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What are your favorite dishes to serve at Thanksgiving dinner? We want to know.

Thanksgiving dinner traditions revolve around the dinner table.
Thanksgiving dinner traditions revolve around the dinner table.

Turkey, check. Sweet potato casserole, check. Canned cranberry sauce that only one aunt eats, check.

As you make your plans for Thanksgiving, which items are a must-have on the dinner table?

Your answer may actually depend on where you’re from: Around the country, Thanksgiving staples can vary. Insider did a roundup showing which Thanksgiving dishes are popular in different regions, shouting out mac and cheese and sweet potato pie among side dishes in the South.

Other regional Thanksgiving dishes include:

  • Key lime pie, served in Florida;
  • Fried turkey, popular in Texas;
  • Manicotti and other Italian dishes in New Jersey and New York;
  • Pumpkin empanadas in Arizona and New Mexico.

When people move to the Charlotte area, they bring with them generations worth of family traditions to the holiday table. We want to know what you’ll be serving at yours! Fill out the survey below or send us an email to let us know:

This story was originally published November 9, 2022 at 6:00 AM.

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