Thanksgiving Dinner for One

[Anonymous No.15076651]

My mom canceled Thanksgiving (and Christmas) over politics and no friends are hosting anything because of Covid, so what's the best Thanksgiving dinner for one?

I'm not much of a cook, so I'd prefer pre-prepared, delivery, or frozen, but I'm open to something else if there's a really simple dinner I could prepare myself. Thanks for the help anons, I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.15076667]

I always look forward to aggravating my liberal relatives with my far right views every thanksgiving but I’m spending this one alone because I’m working. Just grab some Chinese food and a fifth of liquor.

[Anonymous No.15076680]

>>15076667
My mom's actually far-right and is losing her mind because I didn't vote for Trump, but even if I had, would have canceled Thanksgiving and Christmas.

She has also canceled all cable TV, any TV subscriptions for streaming, and will not use the USPS for mail under any circumstance. But, y'know, not to make this about politics, I just want the least depressing Thanksgiving dinner I can get and sit here and watch football all day with some booze.

[Anonymous No.15076681]

Don’t leave us hanging, OP. Drop the promoted product you made the thread to promote.

[G8rH8r No.15076717]

>>15076651
u can buy one of these things at the big grocery stores, all you gotta do is just chunk it I the oven for a while. Then some boxed potatoes and boxed mac and boom

[Anonymous No.15076718]

>>15076681
I don't have a promoted product. I just don't know where to get a meal for one. There's plenty of big turkey feasts for families but nothing for one.

[Anonymous No.15076728]

>>15076680
I've cancelled all holidays at my house until all of this blows over.

[Anonymous No.15076739]

>>15076680
>let’s not make this about politics
But that’s exactly why you made the thread

[Anonymous No.15076742]

>>15076651
you can go to the soup kitchen and several churches and they give out thanksgiving dinners. last year I bought 25 thanksgiving dinners when I was at the salvation army or some shit like that. the guy insisted he had to fill out one of those cards and hang it up and I had him put Anon

[Anonymous No.15076779]

>>15076728
But do you have someone to spend time with? A wife? Girlfriend? Kids? Even a roommate?

My roommate is taking even the dog with him.

>>15076739
Nah just explaining why I'll be solo.

>>15076742
I appreciate the thought but I have the money to buy my own food instead of take a meal from someone out on the streets.

[Anonymous No.15076802]

>>15076651
buttermilk fried chicken with mashed potatoes or Mac and cheese and whatever your favorite Thanksgiving veggie is. I like green beans sauteed with bacon, mushrooms, and garlic the best.

[Anonymous No.15076807]

>>15076651
>what's the best Thanksgiving dinner for one?
A 12ga slug through the back of your throat.

[Anonymous No.15076810]

>>15076651
I'll be honest, Boston Market has worked really well for Thanksgivings I've spent alone (which has been most of them). Depending on what your local BM offers, you can call ahead and pick up, order online, schedule delivery, etc.

My state makes all restaurants except fast food joints close on Thanksgiving, so if I actually want to eat it the day of, I have to get my food from BM the day before and then just reheat it. Kinda dumb but it's what I do when I want traditional food on Thanksgiving, cuz I'm sure as shit not cooking all that myself.

Try them out. I'd suggest getting some dinner rolls from a store though (BM doesn't have those) and maybe some extra canned/jarred gravy (BM never provides enough for my tastes.

[Anonymous No.15076812]

>>15076728
>Blows over
Lol

[Anonymous No.15076829]

>>15076810
Also, here's a pic from one year when, for whatever reason, I decided to plate my BM meal reasonably attractively and then take a pic. I don't think I'll be getting the mac and cheese again, though, it's not very Thanksgivingy. Creamed spinach was awesome.

[Anonymous No.15076857]

>>15076810
>>15076829
Damn, this looked good, but I couldn't find a Boston Market here. Thanks Anon!

[Anonymous No.15076862]

>>15076680
Good, Your mom is very based. Tell her I’ll be your step daddy.

[Anonymous No.15076869]

>>15076857
Wow where do you live? Anyway, some big grocery stores will prepare Thanksgiving foods for you to pick up. Call them and inquire.

[Anonymous No.15076884]

>>15076651
Obligatory

[Anonymous No.15076909]

>>15076651
>but I'm open to something else if there's a really simple dinner I could prepare myself

just pare down the menu to your favorite item

for many that's stuffing

get a carton of chicken broth, a loaf of your favorite bread, some celery or pecans, or sausage or bacon if you want, and basically all you do is cook the sausage or bacon, dice up the celery and nuts, and pour the broth over the bread, veggies, meat, and nuts, add an egg or two for binding, and bake it @ 350F until its golden brown on top.

and/or

you can do an easy potato dish, no need to peel just slice some potatoes and top them with cream/milk, cream cheese, garlic powder, make sure the potatoes are covered, sprinkle the top with parmesan (grated) if you want, then bake at 375 until golden brown on top.

