The Eliminator: Thanksgiving Foods

Pick which one of the four you would eliminate

In full disclosure, I did one of these Thanksgiving eliminators last year. But Cranberry Sauce got its doors absolutely BLOWN off so I had to remove it from the conversation and see what gets punted out of Thanksgiving. Here are your Big 4: Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Pumpkin Pie, and Stuffing. I already broke down how I felt in last year’s blog about the other three but here we go:

For me, turkey is the safest of the four. You can’t have Thanksgiving without turkey. That simple. It’s the face of the franchise. Thanksgiving without turkey is like Christmas without a tree, Halloween without candy, or the 4th of July without fireworks. Some things are even bigger than traditions and turkey on Thanksgiving is one of them. As for the sides, I am more likely to get rid of mashed potatoes than stuffing for one basic reason. Stuffing absolutely, shines brightest during Thanksgiving season. Sure it’s good all year round, but it makes its bones during Thanksgiving like Eli Manning in the Super Bowl. I love mashed potatoes, but if I’m holding a mashed potatoes kid in one hand and a stuffing kid in another, I’m throwing my fictional mashed potatoes kid into the abyss. I’m not a pumpkin pie guy, but I know that puts me in the minority. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll throw some whipped cream on that pumpkin pie, eat the cream, and leave the pie completely untouched because it, as well as all pumpkin flavored foods, are trash. But that’s just me.

Luckily this is a democratic blog. So vote on which of the Core Four Thanksgiving Foods you would shoot into the sun.

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