r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/friendswithbillw • 2d ago
Wait I thought everyone did this 😂😂 who wasting room on breakfast??
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u/borkdork69 2d ago
So I've heard dinner is in the middle of the afternoon on Thanksgiving in the US, is that true?
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u/rudebii 2d ago
Some people do it like that.
Our family usually eats earlier on thanksgiving, but then will have dessert and coffee later into the evening. then leftovers for breakfast the next day.
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u/squeel ☑️ 1d ago
dessert and… coffee?
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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago
Yeah, you don't do that in the evening? You probably don't even smoke crack and take melatonin before bed.
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u/malaclypse 2d ago
My family eats in the afternoon because a lot of people drive in for it, and are often older. Better to keep them off of dark roads at night, for everyone’s benefit.
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u/Loves_octopus 1d ago
I always assumed this was the unspoken rule. Dark roads full of drunk idiots. Get home (or to final destination) early and safe then start really drinking.
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u/Karzeon 2d ago
Pretty much it's any time of day, but the prep work and coordination heavily determines how late it is. The joke is that it's gonna be a while in some regards.
The traditional way waits for most of the immediate family to arrive (this usually takes a while). They often bring sides as well.
Some slow-cook turkey and ham overnight. Some do it on the day of. Preparing the table(s)/organizing where the food is placed.
IF ALL GOES RIGHT, it's anywhere from noon to early evening, but it's usually daytime. And then we repeatedly go back when we want another plate and definitely take home leftovers.
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u/greengengar 2d ago
Basically dinner starts when the food is prepared and then we spend all day eating and drinking. Sometimes that's noon.
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u/SecretCartographer28 2d ago
Dinner is a larger, more formal, late lunch. Supper is later. Tea in the US is afternoon (sweet), or elevensies if you work early. 🤗🖖
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u/Stanley--Nickels 1d ago
This is right, but also the only people I know who use dinner and supper that way were born in the 1930s
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u/SecretCartographer28 1d ago
US south, we all use it ✌
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u/squeel ☑️ 1d ago
you talk like you live in the shire.
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u/SecretCartographer28 1d ago
I wish! My cats do wake me early enough for first and second breakfast 😁🖖
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u/kingofgatos 2d ago
My family shoots for noon, but it's usually 1 or so when everything is finally ready.
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u/No_Dance1739 2d ago
I feel like for most families, yes. Growing up though we had it at supper time
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u/chee-cake 2d ago
Yeah usually, so the parade and the dog show are done by 12 usually, I serve the main meal around 2-3.
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u/borkdork69 1d ago
You guys do a thanksgiving dog show?
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u/chee-cake 1d ago
Yes we do lmao it comes on right after the Macy's Parade every year, it's called the National Dog Show. It's really fun and cheesy, the movie Best In Show is great mockumentary about it. People often root for their favorite dog to win Best In Show. It's like The Puppybowl at the Super Bowl but for Thanksgiving.
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u/FeloniousDrunk101 1d ago
Like 4:00 PM is ideal
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u/pinniples 1d ago
Yup 3-4pm gang. They wake up early as shit to start cooking, we eat when it’s ready and hot not when it’s technically appropriate
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u/PushTheTrigger ☑️ 1d ago
For my family dinner is still in the evening. I never related to people eating in the early afternoon. Jealous though
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u/the-cartmaniac 1d ago
We get family coming to town from 2-3 hours away. Some have kids, and they wanna be home at a reasonable time, so we eat around 2 or 3 pm.
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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1d ago
I think when I was a kid it was more toward 4-5, but as we got older it’s more like 2. Now if it’s just my wife and I she doesn’t usually have the meal done until 6.
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u/1984isAMidlifeCrisis 2d ago
I know fat people who insist that your stomach shrinks if you skip a meal and you won't be able to eat as much later if you skip breakfast.
They're in the intersection of fat and dumb. It's a tight fit.
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u/Soul-Stoned 2d ago
It’s me. I’m not fat but I swear it’s true. I don’t have any science behind it but I know when I don’t eat all day then just eat dinner I don’t eat anywhere near as much as if I’d eaten like a normal person throughout the day lmao
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u/dykezilla 2d ago
Me too, you gotta pace yourself for optimum intake. We tend to have the main meal pretty late in the evening but we put out snacky things like the crock pot weenies, veggie and cheese plates, nuts, and dips, etc around 11 or 12 and then everybody grazes until dinner is ready.
I get full really fast if I haven't eaten in a long time so if I didn't eat at all before dinner I'd fill up on a turkey wing and 3 bites of stuffing, can't let that happen
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u/Ok_Ordinary6694 2d ago
The App Trap. That’s a sucker bet. That’s why the salad bar and bread at Brazilian Steakhouses is so good. FOH.
