# Thanksgiving dinner for two **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 28, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116 "2020-10-28T13:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/61 "2020-11-02T01:01:15Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > A dinner for 2 for about $35, we can’t eat out that cheap. May I ask what store this is? Inspired by this, I started looking up my local stores last night and some of them didn’t have their prices up yet or were for meals for 4-6 people. I don’t mind leftovers, but I don’t want THAT much. I figure I’ll spend around $35 for my own two-person meal (breast, taters, corn casserole, kid likes rice and mac & cheese, maybe snow peas and cranberry sauce) but it would be nice to have a meal I didn’t have to cook. As I’ve had to cook almost everything every meal every day for the last 7.5 months. I did a small meal last year and it wasn’t a lot of work, but it was work. And then I realized I will almost certainly have to do the whole thing again for Christmas. Sigh. Some of the stores I looked up do holiday meals but they weren’t on their websites yet. What are you waiting for? It’s 3.5 weeks away! People need time to plan. And I bet with a lot of people having smaller get togethers, pre-made meals are a good suggestion. I was even going to investigate the Popeyes turkey, but they don’t have their prices up yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/62 "2020-11-02T02:38:38Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > My only recipe is turkey carcass soup. Take your carcass, then disassemble, stripping off any meat you find. Put herbs and some salt in a BIG pot. Boil those bones- and little bits of skin, the ends of wings, the neck, whatever. Get to a boil, then simmer for up to 4 hours, 3 is Ok, 2 is minimum. I do this whenever we have a roast turkey or a roast chicken. I add a couple cut up carrots and a couple of while onions to the pot. A chicken leads to three meals; the third being cut up chicken in the soup with rice or noodles. A turkey would lead to many meals at least two with soup. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/63 "2020-11-20T13:54:16Z")
Decided it was wisest to stay put this year. I normally make pumpkin cheesecake but that is quite a bit for just me. But I was talking to a friend and he is doing a turkey and it is just him and his wife and we decided to do a swap. I will give them half of the cheesecake in exchange for some turkey/dressing/gravy. We will do a contact-less swap. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/64 "2020-11-20T14:01:39Z")
That’s a really cool idea! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/65 "2020-11-20T14:20:34Z")
We are having a Captain Kangaroo Thanksgiving-Bunny Rabbit, mashed potato ping pong balls and a choice of pumpkin or chocolate Moose. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/66 "2020-11-20T16:19:29Z")
I scored a 12-pound brined turkey. I always try to find the smallest turkey, and I got lucky. They always seem scarce, and especially so this year. So for the two of us, I’ll roast a turkey and stuffing, make mashed potatoes, and make gravy from the drippings. Mrs. L.A. will make the green bean casserole. It would be nice to have a ‘full spread’, but it’s not worth the effort – and leftover space in the fridge – for just the two of us. (I haven’t made ‘extras’ in years.) Not to mention that most ‘extras’ are carb-laden. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/67 "2020-11-20T17:43:24Z")
Are you roasting a whole rabbit? Or doing something else with it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/68 "2020-11-20T17:44:00Z")
Roasting it whole. We considered capon, but didn’t get the order in time. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/69 "2020-11-20T17:44:59Z")
Cool! I’ve had rabbit a couple of times, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it roasted whole. I suppose preparing that must be similar to roasting a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116/70 "2020-11-20T17:49:41Z")
This is the recipe we are going to try: > **[Whole Roasted Rabbit With Garlic, Rosemary and Coriander Recipe - Food.com](https://www.food.com/recipe/whole-roasted-rabbit-with-garlic-rosemary-and-coriander-460438)** > > I've substituted red New Mexico chili powder for piment d'espelette; if you can get piment d'espelette, by all means use that. You can also use hot p [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-for-two/924116.md?page=3)