British Couple Reacts to Regional Thanksgiving Foods in the U.S. 

It’s not thanksgiving here in Canada, but thanks anyways!

Would very much love to see a cooking show from U2 cooking American recipes you two would have so much fun doing it together cooking easy recipes

@@lrees6412 I don't know. Bono has a busy schedule.

Happy Thanksgiving guys.

Thx

Nuts in general are a US staple. My personal favorite are cashews, but pistachios are a close second. This is a very nutty place.

I like toasted candied peacans.

In Kansas we have as many black walnut trees as we do oak, pine, elm, maple. Nasty process to get to the goodie, but worth it.

I have a large Pecan tree in my yard.

Absolutely! Because some of the dishes that he said are eaten in the south my family eats them and I live in Pennsylvania. Lol

I'm always amazed how the UK is so diverse despite being relatively small. You would think that living on an island for a thousand years would have made the whole region rather homogenous.

@@norwegianblue2017 It used to be, compared to other regions but with the advent of the British Empire and then modern travel methods the diversity is actually understandable.

France is twice the size of Poland, and Texas is bigger than France. California is twice the size of Great Britian. California has a larger economy than Great Britian too.

We eat what is closely available in the area.

newgrl:. I like baked beans with coleslaw.

hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving dear

..........and chopped onion. You forgot the browned chopped onion!

@@JGW845 hello

I thought it was funny they singled out Heinz, an American company, as an example of something we don't have here.

Agreed!

Linda Kyd:. Yes. I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had mentioned this. Also Geography King did not say that the state of Georgia is the leader in production of pecans. He mentioned N. Carolina was the leader in sweet potatoes so I felt some kind of way by him talking that much about pecans and never saying Georgia was the leader in their production.

@@beaujac311 Also, funny fact is Georgia goes by the peach state, but is the largest producer of peanuts in south. South Carolina is a huge grower of peaches and actually has a water tower (not sure if UK has water towers) with a giant peach on top, although at a certain angle it looks like a babies bottom with diaper rash to me. We southerners are a quirkly but fun bunch.

I picked up 5 5gallon buckets last year under my pecan trees. I couldn't give them away

@@tlittle705 Yeah those things hurt like the dickens when shoot out of a lawn mower. LOL

@@tlittle705 How did your tree do this year? Here in N. Georgia the trees did not produce so well this year.

I learned that information in school but that was a long time ago when our education system was actually good.

I learned that in school not sure why everyone thinks they have the secret sauce that's being hidden from the rest of us.

@@drewpamon I didn't learn that, 90% sure, but if they did, then I completely forgot.

@@colleenmonfross4283 I went to school a long time ago too and our education system was not good.

@@beaujac311 Guess that depends on where you were educated. I grew up in California where it was good at that time.

That's also a bit down to preference. We didn't do turkey this year, we did a ham. We will however have turkey at christmas, though sometimes we switch it up, some years we have different meats, like prime rib, or lamb shanks. We just don't like having too much of any one thing if we can avoid it. But yeah, the meat dish is generally the star, though I've always preferred having a ton of the side dishes, since the meat makes such good leftovers. Midnight sandwiches for the win!

We have baked beans, apparently you have never heard of Boston Baked Beans

Same here and BlackBerry cobbler

Pretty much same as FL except can't leave out the deviled eggs and we will many times make fresh greens, cook them down with bacon, etc. And sweet potatoe pie instead of pumpkin in many homes.

Never tried sweet potato casserole or pie but I love sweet potatoes they r so good we usually have them as just cooked sweet potatoes with the skin on and u have to take them off but they r so delicious on Thanksgiving. I live in wisconsin so thats probably why. Even though we r one of the main producers of cranberries I never really like them they r not really my cup of tea if ur out of our country its a saying that means it's not my kind of thing

Don't forget the cranberry sauce!! Homemade, canned, relish etc (south Jersey girl)

gmunden1:. We have pecan trees everywhere here in N. Georgia so they are pretty cheap when you collect your own. I grew up in the 1970's and we used to have pecans every year. Now it seems that the trees don't produce as consistently now as they used to. I picked up two paper grocery bag full of pecans last year at my aunts, but the trees didn't produce as well this year. It may have something to do with climate change.

@@beaujac311 you are correct. In the north US, pecans are expensive. I recall many years ago there was an issue with the trees and the production was low as a result. Climate change is indeed a factor (in addition to fungus, root problems and aphids) to production rates of this popular and delicious nut. I remember we used to be able to purchase a large bag of whole pecans but after a few bad seasons, the bags in the stores got smaller and the price increased. If anyone is in the baking business, it is difficult to purchase 5lbs for less than $70. I sometimes just pay the going rate because I know how hard it is for the producers these days.

Hey Skoll don't know if you've tried this but next time try putting some crumbled up bacon on the Mac and cheese to me makes it taste 10 times better

I need sweet potatoes. Then im good.

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I eat all that to. I eaten up north to. But i live in Florida

I have an apple pie, pumpkin pie, and a third choice waiting once my appetite returns from eating the main and side dishes earlier. I can choose between a jello dish or a chocolate pie, or buttermilk biscuits with apple butter.

Agreed.

Just talked about this last night. You stuff your belly and dress your skin

Thank you!!! Not many people realize the wording matters...

Technically you’re right, but many people always refer to it as stuffing despite cooking it separately from the bird

As a Yankee, I never knew this!

