Thanks to all of you who participated in this year’s Tofurkey Map! 259 Smithies contributed their Thanksgiving break destination to the map. Here’s a few fast facts compiled by SAL Assistant Ellen Sulser ’18:
- Most popular dishes: (1) Stuffing – 42 respondents; (2) Mashed potatoes – 34 respondents; (3) TIE: Pumpkin pie and Turkey (34 respondents each)
- Fanciest dish: scalloped oysters
- Most concerning dish: Dinosaur egg oatmeal (which, according to Ellen, is great but not very filling)
- Most interesting activities:
- Food and friendship
- Deer hunting
- Going to the zoo
- Cooking an all-American family for a host family in Florence (Italy, not Massachusetts)
- Two respondents attended weddings on opposite sides of the world: one in New Delhi and one in Philadelphia
- Best activity: eating until it hurts
We’ll have another travel map in time for winter break, so be on the lookout!