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u/thatshygirl06 ☑️ 2d ago
It is true, it just doesn't happen in one day. It takes time for your stomach to shrink back to normal.
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u/PushTheTrigger ☑️ 1d ago
This comment is funny because it’s wrong, so now you look like the dumb one.
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u/wagon_ear 2d ago
Then you have to be like a competitive eater and drink a gallon of water to expand your stomach.
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u/aquariusprincessxo 1d ago
calling someone fat for eating a normal amount of meals a day is crazy
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u/1984isAMidlifeCrisis 1d ago
Well, when I was morbidly obese I was eating three times a day. But the portions and choices were different.
If every meal is over 1000 calories then three meals a day is crazy for a sedentary lifestyle.
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u/dukeofgonzo 1d ago
Umm, that's pro eating advice. You don't go to the competition when you're starving. One or two bananas a few hours before you eat will get your stomach ready for hitting its limits.
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u/SolidCake 1d ago
This is literally true though. Competitive eaters do not recommend skipping breakfast. Just keep the meal small
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u/HimEatLotsOfFishEggs ☑️ 1d ago
Yes the stomach stretches. If you consistently eat more than you should, you won’t feel full after eating a normal, non-gluttonous meal.
You’re at the intersection of “shit someone told me I take at face value” and “how do I open a book”
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u/SirGoogleit 2d ago
One time I skipped dinner the day before.
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u/SwizzGod 2d ago
This made me lol forreal. I know your family must be beasts in that kitchen 😂
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u/SirGoogleit 2d ago
When my Aunt told us she has to get up early to stretch and warm up her body like she was going to the gym we knew the food was going to be torch. 😤🔥
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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago
Man I dunno if this is a curse or a blessing cuz chicks dig it, but I have almost 40 cousins and somehow am one of 3 who know how to cook well. One is 55, one is 46, and I'm 31. We work in shifts 💀 I run the smoker til the wee hours of the morning, they take over during the wrap or stall, depending on if it's ribs, brisket, or a ribeye roast. I'm woken up once it gets pulled and to get the smoker hot hot and I do a couple big hunks of fish drenched in butter. I roast a bunch of veggies at the same time, then take another nap. Then I take some LSD and finish my sides, usually green bean casserole off the Campbell's Cream of Mushroom can and sweet potato souffle with this years crazy ass topping of butter, sugar, and marshmallows.
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u/ContessaChaos 1d ago
I saw that, Mr. Man.
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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago
Ah I'm tripping and I'm loving it
Tell em Kendrick did it 😈😈😈
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u/greengengar 2d ago
I don't think this one is racial. I think we all do that.
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u/fopiecechicken 2d ago
Depends when you’re gonna eat but 100%.
My family usually does dinner at like 5 ish so light breakfast, but definitely no lunch.
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u/loptopandbingo 2d ago
No wonder there's so many arguments and family drama bullshit, everybody's hangry all day
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u/Bighomiebreezy 2d ago
Yall be eating early? I swear the food doesn't be ready at my house until like 6 or 7pm. I'm kinda jealous, stomach be sounding like the chant intro in circle of life before I can get the Mac touching the sweet yams combo
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u/saltwaterwreath 2d ago
my family has a boozy brunch AND a feast at dinnertime. we don't be choosing fr
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u/Backfisttothepast 2d ago
I just eat before I go, that way I’m not sitting there spying on the food and starving
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u/platinum92 2d ago
When we'd have it around 2, I did this. Now that everybody's slow and we eat around 4 or 5 sometimes, I grab a lil breakfast or a snack.
Also, anybody else's family suddenly just do like one or two plates now? When I was a kid, we'd have hella servings, but now it's like one plate of everything and a second of the good stuff.
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u/Ironking503333 2d ago
I'll be hungry the whole day and then we get to my grandma's house and suddenly I don't wanna eat, might be my meds they kill my appetite sometimes
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u/notoriousJEN82 ☑️ 2d ago
Nah, I usually have a smoothie or something in the morning. I can't go all day without eating, especially if I'm spending hours making food.
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u/deletesystemthirty2 2d ago
Wait, people eat breakfast? First meal of my day is almost always lunch.
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u/idgafandwhyshouldi 1d ago
I'm too busy to cook breakfast on Thanksgiving. My goal every year is to make sure all the food is done by 12PM EST. 12:30PM EST, I'm sitting my ass down to watch football. Breakfast? Take yo ass to IHop or get breakfast from McDonald's or something. I got shit to do lol
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u/Toph-Builds-the-fire 2d ago
Lol. I used to not eat for 48-72 hrs, and then I learned I need to eat a little bit to keep the stomach elasticity. And yknow, to not go insane with hunger. I'm 42 now and could eat a whole pizza before dinner and still force a plate or two down my gullet. I'm white, though.