Lol, banks and govt buildings find any and every excuse they can to close. You know it's a major holiday when big box stores are closed

@@RyanTheLion335 banks close because the Federal Reserve is closed, they cannot do any real transactions that day...it also means the stock market is closed.

More Northeast

The video made it sound like cranberry sauce was rare in the South, which it's not.

You'll know a pecan tree when you see the silk all over it.. lol. My friend spent a lot of money to kill those buggers causing the silk

I spend half the year in Green Valley, Arizona which is a green valley because of a massive commercial pecan orchard.

Pecans are not relatively inexpensive, not in Chgo. I used to love them as a simple snack but the cost is up to $10-lb & higher now. That is entirely too high. I firmly believe someone is artificially controlling the prices of Pecans & Catfish. Catfish is routinely over $6-lb(when) used to be under $3. I hardly ever but catfish anymore unless I find it on sale. Pecans, Catfish and Chicken Wings 3-formerly *Inexpensive* *items* & personal favorites that the price has sky-rocketed on & made unaffordable. Working man can't catch a break☹️

@@geedavia1785 Have the prices increased since January of last year?

@TheBeesleys I live in Tennessee (South.) Where I grew up we had 5 pecan trees in the backyard. Every other year they would produce so much we wouldn't know what to do with them all. We gave them away by the bag full to all kinds of people, neighbors, friends, family, & even strangers that would stop and ask if they could fill a grocery bag with pecans... On the off years, they still produced enough for us and family. Anyways... Pecan trees are abundant in the South & fall is when their green shells are browning... that's why there are a lot of pecans in the Thanksgiving dishes. Same reason we have a lot of peach dishes. I have to agree with some I have seen on here Dressing & Stuffing are not the same. You stuff the bird with stuffing. Often non-Southern states will use that mix to have on the side and call it stuffing or dressing. In the South, (cornbread) dressing is wet and often a main dish in itself. You pair a meat in it (often shredded, but not all the time,) check some Chicken and Dressing (the most common type, but there is turkey, duck, ham, etc...) videos out. Chicken & Dressing is my favorite dish. I could forego the turkey. It's not Thanksgiving without Chicken & Dressing.

Left Over meat? Create a sauce and throw in some pasta. Sounds about right.

Just like Turkey Salad, you gotta not waste such lovely food.

I moved to Texas about eight years ago, and encountered one of the first dishes I was unfamiliar with: chicken spaghetti. I guess turkey spaghetti is pretty much the same. Ingredients are canned cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soup, velveta cheese, and of course poultry and spaghetti. Yum!

@@minkademko2335 sounds like the dinner bell just got rung! Good eats are good eats. By the way, welcome to Texas! Even if it's a bit late to say so.

Fifth generation Texan here never seen that so, I'm not really sure if that is really accurate.

LOL right. Though I will say the flavor they put on toast is not the same flavor of sauce for the beans that you would be served with BBQ ribs and cornbread over here.

Well put chap

di butler:. Yes. When he said dressing was used out west and stuffing in the east I almost screamed at the video. He said that he has lived in the south most of his adult life but how has he not heard anyone mention dressing in all those years.

That's exactly what I grew up with in northern California, finished off with a slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

Canned baked beans!!! Yuk!!! On toast?? Double YUK. But as you said.. different tastes.

Exactly from what I hear there bake beans are more like our pork and beans from the tin. Which is probably what most people would use a base for making bbq beans.

I make homemade baked beans in a slow cooker. I use Great Northern beans, onion, molasses, ketchup, and brown sugar. They're much better than canned beans. I've made a bean sandwich with them and it wasn't bad, it was a popular and cheap lunch during the depression.

Admittedly we have many versions

Baked beans are traditional in Boston, apparently (not from there). I have read that references to "peas" in the early descriptions of food eaten by the settlers may have actually meant beans as we now call them. Not sure if that's true, but it would explain the food tradition in Boston.

Im from California and pretty much the same lol

Yep. I’m in Georgia and there are at 3 ways I’ve heard. My family says pub-khans. Makes my skin crawl to hear it pronounced other than that.

I’m originally born in Alabama and we make cornbread dressing. We consider dressing made from cornbread and stuffing is made from other breads.

@@katrinaleebaldwin4660 If it's STUFFED and cooked in the bird.... stuffing. Cooked alongside the bird it's dressing.

I'm in MN & we've always called it stuffing whether it's actually stuffed in the bird or not. When you buy it in a box it's called stuffing. The manufacturer doesn't know if you're going to cook it inside or along side the bird.

@@CamoJan I appreciate that the terms are used interchangeably. Call it whatever you want. Look it up if you don't believe me! People put whatever they want in their stuffing/dressing... Sausage, corn bread, oysters, sage, ect.. What it is called is determined by how it is cooked. Stuffed in the bird or dressed on the side.

@@CamoJan Just as I would never get my spaghetti out of a can, I wouldn't get my stuffing out of a box. But to each his own. Enjoy!

The two pies I actually don't like is pumpkin and apple. I do however like mix berry pie and peach pie. You can find pecan pie in Colorado and other states too. It is a yummy treat that a lot of people in the US Enjoy. I'm kind of not the traditionalist when it comes to pie.

Same here! Twinsies! But my nephew actually made jellied cranberry sauce for me and his dad this year. It wasn’t too bad. A little more tart than the canned variety but quite tasty.

Yeah, but disagreed that tamales are not as popular in Texas as in California. The whole southwest of the US including Texas was part of Mexico that is the origin of tamales...lol