Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dinner at 4 at the earliest. I can’t stand “dinner” during broad daylight.

Same!!! My in-laws do 1pm and then they don’t eat again until Friday breakfast.

That's older age for you

Anonymous wrote:Dinner at 4 at the earliest. I can’t stand “dinner” during broad daylight.

Same!!! My in-laws do 1pm and then they don’t eat again until Friday breakfast.

Anonymous wrote:Meal is at noon (or 1 pm at the absolute latest). Second meal/leftovers around 6 or 7 pm.

I'll never understand the crowd that serves the holiday meal at 2 or 3 or 4. If you don't eat at that time of day on a normal day, why do you want to eat at that time on a holiday?

You can't possibly wrap your mind around someone eating an hour later than you? Maybe they woke up later after sleeping in. Or had a light breakfast at 10. Or they skip breakfast and start eating some light apps around noon. It's not that hard to understand that people don't eat rigidly at the same time every day. Do you eat a giant spread at noon every day or is Thanksgiving a little different than other days?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Meal is at noon (or 1 pm at the absolute latest). Second meal/leftovers around 6 or 7 pm.

I'll never understand the crowd that serves the holiday meal at 2 or 3 or 4. If you don't eat at that time of day on a normal day, why do you want to eat at that time on a holiday?

I think the idea is that it’s so big a meal that it stands in for lunch and dinner.

I’ve never been able to gorge on multiple plates of food. I really prefer three light or regular-sized meals. I can’t stand the “starve, then stuff” mentality. And no, I’m not on Ozempic or whatever.

5:30. Just a smidge earlier than regular diner time. We don't go overboard with food. Most people are doing a turkey trot earlier in the day and we have out of town guests who like to leave their house at 12 to skip traffic.

Assemble most things Wednesday.

Thursday morning, Spouse does Turkey, I do the 10k Turkey Chase with the kids, followed by shower and nap

Then set table and get apps ready and put items that need to be cooked (sweet potato pie, dressing, etc) in the oven.

Guests at 3, meal at 4, dessert after dinner dishes are done then everyone goes home

Anonymous wrote:Meal is at noon (or 1 pm at the absolute latest). Second meal/leftovers around 6 or 7 pm.

I'll never understand the crowd that serves the holiday meal at 2 or 3 or 4. If you don't eat at that time of day on a normal day, why do you want to eat at that time on a holiday?

I think the idea is that it’s so big a meal that it stands in for lunch and dinner.

Meal is at noon (or 1 pm at the absolute latest). Second meal/leftovers around 6 or 7 pm.

I'll never understand the crowd that serves the holiday meal at 2 or 3 or 4. If you don't eat at that time of day on a normal day, why do you want to eat at that time on a holiday?

We eat at our usual dinner time of 7 pm.

Apps : 2:00
Dinner: 5pm
Dessert: 6pm

2

6ish with appetizers out about 4ish

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brunch around 9:30-10.

Dinner around 2:30.

Walk

Dessert around 4-5.

Brunch on Thanksgiving Day?
This is being Gluttonous.

Two meals instead of three. We have it late so we call it brunch. We don’t pig out on either meal.

I used to do 6:30-7:00 so we could do elegant candlelight. Suits and dresses.
With kids, I do lunchtime now. 11-12.
Then we can go for a walk and have leftovers at casual dinner.

Anonymous wrote:Brunch around 9:30-10.

Dinner around 2:30.

Walk

Dessert around 4-5.

Brunch on Thanksgiving Day?
This is being Gluttonous.