Seeing as it’s an integral holiday in the Greatest Season of the Year ™, I think Thanksgiving tends to get overlooked. Sandwiched in between Halloween and Christmas/Hanukkah, my personal favorite American holiday (sorry, Fourth of July) gets dealt the short stick. I’m here to fight that with one simple statement: Thanksgiving is literally a holiday dedicated to eating. I know the holiday has very, very questionable and racist roots, and I keep that solemn feeling in my heart throughout the weekend, but I also cherish and enjoy the time I spend with my family (and food!) on Thanksgiving. My family is notorious for going overboard on the food, so I feel like I have to choose wisely at the dinner table to make sure I have enough room left to drown in dessert. In honor of the holiday, I have decided to, without bias, rank the top ten Thanksgiving from worst to best. Here we go.
10. Whatever Vegetable Is On The Table: Obviously
9. Squash: Just the word “squash” grosses me out. Sorry not sorry.
8. Turkey: I’m actually really not a big fan of turkey. By no means is it the star of the show for me, and I really don’t understand why we spend like 10 hours cooking it.
7. Cranberry Sauce: I want to like it, but I just don’t. Sorry.
6. Stuffing: I used to really like stuffing, but I once ate way too much of it and now it kind of makes me sick.
5. Corn: Corn is the best vegetable, don’t fight me on this.
4. Sweet Potatoes: The second best potato dish. My aunt makes a pretty unbelievable sweet potato.
3. Popovers: If your family makes these, you know why they’re the best. If they don’t, let this picture do the talking:
2. Mac and Cheese: Need I say any more?
1. Mashed Potatoes: Hands down, no questions asked, the best Thanksgiving food of all time. When I was in fifth grade and we were learning to write paragraphs I wrote one on my grandma’s mashed potatoes. It’s framed and still hanging in their kitchen. Mashed potatoes 4 lyfe.