# What dishes do you need in order for it to really feel like Thanksgiving?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishes-do-you-need-in-order-for-it-to-really-feel-like-thanksgiving/705405 "2014-11-23T15:26:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishes-do-you-need-in-order-for-it-to-really-feel-like-thanksgiving/705405/81 "2014-11-27T04:28:13Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> sage stuffing makes it T-day, though.

Oh yes, stuffing with gravy. I prefer stuffing, but dressing baked outside the bird is good too. Got to have the sage though.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishes-do-you-need-in-order-for-it-to-really-feel-like-thanksgiving/705405/82 "2014-12-02T23:59:08Z")

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Only four things for me:

Thanksgiving must have turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and green bean casserole.

All other things are expendable. In fact, I can do without anything else…but those four things define Thanksgiving dinner for me.  
Give me a Thanksgiving with those (with other dishes or just those four alone) and I’m happy.

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**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dishes-do-you-need-in-order-for-it-to-really-feel-like-thanksgiving/705405/83 "2014-12-03T02:03:30Z")

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Turkey (I don’t even eat it always, but it would be very odd for it not to be there), stuffing/dressing, cranberry sauce, real potatoes of some kind or other, sweet potatoes of some kind or other.  
For me, everything else is pretty negotiable. Most of my family would insist on greens.

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