giblet gravy. There are usually have a mix of pies to choose from: pumpkin, apple, cherry, pecan, and whatever else someone brings. We usually have around 10-15 people and after dinner we play games, have desert, and then we divide up the leftovers for everyone to take home. My sandwich the next day is usually just turkey, mayo, and salt&pepper.
The thing about American Thanksgiving is the turkey. Turkey is loaded w/ the amino acid L-Tryptophan, which is anti-caffeine. And we wolf down obscene amounts of it. To counteract the food coma, lots of folks have massive amounts of sugar (like the pecan pie). That's where our sugary Thanksgiving abominations come from. Personally, not a big fan of sweets. Except for fresh fruits (which were traditionally less available here in late November). Although, some folks used to use home-canned apples to make apple pie. Then we figured out we could put vanilla ice cream on top of it :)
Oh & sweet potato pie is quite different than sweet potato casserole. I know it's weird to you, but it is a normalcy in the USA. About like beans & toast is to you. 😂❤😂❤😂❤
And to add to the dessert discussion, if you've not had pecan pie (southern Americans like myself usually pronounce it "puh-KAHN"), think of treacle tart sprinkled with English walnuts. Walnuts and pecans are in the same taxonomic family, but pecans have a stronger flavor and a MUCH thinner shell. I once sent some un-shelled pecans to a friend in Germany, and she assumed that the shells would be of walnut thickness -- so she put some on the floor and stomped on them to crack the shells. She was shocked to see that she'd smashed them all flat and they were squished into the bottom of her shoe! ;D
Sweet Potato Casserole is eaten with the entre, next to the turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce/relish, and everything. Sweet Potato Pie is not as popular as Pumpkin pie, or your standard fruit pies. But the pies are dessert (or pudding as you put it). Casserole is always entre.
like everything in america you find every kind of thanksgiving you can imagine. i had whole roasted pork in someones back yard, lobster, of course turkey, and etc... it's to eat food and be with whoever you call family.
Many of our Thanksgiving foods are regional; one would not expect to see everyone of them at the same table. Pecans and sweet potatoes are typically more southern, while cranberries and pumpkins are more northeastern. Dressing or stuffing along with mac and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy are more universal. A whole roasted turkey is the most traditional meat served.
Pumpkin pie is a staple as Thanksgiving dessert. Sweet potato pie I would say is rarer since a lot of people already provide sweet potato casserole/candied yams as part of the Thanksgiving dinner.
Sweet potato pie is a dessert eaten after the meal. Candied yams or sweet potato casserole are eaten with the meal. I prefer yam chunks with either a brown sugar syrup on top or marshmellows.
HI, Luka! I was hoping that the Jolly guys would explain to the kids that the modern American Thanksgiving is mostly based on the old English Harvest Home festival, in which British farmers would celebrate the gathering and "bringing home" of the fall harvest by having a party. Harvest Home has pretty much died out in England now, I think. British immigrants to America in the 1600s, such as the group known today as "the Pilgrims", threw Harvest Home parties sporadically, and the tradition bobbled along just as sporadically across the years (along with Harvest festivals of many other cultures, including Native Americans.) It took off in a big way in the 1880s, if I remember correctly, and has served as the opening act for the American Christmas/midwinter festival season ever since.
Pumpkin and sweet potato pies always. Every , house, city and state has its own idea on what makes a good Thanksgiving dinner, and they will all disagree.
sweet potato casserole with marshmallows is probably the only weird thing on there. Weird in that it isn't a dessert but a side dish served with meat. I prefer one without marshmallows but with pineapple mixed in. Pineapple adds a bit of acidity which balances the sugar nicely.
I'm American, but literally came here to find mentions of Christmas pudding with all of the prep for that (including storing it under the bed for several weeks and possibly feeding it brandy while it's living under the bed).
Fruitcake is probably the closest thing. There's a running joke of people gifting each other fruitcake but never eating it, and it lasting forever without going bad.
There are pecan pies that are almost entirely nuts, and there are pecan pies where the majority of the flavor comes from the sweet filling between the nuts. It mainly depends on preference. I'm a real fan of having lots of the filling.
My top pies, you should try each: 1) tie between Pumpkin Pie and Sweet Potato Pie 2) Cherry Cheesecake Pie 3) Lemon Meringue Pie 4) Orange Creamsicle Pie 5) Chocolate Silk Pie 6) Banana Cream Pie 7) Coconut Cream Pie 8) Oreo Ice Cream Pie 9) Boysenberry Pie 10) Pecan Pie
Sweet potato pie is primarily a southern dessert. Pumpkin pie was more common in the north and midwest. Pumpkins grow better there than in the south. Its generally too hot here. There is some odd demarcation line in the south where sweet potato pie is the norm. I think it is made more in the deep south. I'm not sure when pumpkin pie migrated south. I think canned pumpkin made it an easy pie to make. I'm generationally southern and in my 70's. Pecan pie has always been the main thanksgiving dessert in my region.