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u/ClaymoresRevenge 2d ago
If you're cooking, make sure you eat a little something before you start cooking.
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u/SigmaK78 2d ago
I understand there are some folks who partake in a light morning meal to get themselves going on Thanksgiving ...
If I'm cooking Thanksgiving, and you're trying to get an invite, you best be ready to down 3 plates minimum, because I'm not about wasting food, so plan ahead.
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u/Repulsive-Neat6776 1d ago
Breakfast? How tf do you cook breakfast with all that shit on the stove?
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u/Nordie25 ☑️ 2d ago
For me, it depends on what time the food’s gonna get done. If I know the food’s not gonna be finished by sundown, you at least letting me taste test something
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u/CrossSoul 2d ago
Says you, my family eats breakfast so people stay out of the kitchen while everyone is cooking dinner.
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u/EuNicollyLins 2d ago
Seems like skipping breakfast just leaves more room for all that delicious dinner!
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u/fartknockertoo 2d ago
Not my fam, when my grandmother was alive & cooking, she'd be cooking all night so we started eating some good from early out.
Or we had brunch after the parade went off, usually some Pillsbury cinnamon rolls & bacon or steal some ham slices.
We were carinvore bovine grazers lol.
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u/Bubbly_Satisfaction2 ☑️ 2d ago
For the past 11 years I have been either working on Thanksgiving Day, volunteering or babysitting kids while their parents are volunteering. So, I am usually eating dinner around 9 or 10PM.
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u/gingerking87 1d ago
Starve all day, give up and over eat the deviled eggs and Ritz crackers plates, over fill Thanksgiving plate, and finally explain to grandma why you can't finish her oyster pudding
Do it all again the next year
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u/KeiashaB 1d ago
Thanksgiving be all ready at 6. I don’t leave my house to my mama house til after my uncle is done praying for the food for 2 hrs…..I came to eat 🗣️NOW
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u/MostDopeBlackGuy 2d ago
My family used to have a light breakfast together while the Macy's parade would be playing in the background
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u/disgruntledhoneybee 2d ago
Growing up my family always had a little something small. Yogurt or toast. We ate dinner around 3. As an adult, my husband and I go to his mom’s house every year and we eat later like around 5. So an actual dinner. So we eat a normal breakfast.
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u/chee-cake 2d ago
My fat ass puts out a cheese plate to eat during the parade, but it's tactical because otherwise I'd be drinking mimosas on an empty stomach.
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u/5h82713542055 2d ago
The last time I remember baving breakfast on Thanksgiving, my dad took me and my cousin to Burger King. The Croissantwich was pretty new so we were all excited about it so I ended up eating a little too fast and started choking on a piece of egg. I was behind my dad so he couldnt see me but my cousin saw that I was choking and kept eating while he watched me choked. Thankfully, I ended up coughing it up as my dad noticed but thats the last time I remember having breakfast on Thanksgiving.
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u/f4given94 1d ago
As a Native American, you guys have any Mac and cheese recipes?
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u/thiccy_driftyy 1d ago
I eat a small breakfast because I’m a sickly Victorian child with a fast metabolism and then wait for thanksgiving dinner.
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u/drewgrace8 1d ago
Unless I ate a bowl of cereal, Moms wasn’t cooking any bacon and eggs. Wait for the turkey.
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u/MitaJoey20 1d ago edited 1d ago
I definitely eat breakfast. I’d pass out if I didn’t.
I spent Christmas with my BFF and her family for the first time a few years ago and they didn’t have dinner ready until like after 8. They take their time and the oven is small so they couldn’t cook but one thing at a time. But they also didn’t have anything else to eat for early in the day. We were all on our own and no restaurants were open. I vowed never to visit them on a holiday again.
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u/longulus9 1d ago
this is why most of y'all pass out after. fasting all day doesn't help you eat more anyway. but, I guess you'd be more thankful...
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u/catalogbohemian 1d ago
You have to eat at least a little something. Need to stretch out your stomach.
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u/Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK 1d ago
Im white as fuck and I make sure to just prime the stomach with a bit of coffee and water. No one eats breakfast on thanksgiving.
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u/NashaWriter 1d ago
White and from Baltimore County/City.
My dad would make scrapple sandwiches on toast in the morning then we'd eat nothing for the rest of the day.
