thanksgiving lunch

[Anonymous]

what do you do for lunch on thanksgiving?

[Anonymous]

My family always actually had "Thanksgiving Dinner" at about 1pm. For dinner, we usually ate pie augmented with whatever leftovers we wanted. Last year was the last year I did family Thanksgiving. I did the usual thing and fed then-2 year old DD leftovers for dinner.

[Anonymous]

No lunch!! We eat a light breakfast, and then get ready for the big feast mid afternoon!!

[Anonymous]

We eat at 2 so big breakfast and then it's turkey time!

[Anonymous]

We eat the big meal at lunch and leftovers/dessert at dinner.

[Anonymous]

We usually eat the big meal around 4 or 4:30 (still leaves time in the evening to grab another piece of pie or a turkey sandwich). My kids are 6 and 3, and they would revolt if no lunch was served. So we do a collection of appetizers for lunch--usually around 11:30. Roasted shrimp cocktail, cheese plate, some sort of hot dip, cut up vegetables, etc. That said, our Thanksgiving is small, just the 4 of us plus my parents so it's not a lot of trouble to make a few small appetizers for everyone to share. Would obviously be more labor intensive if you were serving a big crowd.

[Anonymous]

We order in sandwiches..not turkey of course. Light, lots of choices..dinner is at 6.

[Anonymous]

Usually PB&J or something quick that doesn't require the stove while we're cooking the other stuff.