turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberries. dessert can be whatever it wants, but i’d never miss sweet potatoes or green beans or even rolls because they never made any appearances at thanksgiving growing up so to me they aren’t necessary. 

okay but hear me out - oreo could really just sell tubs of the creme filling, and then sell the wafers on the side, and people would then be free to fill it as much or less percentage-wise as they wish, dunkaroos style, while still feeling good about it being ‘oreo thins’ while wondering why the scale says otherwise.…

i mean, true. but my novelty foodstuffs section is already taken up by my paqui one chip challenge coffins from years past, which is enough novelty chip action for me.

booooooo

i say this as a fan of mythical kitchen and all the off-the-wall, very silly videos they make ($500 recreations of taco bell mexican pizza and raising cane’s chicken fingers, ~meals of history~ with people dressed up in costume to eat final meals served on the titanic, etc) - i am 100% not that interested in trying…

i mean, she’s basically just gone low-carb, no wonder she feels better; a lot of people do when they make that switch. i just feel like cooking the meat might be a bit more appetizing and some leafy greens wouldn’t hurt the digestion in the least, but, hey, whatever floats her beefy freaky boat.

jfc who authorized this

green bean casserole, no questions asked. everything else is either surrounded in nostalgia or comfort or serves a purpose: stuffing is a delight and amps the flavor of sage that’s so tied to the meal, mashed potatoes done up with extra cream and butter (bc thanksgiving!) are just pure comfort and happiness, and…

counterpoint one: it is delicious bread. bread with broth and aromatics and eau de delicious turkey and it’s moist and savory and absolutely freaking delicious. stuffing should not be dry, it should not be ‘just bread,’ and it certainly shouldn’t be omitted from the lineup.

i absolutely detest the idea of breaking out the fancy pants for a big meal, because the two do not coexist peacefully. that being said, when communing with family for a big holiday, i don’t want to look like i just rolled out of bed either, so my solution is akin to lillian’s; i go for a big chunky sweater or loose…

once santa comes down 5th avenue at the end of the thanksgiving parade, my dad immediately turns on christmas music and starts putting up decorations. he is a rather serious former professor type, but he loves christmas and basically waits until the minute he’s ‘allowed’ to decorate by my mom. it’s honestly adorable.…

strawberry and chocolate is my move, if whatever establishment i’m getting a shake from will allow flavor mixing. i wonder if the nutella shake of florida is a theme park thing, bc otherwise that seems a bit rich. ...not that a shake isn’t always a zillion calories already, but, meh.

i am admittedly lax. if i see real deal dirt, like on my celery or potatoes or mushrooms, sure, i scrub until it’s gone. but berries and other fruits, zucchini, tomatoes, and other things that don’t require peeling or pruning, i just wash it for a few seconds under water and call it good. i feel like everything we eat…

i tried to put in a pick-up order with my local fry’s for all the shelf-stable, long-lived thanksgiving stuff so that i only need to grab the turkey, cream, and fresh herbs next weekend. the mother effers were out of stuffing mix, gravy master, and pie shells and tried to have me accept fresh cranberries in their…

okay not gonna lie, i love me some t swift and red is my favorite album of hers, but i’m not trekking to starbucks for a nonfat latte for any reason.

i mean...any of these are not *not* something i would slap on some bread the day after thanksgiving along with some cranberry sauce and mayo and call a sandwich, so, yes?

i dunno, i make a pretty good batch of popcorn right from my corn popper (yes it’s a unitasker that takes up too much space but it mostly lives on a shelf not bothering anybody or anything) that takes about two minutes. combined with some melted butter and salt and pepper and with the two inverted bowl shake method,…

banza pizza is actually pretty dang good. i have forever subscribed to diet coke, crystal lite and low-fat wheat thins, but that’s probably bc i was a child of the 80's and 90's raised by a mom-on-the-go who also did weight watchers. for the most part, though, i have a hard time getting into a diet version of…

i dunno about the take on ghost kitchens. i mean....it seems like it makes sense to me. we’re living in a post-2020 world, food delivery is probably only going to grow from hereon out. plus with ye olde ~worker shortage~ bc the folks up top don’t want to pay enough, i’m sure it makes sense to corral 15 or 20 people…

seconded. my ex was gluten intolerant and i got heavy into making Indian food. so much delightful flavor and texture and breadth of options with no wheat!