Did you know that turkey, squash, pumpkins, cranberries, tomatoes, corn and potatoes are native to the Americas?

The only important ones are tomatoes and potatoes. You can keep the rest.

Makes sense that they are all part of the Thanksgiving meal.

Here’s the wikipedia. If you read the history it says it started as a religious holiday. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#:~:text=The%20event%20that%20Americans%20commonly,of%20the%20Mayflower%20(Pilgrims).

@JLeslie , According to your link, greenbeans also originated in the Americas. I did not know that.

@ragingloli, What if we throw in chocolate, vanilla, pecans and peanuts?

Ah, green bean casserole. Thanks for this Q.

Tomatoes is the one that surprised me.

Well, this was a fascinating rabbit hole

What about Jello salad?

@JLeslie
I will accept the chocolate. There are enough other nuts, like Deez Nuts (Ha, got’em!), and vanilla is, well, vanilla.

What about cheesecake?

Barbecue

I think cheesecake was first made by the Greeks or Romans, not Americans.

It was a joke @JLeslie.

Cheesecake does not fit in with Thanksgiving. Christmas maybe, but not Thanksgiving.

Yes huh @LostInParadise!!!

Since “thanksgiving” is just a glorified harvest festival, which are common throughout the world, a cake absolutely fits.

Yes.

Usually, Thanksgiving is associated with pies not cakes.

It. Was. A. Joke.

You do understand Cheesecakes are really a pie (custard with cream cheese) . . .

Hmmm. Interesting point!

Yes @Tropical_Willie. Cake involves flour.

^^ Not necessarily

@janbb A deli I use to frequent, 40 years ago, in West Palm Beach while on business trips. They made ” Killer Cake ” No flour and four kinds of chocolate.