Well, I'm from West Virginia, the most northern of the southern states and most southern of the northern. We too deep fry turkey here, but not just on Thanksgiving, we had one on the 4th of July too. My mom usually oven bakes hers though for Thanksgiving because it's so cold out, nobody wants to stand outside with the deep fryer! Green beans--staple food item in my family's home (my mom cans them every year), candied yams, mashed potatos and gravy, deviled eggs and olives, beets, oyster dressing, cabbage stuffing--but it's in the turkey, cole slaw, wheat rolls, Salad, pumpkin pies--mmmmm. My aunt always makes pinapple suffle (sp?) because she's allergic to potatos. Iced Tea is also a staple item in my home AND my mother's home--even in the winter--although I prefer sun tea made in the summer. But with dinner, we always have wine. That's what my mom fixes--now I wish I were going there for Thanksgiving--she's the best cook!!! Bryan's mom, she never fixes anything with flavor, she doesn't even put salt in anything while she cooks. We're going to their house for Thanksgiving.
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