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13075090 No.13075090 [Reply] [Original]

Is it worth preparing a meal on Thanksgiving if you're alone, or should you just get Chinese? Any smaller scale recipes for Thanksgiving food, that doesn't assume an audience of 12+?

>> No.13075103

>>13075090
you can't figure out how to cook a smaller bird and smaller portions of the sides?

>> No.13075105

>thanksgiving for one

what a depressing idea. you have NO family at all?

>> No.13075110
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>> No.13075111

>>13075103
I can barely cook at all, I try not to stray too far from clear recipes.

>>13075105
I do, but I'd rather be alone.

>> No.13075114

>>13075090
Go volunteer at a hobo shelter and eat for free.

>> No.13075127

>>13075090
We are reaching levels of sad we'd never thought possible. Go to your damn brother's house, apologize for raping your nephews, and join the feast for fucks sake

>> No.13075141

>>13075111
>I do, but I'd rather be alone.
why

>> No.13075146

>>13075090
I cry less if I get other food.

>> No.13075160

>>13075090
>>13075111
Whatever makes you happier anon. My family just does a breast and scaled down sides.

Try this: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/thanksgiving-dinner-for-one

Though ditch the pecans and marshmallows for the sweet potato IMO, that shit is nasty.

>> No.13075168

>>13075114
This is a nice idea. You might make some friends with kind volunteering people too!

>> No.13075198

>>13075160
God this is pathetic. Imagine being from a tiny family.

>> No.13075201

>>13075111
>alone on Thanksgiving
Just eat the shotgun now and get it over with

>> No.13075203

>>13075198
We live in a different state from everyone else and have no desire to see the extended. One halfs snobs, one halfs white trash. So holidays are just me, my parents, and my brother if he can get off work.

>> No.13075209

>>13075160
Thanks, I'll try this out.

>> No.13075237

My first Thanksgiving alone and away from family was fish sticks and fries.
Feelsbad.jpeg

>> No.13075245
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>>13075111
Do you not have friends with whom a "Friendsgiving" celebration might be ha-... who the fuck am I kidding? Suck a helium tank instead being a fag troll.

>/ck/
>I can barely cook at all
Depressing tbqh.

>> No.13075262

>>13075245
I was invited to a friend's once, but I don't feel comfortable intruding on that sort of thing.

>> No.13075300

>>13075090
Thanksgiving is by far the most overrated holiday so just ignore it.

>> No.13075305

>>13075201
not a bad idea desu

>> No.13075310

>>13075160
for those who don't like white meat, smoked turkey legs are an option

>> No.13075451

i have no friends and all of my family members moved 3000 miles away.

i'm going to eat the exact same thing i eat everyday. i will probably make a batch of sugar cookie dough to eat raw.

>> No.13075995

>>13075090
best recipe for lonely thanksgiving is suicide

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>>13075111
thats pretty based actually

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>>13075090
Buy a duckbreast or something and cook that. It's tastier than a turkey anyway.

>>13075110
This is actually much sadder than just getting a pizza.

>> No.13076248

>>13075111
I'm the same way. I'd like to ignore Thanksgiving but I can't entirely because the world mostly shuts down that day. That's the only reason I have to specifically plan my meals that day at all

>> No.13076353

>>13075110
turkish microwave meals look sad, understand why they want a revolution or whatever it is

>> No.13076357

Roast a turkey, carve it down, freeze it. You know you want some piping hot turkey drums and breasts freeze really well. Pull one out the next week and carve it down for some sammies.

>> No.13076584

heh use an air fryer heh

>> No.13076594

>>13075090
make a bunch of turkey BLT sandwiches dude.

>> No.13076621

>>13075111
I'm not a huge fan of Thanksgiving either. If you want to do a dinner for yourself look up a Turkey breast recipe or even cook yourself a small chicken, and make sides by cutting normal recipes in half if you don't want leftovers.

>> No.13076646

I was in favor of more gun control, until I learned a majority of gun deaths are suicides, mostly by white men like OP

Now I love guns :-)

>> No.13076661
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13076661

>that lonely feel of being the only one there in the green

>> No.13076667

>>13076661
>in the green for the first time in 2 years
Feels fucking good man.

