This Thanksgiving, nearly 35% of Americans surveyed are turned off by turkey

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A new survey shows that nearly 35% of Americans consider turkey to be their least favorite food on Thanksgiving.

The survey, conducted by vacation website The Vacationer, polled 1,042 American adults, asking which traditional Thanksgiving foods they dislike.

Turkey ranked at the top of the list, followed by stuffing/dressing (about 32%) and ham (nearly 32%).

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About 12% of those surveyed said they liked all the dishes listed.

Read on for a complete list of the most disliked traditional Thanksgiving foods, according to this survey.

Turkey is a traditional Thanksgiving dish, but nearly 35% of Americans who participated in a new survey say it's their least favorite food.  (iStock)

Most disliked Thanksgiving foods, according to new survey

1. Turkey (34.84%)

2. Stuffing/dressing (32.05%)

3. Ham (31.67%)

4. Sweet potatoes or yams (29.17%)

5. Cranberry sauce (28.89%)

6. Green bean casserole (22.94%)

7. Mashed potatoes (22.17%)

8. Coleslaw (22.17%)

9. Pumpkin pie (21.50%)

10. Carrots (16.31%)

11. Macaroni and cheese (15.93%)

12. Corn (14.68%)

13. Apple pie (13.72%)

And then some people replied, "None of these. I like them all." (12.38%).

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The results of the survey were analyzed by Eric Jones, an assistant professor of mathematics at Rowan College of South Jersey.

Stuffing and dressing is the second-most disliked traditional Thanksgiving dish among Americans surveyed. (iStock)

"The data always suggests that turkey's prominence at Thanksgiving is fading because it is not liked by younger generations," Jones told Fox News Digital. 

Jones said one of his biggest takeaways from the survey results is the "changing appetites across generations."

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"Older Americans over age 60 are the least picky eaters," he said, noting that younger Americans "have constantly had more choices throughout their lives, especially with food, so they don't feel obligated to eat something they might not like or even to pretend to like it."

Jones continued, "Americans over age 60 are also the most likely to enjoy turkey. Only 24.02% of Americans over age 60 said they dislike turkey. On the other hand, 37.08% of American adults aged 60 or younger said they dislike turkey."

More Americans turning to turkey substitutes is no surprise to Tyler Thomas, owner of Yard Bull Meats in Roanoke, Virginia.

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"We are taking a lot of orders for standing rib roasts, plenty of other beef roasts, pork roasts," he told WFXR, the Fox affiliate in Roanoke.

"We've got a couple of pork crown roasts coming down the pipe."

Duck has become a popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving, according to a butcher shop owner in Virginia. (iStock)

Thomas told WFXR that duck, ham and oysters have become popular alternatives.

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"In my opinion, Americans below 60 are more likely to be hosting Thanksgiving now, so they are less likely to feel obligated to have turkey and thus less likely to feed it to their children," Jones said. "This will continue the trend of turkey losing prominence and not being preferred."