Thanksgiving is the time of year when families gather together for a day of convivial feasting, family bonding and football. While the dishes today probably bear little resemblance to those of the first harvest meal in 1621, a table laden with delectable, home-cooked victuals is de rigueur in almost every household across America.
How you celebrate often depends on where you’re from and which family traditions and recipes have been handed down over the generations. My husband is from Georgia, and it’s been my experience since moving to this country that no culture celebrates the coming together of food and family for Thanksgiving quite like Southerners. Replete with buckets of love and equal amounts of butter, there’s no tastier way to abandon a diet than to partake
of this traditional feast along with a good helping of Southern hospitality.
Come Turkey Day, Southerners go beyond the ubiquitous green bean casserole and cranberry sauce by putting together a veritable smorgasbord of dishes: turkey, ham, collard greens, marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, cornbread dressing, fried okra, buttermilk biscuits, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy and pecan pie – all washed down with the mandatory Southern sweet tea.
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