Pumpkin pie is a northern thing. Sweet potato pie is a southern thing. There are so many things that constitute a thanksgiving feast. There are dishes like the turkey with the stuffing that was baked inside it (rice, cornbread or french bread with sage sauteed buttered vegetables), green bean casserole with bacon and mushroom sauce, homemade cranberry sauce, assorted pies like apple, cherry, pecan, pumpkin or sweet potato, Yams, candied with brown sugar or covered in marshmallows, chicken creamed corn, macaroni and cheese casserole, assorted vegetables, a roast beef sometimes, a roast ham maybe, gravy and bisquits (scones to you) or rolls and butter. It depends on the size of the family or gathering. It is a food orgy of sorts and you want to either want to lay down and nap afterward or try and walk it off. This is your typical Anglo thanksgiving. An Important American football game is usually watched afterwards.
@@michaelbradley7595 my point was I’m from a northern state. All the Black people I know have sweet potato as a staple. Folks may also add other desserts like cobblers, cakes, apple pie. But I’ve never seen or heard a pumpkin pie on their menu.
Don't sell your country short, you have plenty of strange dishes. Do the same experiment with American students and offer them blood sausage, eels and mash, even something mundane like beans on toast. I bet out of disgust, the majority won't even try them. Those British kids are amazingly open to trying new foods.
Sweet potato pie is a little more common in the south where pumpkin pie is common everywhere. Also black people we tend to do sweet potato instead of pumpkin
My family liked to put a splash of Maker's Mark bourbon in the sweet potato casserole, along with butter and liberal amounts of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. So good. And of course, the alcohol would be cooked out.
No, no no no no!! Core Thanksgiving food is Turkey, Stuffing (some call it Dressing), Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, a Vegetable, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin and Pecan Pie is common, etc. Then there are the secondary meats (often ham), secondary side dishes, and secondary desserts that people serve. This was a big fail!! LOL
For US Thanksgiving and Christmas are cloned meals. I made a US traditional Christams meal when i lived in the Dominican Republic. My wife made me put the sweetptstoes and candied cartots on the desert table. Pecan pie is made with maple syrup.
Sweet potato casserole is candied yams (sweet potatoes), raisins, and marshmallows on top. I don't see any raisins in theirs. Also some traditional pumpkin pie spices can be added like nutmeg, allspice, or cinnamon.. To be fair though Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner are truly banquets. We probably have about 30 items on our families traditional menu. Green bean casserole, mashed butternut squash, and so much more.
@@uffda3937 IDK how regional it is, I have been in north Alabama the last 32 years or so, but I like it that way. The raisins get soft and swell up like in bred or rice pudding.
Those are just the standard dishes. There are some regional dishes as well. I live in the Midwest, Illinois. Some sort of Corn dish is a common here. Some people have been known make mashed sweet potatoes with jalapeño, Instead of with marshmallows.
Sweet potato pie is way better than pumpkin pie but I am from NC and we grow the most sweet potatoes in the US every year. They are made with the same ingredients but sweet potatoes tastes so much better than pumpkin. However, a chain restaurant called Cheesecake Factory makes a great pumpkin cheesecake during the holidays.
Pecan pie is basically a sugary gelatinized egg pie with a bunch of nuts added to it. It's fine if you like that kind of thing. I think it's way too sweet. (And no I'm not wrong .😉)
@@teamobi3327 I prefer pumpkin pie to sweet potato, too, which can also be sweet. I like sweet fruit pies like apple, cherry, and peach, because it enhances the fruit flavor. Mashed and sweetened/spiced pumpkin and sweet potatoes in an egg and cream mixture is unusual for a lot of countries, where both are generally cooked in savory dishes. My favorite pies are lemon crème with meringue and key lime.
The entire feast is a sweet and savory combination, followed by traditional sweet pies. They are missing the main meal of roasted turkey, cornbread dressing, sweet rolls, and cranberry sauce.
Pumpkin pie is more popular because you'll find it everywhere in the US. Some items like Pecan Pie and Sweet Potato Casserole are not as common everywhere.
The Thanksgiving sandwich isn't something you would traditionally eat on Thanksgiving, it's more a way just to get rid of all the leftovers (Turkey, Stuffing, Cranberry sauce, etc) in the days after Thanksgiving.
I used to go to a local deli when it was still in business and I would always get their shreaded turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, green bean sprouts and cream cheese. It was pretty good.
I cook my sweer potatoes in orange juice
yea exactly not the tradition, just the common way of using up the leftovers because the feast is designed to be wayyyy more than everybody could hope to eat in one sitting.
They say in the video it's a post Thanksgiving sandwich.
@@themoviedealers yes but they also say it's a post-Thanksgiving "tradition". It's really not a tradition lol it's just what people commonly do. but those sammies are unquestionably good! That is, incidentally, another reason to make the Thanksgiving feast grandiose because the mass quantity of food is enough to feed the family for a week - efficiency.