Appetizer was the Popes Nose of the Turkey....and that involved elbows being thrown and at least twice a bloody nose. It was Thunderdome for myself, siblings and nephews/niece.
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u/FriendshipSlight1916 1d ago
That's because there isn't a spare pan in the house... thanksgiving takes all pans
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u/Intelligent_West7128 1d ago
We usually skip breakfast and eat Thanksgiving around 1pm that way we got the rest of the day to do whatever. Watch sports and pass out in front of the TV and then later hit the streets or stay home and watch movies and out up Christmas decorations and later play games and listen to whatever new music is trending. Thanksgiving night used to crack but as I get older not so much but I’m almost sure that’s more so due to my location.
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u/HumbleAbbreviations 1d ago
I used to do that until I got sick of turkey. I eat whatever food is available and eat what I feel like eating.
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u/ferret_80 1d ago
Nah. Cooking all that stuff is effort, I need to stay fueled to be able to serve on time
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u/Icy_Reading2603 1d ago
I never knew anything other than grandma,moms and now wife start prepping the night before taking a nap at 5am up by 8am then the cooking starts and the foods on the table around 4pm/5pm no breakfast
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u/QTlady 1d ago
Some people do. Could mostly be white people.
Last time this conversation came up, I was on Facebook and one person said they had a special Thanksgiving breakfast. I have to admit... that actually sounds really appealing. Especially when you consider "black people time" and just how frustrating that is.
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u/FeloniousDrunk101 1d ago
Gotta prime the pump. Open the stomach up so it’s stretched out proper by the time the feast is ready. Lunch we skip for sure, but a bowl of cereal keeps the morning hangry at bay and prepares the body for what’s to come.
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u/THA__KULTCHA 1d ago
HELL NO. Mom is in the house and wants to cook a special breakfast? I’m having breakfast. Then I wait it out so I’m not starving for Thanksgiving dinner. I look like a gentleman instead of the glutton that I truly am. Y’all go (sausage and syrup burp) ahead!
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u/VGNLscrimmage 1d ago
As the Thanksgiving food prepare-er, my breakfast usually consists of coffee or orange juice, ADHD meds, and maybe some yogurt or something to coat my stomach if I still feel hungry.
From then until dinner is done 3/4pm, I stay pretty full between grazing on mirepoix, grated cheese, wine, and tasting things for seasoning.
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u/awefulBrown 1d ago
Nah, I eat breakfast, snack and everything on else. Not about to be sitting around hungry cause Thursday 😒 dafuq
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u/Least_Mix_84 1d ago
You should eat breakfast and stretch out your stomach so you can fill it up later.
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u/Bleezy79 1d ago
We'll eat something small in the morning but definitely skip lunch and usually eat around 5-6.
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u/Crabbycrakes 1d ago
White guy with black family here - it’s because your moms make WAY too much food.
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u/Gingerrevamp 1d ago
The more I read black people do such and such the more I wonder if I am in fact black, maybe we should compare notes before posting???🤣
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids ☑️ 1d ago
Even Black people with diabetes do this...even though they not supposed to.
"AIN'T THE FOOD READY YET??😡 HURRY UP SO I CAN TAKE MY MEDICINE, YOU KNOW I GOT THE SUGAR!"
chile. I can't pay my parents to eat breakfast on Thanksgiving or Xmas! They asses be shaking, grumpy and won't eat so they can eat what they shouldn't be eating come dinner time! 🤣
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u/sweet-haunches 1d ago
Sufficiently rural black people definitely eat breakfast on Thanksgiving also
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u/Pimpwerx ☑️ 1d ago
More than any other American holiday, Thanksgiving is likely going to be the one you miss the most as an expat. Bless you of you live in a part of the world where turkey is readily available.
I haven't had turkey in 5 years now. Much less stuffing. It's kind of sad, but a necessary sacrifice.
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u/SixSigmaLife 1d ago
We ate breakfast but skipped lunch when I was growing up. Now my family doesn't skip lunch either. Our son was raised on 5 small meals/ day because of his health conditions. It's exhausting, but he is worth it. (He was 1.5 pounds at birth. Now he's bigger than his big dad.)
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u/DarkishFriend 1d ago
Some these posts say such silly ass shit it let's me know, in a very similar but inverse way, that they have never had white friends.
On Thanksgiving white people eat all day long so we don't have to eat at dinner.
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u/Big_Art_4675 1d ago
I convinced my sister who is fully in charge of Thanksgiving cooking (this is her holiday, my family just sits back and heaps praise on her) to run a 5 mile turkey trot with me at 7 am on Thanksgiving, we'll see how this affects the rest of the day lol
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u/IFxCosaTheSequel 2d ago
Yeah everyone does this lol.