Thanksgiving recipe searches

Thanksgiving is a fun time for my blog, as it gets lots of hits from people looking for recipes [if you're doing that, see my recipe archive]. I just looked at my referral logs, and 55 of the last 100 visitors here found my blog as a result of searches for cooking-related items. Here are all 55 of those searches (sorted by food type); it's a good (if not entirely accurate) look at what people are making this holiday season.

Searches for yams and sweet potatoes took the day:

• yam recipe skin marshmallow
• sweet potatoes baked + marshmallows
• baked sweet potatoes + marshmallows
• baked sweet potatoes marshmallow
• sweet potatoes marshmallow bake
• baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar
• baked sweet potatoes with brown sugar
• thanksgiving sweet potatoes marshmallows
• bake sweet potatoes brown sugar

• yams ooze [Yes. Yes they do.]
• mashed yam recipe
• "mashed yams"
• "yams with orange juice"
• mashed yams recipe

Though macaroni and cheese was close behind:

• baking macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni and cheese
• BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE [yes, yelling at Google will make it find better recipes]
• how to make bake macaroni and cheese
• baked macaroni cheese from package [whimper]
  

And lots of people apparently want a Greek salad:

• home recipe for greek salad dressing
• greek salad dressing recipe
• greek salad dressing
• greek salad dressing
• greek salad dressing
• greek salad
• "Joy of Cooking" "Greek Salad" Dressing
• easy to make salad dressing

And creamed spinach took the award for most identical searches (well, OK, it tied with baked macaroni and cheese):

• creamed spinach
• creamed spinach
• creamed spinach
• creamed spinach
• creamed spinach
• Creamed spinach

Desserts were also popular, though no one recipe stood out:

• low fat caramel ice cream
• key lime pie joy of cooking
• pear pie [someone has good taste]
• How do you make sure pie crust is done underneath? [try eating it?]
  
• cranberry upside down cake
• galette crust

Some people wanted general food suggestions:

• thanksgiving dinner for two
• thanksgiving dinner for two
• thanksgiving feast pictures [somehow I suspect this post dissappointed them]

There were, of course, many miscellaneous searches:

• brussel sprout gratin
• creamy brussel sprout
• mashed turnips
• mashed potatoes turnips
• soup recipe: kielbasa, turnip greens, potatoes
• german potatoe salad
• "japanese soup"
  
• Dotch Cooking Show
• reheating fondue [It's a pointless endeavor; just ship it to me and I'll take care of it for you.]
  

And, wrapping it up, was a search that makes me think someone is going to have a very disappointing Thanksgiving dinner:

• macaroni and cheese reheat

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