Thanksgiving menus and recipes are very specific to each family.
Not only too every family, but different parts of the country do different dishes/sides also. So lumping "Thanksgiving dinner" into one thing, pretty hard to do lol
Yes and no I think it’s more of what out of the thanksgiving food are you including lol
I don't think the generic foods are that variable. Most people have turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, some form of sweet potato and one of the mentioned pies for desert (sometimes all of them). What varies is how you make the constituents. Families have different recipes for how to cook the turkey (roasting, deep frying etc), how to make the stuffing (there are many variations such as cornbread, oysters, sausage and so on), how to cook the sweet potatoes (that casserole with marshmallows is just one way) and yeah, which kind of pie.
@@BTinSF Yeah it's about the style of cooking but I'm Carribbean and also my family is from Louisiana so staples in Creole/Cajun food as well as Caribbean food make an appearance at Thanksgiving too alongside family recipes/remixes of classic American staples.
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Exactly! It’s the variation
Different households cook the Turkey in different ways, or they might serve a side dish that other households don’t serve, or maybe they have a unique recipe for stuffing or a pumpkin cheesecake instead of pumpkin pie for dessert, etc
We eat food that is indigenous to North America during TG/Fall Harvest: Turkey, Cranberry, Squash, Pumpkin, etc.
Some Black people usually prefer Sweet Potato pie 🥧🤤but both are great. The menu varies depending on ethnic culture. My family is Jamaican, so we mix both traditional Thanksgiving & Caribbean food with our meal, I'm pretty sure most families do that. 🦃🇯🇲 Also, Marshmallows & Sweet Potatoes are Delicious! Don't knock it til you try it! 🍠😉
Greetings from the Yosemite area of California, in the great Golden State!!! I’m 70, and we Americans have great Thanksgiving dinners! Here’s a hint.. if it has a crust on it.. it’s probably a dessert!! 🤣 Love Grandma Debbie
Sweet Potato casserole is typically just sweet potatoes, brown sugar, maybe a dash of cinnamon or allspice and marshmallows on top (quite easy to make actually). And yes, with basically sugar on top of sugar, mixed with sugar. It IS as overpoweringly sweet as it sounds.
I like to make mine with diced fresh sweet potatoes, SOME mini marshmallows mixed in, with cinnamon, butter, etc. I top it with about a half inch of a mix containing chopped pecans, allspice, brown sugar and salt. So good and not nearly as sweet as other sweet potato casseroles I've had... sweet with a dash of savory. ❤
@@heidileigh7023That actually sounds so good- half my family is from the south and I always get side-eye for taking off 90% of my marshmallow; this might avoid the issue altogether!
Thanksgiving is usually the fourth Thursday of November. The thanksgiving meal in my household usually consists of turkey, stuffing, ham, macaroni and cheese, broccoli rice and cheese, jellied cranberries, scalloped corn (it’s made with cream corn, whole corn, milk, eggs, sugar, salt, pepper. It’s topped with ritz crackers and baked), mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon, and bread rolls. For dessert, my mom makes a very good sweet potato pie!
The sandwich is def for leftovers.There’s a sandwich shop called ‘Which Wich’ that makes the best thanksgiving sandwich. Sweet potato pie is a dessert. Sweet potato casserole is a side dish, you don’t traditionally get a huge serving of it unless you LOVE it. Thanksgiving meals are huge, the plates are full with ALL the options but the servings aren’t huge. I wish there was a way to ship you a plate or two!
i wouldn't say which which has the best but its decent for a chain lol
Dang. My Mom still thinks hers is the best.😢
there was a sub sandwich place down near where I grew up who made their own "Thanksgiving Sub" which is essentially the same but on a sub roll. They had it every November all month long. It was pretty good.
Which wich is which, is it from which witch? That witch or this witch? The first witch disagrees on which wich was created by her, but the other witch also doesn't ask which wich is from the witch either, so which witch has which wich, the first witch, or the second witch?
Sweet potato casserole is surprisingly well balanced in flavor if you make it right. The marshmallows aren’t necessary, but add a lovely flavor. Don’t knock it until you try it.
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream is an amazing dessert. So SO very good, especially when baked by a grandmother who knows the old school ways of pie crusts.
I’ve never seen anyone eat that thanksgiving sandwich ever!
You should try it.
I eat them until I run out of turkey.
A lot of places sell them
You are missing out, it is the perfect black friday lunch.
Leftover turkey meat, it's fire for sandwiches.
@ThatRedDude it's made from leftover turkey not an item made ON Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving dinner is full of very savory dishes. Things like Turkey, Dressing/Stuffing, Green bean casserole, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy... etc. The Sweet potato casserole is a lovely escape from all of that heavy stuff on your plate. A bite of sweet, then go back at the big meal.
Sweet potato pie isn't universal, nor is marshmallow on top of the baked sweet potatoes. But sweet potatoes as a side dish for the dinner is a basic. Of course each family has their own take on the menu.
