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If you’re sitting down to Christmas dinner this Saturday, chances are you’ll pass the vegetables.
Vegetables are No. 1 on the list of top 10 foods and drinks Americans eat for Christmas dinner in all regions except the central U.S., according to data from market research group NPD.
There, potatoes take the top spot.
Americans seem to generally agree that a holiday dinner should have traditional items including potatoes, vegetables, poultry, ham and salads. But there are definitely some regional variations to the Christmas spread.
In the East, Italian dishes ranked ninth, while they are nowhere to be found elsewhere in the country. Similarly, tea took the ninth spot in the South but was absent elsewhere. And in the West, alcoholic beverages ranked ninth, but they didn’t make the cut anywhere else.
NPD compiled the data on Christmas eating habits using its database on in-home eating trends in the U.S.
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We're having prime rib. Where's the beef?
Our family is having beef bourguignon served with asparagus, sweet potato casserole, succotash, greens, citrus salad, roles, an array of pies, sweet tea, and the appropriate wine. This meal has only changed once in 47 years. It is our south Christmas eve dinner for a family of eleven.
Strange that Italian dishes didn't show up on the midwest especially around the Chicago area. We always have a home made spaghetti dish and meatballs with Itailian sausage here in the Chicago area along with a ham and the rest that was on the list.
I find the article and their "suggested lists" to be an ABSURD S T R E T C H ???
I'm not sure "whose homes" they surveyed, but for most Americans I've ever met, "veges do NOT come in first; important yes but NOT first.
"Turkey, Roast Beef, Baked Ham, Turkey/Chicken Liver Gravy come FIRST at my home... and everything else? Well, Stuffing, Rice, Sweet Potatoes, veges, salads... ALL come after.