thanksgiving food sucks ass. who tf gets excited for this meal? In HS i dated a girl who had divorced parents so i had 3 thanksgivings in a weekend, and they all sucked! that makes me an expert.
>>22282374I am. I think you are a retarded giant queer that I wouldn't be friends with.
>>22282374>I dated a girldoubt.
Yes it sucks. Everyone knows it sucks. It's a humiliation ritual that we have to keep repeating.
>>22282374>that makes me an expertat dick sucking yeah
Also mac and cheese (i.e. the only appetizing item on that plate) isn't even a traditional Thanksgiving item.
I'm a 40 year old white American and I've never had Thanksgiving food due to lifelong debilitating pickiness.
>>22282394fag
>>22282374I love Thanksgiving and look forward to it all year.
>>22282374Love me turkeyLove me stuffinfLove me green bean casseroleLove me pumpkin pie
>>22282394Look on the bright side, you were born just in time to have your retardation rebranded as a legitimate mental illness. Just say you have ARFID.
in theory, picky eaters should love thanksgiving foodmaybe not broccoli casserole or cranberries but everything else
>>22282374idk if this is supposed to be bait but I agree. you know something's wrong when the thing I'm looking forward to the most is canned cranberry.
>>22282453I know someone exactly like that. The only thing they don't like is the cranberry.
>>22282390True. I was disappointed that Golden Corral mac and cheese was't good last time I went. They should at least do all the thanksgiving slop right.
>>22282374Even the green bean casserole looks beige. It's the only time of the year when Americans cook something and just look at it? . . . .LOOK AT IT?
Picky eater? Are you a toddler?
>>22282374Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday, but my mom usually marinates some Ribes that I cook up instead of the turkeyMy typische Holiday meal is a Ribbieye or Genovese though
>>22282453Because it's bland and mostly beige food? For me I don't like any of the components. The turkey meat is gross because it's meat with skin and bones. Mashed potatoes are gross because of the texture. Stuffing is gross because it's soggy bread with nasty vegetables like celery and sometimes meat in it. Cranberry sauce is gross because fruit and savory flavors bother me. What else? Green beans are almost always cooked in a gross way. They're only good if lightly cooked and served hot. Gravy is nasty meat fat and flour soup. And on and on. It's all bad. My Thanksgiving dinner has always been a broiled boneless skinless chicken breast cut in kebab sized pieces and marinated in olive oil, lemon, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper with white rice and a basic lettuce, cucumber, bell pepper salad with a homemade vinaigrette. Condiments for the rice and chicken are soy sauce and hot sauce. Oh and some slices of a baguette.
>>22282490Turkey meat isn’t gross thoughMashed Taters aren’t gross eitherCranberry is more tart than sweetGravy is not nasty, and Fat(e) is Flavourecucumber is only Good when pickled
>>22282374>gfstopped reading your fiction
>>22282490your list of foods that are acceptable vs. foods that are gross indicates brain damage, my guyunless you were always fed thanksgiving food from a shitty cook and you dont know how good it can be, which would suck, and i hate to hear that
>>22282374Some people make good food for Thanksgiving, like my family. Other people’s thanksgivings suck though, that’s for sure. My inlaws cannot cook, but they will at least buy a smoked turkey from Shity Bbq Unfortunately, they live closer now so I’ve either suffered through their abysmal spread, made their whole meal myself, or we just stay home. I don’t mind staying home, i just actually like my family and get a little sad
>>22282492Turkey sucks, most poultry sucksYes I’ve had high quality poultry, and yes it’s been cooked well. I can objectively assess how nicely a piece of meat of cooked, i just don’t like the flavor or texture. Especially of breast meat, the dark meats are better but i still don’t like it
>>22282566I doubt you've had perfectly cooked poultry if you've never liked it. It's incredibly rare.
>>22282570It’s not that hard to perfectly cook it, be so for real. The other people around me will always confirm how well it’s made too. I cook often, and make it often for people, i just don’t like it
I wouldn't call it ass. If you do some roast vege (instead of the anglo tradition of only boiling/steaming) those are quite nice. If you suck ass at cooking turkey you can switch to roast beef or ham.
>>22282566>poultry sucks that’s why I eat chicken breast for Thanksgiving!
>>22282587Now how on earth did you jump to that conclusion..?