And don't knock pecan pie until you've tried it (and yes, that one had way more pecans in it than any I've ever seen), it's one of the best things.
Sweet potato pie isn’t the same thing as casserole the marshmallow dish is the sweet one that definitely always have marshmallows on top though a lot of people will claim sweetened yams as a sweet potato casserole as well which has no marshmallows but all three have different recipes. Sweet potato pie is not the super sweet one and is actually one of the healthiest of the traditional thanksgiving pies.
Pecan pie is gross
Thanksgiving meals in America depends on where you live, your ethnicity, and your family’s income. It could range from Chinese food, Ham, Turkey, Prime Rib, Rack of Lamb to whatever you can imagine. Also, I would wager just as many people throw pumpkin pie in the garbage as those that eat it.
Pumpkin pie is my chocolate I can eat it everyday
Here in New Mexico we make it the traditional American way but put green chile in the stuffing and red chile sauce instead of gravy for mash potatoes
We do prime rib for Christmas but not Turkey Day
How would anybody throw away pumpkin pie? That's the GOAT dessert.
Literally nobody has ever thrown away a pumpkin pie. Unthinkable.
I make a leftover thanksgiving sandwich, but I always use the leftover rolls instead of normal sliced bread. Then throw on some turkey, stuffing, gravy, maybe some cranberries. Yum yum yum
We usually have turkey, gravy, stuffing, rolls, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, green beans or green bean casserole, and sometimes corn casserole. We also have a pumpkin pie and perhaps an apple pie as well for dessert
I'm not a big walnut or pecan lover but if you like nuts you should def try the pecan pie. Best way to describe it is a caramelly nut pie.
I love Thanksgiving because the food is always so good.
Gravy & mashed potatoes from scratch! Candied carrots, green bean casserole, and roasted brussel sprouts with bacon. I make a really good sage & sausage stuffing and also a toffee apple pie (with candy bars in it 😉).
So lots of good stuff to make you a chubby happy monster 😬
Before I discovered a recipe for a chiffon pumpkin pie (classic pumpkin pie is usually too dense for me after a big meal), pecan pie was my yearly go-to. It tended to have a more complex flavor profile and the textures were much more varied. The gelatin-like quality of the pumpkin filling on most classic pumpkin pies is just a turn-off.
Me watching Brits eating sweet potatoes with marshmallows is like watching Saturday morning cartoons.......so entertaining!!
As someone who makes Pumpkin Pie filling from scratch, the best filling is actually done from a Sugar/Pie Pumpkin that has been roasted. Gives more flavor.
Also, as many have stated, each family has their own variation of a Thanksgiving dinner. For example, my family has turkey, mash potatoes, green bean casserole, arroz con gandules, pumpkin pie, pasteles. Of course, this is a American and Latino Thanksgiving.
The "wet bread" in the middle of the sandwich is stuffing. We usually have (in the northeast) sweet potato casserole with brown sugar and cinnamon or nutmeg on top, marshmallow doesn't appeal to me at all. Sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie are similar, I like them both, and even though I don't have a sweet tooth, pecan pie is probably my favorite.
I could never be friends with anyone who doesn't like pecan pie.
Rather than a run after the meal, the tradition is probably a family game of touch football. Nuts are a pretty standard part of a Thanksgiving meal because Thanksgiving is in November when nuts are ripe or fall from the trees. The foods tend to all be seasonal because, after all, the original Pilgrim and Native American celebrants had no way of preserving foods.
We wouldn't really use the phrase "Roast Dinner", but there's exceptions. "Steak Dinner", "Chicken Dinner" aren't unheard of phrases.
And "Sunday Dinner", "Christmas Dinner", "Easter Dinner", "Thanksgiving Dinner"
If we use the term roast dinner, it would be because we are actually having a roast as the meat for the meal 😂
Pecan pie is totally worth a try
Also they failed to explain that thanksgiving is a eating holiday where the goal is to just over eat a lot of different foods 😂 it’s the beginning of the “holiday season” it has a different historical meaning but in modern times it’s just one of the only days we get off or holiday pay 🤣
Thanksgiving dinner is like a bit of turkey with a bunch of sides all on one plate. It's like a sampler. Lots of leftovers.
Those pecans should have been chopped a little finer. Pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie is pretty close on taste, made with similar spice palettes. Some folks choose to do baked sweet potato casserole covered with pecans and brown sugar and cinnamon instead of marshmallows.
There is a regional variation of thanksgiving in the US as well. Here in New Mexico we make Thanksgiving Dinner the traditional American way but put green chile in the stuffing and red chile sauce instead of gravy for mash potatoes. Pecan pie is amazing its my favorite pie.
