Every Black Thanksgiving has a set menu that rarely changes from year to year. With all of the essentials such as mac’ n cheese or collard greens, there are also a few given dishes that get the serious side eye when they appear on the table.
We don’t know what the white folks do over there but over here? We eat sweet potato pies, not pumpkin pies. We eat mac n’ cheese without breadcrumbs. We’d also prepare dishes in their original recipe versus throwing together several ingredients into a casserole.
If something new appears on the table, it may go untouched or you might be put on blast by the one cousin who shouts, “Who brought potato salad with raisins?!”
If you’re debating on what to bring to Thanksgiving this year, consider this list of 17 things not to bring and save yourself from the shame of returning home with the food you brought.
