The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner Menu By Walt Hickey Filed under Holidays Published Nov 22, 2016
With the top food-related American holiday happening this week, I wanted to figure out the ideal meal for Thanksgiving dinner. I set up a head-to-head battle with 97 different dishes — gathered by casual office poll, a review of past New York Times food columns on iconic regional dishes, and other Thanksgiving guides — and asked FiveThirtyEight readers and social media followers to choose the best.
The battle was simple: Two dishes were shown; one dish emerged victorious.1 We’ve used this same strategy to explore pressing cultural questions, such as how to make the best James Bond movie, find the best Christmas TV special, and figure out the complex relationship between Matt Damon’s attractiveness and intellect.
It’s an unscientific poll, sure, but more than 7,700 people chose a winning dish in over 377,000 individual matchups last weekend. So there’s reason to give it some credibility. Here’s a guide to building a menu for the best Thanksgiving meal possible.
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