As an American (Black American from Louisiana on my mom's side, CAribbean American on my dads side) videos like these annoy me because while there are "American" Thanksgiving staples, it will differ where you're from. For example, in Louisiana we have stuff like jamabalya, gumbo, dirty rice, etc with our Thanksgiving. I think every American Thanksgiving is different because of all the cultures. Sometimes people just cook a big feast of what the want to cook for their families. I know Caribbeans who make turkeys with their style of flavoring. Sometimes we would have oxtail, rice and peas, Caribbean style greens, etc. In the south sweet potatoes are very common in place of yams. The staples like turkey, stuffing (but in my family we had cornbread dressing which is very different), yams, pumpkin pie, etc are pretty wide spread but people's Thanksgiving tables are so different in America because it's such a huge and diverse country of other cultures who made a home here too with their own spin. Like my family were never pumpkin pie people, we would have either sweet potato pie or a pecan pie, I've never had pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin Pie is more popular in the US and on Thanksgiving by far. Sweet Potato Pie is a distinctly Southern dish.
Sweet potato casserole would normally be served on the same plate as your turkey, mash, veg, stuffing, cranberry sauce, etc.
I have never seen that sandwich - before. LOL! Thanksgiving menus vary among families and cultures. I've never had big Marshmallows on my sweet potatoes, but I am sure that some people do that.
I'm with you. I prefer my sweet potatoes straight: Just baked with a bit of brown sugar syrup drizzled on them. Never had the sandwich. I just make turkey sandwiches with mayonnaise and some cranberry sauce on the side.
The primary spice of pumpkin pie is Cinnamon, the secondary spice is Nutmeg.
There's also some variety of the following: all-spice, chinese 5-spice powder, ground cloves, ginger, but there's no consistancy
Pumpkin is a relative of the squash plant.
I know what a headmaster is, because private schools here in the U.S. a lot of times call what would normally be a principal in public schools a “headmaster” or “headmistress”, but what the hell is a “head boy” that they labeled that kid Henry?
Thanksgiving is the one day of the year where all the old recipes come out, and people will spend two days cooking to prepare. You gather your entire family and friends together and enjoy the best food possible. It's a lovely holiday, better than all the rest. Of course, gathering these people all together can have some history and long festering family conflicts arise, resulting in outright fights and murder. Good times! 🤪
Our typical meal: Turkey, turkey gravy (not the biscuit kind, that's sausage), cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, rolls. For dessert, pumpkin and/or pecan pie.
Sweet potato pie is most popular in the South and/or Black households no matter the part of the US because it's associated with Soul Food which is Southern in origin. Southern food is a mix of African, European, & Native cuisines. In the UK you might want to hit up a Jamaican restaurant to see if they have Sweet Potato pudding which may be the closest thing I can think of that isn't American.
Here in Georgia, we put a single layer of pecans on top of the pie, not all mixed in
Most people don't eat sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving, maybe Southern blacks, we eat pumpkin pie!! And I don't like nuts, but pecan pie is my all-time favorite pie!
I usually have sweet potato pie I've rarely have pumpkin. For me most African American families usually lean more towards sweet potato pie. I have no stats to back this up just personal experience
I just can't do marshmallows, but the pecan topped sweet potato casserole is good; I really enjoy cinnamon butter and chocolate hummus on sweet potatoes though. And there's other more custard versions of pecan pie. I can't believe they didn't do green bean casserole!
Sweet potato pie is a dessert. Pumpkin pie is the most traditional Thanksgiving dessert.
Plain mashed sweet potatoes are a Thanksgiving meal staple. Sometimes people put marshmallows on the savory sweet potatoes like the ones the boys were eating.
Pumpkin pie most traditional for you, not everyone.
@@christined6321 It's not my observation. It's factual in America from tons of polls. A huge one last year said "Pumpkin pie is Americans' top choice for a Thanksgiving pie - with pecan pie, apple pie, and sweet potato pie right behind it."
Don't shoot the messenger, I honestly don't care.
@@muffinamy83 🤔but who do they poll?
@@christined6321 Americans. Google it, there's tons of different data and polls, but from a cursory scan pumpkin "wins" overall in every one of them.
@@christined6321 Pumpkin is the most common thanksgiving pie. Its also an American food invention, unlike other pies
Pumpkin pie is extremely easy to make. You can use a can of pureed pumpkin from the store, and the recipe will be right on the can. I highly suggest trying it if you are interested!
I don’t know how anyone could not like pecan pie. It’s probably the greatest pie ever created.
never grew up with marshmallows on my sweet potatoes. mom always put pecans.
We use both a Turkey and Ham. Sides include mash potatoes, gravy, Macaroni, Mexican rice, cranberry sauce, stuffing, corn, green beans, baked beans, potato salad, green bean casserole, deviled eggs. Desserts include pumpkin pie, pecan pie, fudge, chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, white cake, snicker surprise cookies, brownies, strawberry shortcake, chocolate covered cherries, carrot cake and chocolate sheet cake.
Brother..this was so entertaining..thanks man..
My mom always explained that the sweet potato casserole was there to break up the large amount of savory on the plate. When the meal was no longer savory, have a bite of the sweet potato
Pecan pie is a staple for our family's thanksgiving but it is otherworldly sweet.
