The Breakfast Club - LET'S DISCUSS: What Time Do You Eat On Thanksgiving?

Episode Date: November 26, 2025

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time that dinner should be served. Let's listen. Okay, next up is a viewer Jane from New Hampshire. She has a question that a lot of... Hi, Arthur. What is the best time to serve Thanksgiving dinner? Oh, I think it should be around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. People are hungry and they're

starting to circle the kitchen. That's true. You know, if you have a bunch of guests and you don't want to wait until nighttime, you can eat and then watch the big games, you know, and then have more drinks and have fun. I love that. And eat dessert later. Why are we so hungry on Thanksgiving?

Like any other day, you know, you have your breakfast and you might have lunch and then you have dinner at regular times. But how come on Thanksgiving you just be hungry so early? Because it's all types of food. You smell a food. It's just not regular food. But I'm not mad at the 2 o'clock. I'm going to tell you why.

When I used to go to Thanksgiving to Grandma's house, right? Dinner was about 5 o'clock, right? And the whole family would have to drive there from. different places of the country to get to grandma's house, so we had dinner at five. But when I started doing Thanksgiving at my house, I did it at 2 o'clock. Really, because I get tired early. So after 2 o'clock, you have breakfast and you can sit back, you play spades, you watch the football game, you can relax.

You can go back for more or you can pass out. And you don't want people in your house all times at night, you know what I'm saying? Exactly. Because by the time, the first game over, all right, y'all. All right, I'm going to stairs. I'm going to say, I'm going to say the afternoon game. The afternoon game come on like 4, 4.30. After the afternoon game, y'all ain't staying for the late game.

Yeah, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, it's time. It's good night. Y'all get home safe. I ain't mad at her 23rd. I'm not mad at 2 o'clock. Because 5 o'clock is late because that means that 5 we're starting to eat. That means you're going to get dessert about 8, 9. Then you're going to want to talk.

Then there's always the family member that's drinking. And you're going to get high. But that's going to be constant throughout the day. That's through the day. Yeah. And then you got to clean up. That means y'all not leaving to 1112. Yeah, anybody got time.

Yeah, two, three o'clock is a good time. Early afternoon, early afternoon, that's early after, that's mid-afternoon. Yeah. What is mid-afternoon? Early afternoon is like 12. 12. Yeah, mid-afternoon, I ain't mad at that. I ain't mad at that either.

Let's discuss. What's the perfect time for to start serving Thanksgiving dinner? But I'm going to tell you all something, man. I was born in 1978. At my tender age of 47, I just don't like Thanksgiving food like I used to. No. I like yams. Okay?

And I like dressing. Not no goddamn stuffing. If you tell me that you made some stuff and I don't want nothing But do you tell me you got some dressing? Now I'm going to eat some dressing now With some gravy on top Now the chat said my fiance

said dinner starts at noon No But then he goes there They're white Yeah well, it's a little different That's ridiculous Yeah, noon is too early All right

Red is Puerto Rican He said that his wife is white And they start at one They start at one But he said what he does He go to that side of the family at one And then he goes to the Puerto Rican side At like 7 o'clock at night

Go eat the trash food first Damn Damn I get with Ray Ray said he'd go eat The trash food first Fake eat And then

And then And then go to Puerto Rican side To get that good good Okay He didn't say that Don't get that man in trouble Hello who's this Mimi

What's up Mimi Hi What time do y'all start eating Thanksgiving mama So I In my household It's just me and my husband I like to do

5, 6 o'clock but my mom, her house, it's like 9 or 10, Christian 11. That's too late. I know. She'd be cooking too much stuff and people coming over too late. But yeah, 9, 10, 11 is crazy. Yeah, 9, 10, 11 is nuts.

Ain't nobody eating no goddamn yams and dressing in turkey for breakfast. And you know what? When is that late? They be eating it. And then they be leaving mom at the house at like 6 o'clock, 5 o'clock in morning. crazy. No, we're not doing that. No, three, four o'clock, man. Three, four o'clock is a good time. Yeah, now. We used to go to Grandma House. I'm going to try that this. Thank you, Mama. We used to go to Grandma's house. I used to dress the kids up in pajamas because it was so late.

Mm-hmm. And then she lived in Brooklyn, Star City. So we wanted to get out of there early anyway. We didn't want to be in Brooklyn that late. Yeah. We wanted to get in and out. Let's go to the number line. Hello, who's this? This is Shine from Boston. Hey, what's up? Now, what time do you start serving Thanksgiving dinner? All right. I should. feel like Thanksgiving dinner should be served around four. My family might kill me for seeing it because I never get it done around four, but

I'm going with 4 p.m. I think that's a great time. 4 p.m. is cool. Between 3 and 4, I think I'm going. Yeah, 4 is cool. I like, I like, I ain't a lot. I like 2.30. Between 2.30, we start eating. I like that.

We pray at 2.30, start eating. We're good to go. Hello, who's this? Hey, Paulina. Paulina, good morning. What time do you start your Thanksgiving feast? All right, don't judge us, but sometimes eight, nine o'clock. That's too late.

Damn. What are you calling from? So last year, oh, Knoxville, Tennessee. Why so late? But, okay, so Africans are always late no matter what. Like, no, they don't got no sense of time management. I said, let's make sure we get done by 6.6.30, like the latest. But nope, we got there, like 9 o'clock, we started eating.

