16 Roasted/Puréed Squash Flickr: matthewreid Every year pureed squash finds its way to the table, and every year it is the last one picked for the team.

15 Green Bean Casserole Flickr: lotherington If green bean casserole were made with fresh green beans and a homemade cream sauce -- keep the Funions -- this dish might be something to talk about. But at its current state -- with limp beans and canned soup -- it's not worth the precious and limited real estate in your stomach on Thanksgiving Day.

14 Jellied Cranberry Sauce Lew Robertson via Getty Images We know people eat this stuff, but we still don't understand why.

13 Dinner Rolls Ian O'Leary via Getty Images Any other day of the year, dinner rolls rock. But when there's stuffing on the table -- which there had better be -- dinner rolls immediately become superfluous.

12 Creamed (Or Glazed) Onions Heath Robbins via Getty Images Onions are great. Cream is great. But these creamed onions are just messing up the mojo of all the other Thanksgiving sides.

11 Rice Dressing/Casseroles Flickr: erin.kkr This dish wants to be stuffing, but it will never hold a candle to America's favorite Thanksgiving side

10 Cornbread Dorling Kindersley via Getty Images Even if you're not celebrating Thanksgiving in the South, cornbread is a welcome addition to the line up of sides.

9 Creamed Corn Foodie Crush If you don't already make creamed corn for Thanksgiving, this is the year you try it. This stuff is goood.

8 Potato Gratin Annabelle Breakey via Getty Images Yes and yes. Even if mashed potatoes are on the table.

7 Biscuits Lauri Patterson via Getty Images There has never been, nor will there ever be, a meal where biscuits are not appropriate.

6 Brussels Sprouts Flickr: tannazie If there's going to be something green at Thanksgiving, it had better be Brussels sprouts.

5 Fresh Cranberry Sauce Flickr: Veganbaking.net It's true, no one every really gets all that excited about cranberry sauce. And you can never eat more than a few spoonfuls. BUT, without cranberry sauce -- fresh cranberry sauce -- the integrity of the entire Thanksgiving meal would be compromised. Also, the sandwich you make with leftovers the next day would completely fall flat.

4 Mashed Potatoes Cal Crary via Getty Images Mashed potatoes are a must. No question.

3 Sweet Potato Casserole Flickr: Ben Garney There is no other time of year that you get to eat marshmallows on top of your vegetables. This is GLORIOUS. Eat seconds.

2 Gravy beyhan yazar via Getty Images MMMmmmmhmmmmm. When you pour gravy on top of your fully-loaded Thanksgiving plate, it makes all the other sides even better. We owe everything to gravy.