Scott Logush
Editor-in-Chief
We are finishing up the Thanksgiving food roundtable with our picks for sleeper foods. These foods are similar to the underrated ones except almost no one is talking about these foods. They are the unexpected ones, the ones you would not think about, and if you enjoy one of these foods then you’re in good company.
Matt O’Connor – Campus & Culture Editor: Dinner Rolls
I will stand atop this mountain for all time. Dinner rolls are a delicacy that shall not be overlooked. Many criticize them for being too simple or for being unfit for a meal as important as Thanksgiving. But that’s just it, that’s why they work so well. The fact that they’re as simple as they come means you can stuff your face with them without having to worry about them making you sleepy, unlike other foods on the table.
Alena Laurent: Dinner Rolls
Lastly, a sleeper Thanksgiving food would have to be dinner rolls. I don’t know if everyone has dinner rolls on Thanksgiving, but they should. It seems like the one thing that would be overlooked when putting food on your plate since you would probably be more focused on the traditional foods. However, dinner rolls are the perfect side complete with butter (and sometimes oil) to snack on in between plates (yes, plates) of food or if you’re like me, while waiting for the food to even finish.
Morgan Creighton: Cranberry Sauce
The cranberry sauce is a perfect pairing with the mashed potatoes and turkey. It gives a meal a little bit of sweetness to complement the savory flavors of the other components. An added bonus of cranberry
sauce is that it doesn’t need to be cooked.
Scott Logush – Editor-in-Chief: Bread Rolls
Often forgotten and lost to time, bread rolls. Small, high floor, and what better way to clean your plate than with a bread roll? Warm bread rolls, with melted butter on it add some nice stability to your plate because you know exactly what you’re getting every time. It can also be used to polish off your plate, break it into pieces, and use it to clean up that gravy from the turkey and stuffing.