Also if you want turkey I suggest buying a turkey breast roast and again, salt and pepper, pop it in the oven and cook until the inside measures 160F or a fork can be inserted with juices running clear from the thiccest part.

Also, cranberry sauce is pretty easy to make, take a cup or two of frozen cranberries, add some orange juice, sugar, and a pinch of salt, and cook, stirring occasionally over medium heat until the cranberries burst, then cool.

Just make 1-2 thanksgiving items from scratch that you really like.

[Anonymous No.15076916]

>>15076909
That sounds like a lot of work

[Anonymous No.15076918]

>>15076728
Faggot

[Anonymous No.15076925]

>>15076651
bep bep! Chad coming through! make way! make way!

[Anonymous No.15076934]

>>15076680
>Won't use the USPS

It's weird how easy it is to get people to hate something. Also how do you even do that? It's not like you can tell amazon to not use the Postal service to drive it the last 100 miles to your house

[Anonymous No.15076941]

>>15076651
Your family sounds like failures

[Anonymous No.15076944]

>>15076916
>>15076916
My point is just do one or two of those things. It really isn't a lot of work its just dicing up things and throwing them into a pan in the oven. At least make one item from scratch and make it simply, it doesn't have to have a lot of ingredients.

You probably spend hours playing video games or doing something else mindless. Spending 1-2 hours cooking isn't going to ruin your life. This IS a cooking board.

[Anonymous No.15076991]

Not sure how thanksgiving will turn out for me, but worst case scenario I'll order some Chinese takeout with my bf. Most resturants will be open on thanksgiving.

[Anonymous No.15077006]

>>15076680
>I just want the least depressing Thanksgiving dinner I can get
Then why not just get whatever your favorite dinner is? Or pick your favorite side and get a ham slab. Or maybe chicken pot pie? My nana always made chicken pot pie for Christmas instead of ham or turkey.

[Anonymous No.15077011]

>>15076869
I live in the suburbs of Vegas and there's like two Boston Markets here, both nearly an hour's drive away.

>>15076909
>>15076944
You highly overestimate my cooking skills, anon (that wasn't me on the first reply). I could pull off putting in that turkey roast and that's about it. The rest of this would come out a complete mess. But I do appreciate the walkthrough. While this is partially a cooking board, it's also a food board. I don't know how to prep a single item really.

>>15076934
She's boycotting Amazon too because of partially what you said. It's getting to the point there's no rhyme or reason behind the boycotts. My dad might legitimately end up divorcing her because she's going off the deep end.

[Anonymous No.15077018]

>>15077006
I dunno, it's just part of tradition. I also like Turkey dinner.

[Anonymous No.15077055]

>>15076884
Every time I see this I imagine a balding 50 year old man eating this straight out of the can with a fork while sobbing

[Anonymous No.15077077]

>>15076916
Cranberry sauce you should make a few days in advance. You can then freeze any left over and use it sporadically throughout the year.

[Anonymous No.15077086]

>>15076651
>>15076651
I'm gonna be spending the Thanksgiving Holiday alone and I'm using it as an excuse to binge over 4 days. I'll be eating:

Ribeyes
Macaroni
Stuffing
Chicken Cutlets
Hawaiian rolls

An entire Pecan Pie
An entire Key Lime Pie
An entire Chocolate Pie
About 12 chocolate chip cookies
3 pints of Ice Cream
3 bags of Chesters fries
1 big bag of Cheetos Puffs
1 big bag of Doritos

[Anonymous No.15077097]

>>15076680
your mom sounds great, you should be more like her

[Anonymous No.15077104]

Get one of those rotisserie chickens from a grocery store. Instant mashed potatoes. Jarred gravy. Stuffing. Whatever sides you want.

[Anonymous No.15077125]

>>15076651
Get popeyes, deep fried turkey and their sides

[Anonymous No.15077130]

>>15076651
Spatch cocked roast chicken is really simple. Tons of jewtubes about it, just cut out the backbone liberally (think opposite of Orange Fool) salt and pepper both sides then put on rack over a baking sheet and roast at 400F until internal 165F @ 50 minutes.

Dressing is simple if you can't cook, just buy Stovetop Stuffing or some shit. Mashed potatoes: Cut up a few potatoes and simmer in a stock with salt. When tender, add butter, milk and mash.

Then put black olives on all your fingers and suck them off for the appetizer.

[Anonymous No.15077143]

>>15076651
what's the point of celebrating holidays, to fit in with the rest of the normies ?