Pecan pie is very sweet. I can only eat a few bites. But i could eat a whole pumpkin pie. Soo good.
Pecan pie is basically pecans with a caramel, egg based, dairy free, custard. It is quite sweet, it helps to serve it with ice cream. It's one of my favorites!
Every family is different, and sometimes some families will do different every year. There is a lot of stuff they didn't add in that are more staples - like homemade mac n cheese, homemade mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, they had some stuffing in the sandwich but didn't really talk about it, and in the south we sometimes would have hushpuppies.
A few side dishes left out of this video that our family often has at Thanksgiving: potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans, fresh out of the oven buttered dinner rolls, stuffing/dressing.
our sweet potatoes are made with sweet potatoe, regular sugar, brown sugar, a little cinnamon, and butter
React to Jolly goes to Texas next, you’ll really enjoy that series! Jolly is awesome!
I make my pies from toasted pumpkin- not canned ( though that’s fine in a pinch) I usually roast several pumpkins and freeze 2 cup bags of pumpkin purée for bread , muffins and pies. This year I made my own cranberry sauce from scratch and I loved it. I never would eat the canned junk. Not a sweet potato fan so we always had mashed potatoes but I’ll make some sweet potatoes with marshmallows for everyone else. We have turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole and deviled eggs and Kings Hawaiian rolls
My Thanksgiving, I try to focus on as many native American (and some Native American) foods and dishes and concepts as I can.
I debuted a “Three Sisters Salad” this last year which got rave reviews- hominy, ayacote beans, honey patch squash (smaller, sweeter butternut squash). Native Americans grew them together because the corn acts as a trellis for the beans and squash vines, the beans fix nitrogen in the soil for better growth, and the squash vines are prickly which keep animals away from eating the crops. Mixing the 3 vegetables get you all the necessary amino acids in your diet (succotash) and a good mix of vitamins and fiber, too!
Mixed a few fresh herbs and a light vinaigrette and everyone was happy.
My Thanksgiving dinners are good enough that my friends would eat a light dinner with their family and come to my dinner to pig out- and take leftovers.
Pumpkin pie is more popular but also more closely tied to the fall season, than sweet potato pie. Traditionally, in a lower-tech society, it was relatively easy to keep sweet potatoes in a root cellar for longer periods of time, compared to pumpkin, and so sweet potatoes were eaten all winter long and maybe even in the spring; whereas, if you wanted pumpkin to last beyond about Christmas or so, you pretty much had to can it. And people did sometimes can it, but that was more work, so then they'd reserve that for special occasions. These days you can just go to any grocery store and buy a can of pumpkin for a dollar or two, but we still think of pumpkin as being traditionally a fall food. Whereas, although Thanksgiving dinner traditionally includes sweet potatoes, it also traditionally includes corn, and we don't necessarily think of Thanksgiving or of fall, every time we eat these foods. But pumpkins, always make us think of fall, if not Thanksgiving and pie, then Halloween decorations and seasonal Charlie Brown specials. Pumpkin by itself, tastes a lot like winter squash (butternut or acorn or whatever), but milder. It's good in muffins, as well as pie.
Pecan pie might be a bit much for some Brits, just because it's so rich. It's roughly twice as sweet as straight sugar, and also more fattening than butter. If you think I'm exaggerating, you haven't had pecan pie. People who like it, really like it, and if you're one of those people who thinks there's no such thing as too sweet, pecan pie may be for you. Personally, I can eat it, but I don't really care all that much about it; I'd rather have the pumpkin pie (which is easily my favorite kind of pie), or dark chocolate, either of which would be markedly fewer calories than the pecan pie.
Sweet potatoes literally have the word "sweet" in them. Of course they go with marshmallows
I will gladly eat half a pumpkin pie with whipped cream and two slices of pecan, then 30 minutes later repeat
Its not a proper Thanksgiving meal without homemade mashed potatoes & gravy, & green bean casserole! & homemade turkey dressing! 😉😋
This was mostly deserts, but the sides are not to be missed. Every family has their favorites, mine are: Green bean casserole, which has a mushroom gravy, fried onions, and we add in almond slivers (delicious!) and mashed potatoes with giblet gravy. There are usually have a mix of pies to choose from: pumpkin, apple, cherry, pecan, and whatever else someone brings. We usually have around 10-15 people and after dinner we play games, have desert, and then we divide up the leftovers for everyone to take home. My sandwich the next day is usually just turkey, mayo, and salt&pepper.
