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Does America agree with your Thanksgiving food opinions?

<p><i>Newsy staff talk about their different Thanksgiving traditions. First, we asked: What's on the menu?</i></p><p><b>NEWSY'S EUGENE DANIELS: </b>Oh! My favorite thing is that we get two meats. My mom does a ham, and my dad fries a turkey. </p><p><b>NEWSY'S NOOR TAGOURI: </b>Your traditional turkey and cranberry sauce and stuffing and pies, but we also have falafel, borek —  which is like spinach  —  or meat pies.</p><p><b>NEWSY'S CHRISTIAN BRYANT:</b> Lots of booze. Lots and lots and lots of booze.</p><p><b>NEWSY'S SADÉ CARPENTER:</b> Greens, cornbread, baked macaroni and cheese …</p><p><b>NEWSY'S CODY LAGROW:</b> We centered the entire meal around the driest, most flavorless meat that exists.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/the-immigrant-history-of-thanksgiving-dinner/">Since The First Thanksgiving, American Food Has Been Immigrant Food</a></b></p><p><i>Cranberry sauce — canned or homemade?</i></p><p><b>LAGROW: </b>Does it matter?</p><p><b>NEWSY'S KRISTIN ROHLWING: </b>Homemade, all the way!</p><p><b>DANIELS:</b> Canned. I like the jellied one, and I can literally just sit and eat the whole thing alone.</p><p><b>CARPENTER: </b>I'm ashamed to say that I like canned.</p><p><b>TAGOURI: </b>I would never eat cranberry sauce out of a can.</p><p><b>NEWSY'S KATE GRUMKE: </b>When it comes out and it's like **sound effect** </p><p><i>Stuffing or dressing?</i></p><p><b>CARPENTER: </b>I call it dressing. Some people have never heard of it being called dressing, but from what I understand, it's stuffing when you put it inside the turkey, and it's dressing if it's outside of it and just in a pan.</p><p><b>DANIELS:</b> I call it nothing because we don't eat that crap. We don't eat that. It's nasty.</p><p><b>NEWSY'S DANIELLE DIETRICH: </b>My family calls it stuffing even though we don't stuff the turkey because that's a terrible idea if you're deep-frying a turkey. </p><p><i>Family traditions?</i></p><p><b>BRYANT: </b>My family always holds hands. We gather around in a circle, we hold hands and we talk about what we're thankful for. </p><p><b>TAGOURI: </b>We would always play Taboo. Like the boys vs. girls. </p><p><b>NEWSY'S BEN SCHAMISSO: </b>My friends and I love celebrating it just 'cause it's the cool American thing to do. </p><p><b>ROHLWING: </b>We always watch football, but then when it's halftime during the game, we go out and play our own game of football.</p><p><b>LAGROW: </b>Thanksgiving to me is always a day where you meet new people [and] learn about their stories and their traditions as well. It's about togetherness! Come on.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/thanksgiving-travel-will-be-at-its-highest-since-2007/">Turkey Day Travel Will Be At Its Highest Since 2007</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/why-seat-belts-aren-t-required-on-all-school-buses/">Here's Why Seat Belts Aren't Required On All School Buses</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/these-us-cities-are-likely-to-have-a-white-christmas/">Dreaming Of A White Christmas? These US Cities Expect It</a></li></ul>
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The tradition of the Thanksgiving meal have been engrained in American culture for hundreds of years. Turkey. Stuffing. Cranberry sauce. Potatoes. Repeat until your stuffed, then add at least two slices of pie and a nap in front of the TV.

But everyone has their own Thanksgiving favorites: Maybe your Mom has a killer sweet potato casserole recipe — or one you can't stand. Maybe you look forward to green bean casserole every year — or look forward to passing the dish to the cousin sitting next to you.

Where do your Thanksgiving opinions stack up with the rest of the nation? Take our poll below to find out.

 

 

Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.