[Anonymous No.15077152]

>>15076680
You voted to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas then, so I don't feel like helping you.

[Anonymous No.15077154]

>>15076651
I got you covered OP

[Anonymous No.15077156]

>>15076667
Epic
You’re so cool and unique anon. Be sure to really dab on those libtards instead of just spending time and enjoying your families company.

T. Has a super retarded cousin that is constantly causing people of being triggered when they tell him to shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.15077168]

>>15076651
>>15076667
My father and i are on polar ends of the political spectrum and we leave that shit at the door, must suck to have family antagonize you at every chance

[Anonymous No.15077181]

>>15077018
You might be able to get just some turkey breast. The big thing with holiday dinners is that it isn't feasible to have so much food in a regular dinner. So get a turkey breast and pick a couple of your favorite sides and just do that. Or like other anons said get a whole chicken. Throw it in a roaster with potatoes, carrots, and onions. You can get a rotisserie too if you don't want to cook it yourself but you're going to miss out on the chicken grease flavoring the vegetables.

[Anonymous No.15077190]

>>15076651
Why focus on single meal stupid. Buy regular Thanksgiving meal for 2-4. Eat it for a few days

Next

[Anonymous No.15077193]

>>15077130
>Spatch crocked
>opposite of Orange Fool
I don't know what these are.
>simmer
I barely think I know how to do this.

>>15077156
Seriously, this shit is dumb, no one needs to ruin a holiday by talking about politics.

[Anonymous No.15077198]

>>15077152
t. loony-tunes evangelical preacher

[Anonymous No.15077201]

>>15077190
The only ones of these I've seen are like ~$120. I'm not spending that kind of coin so I can eat nothing but turkey for four days.

[Anonymous No.15077211]

>>15077193
>I barely think I know how to do this.
At least you apparently know how to suck black olives off your fingers.

[Anonymous No.15077220]

>>15076680
Damn your mom sounds based. How are you such a fuck up?

[Anonymous No.15077235]

>>15077211
Yep. Doing it right now.

[Anonymous No.15077237]

>>15077152
Now, now, we don't really know whether OP voted for Jorgensen or not.

The main difficulty with roasting a bird is guessing how long it will take.

[Anonymous No.15077239]

>bothering with a traditional turkey dinner alone
Maybe it's worthwhile if you can use it all for based leftovers, but you should consider just getting some hotwings or something.

[Anonymous No.15077276]

>>15076667
>>15077097
get the fuck off this board, you pathetic rats.
>>15076680
I find the packaged turkeyloins in the grocery store are actually really good and really easy to make, you just put it in the oven then cut it after. You can buy sides from like popeyes or something like that (roughly where are you around in the country?), but I would at least get a nice slab of turkey, myself.
That's what I would do in your shoes.
Hope it goes well.
And I hope you enjoy thanksgiving somewhat, my dude.

[Anonymous No.15077303]

>>15077130

[Anonymous No.15077308]

>>15077276
Thanks anon, that's not a bad idea. Maybe I can find some kind of neat stuffed turkey thing... I'm in the southwest. And appreciate the kind words, they don't come from 4chan often.

[Anonymous No.15077318]

>>15077276
>>15077308
Us 41%ers need to stick together.

[Anonymous No.15077330]

>>15076651
Post pic at home. Please.

[Anonymous No.15077349]

>>15076884
Horrible

[Anonymous No.15077385]

It's adorable that you think spending hours upon hours of your faggot life "researching" and debating muh politics matters at all. Unless you're working in the government or have an audience of at least 100 thousand, which even that is pretty insignificant, it makes literally no difference how much you debate your brain damaged normalshit friends and relatives other than perhaps that it will end some of your relationships by making them hate you, which they should.

[Anonymous No.15077436]

>>15077385
Did I say I spent all that fucking time "researching" or whatever? No. My mom flipped a fucking lid because her pussy gets wet for the fat old dude or whatever. Calm the fuck down and give me Thanksgiving advice.

[Anonymous No.15077477]

>>15076667
Haha god bless you anon

[Anonymous No.15077620]

I worked at Boston market, their sweet potato casserole is good if u like that, basically dessert, their turkey subs with Caesar dressing was great too.

[Anonymous No.15077626]

>>15076651
i usually just eat a frozen pizza for Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.15077633]

>>15077385
What is it about this board that even fairly mundane topics attract angry schizos?
>>15076651
Just Google what restaurants are near you and determine which ones have some sort of vague Thanksgiving special and get it. Quality is less important than quantity + theming for Thanksgiving, so make sure it's traditional food and get enough for 2 people and eat it all yourself. Get two supermarket pies (ideally pumpkin and pecan) and a bunch of whipped cream. The actual dishes you should try to get from a restaurant for quality's sake.
And if you know anyone who's also alone for it, Skype them in.

