FYI, if you want a proper thanksgiving mac and cheese recipe, try Patty laBelle's. She also has a good sweet potato pie.

It was not a staple for me growing up in the Rust Belt.

It might be more of a black or southern thing. Now, it is a staple in our family Thanksgiving. My DH's family has a host of picky eaters, and when all the kids were younger, it was one thing that all of them would it. Now it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it (homemade).

Anonymous wrote:It’s a black thing. And it’s delicious.

We have never once had tht green bean casserole with French onions *instead* of macaroni and cheese. I understand that is popular at other tables.

And we always have collard greens or kale or turnip greens.

And black people do sweet potato pie. Not pumpkin. I always have to bring my own pumpkin pie each year because none of my family make pumpkin.

It is impossible to overstate how much better Mac and Cheese is than that vile concoction known as green bean casserole.

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Anonymous wrote:serving stouffers mac and cheese is a thanksgiving “staple”?

Not Stouffer's. The Mac and Cheese in question is almost always homemade from scratch.

The original post referee to a stouffers ad

And we all know that advertisements are a clearer reflection of how people live than reality!

I grew up on planet earth and i’ve never heard of this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:serving stouffers mac and cheese is a thanksgiving “staple”?

Not Stouffer's. The Mac and Cheese in question is almost always homemade from scratch.

The original post referee to a stouffers ad

Anonymous wrote:serving stouffers mac and cheese is a thanksgiving “staple”?

Not Stouffer's. The Mac and Cheese in question is almost always homemade from scratch.

Anonymous wrote:my very white ILs have it because everyone likes it-- I don't understand why you would put stuffing, mashed potatoes, and mac n cheese on the same table. To me a meal can have potatoes, rice OR pasta, but never more than one. Cheese and chocolate are not flavors I look for on Thanksgiving. There are a lot of things I like but don't want to eat on Thanksgiving. But their mac n cheese means more other stuff for me, so ... shrug

Sure, on a normal day I'd never have more than one of these. But Thanksgiving is a huge carb fest. So what's one more dish? Granted we are usually at a huge gathering, so one more platter of something fatty and carby barely makes a dent. So yes, we have it.

serving stouffers mac and cheese is a thanksgiving “staple”?

I grew up in Massachusetts and never heard of this tradition until recently. Turkey with mac n cheese sounds like an odd combo to me, but to each his own.

Grew up in the DMV and always had Thanksgiving at home. Parents grew up in Philly and no mac n cheese ever. Now we did always have creamed pearl onions. Bleeech!

We never had it at our very boring, WASP Thanksgiving until MIL started inviting her token "black friend" (after making a big announcement warning us that her friend was black, which might be an issue to everyone. ugh.).

Anyway, her friend brings awesome Mac and Cheese.

I just assume it's a Southern thing or maybe an African American thing?

Either way, I wish it was our tradition growing up in Kansas, because I freaking love macaroni and cheese.

my very white ILs have it because everyone likes it-- I don't understand why you would put stuffing, mashed potatoes, and mac n cheese on the same table. To me a meal can have potatoes, rice OR pasta, but never more than one. Cheese and chocolate are not flavors I look for on Thanksgiving. There are a lot of things I like but don't want to eat on Thanksgiving. But their mac n cheese means more other stuff for me, so ... shrug

My black friends have it and it is the best!