Now, when you say Africans, do you mean from Ghana? No, Senegal. Oh, Senegal? Okay, I know the people from Ghana be late, too. What do y'all cook? What's the dish? The dishes? We make parakee, brisket, oxtails, mac and cheese. We don't really eat, like, cornbread. We just mix it up. There's a lot of lobster tails. Yeah.

I don't know why. Rice, fries, biscuits, corn, bread. green we don't really like green no yam stuff but we just it's like an actual buffet somebody on the chat said they're calling homeland security on you because eight nine is too late that is too late i'm gonna tell you something else well i'm a u.s. citizen booed how about that i'm gonna tell you something else what i'm realizing uh i'm having a lot of conversations with friends and family over the last couple weeks a lot of people fed up with things giving food like a lot of people just be making their own things like you know what we stop like nobody eats turkey in my house i like turkey i don't

I like smothered turkey wings. If you fry the turkey, I might like it a little bit. You know what I'm saying? That Cajun turkey, that Popeye's got to be looking good. Somebody, I think I was talking to Angela Rye yesterday. She said she's getting a jerk turkey. Like stuff like that. But if you got to do all that to the turkey, that's how you know turkey, be trash.

Turkey want to be chicken so bad. 800-585-105-1. What time do you start eating and serving Thanksgiving dinner? Let's discuss. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. 1005-1. Hello, who's this? Hello, Quela. How y'all doing this morning? What's up, Mama.

She said her name is what? Kayla. Oh, Kayla. Quaila. Quaila. I thought she said Quailu. I was like, what the hell? Quaila. The kind of name is Quail.

It's actually love Quaila, but, yeah, Quayle- Guess what race? All right, now, question. What time you get deported with a name like that, okay? I so detain you with a name like that. I'm telling you right now. That's a pretty good night. I actually thought it was really elegant.

It is. La Cuella, yes, all right. I rock with you, La Quela. Well, let me, let me, it's L-A, capital, Q. At capital Q, U-A-L-A. I know, I got, I'm a R-A-A-A capital S. I know exactly where your mom was going. But let's talk about it.

What time do you start serving Thanksgiving dinner? Okay, I'm thinking around 3.30, 3.45-ish. I think 2 o'clock is way too early, especially for my black people. So, yeah, I'm going to go about, I think about 3.3-3-4-5 is perfect time, and everybody should be there. later than 345, we can get started here. I agree with you. And I'm going to tell you why else that is a great time nowadays

because of the whole day, light savings time thing. It'd be dark by 5 o'clock. 5 o'clock, it'd be pitch black. So 4 is perfect. 5 o'clock. Don't even come in the house. That's what I'm saying. It'd be pitch black by 5 o'clock.

Four is good. Thank you, Mama. Yeah, 330, 345. All right, thank you. Hello, who's this? Bye, Kenya. What's your name? Kenya

Your name is by Kenya No, it's Kenya I was saying hi Oh hi Kenya So what time are you serving on Thanksgiving dinner Four o'clock Four o'clock Yeah

All the cook All the main people that's doing most of the cooking We usually get together maybe about An hour or so earlier And to get everything warmed up And set up and then by four By five o'clock we're eating Everybody started coming in at like four

that's a great time and then you know i don't know if people realize that you know um remember they call it supper right supper or dinner is is the evening meal the peak time for that evening meal is between five and seven so that's really when you're supposed to be having dinner anyway so if you start at like four on thanksgiving you're great you you right there i'm telling you two is good 230 is good for me you start at two 30 and then you eat you play your spades or your games you play charades and all that with the kids and then you eat again And goodbye. Hello, who's this?

Hi, my name is Ney. Hey, talk to us. What time do you start serving Thanksgiving dinner? Two o'clock. I think two o'clock is very reasonable because if I tell my family's six o'clock, they're not coming to eight. That's true. And then they don't want to leave until midnight because they've been drinking.

Two o'clock is kind of Earl. Can you a question, respectfully? How big is your back? What? How big is my back? Why? Does she sound like she got a big back? What do you mean?

That was asking. I just thought. That was rude. Is this Charlemagne? No. He said no. You know it ain't envy. You know what ain't envy.

So who else you think it is? First of all, Charlemagne, you like one of my favorites. I'll be taking up for you all the time. And I'm from Detroit. And you know, like, everybody be dogging you here, for real. But I'd be like, y'all better get up off, Charlemagne. That's right. Get them up off me, baby.

They always say they can't stand you. I'd be like, why? Why? You're my face. That's right. Get them up off me, baby. You clear the room. Offensive line.

I'm running behind you, baby. I'm behind you. To ask you your question, no, I do not have a big back. But I do like to eat. And on top of it. Yeah, I just heard something. That's all. I ain't say you had a big back, but I heard some like big back tendencies.

You know what I mean? Thank you, Mom. Oh, okay. All right. you get a pass the chat the chat said you don't sound big back they said just a little plump they said the chat say you sound as a little plump y'all you y'all mean oh my god we love you i don't think so okay you have a good one all right we love you back he's messed up a whole thing he says he's at somebody on the chat

said that back do sound wide the chat is crazy somebody said that throat is heavy damn i'm just saying y'all heard what i heard don't act like y'all ain't hear that you sounded like she was about to start rapping rick and ross lyrics at any moment Okay, I was about to hear Huh Oh my gosh What's the moral of the story, man What's the ball of the story?

The ball of the story is It gets dark Around 4.35 o'clock On the East Coast Because of daylight Savings Time Right And supper time

It's from 5 to 7 I think, you know Three to four It's perfect time To eat Thanksgiving dinner All right All right Well, when we come back

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