[Anonymous No.15078003]

>>15077168
Cuck

[Anonymous No.15078136]

>>15077011
You can peel a potato, boil it until it is easily pierced with a fork, and add melted butter, cream and salt. That's mashed potatoes.

You can just smash them with a fork if you have nothing else.

It doesn't have to be perfect or fancy, just try it.

[Anonymous No.15078332]

>>15078136
Better to bake or even microwave for holiday mashed potatoes, then all the moisture you add is butter/cream.

[Anonymous No.15078359]

>>15078332
What the fuck? Adding moisture and fat is what makes holiday mashed potatoes so good.

[Anonymous No.15078369]

>>15076651
one thanksgiving i was alone. i bought a giant smoked turkey leg from publix or walmart. just googled how to heat it up correctly. i made kraft macaroni and cheese, put some hot dogs or turkey bacon in it, then put some breadcrumbs and cheddar/parmesian on top and baked it. i bought that dry flake mashed potatoes and mixed in some cheese. i also bought some butter rolls.

i ate it with a michelob ultra and perrier and it was a great thanksgiving. i guess the key is variety and excess, and a giant smoked turkey leg.

[Anonymous No.15078483]

>>15078332
boiling gelatinizes the starches better

ive tried it the other ways and I think it is better boiled, totally up to you though

[Anonymous No.15078540]

>>15076680
I've never understood why Republican voters get so upset when a Democrat wins when both parties are far-right oligarchies.

[Anonymous No.15078545]

your mom sounds like a total milf

[Anonymous No.15078585]

>>15078003
Obsessed

[Anonymous No.15078591]

>>15077011
Just go to a vons and see what they have at the deli. Or go to fresh and easy they sell a bunch of prepared meals for one

[Anonymous No.15078628]

>>15078540
I never knew that being pro-choice, lax on illegal immigration, supportive of increasing LGBT presence, supporting multiculturalism, being critical of traditional Christian values, increasing taxes significantly, and being extremely politically correct made a party far-right.

[Anonymous No.15078634]

>>15076680
>Far right
>Voted for king shabbos goy Trump
Right wingers are really retarded

[Anonymous No.15078641]

>>15077154
Fuck that one. The peas are always hard as rocks even after being microwaved.

[Anonymous No.15078675]

>>15078641
Peas are the most worthless fucking vegetable in existence. At least green beans can be slow cooked and have bacon added. Peas have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

[Anonymous No.15078694]

>>15078675
I pray the Lord one day gives you eyes to see

[Anonymous No.15078722]

>>15078634

Trump will crash the system sooner than anyone which is necessary for our national rebirth. The MIGAtards and their orange leader will have no further role in the new beginning.

[Anonymous No.15078782]

>>15076916
Honestly anon it's worth the effort to help quell loneliness. It's partly why I cook so much. Just play some music in the background and chill out while prepping it up.

[Anonymous No.15078806]

>>15078782
Not him, but as OP, working to cook stresses me out more than its calming. It feels like a dramatic waste of time when I could be working on my profession or something more important. I only waste time shitposting because it's so mindless and not stressful.

[Anonymous No.15079164]

>>15078628
well now you do.

[Anonymous No.15080937]

>>15076884
What braindead retard thought this was a good idea?

[Anonymous No.15080948]

>>15077086
RIP to your blood sugar levels and possibly your stomach

[Anonymous No.15080958]

>>15076884
Eh, id try it for the novelty

[Anonymous No.15080963]

>>15076651
>have paranoid retard family
>grandparents cancel thanksgiving dinner because of covid
>don't tell them I have covid
>nothing happens
>only other person in family who gets sick is brother
>ask "what would you do if I had covid?" to everyone
>immediate anger and fear, "you better not have it"
>"haha yeah, I was just asking what if I did? see how just reacted?"

[Anonymous No.15080990]

>>15080948
I cut the stuffing and chicken cutlets out but still...

[Anonymous No.15080994]

>>15080963
You're retarded

[Anonymous No.15081019]

>>15077633
Honestly, yeah. Most restaurants that serve American type fare (like Perkins or Friendly's or whatever) are gonna have some kind of Thanksgiving meal. Call them and order pickup, or delivery through grubhub or whatever.

Grocery stores also often have meals like that. PICK UP YOUR FUCKING PHONE AND CALL YOU LAZY SON OF A BITCH

happy thanksgiviiiiiing

[Anonymous No.15081050]

>>15077385
You are an insufferable dipshit.

>>15076651
I plan on cooking steaks for thanksgiving dinner. I enjoy cooking but a whole turkey is too much work. Steaks are fast and fun as shit to cook. Easy too. If you’re hung up on tradition just do what others have suggested.