Weed and Thanksgiving dinner go together like mashed potatoes and gravy. But if you want a feast made for a Kush King, choosing the best Thanksgiving weed strains to pair with each of your Thanksgiving dishes is definitely a good idea. For suggestions, we drafted Weedmaps cannabis culture expert Nicolas Juarez as our weed sommelier. Prepare to get so high you forget what a turkey is.
The Best Thanksgiving Weed Strains for Your Thanksgiving Dishes
The Strain Pairing: “The turkey and stuffing are the best parts of the Thanksgiving meal, if not the whole day, so I always want to get as much as possible without being disgusting about it,” says Juarez. “So a sound game plan here would be to find a strain with effects that are going to make you hungry and focused. Alien OG does the trick for me. It’s a pretty strong strain with a really pungent, skunky smell, but it makes for a nice, whole-body high that gives me crazy munchies. Caliva’s Alien OG is my go-to.”
The Dish: Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
The Strain Pairing: “SFV OG for its long-lasting, heavy-bodied stoniness seems like it makes eating a big plate of mashed potatoes and gravy infinitely more enjoyable,” Juarez says. “The strong, lemon-y flavors with mashed potatoes somehow work for me, but maybe I’m revealing how weird my taste palate is. Old Pal has an affordable eighth.”
The Dish: Cranberry Sauce
The Strain Pairing: “Pineapple Express, for sure,” advises Juarez. “The pineapple flavor should complement the cranberry sauce. A good batch of Pineapple Express can turn a mood around really quickly, which proves to be helpful during Thanksgiving table talk. STIIIZY has really popular Pineapple Express pods that I enjoy.”
The Dish: Green Bean Casserole
The Strain Pairing: “Banjo would be a good pairing here,” Juarez says. “I like Banjo’s sour/citrus flavor, which for some reason I think would be a good counter for a cheesy, green bean flavor. I don’t know, maybe I’m crazy, but at the very least the pleasant, creative head-high is reliable. Pacific Stone has a really good price for an eighth.”
Ian Lecklitner
Ian Lecklitner is a staff writer at MEL Magazine. He mostly writes about everyone's favorite things: Sex, drugs and food.
