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Thanksgiving food is overrated
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this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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This isn't about the food being bad, this is about your family being bad cooks.
I second this. I thought I hated turkey until I went to my first long term significant other's family thanksgiving in my 20's...
Turns out my mom just always overcooked it.
lol I consider my grandmother (the cook) to be the best I’ve ever had. But when it comes to thanksgiving, it’s average at best.
Then she is not a good cook for Thanksgiving food.
it’s not always about the cook. Some food is just subpar. I’ve had it from her, my other grandma, other family members, cooks at school. Eating the same dishes every single year. It ain’t horrible but it’s not to die for either. Go ahead and downvote because I didn’t agree with you, that’s fine lmao
I suspect a lot comes from the ingredients being mediocre when you buy them at high demand periods.
I come from the French country side, my father raises poultry and makes his own foie gras and deli meats. When I see the shit they sell at Christmas, which most of my fellow countrymen eat every year... I wouldn't be surprised reading a comment similar to yours about French Christmas food.
Maybe your grandma can't afford the good stuff, or doesn't have access to it ?
This is possible in the US for sure. My first thanksgiving not at home, I wound up getting my bird the night before.
The smallest one they had left was 23lbs. And it was still frozen.
Burned out two full size hair dryers & one travel size, trying to defrost the bird.
There were only three of us & we drank cognac all day. We didn’t eat until almost 10:30 that night.
It. Was. Terrible.