The thing about American Thanksgiving is the turkey. Turkey is loaded w/ the amino acid L-Tryptophan, which is anti-caffeine. And we wolf down obscene amounts of it. To counteract the food coma, lots of folks have massive amounts of sugar (like the pecan pie). That's where our sugary Thanksgiving abominations come from. Personally, not a big fan of sweets. Except for fresh fruits (which were traditionally less available here in late November). Although, some folks used to use home-canned apples to make apple pie. Then we figured out we could put vanilla ice cream on top of it :)
Oh & sweet potato pie is quite different than sweet potato casserole. I know it's weird to you, but it is a normalcy in the USA. About like beans & toast is to you. 😂❤😂❤😂❤
And to add to the dessert discussion, if you've not had pecan pie (southern Americans like myself usually pronounce it "puh-KAHN"), think of treacle tart sprinkled with English walnuts. Walnuts and pecans are in the same taxonomic family, but pecans have a stronger flavor and a MUCH thinner shell. I once sent some un-shelled pecans to a friend in Germany, and she assumed that the shells would be of walnut thickness -- so she put some on the floor and stomped on them to crack the shells. She was shocked to see that she'd smashed them all flat and they were squished into the bottom of her shoe! ;D
Sweet Potato Casserole is eaten with the entre, next to the turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce/relish, and everything. Sweet Potato Pie is not as popular as Pumpkin pie, or your standard fruit pies. But the pies are dessert (or pudding as you put it). Casserole is always entre.
like everything in america you find every kind of thanksgiving you can imagine. i had whole roasted pork in someones back yard, lobster, of course turkey, and etc... it's to eat food and be with whoever you call family.
I really love Jolly. Such a fun channel and watching other nations try US foods is a blast!
The Turkey sandwich and presidential Turkey pardon is new, never heard of either of those but the sandwich makes sense being that’s it’s leftovers
Many of our Thanksgiving foods are regional; one would not expect to see everyone of them at the same table. Pecans and sweet potatoes are typically more southern, while cranberries and pumpkins are more northeastern. Dressing or stuffing along with mac and cheese, mashed potatoes with gravy are more universal. A whole roasted turkey is the most traditional meat served.
Pumpkin pie is a staple as Thanksgiving dessert. Sweet potato pie I would say is rarer since a lot of people already provide sweet potato casserole/candied yams as part of the Thanksgiving dinner.
Sweet potato pie is a dessert eaten after the meal. Candied yams or sweet potato casserole are eaten with the meal.
I prefer yam chunks with either a brown sugar syrup on top or marshmellows.
I really like your reactions to these high schoolers try food videos!
HI, Luka! I was hoping that the Jolly guys would explain to the kids that the modern American Thanksgiving is mostly based on the old English Harvest Home festival, in which British farmers would celebrate the gathering and "bringing home" of the fall harvest by having a party. Harvest Home has pretty much died out in England now, I think. British immigrants to America in the 1600s, such as the group known today as "the Pilgrims", threw Harvest Home parties sporadically, and the tradition bobbled along just as sporadically across the years (along with Harvest festivals of many other cultures, including Native Americans.) It took off in a big way in the 1880s, if I remember correctly, and has served as the opening act for the American Christmas/midwinter festival season ever since.
Pumpkin and sweet potato pies always. Every , house, city and state has its own idea on what makes a good Thanksgiving dinner, and they will all disagree.
sweet potato casserole with marshmallows is probably the only weird thing on there. Weird in that it isn't a dessert but a side dish served with meat. I prefer one without marshmallows but with pineapple mixed in. Pineapple adds a bit of acidity which balances the sugar nicely.
Pineapple sounds good, my family always cooked them as chunks in orange juice instead of the purée they have here.
It's different for every family. My family has pumpkin pie and no sweet potatoes.
Another variation of the sweet potato casserole is with a brown sugar and chopped pecan crumble instead of marshmallow.
In the UK we have Christmas pudding . That's got to be something which is pretty foreign to the USA.
I'm American, but literally came here to find mentions of Christmas pudding with all of the prep for that (including storing it under the bed for several weeks and possibly feeding it brandy while it's living under the bed).
@@extendedsilence it needs to be fed regularly
Fruitcake is probably the closest thing. There's a running joke of people gifting each other fruitcake but never eating it, and it lasting forever without going bad.
I worry about anything Brits refer to as "pudding".
There are pecan pies that are almost entirely nuts, and there are pecan pies where the majority of the flavor comes from the sweet filling between the nuts. It mainly depends on preference. I'm a real fan of having lots of the filling.
oh we American's love Ollie hes been everywhere here / we love you too
My top pies, you should try each:
1) tie between Pumpkin Pie and Sweet Potato Pie
2) Cherry Cheesecake Pie
3) Lemon Meringue Pie
4) Orange Creamsicle Pie
5) Chocolate Silk Pie
6) Banana Cream Pie
7) Coconut Cream Pie
8) Oreo Ice Cream Pie
9) Boysenberry Pie
10) Pecan Pie
Sweet potato pie is primarily a southern dessert. Pumpkin pie was more common in the north and midwest. Pumpkins grow better there than in the south. Its generally too hot here. There is some odd demarcation line in the south where sweet potato pie is the norm. I think it is made more in the deep south. I'm not sure when pumpkin pie migrated south. I think canned pumpkin made it an easy pie to make. I'm generationally southern and in my 70's. Pecan pie has always been the main thanksgiving dessert in my region.
