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[Post New]07/09/2023 13:03
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Anonymous
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/style/girl-dinner.html

girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal. Or so the thinking goes.

Typical girl dinners may include some kind of fruit, a block of cheddar, sliced salami, a sleeve of fancy crackers and a dish of olives. Girl dinner is “both chaotic and filling,” as one TikTok commenter put it, requiring none of the forethought, cooking or plating demanded by an actual meal. As another commenter observed: It’s “no preparation just vibes.”
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:09
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Anonymous
The dinner described sounds tasty, but I loathe every other word used in your post. It’s just food to eat. Not everything has to be a thing.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:10
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Anonymous
Wow, this makes me hate that sometimes I enjoy some combo of raw veggies, hummus, cheese, and olives as a meal. I thought I was just eating.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:13
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Anonymous
Huh. I just call this “I’m not making dinner tonight”.

Aged cheddar, crackers, pre-sliced soppressata, nuts. Maybe hummus and pita. Another easy one is frozen dumplings with gyoza sauce.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:16
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Anonymous
What are you having?


Asking him as I plow through whatever cronchy thing that suits my fancy.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:19
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Anonymous
Popcorn is what I eat for dinner on the rare occasion my husband and kids are away.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:29
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Anonymous
My favorite kind of dinner
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:31
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Anonymous
Crackers and soft cheese
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:33
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Anonymous
I live alone, so suppose I eat girl dinners every night. Last night I had a quarter of a pound of roast beef, carrot sticks and cucumber slices, popcorn, and cherries.
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:34
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Anonymous
Gendering food now?
[Post New]07/09/2023 13:39
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Anonymous
I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.
[Post New]07/09/2023 15:45
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Anonymous
Girl dinner is just not cooking and eating light. Crackers, cheese, dips, olives, bread.
[Post New]07/09/2023 15:46
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Anonymous
This is my dream and I would do this every night if I lived alone. I loathe cooking “proper” meals.
[Post New]07/09/2023 15:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.


I also did!!!
[Post New]07/09/2023 15:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love that someone assigned a name to this because DH and I have had a running discussion about this. I always ate "girl dinner" when I was single and gained weight when we got together and converted to "normal" dinner.


I also did!!!


Same.
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