Americans Are Sharing Unusual Thanksgiving Dishes And Everyone Is Grossed Out

Maya Kosoff turned to Twitter to spark one heck of a conversation this holiday season. In the United States, it's a tradition to celebrate Thanksgiving in late November, a national holiday that dates back to the 1600s when European settlers came to the Americas to colonize. After the first harvest, they celebrated with a feast that lives on today.

However, the conversation Maya sparked on Twitter this year wasn't about the controversies that surround the holiday we're used to hearing about. Instead, it was about something almost as controversial: food. There are holiday staples that virtually everyone associates with Thanksgiving, and there are personal items that are family-specific, which would (and will) disgust anyone else to even think about.

Maya expressed excitement about food, but she wanted to hear about the travesties of everyone's families—things that maybe shouldn't be called food but have become beloved and timeless traditions.

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And she kicked it off with her family's very own disturbing dish.

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This Cranberry Sauce "Alternative."

W H Y

benafflecksmoke

Shrimp No Cocktail

Who did this? WHO?

bliccy

Barf Salad

That's not a joke; that's the actual name.

VelvetHydrangea

Suet Pudding

A suet pudding is a boiled, steamed, or baked pudding made with suet, flour, bread crumbs, raisins, and spices.

Echo9M

Enjoy a broken tooth with your dessert.

BONE appetite.

holachola

Salad gets used real loosely around Thanksgiving.

I cannot emphasize loose enough.

mjprestarri

Brown Sauce

Who comes up with this crap?

alissamarie

Wow, I think I can smell this one.

Unfortunately.

ellendecandia

Coca Cola and Salad are two words that aren't supposed to go together.

Seriously, folks.

michelmcbride

NO

I'm scarred.

Volpinator1

Quite frankly, I'm scared to ask... but please let us know what unusual and disgusting concoctions you've been exposed to on Thanksgivings past and present.