Pumpkin pie is a northern thing. Sweet potato pie is a southern thing. There are so many things that constitute a thanksgiving feast. There are dishes like the turkey with the stuffing that was baked inside it (rice, cornbread or french bread with sage sauteed buttered vegetables), green bean casserole with bacon and mushroom sauce, homemade cranberry sauce, assorted pies like apple, cherry, pecan, pumpkin or sweet potato, Yams, candied with brown sugar or covered in marshmallows, chicken creamed corn, macaroni and cheese casserole, assorted vegetables, a roast beef sometimes, a roast ham maybe, gravy and bisquits (scones to you) or rolls and butter. It depends on the size of the family or gathering. It is a food orgy of sorts and you want to either want to lay down and nap afterward or try and walk it off. This is your typical Anglo thanksgiving. An Important American football game is usually watched afterwards.
I think it correlates more to ethnicity. I think you’ll find most African Americans eat sweet potato regardless of location.
@@christined6321 Our family has both because it just depends on who brings the desserts.
@@michaelbradley7595 my point was I’m from a northern state. All the Black people I know have sweet potato as a staple. Folks may also add other desserts like cobblers, cakes, apple pie. But I’ve never seen or heard a pumpkin pie on their menu.
Tastes great for supper, but this is after holiday leftovers.
Don't sell your country short, you have plenty of strange dishes. Do the same experiment with American students and offer them blood sausage, eels and mash, even something mundane like beans on toast. I bet out of disgust, the majority won't even try them. Those British kids are amazingly open to trying new foods.
Pumkin pie! My favorite part of thanksging. Oh.. I forgot anout pecan pie.. YUM!!
My Dad would eat his sweet potato casserole as a dessert
Sweet potato pie is a little more common in the south where pumpkin pie is common everywhere. Also black people we tend to do sweet potato instead of pumpkin
My family liked to put a splash of Maker's Mark bourbon in the sweet potato casserole, along with butter and liberal amounts of brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
So good. And of course, the alcohol would be cooked out.
No, no no no no!! Core Thanksgiving food is Turkey, Stuffing (some call it Dressing), Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, a Vegetable, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin and Pecan Pie is common, etc. Then there are the secondary meats (often ham), secondary side dishes, and secondary desserts that people serve. This was a big fail!! LOL
Pumpkin pie vs sweet potato pie is often regional. You’re more likely to see pumpkin in the north and sweet potato in the south.
For US Thanksgiving and Christmas are cloned meals. I made a US traditional Christams meal when i lived in the Dominican Republic. My wife made me put the sweetptstoes and candied cartots on the desert table. Pecan pie is made with maple syrup.
Sweet potato casserole is candied yams (sweet potatoes), raisins, and marshmallows on top. I don't see any raisins in theirs. Also some traditional pumpkin pie spices can be added like nutmeg, allspice, or cinnamon.. To be fair though Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner are truly banquets. We probably have about 30 items on our families traditional menu. Green bean casserole, mashed butternut squash, and so much more.
I've never heard of anyone putting raisins in sweet potato casserole. Sounds like it must be regional to wherever you're from.
@@uffda3937 IDK how regional it is, I have been in north Alabama the last 32 years or so, but I like it that way. The raisins get soft and swell up like in bred or rice pudding.
Those are just the standard dishes. There are some regional dishes as well. I live in the Midwest, Illinois. Some sort of Corn dish is a common here. Some people have been known make mashed sweet potatoes with jalapeño, Instead of with marshmallows.
Sweet potato pie is way better than pumpkin pie but I am from NC and we grow the most sweet potatoes in the US every year. They are made with the same ingredients but sweet potatoes tastes so much better than pumpkin. However, a chain restaurant called Cheesecake Factory makes a great pumpkin cheesecake during the holidays.
Pecan pie is basically a sugary gelatinized egg pie with a bunch of nuts added to it. It's fine if you like that kind of thing. I think it's way too sweet. (And no I'm not wrong .😉)
Me, too!
It's this weird too sweet at the start with a bitter nut aftertaste. Much prefer pumpkin or sweet potato pie.
@@teamobi3327 I prefer pumpkin pie to sweet potato, too, which can also be sweet. I like sweet fruit pies like apple, cherry, and peach, because it enhances the fruit flavor. Mashed and sweetened/spiced pumpkin and sweet potatoes in an egg and cream mixture is unusual for a lot of countries, where both are generally cooked in savory dishes. My favorite pies are lemon crème with meringue and key lime.
The middle piece of bread is wetter because it's dipped in gravy before being added to the sandwich.
The entire feast is a sweet and savory combination, followed by traditional sweet pies. They are missing the main meal of roasted turkey, cornbread dressing, sweet rolls, and cranberry sauce.
Pumpkin pie is more popular because you'll find it everywhere in the US. Some items like Pecan Pie and Sweet Potato Casserole are not as common everywhere.