| 1 | Popular side dishes include cranberries and sweet potatoes. | |
| 2 | Last year North Carolina grew more sweet potatoes than any other state. | |
| 3 | Don't eat persimmons with sauerkraut, black dates, crab, goose, eggs, sweet potato, and vinegar. | |
| 4 | Researchers say we should ditch carrots and oranges and buy some sweet potatoes and papaya instead. | |
| 5 | Other traditional Thanksgiving foods served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. |