21 Turkey Sandwich Recipes for All Your Thanksgiving Leftovers (Including the Famous 'Friends' Sandwich) (2024)

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What is the Thanksgiving leftover sandwich called? ›

A Pilgrim or Puritan is a sandwich which has connotations with the American Pilgrim Fathers and Thanksgiving Day.

Previous attempts to pinpoint its origins have speculated the sandwich is rooted in southeastern Massachusetts, if not Cape Cod. Paula Marcoux, a food historian in Plymouth, concurred.

Arugula and Avocado Sandwich With Turkey (Friendship Sandwich)

Instead, try turning your leftovers into a casserole, like our turkey divan, our chicken stuffing casserole, or our turkey pot pie; a soup, like our turkey noodle soup, our leftover turkey & wild rice soup, or our homemade turkey stock (made from your turkey carcass); or something lighter or more flavorful than before, ...

Worst: Sausage Stuffing

It's often made with fatty processed meat, butter or margarine, and refined bread or rice. It's a high-calorie food that packs a load of fat, carbs, and nitrates, which are cancer-causing. If you add dried cranberries, there's a good chance they're sweetened and add sugar to your stuffing.

"For the third year in a row, cranberry sauce takes first place as the most disliked traditional Thanksgiving food. Over 31% of respondents, 82 million American adults, do not want cranberry sauce for their Thanksgiving dinner.

Millions of people across the United States will sit down to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, potatoes, squash, corn, and cranberries.

Of all the states, residents of California consume the most turkey per person, but California is not one of the five. Missouri is. It's number five. The top turkey producing state is Minnesota, followed by North Carolina, Arkansas and Virginia.

What do you say instead of "Happy Thanksgiving"? ›

"May all the good things of life be yours, not only on this day but throughout the coming year." "Wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health and good times." "May you enjoy a bountiful Thanksgiving, a joyous holiday season and healthful, Happy New Year."

Tacos fit easily into the "taco" category, but so do subs and hot dogs. According to the Cube Rule, a hot dog is a taco - we told you, the rules are harsh! If you follow the Cube Rule theory, a taco is absolutely not a sandwich.

In Plymouth, Massachusetts, colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast in 1621 that is widely acknowledged to be one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations.

It's hard to imagine a life without sandwiches, but their popularity wasn't always so present. According to history, the sandwich we know and love today was created in 1762 in England.

They're called Funeral Sandwiches because they were traditionally served after a funeral at the church memorial service.

A tramezzino (Italian: [tramedˈdziːno]; pl. : tramezzini) is an Italian sandwich constructed from two slices of soft white bread, with the crusts removed, usually cut in a triangle. Popular fillings include tuna, olive, and prosciutto, but many other fillings can be used.

The most common ones being Pudgie Pies, Mountain Pies, Hobo Pies, Sandwich Cookers, Camp Cookers and Pie Shams. In the end, it makes no difference what you call them, as it's the final result that counts - a smile on the face and a full stomach.

The Gobbler Hoagie comes on a hoagie roll stuffed with hot turkey, gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce—very similar to my Thanksgiving sandwich. Two variations on the hoagie are a Gobbler Hoagie with Mashed Potatoes and a Gobbler Hoagie with Sweet Potatoes.