>> No.13076754

>>13075090

boston market

>> No.13076788

Cook a cornish game hen or pheasant. Class it up and drink some wine along with it. Use it as an excuse to cook shit you would never cook. Use it as an opportunity to improve your cooking. If you fuck it up bad then go get some Chinese. If you find recipes and follow them you shouldn't fuck them up that bad.

>> No.13076789

>>13076646
t. seething reeking savage shitbird

>> No.13076799

>13076789
What did it mean by this?

>> No.13077355

>>13076248
Yeah, last year there was a Chinese place open, so I kind of had a Christmas Story style dinner. I may end up doing that again, but I'd generally prefer stuffing to general tso.

>> No.13077667

>>13075168
Debased and bluepilled.

But seriously hobos did it to themselves. Might even find some altruistic white girl to fugg.

>> No.13077789
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for me it's gonna be this,instant mash,canned berries,and an ice cold steelie

>> No.13077809

>>13077355
Enjoy your chinese food, Shlomo.

>> No.13078039

>>13075090
duck confit with some good sweet potato puree would be really nice my fren

>> No.13078050

>>13076661
>according to this chart it's impossible to be extremely obese if you're 6'11"
manlets btfo again

>> No.13078067

If you want Thanksgiving food but don't want to cook Cracker Barrel usually has decent "dinner" plates that have a little of this and a little of that of stereotypical turkey day food. However take this with a grain of salt, the store I used to pick mine up from used to be #1 in company for better part of a decade and of course every store differs. Most of them have seemed to go down the drain the past few years

>> No.13078098

get yourself a roasted turkey breast from a deli and serve it on a sandwich with miracle whip and home made cranberry sauce. bonus points for homepride wheat loaf. sides should be idahoan-brand instant mashed potatoes with instant white gravy and green giant buttery brussel sprouts. treat yourself to a bottle of martinelli's sparkling cider and a pack of cigarettes. was my go to depression thanksgiving in my 20's

>> No.13079697

>>13078067
Never really considered Cracker Barrel, but I'm looking at their Thanksgiving stuff online, and it doesn't seem that bad. Though I'm sure the food you get and the plastic picture food are different. I may try this, thanks.

>> No.13079716

>>13075262
>>13079697


I know a guy who had lived on his own for about 12 years now. He always went to his friends thanksgiving dinner when roommates were busy.

That or just grab a nice hot case dinner from your local butcher and treat yourself.

Or Cracker Barrel as that guy said

>> No.13080772

Have sex. Then you’ll be invited to thanksgiving

>> No.13080792

>>13076661
I’m bordering on overweight, but I’m pretty skinny?

>> No.13080801

>>13075090
turkey's not even that good, there's a reason why we only eat it a couple days a year

>> No.13080811

>>13080772
I've had sex many times. But I'm not sure any of them would be comfortable inviting a customer for Thanksgiving, and I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with going.

>> No.13080833

>>13080801
Turkey's okay, I mostly like the sides associated with Thanksgiving. Stuffing, sweet potatoes and marshmellow, cranberry sauce, etc. I could eat it year round.

>> No.13080844

>>13075090
Roast a chicken, make one veggie side, and some mashed potatoes. Make a gravy with the chicken drippings. Really though you should spend some time with your family man. Otherwise there's no point to treating the day like it's any different from all the others.

>> No.13080848

>>13080801
Turkey is the most popular sandwich meat I think

>> No.13080872

>>13080792
American skinny, or skinny?

>> No.13080935

>>13080811
No, have free sex.

>> No.13080940

>>13080935
No man in history ever did that.

>> No.13080955

>>13080872
I can pinch my belly fat but I don’t have a gut

>> No.13080962

>>13080940
Not true, you can steal it

>> No.13081676

Just order the bird from KFC, and get your grub on. Invite some friends over to destroy the bird if you're feeling generous.

>> No.13082775

>>13080962
Blackpilled

>> No.13082800

>>13082775
They don't call it the 5 finger discount for nothing

>> No.13082908

>>13076248
just fast my man

>> No.13082917
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>>13082908

>> No.13083389

>>13082800
I was assuming a four letter word

>> No.13083880
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>>13076754
I did that once. Wished I’d gotten pizza instead. Made me sad.

>> No.13083906

>>13083880
S

>> No.13083934

>>13075090
Yeah, sure it is, Anon.
Fuck these other naysayers.
Just buy a carved precooked turkey breast instead of a whole turkey, boil and mash a couple taters, make some stuffing, make some fresh super buttery green beans, and a little bit of gravy. And get some wine or beer or whatever. Maybe some good old fashioned apple pie with vanilla ice cream on top.

