# Exiled Thanksgiving Dishes > Ancient Thanksgiving dishes return from obscurity. - Title: Exiled Thanksgiving Dishes · Taste of Home | Shortify - Summary: Ancient Thanksgiving dishes return from obscurity. Historical Thanksgiving dishes once popular in the 1900s are making a comeback. - Keywords: thanksgiving, gelatin, mincemeat pie, waldorf salad, holiday vegetable loaf, hot dr pepper, cranberry mayonnaise candles, frozen jellied turkey vegetable salad, creamed pearl onions, Taste of Home - Source: Taste of Home — https://tasteofhome.com/article/exiled-thanksgiving-dishes - Author: Lindsay Parrill - Published: 2026-11-13T22:00:14+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: thanksgiving, gelatin, mincemeat pie, waldorf salad, holiday vegetable loaf, hot dr pepper, cranberry mayonnaise candles, frozen jellied turkey vegetable salad, creamed pearl onions ## Savory Aspics and Meat Jellies Aspic was a formal dish in 1950s Thanksgiving meals, made from meat, vegetables, seafood and hard-boiled eggs. > Savory aspics were perfectly respectable additions to holiday meals well into the 1950s ## Jell-O Salads Jell-O salads were popular in mid-20th century holiday gatherings with colorful fruit and cream cheese. > There was something cheerful about a ruby-red cranberry gelatin salad or a fluffy lime concoction studded with pineapple ## Mincemeat Pie Mincemeat pie was a Thanksgiving dessert in the 1890s with dried fruits, spices and citrus. > There was a time, particularly in the 1890s, when mincemeat pie was every bit as deserving of a place on the Thanksgiving dessert table as pumpkin or apple pie ## Waldorf Salad Waldorf salad originated at New York’s Waldorf Hotel in the 1890s and became a Thanksgiving side dish by the 1960s. > Waldorf salad has much more glamorous origins than most other dishes on this list ## Holiday Vegetable Loaf Holiday vegetable loaf was a 1950s dish made from vegetables, eggs and breadcrumbs. > At some point in the ’50s, we became convinced that nearly every food could be improved by pressing it into a loaf pan ## Hot Dr Pepper Hot Dr Pepper was a 1960s drink made by heating Dr Pepper and adding lemon. > Hot Dr Pepper sounds like something you’d find in a cookbook published during a national shortage of good judgment ## Cranberry Mayonnaise Candles Cranberry mayonnaise candles were molded holiday creations with a candle-like shape. > The idea was to turn cranberry sauce and mayonnaise into a molded holiday creation resembling a candle ## Frozen Jellied Turkey Vegetable Salad Frozen jellied turkey vegetable salad was a 1970s dish combining turkey, vegetables and gelatin. > Frozen jellied turkey vegetable salad, a 1970s creation that manages to combine several questionable ideas into a single dish ## Creamed Pearl Onions Creamed pearl onions were a 1920s dish with tender onions in a buttery cream sauce. > Creamed pearl onions were a familiar sight on Thanksgiving tables in the 1920s ## Key takeaway Historical Thanksgiving dishes once popular in the 1900s are making a comeback.