Maryland’s Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and friends, watch football (maybe games where you have a Maryland sports betting wager) and eat until you’re stuffed. So Maryland’s top side dish for this holiday is appropriately named.

BetMaryland.com used Google Trends to analyze the most popular Thanksgiving side dishes for Maryland residents by looking at search results from Nov. 1-30, 2023. These dishes were the ones mentioned most often in in total searches in the United States – that list includes mashed potatoes, stuffing, macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, candied yams, brussels sprouts and cranberry sauce.

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Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dishes of Maryland Residents

Rank	Side Dishes	Interest Over Time Period
1	Stuffing	15
2	Mac & Cheese	14
3	Green Bean Casserole	11
4	Mashed Potatoes	10
5	Sweet Potato Casserole	8

What’s In A Name For Top MD Side Dish?

The home of Maryland sportsbook promo codes is also called the Old Line State, for its position as a dividing line of sorts between northern and southern states.

That distinction even brings up a difference at Thanksgiving, which this year falls on Nov. 28. That’s because the most searched Thanksgiving side dish in Maryland is stuffing. Unless it’s dressing.

In the time where we researched the data, stuffing came up No. 1 with a search interest score of 15. We went with the general term “stuffing” which means a bread-based mixture cooked inside the bird. But when it’s cooked in a separate dish, the more proper term is dressing, and that word is more frequent in the South. Still, so many folks use these terms so interchangeably that the distinction is often lost.

Whatever the case, the Maryland’s Best Agriculture website – an official state government production – has a Maryland Oyster Dressing recipe. Seafood is such an important part of Maryland’s culture that it’s no surprise to see this regional variation on a classic American side dish.

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Other Popular Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Let’s load up on some more carbs for the other side dish choices, shall we? Macaroni and cheese, an increasingly popular Turkey Day side but especially in southern states, is second on our list with a search volume of 14. No. 4 choice mashed potatoes (10) and sweet potato casserole (eight) round out the top five, with only third-place green bean casserole (11) breaking up the mountain of starch on this list.

If that’s not enough stuffing (or dressing?) for your, follow our Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl odds all season. The Ravens don’t play on Thanksgiving Day this year, but they do host the Philadelphia Eagles at 4:25 p.m. on Dec. 1. Unlike turkeys, at least those two birds won’t get cooked on Thanksgiving.

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Jim Tomlin

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Jim Tomlin has nearly 30 years of experience in journalism, having worked at such publications as the Tampa Bay Times, FanRag, Saturdays Down South and Saturday Tradition. He is a contributing writer and editor for BetMaryland.com.