>> No.13084092

>>13075090
no. it's just another day of the week. get a take and bake peetzer and chill at home.

>> No.13084105

>>13075090
Here are your options
1. Go somewhere you fucking loser
2. Do whatever you’d normally do like the loser you are
3. Splurge slightly but otherwise do what you’d normally do and maybe feel slightly better about yourself but probably not

>> No.13084146

>>13084105
4. kys

>> No.13084209
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13084209

>>13075090
Past a certain age a man without a family can be a bad thing

>> No.13084267

>>13084209
Damn

>> No.13084421

Turkey thighs rubbed with sage

>> No.13084424

>>13082908
Fasting on fat America day seems perverse.

>> No.13084438

>>13076661
>25 bmi = overweight
>being underweight is "better than healthy" implied by "reduced risk" at bottom

bmi bs is retarded anyway. bmi doesn't take into acct anything other than height and weight. muscle mass is a thing

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13084452

>>13084438
You are not a bodybuilder.

>> No.13084468

>>13075090
Get a turkey leg or breast and roast it instead.
The meat's good, and there's little waste.
You can scale down the sides for one.
Make an entire pumpkin pie ahead of time. It keeps well in the fridge if you wrap it in foil.
You can finish it in a week.

>> No.13084490

>>13084424
Seething

>> No.13084550
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13084550

>>13084438
t.

>> No.13084585

>>13082917

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTIzRhX8y74

>> No.13084592

>>13075090
just get a turkey and stuffing tv dinner

>> No.13084619

do americans say thank you together before they start eating thanksgiving dinner? or they are not actually giving any thanks?

>> No.13084632
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>>13084550
take this /his/ ascended meme

>> No.13084654

What is Thanksgiving even about? Does it have something to do with the genocide of native Americans? Or you just came up with a holiday so you have something to do between Halloween and Christmas?

>> No.13084667

>>13084654
>What is Thanksgiving even about?
Giving thanks for American abundance by gorging ourselves while others starve.

>> No.13084759

>>13084619
The fat ones do. You can make it more fun by replacing every reference to God with "daddy"

>> No.13085135

Make a turkey breast schnitzel.
But seriously if you are eating alone just eat whatever the hell you feel like eating that day.

>> No.13085276

>>13079697
Glad to be of help

>> No.13085389

>>13084146
That’s always an unspoken option

>> No.13085644

It really sucks on years I'm single. Dating someone is the only way I get to enjoy holidays.

Thanks for the reminder, gotta prepare something for myself this year. Turkey sucks anyway it will be nice to not have to eat it

>> No.13085664

>>13085644
You don't think you could meet a cute boi within forty days? That's as many as four tens.

>> No.13085785

>>13084550
She’s voting for Taft! Naughty girl!

>> No.13087231

>>13084654
The end of harvest, hence the feast.

>> No.13087407

>>13075310
>>13076357
>>13076584
>>13076594
>>13078098
>>13080801
>>13080833
>>13080848
>>13083934
>>13084421
>>13084468
>>13084592
>>13085135
heh

>> No.13087761

>>13087407
Mass replies are gay.

>> No.13087825
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13087825

There's always Coke and hookers.

>> No.13087878

>>13087761
The masses are gay. The water turns them gay.

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>>13087878

>> No.13087895

>>13087885
I wasn’t making fun of you Alex, I swear!

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>>13087825
Exactly they should have a Thanksgiving for hookers, I thought about this, it should be a new feminist holiday

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>> No.13088195

>>13087761
so are you, heh

>> No.13088799

>>13087925
Looks revolting.

>> No.13088859

>>13088799
You’d eat it if you were in a North Korean prison.

>> No.13090306

>>13075090
Just get the closest fast-food equivalent to Turkey - fried chicken.

Fast-food restaurants will be closed on Thanksgiving day, so the day before, go to your favorite fried chicken fast-food restaurant and get one of the family-sized meals. Eat some that night for dinner, then eat the rest the next day, on Thanksgiving. Look for coupons beforehand for the family-sized meals at that fast-food restaurants and use them.

>> No.13090848

>>13090306
This is depressingly based because I've done this.

>> No.13090853

>>13090306
store bought pumpkin pie