>>22282593See >>22282490
>>22282601I’m not that guy, i attempt to make my posts legible.
>>22282374I havent celebrated Thanksgiving in almost a decade. Most of the time I've had to work but the past few years I just have some kind of complex where I want to make myself miserable and intentionally not see my family that loves me. I should kill myself
>>22282625Sounds like you should go see your family instead
>>22282408Based and same, and then leftover turkey sandwiches for days.
>>22282390Spotted the poor who relies on food stamps
I can't wait. The pictures are usually so funny
>>22282374its a carryover from before refridgeration. shitty casseroles are the only thing you can do with canned veg.
Trukey, cranberry and mashed potatoes seem fine, you can keep the rest.
>>22282374Thanksgiving food rules. Even when you're all alone in life and have no one to celebrate with. It's just that cozy and delicious.
>>22282984Participating in an image board about food and cooking
>>22282982>>22282985
>>22282374>thanksgiving food sucks assLrn2cook, faggot>who tf gets excited for this meal?People from families that can cook, faggot.>In HS i dated a girl (male) who had divorced parents so i had 3 thanksgivings in a weekendThat's nice, dear.>they all suckedSo do you. >>22282385Lrn2cook, faggot.>>22282390If mac and cheese is better than stuffing/bread dressing, then your family truly can't cook for shit.>>22282402>>22282408Same, less the pie and casserole.
>>22282490The fact that you can only describe things as "gross" leads me to believe you are not very smart.Imagine complaining about skin on meat, KWAB. Where's that greentext about the autistic adult screaming "SKIN! SKIN!" because their fish came with skin on it
>>22282478>>22282490>beigeI make my Thanksgiving colourful AF to avoid that shit. Cranberry sauce. Butter-braised corn. Sauteed, butter-braised or stuffed carrots. Leafy greens with onion and bacon. Butter-jello of an unearthly hue. Purple sweet potato pie or parfait. Our shit's colourful af.
>>22282374>thanksgiving food sucks assobjectively wrong and you're about to be deported for having that opinion.
>>22282394x to doubt since your faggots ass would still eat the roll.
>>22282473but that's not picky.see, the cranberry sauce is the litmus test for who the crazy is.only crazies eat that shit.
>>22282374I like everything on that plate but whoever thought making it all at the same time was a good idea is a retarded psycho.
>>22282478>the only time of the year when Americans cook something
>>22282490tl;dr
>>22282374The meal is objectively just decent most of the time in a vacuum, but if you don't come from a broken shitty household then the flavors and things that are made come to be associated strongly with connecting with your family every year for a long time. Same reason why your mom's/grandma's/aunt's/whoever's dish she always made tastes better.
>>22282997Nothing beats a good Mac>>22283087Are you talking about canned or fresh cranberry sauce?
>>22282374Most people make the mistake of letting the white meat in the turkey cook too quickly and it comes out really dry. The dark meat takes quite a bit longer to fully cook, so to keep the white meat from losing all of its moisture is you need to wrap the breast area in a vest made out of salt pork or really thick cut bacon. Then remove it during the last 60 to 90 minutes so you don't end up with a bird with a farmer's tan.This can be done to similarly excellent results in a normal oven or a smoker.
>>22283472If you smoke the turkey you need to put a can full of water in the smoker, and wrap the outside of the pork vest with wet cheese cloth. Come out every hour and pour a little bit of water (or melted butter) onto the cheese cloth.Remove the cheese cloth and pork vest for the last 2 hours, but baste it a bit with its own juice every 30 minutes.
>>22283002Why do you have to imagine? You read my complaints. I don't think you're very smart. And the skin and gristle and tendons and cartilage and bones and all the other unpleasant parts of bone in meat make for a bad eating experience. I don't like the texture or taste of anything but pure inoffensive animal flesh. Like a nicely cooked boneless skinless chicken breast. There's no muss or fuss, just good white meat.
>>22283662Genuine tastelet over here
>>22282374>Mac n CheeseCringe AF
>>22283472Spatchcocking helps to even the cooking
>>22283662you do realize that boneless breasts grow on turkeys, right?
>>22283090Pay closer attention, you dumbshit non-American.
>>22283105Creamy dreamy!
>>22282390look up the lyrics to yankee doodle
the trick is to use a thermometer and charcoalthe smoke does the heavy lifting in a way that "best oven turkey recipe" cannot
