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Wednesday, November 26. 2014

Whoopee Pie and Frog Eye Salad

The Thanksgiving Recipes Googled in Every State - Which foods are unusually popular in each state on Thanksgiving.


It's wonderful to see how regionally-diverse this big nation of America remains, but I would not touch some of that stuff. I mean, Snickers Salad for Thanksgiving? Sheesh! Nothing against Snickers but oh, well, it's all good as long as we are grateful. I don't want to be a food snob, but, gee whiz, there are some limits!


Pic is my standard Yankeeland cooking. I use half the sugar, twice the berries. My mother in law always makes raw cranberry and orange relish - deliciously tangy and different from this.

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:18 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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That was a fun thing to look at...but honestly, some of the recipes were disgusting. Cookie Salad and Snickers Apple Salad were numbers one and two on the list of things I would never consider making or serving. One bite and you'd go into sugar shock.
#1 MissT on 2014-11-26 15:22 (Reply)
I have lived in Louisiana for 64 years and have never heard of mirliton casserole
#2 bgarrett on 2014-11-26 15:50 (Reply)
Agreed. I'm not a foodie by any means; but, come on! Snickers (which are pretty good) combined with Granny Smith apples and whipped cream? Good Lord, my tummy aches just thinking about it.

But, you also have to realize how they counted these "votes." They went by Google search. Ha! I just gave my state a vote for that Snickers salad - doesn't mean that I make it or even try it.
#3 Charles on 2014-11-26 16:59 (Reply)
Love the cranberry and orange relish. Half the sugar and use the raw stuff.
#4 knucklehead (Link) on 2014-11-26 19:52 (Reply)
Fun, but I call BS. I have lived in either North or South (can't remember which) Dakota for more than 30 years. I have never even heard of Snicker Salad before this post. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
#5 archer2010 on 2014-11-27 10:27 (Reply)
Go to Google Trends: snicker salad.
I didn't locate a spreadsheet, but from taking points off a graph, I counted in the 12 month span of Nov 13-Oct 14 a grand total of 601 searches for "snicker salad" in all of Google. Not too many.

A bar graph by region shows the top 10 states with a total of 453 searches.[Actually, it is for SEARCH VOLUME INDEX, which is probably not the same as total searches.] I don't know what the time frame is, but I suspect it is from Jan 14 to some time in November,perhaps Nov 15. ]jan-oct 14= 430]South Dakota is at the top, with 100 searches. Conclusion: very few people are interested in "snicker salad," but a disproportionate number of those people are in South Dakota.

Which is how the NYT lists snicker salad as a "distinct dish
for South Dakota. Which also can explain why you never encountered in the Dakotas.

Sopapilla Cheesecake: 498 searches from Nov 13-Oct 14. Everywhere.

I'm not sure I have the correct interpretation of this. Anyone out there have experience w Google Trends>
#5.1 Gringo on 2014-11-27 17:03 (Reply)
More BS New York Times, good grief. I have never even heard of Sopapilla Cheesecake!
#6 dianainsa on 2014-11-27 14:02 (Reply)

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