How many donuts for people coming over the day after Thanksgiving?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised by how many people think as long as their kids are not overweight it means they're healthy and can eat any junk food their hearts desire.

It’s a single meal, relax

This is the attitude for every meal. Coming off of the huge Thanksgiving meal. Rolling into the holiday season. It’s no surprise Americans are so overweight. It’s never “just this once”. OP even says donuts are offered all the time. It’s not a treat at that point.

Welp, since you decided that this imaginary scenario happened, then yes…”Americans overweight”.

Well, it’s actually a fact. Not an imaginary scenario. In the future, people with means won’t be fat gorging on donuts.

A) Thank you for responding f-ing immediately 😂 B) It’s one meal. Only someone with an eating disorder would freak out about donuts being served once

It’s never once. Read the responses. I mean, how many donuts do you eat that this is a big deal to you that you need 3 more on a morning like this?

I rarely eat sugary breakfasts, but I’m still not understanding the absolute freak-out about OP having donuts for her guests on a single morning?

Because a lot of people don’t want that and OP is not going to bother offer anything else. It’s hardly a freak out and more of a head scratcher. Do you typically offer guests 1 option only?

I think donuts are a blue collar baby boomer thing. I don't know anyone who eats donuts in 2025.

Over 10 billion donuts a year are consumed in the US alone. So you must not get out much.

We also know how fat Americans are. Coincidence or no?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised by how many people think as long as their kids are not overweight it means they're healthy and can eat any junk food their hearts desire.

It’s a single meal, relax

This is the attitude for every meal. Coming off of the huge Thanksgiving meal. Rolling into the holiday season. It’s no surprise Americans are so overweight. It’s never “just this once”. OP even says donuts are offered all the time. It’s not a treat at that point.

Welp, since you decided that this imaginary scenario happened, then yes…”Americans overweight”.

Well, it’s actually a fact. Not an imaginary scenario. In the future, people with means won’t be fat gorging on donuts.

A) Thank you for responding f-ing immediately 😂 B) It’s one meal. Only someone with an eating disorder would freak out about donuts being served once

It’s never once. Read the responses. I mean, how many donuts do you eat that this is a big deal to you that you need 3 more on a morning like this?

I rarely eat sugary breakfasts, but I’m still not understanding the absolute freak-out about OP having donuts for her guests on a single morning?

Because a lot of people don’t want that and OP is not going to bother offer anything else. It’s hardly a freak out and more of a head scratcher. Do you typically offer guests 1 option only?

The OP makes it sound like they are all headed out to another family member’s house. So OP simply wanted something quick and easy with no cooking or clean up.

People freaking out over literally one morning are something else. Lots of people eat differently over the holidays and if the super high maintenance adults are such perfect clean eaters, they’ll survive until lunch if they pass on the donuts.

Nobody is freaking out, Donut Dork. They just don’t think everyone is going to eat 3 and some might prefer another option.

No one has predicted that everyone is going to eat 3. People have predicted that the teen boys will eat 3, and that two dozen is a safe number to order.

People have also suggested another option for people who want protein either instead, or with the donuts. It can be simple. Hard boiled eggs, trading half the donuts for bagels and offer cream cheese, put some pots of skyr or Greek yogurt out, offer whole wheat toast with peanut butter, get some high protein granola bars, or packs of nuts for the car.

This is assuming people are staying in your house. If they're gathering at your house to drive, then I'd tell them what you're serving, and let people who don't want donuts, or don't want only donuts, eat before they come.

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Anonymous wrote:As a sole breakfast offering? That's so bad for all the people with elevated H1C. The worst is that most adults in the US have abnormal levels of H1C and they don't even know it. It leads to diabetes.

I know you're worried about being exhausted from your Thanksgiving efforts, but please do something else for the adults (hard boiled eggs? yogurt?). We can't expect to have European or Japanese longevities if we think multiple doughuts for breakfast is a normal thing.

Lets assume OP knows her guests well enough to know if they are limiting carbs.

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If you get a mix, some flavors are more popular than others so better yo have 2 dozen.

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Anonymous wrote:As a sole breakfast offering? That's so bad for all the people with elevated H1C. The worst is that most adults in the US have abnormal levels of H1C and they don't even know it. It leads to diabetes.

I know you're worried about being exhausted from your Thanksgiving efforts, but please do something else for the adults (hard boiled eggs? yogurt?). We can't expect to have European or Japanese longevities if we think multiple doughuts for breakfast is a normal thing.

Lets assume OP knows her guests well enough to know if they are limiting carbs.

Except OP has literally said she doesn’t know these people well.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised by how many people think as long as their kids are not overweight it means they're healthy and can eat any junk food their hearts desire.

It’s a single meal, relax

a donut is not a meal

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Anonymous wrote:If donuts are the only food, I don’t think two dozen is too many.

+1 but I’d add fruit, for sure.

too much sugar in both, add a protein!

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The OP asked only for the number she should buy. She’s not conducting a survey on who will or will not eat them.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP asked only for the number she should buy. She’s not conducting a survey on who will or will not eat them.

If you have to ask, then you get all the input.

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Only on DCUM would a simple question about how many donuts to get turn into 9 pages.

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I can perfectly picture the glucose spike effect on the donut “gourmets” while they travel for 2hrs.

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Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM would a simple question about how many donuts to get turn into 9 pages.

That’s because we care about one another.

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Anonymous wrote:As a sole breakfast offering? That's so bad for all the people with elevated H1C. The worst is that most adults in the US have abnormal levels of H1C and they don't even know it. It leads to diabetes.

I know you're worried about being exhausted from your Thanksgiving efforts, but please do something else for the adults (hard boiled eggs? yogurt?). We can't expect to have European or Japanese longevities if we think multiple doughuts for breakfast is a normal thing.

It’s not a normal thing. It’s a once a year, quick and easy thing. I wouldn’t eat a donut but I would have no problem if OP served them and my kids ate them. They’re not getting donuts regularly and it won’t kill them to have them on this occasion.

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Anonymous wrote:As a sole breakfast offering? That's so bad for all the people with elevated H1C. The worst is that most adults in the US have abnormal levels of H1C and they don't even know it. It leads to diabetes.

I know you're worried about being exhausted from your Thanksgiving efforts, but please do something else for the adults (hard boiled eggs? yogurt?). We can't expect to have European or Japanese longevities if we think multiple doughuts for breakfast is a normal thing.

It’s not a normal thing. It’s a once a year, quick and easy thing. I wouldn’t eat a donut but I would have no problem if OP served them and my kids ate them. They’re not getting donuts regularly and it won’t kill them to have them on this occasion.

Your kids must live in a bubble if they aren't getting donuts regularly. Kids are bombarded with junk constantly. it's always a birthday, celebration, special event, holiday, just this one time treat, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:OP it sounds like you don’t want to cook which is fine but I would not be thrilled if my family was only served coffee and a donut for breakfast, I don’t really eat donuts and I would feel awful with only that in my system. My car would discreetly be stopping for a breakfast sandwich on the way.

I would really try to at least have some fruit and yogurt available. I don’t understand the thinking of being unable to cook eggs without meat so I am guessing you just don’t want to even cook eggs which is ok but otherwise I think eggs are fast and easy (and cheap) to serve along with donuts and fruit.

Great, feed yourself. Don’t complain. And no, eggs are not “fast and easy.” Some people want scrambled, others want poached, etc.

what about the gluten free guests? Nothing for them?

Honestly, if you’re a difficult eater, you’re on your own. You must be used to it by now.