{"id":754,"date":"2025-11-14T21:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=754"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:47:20","slug":"martha-stewart-says-thanksgiving-is-best-at-2-p-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Martha Stewart Says Thanksgiving Is Best At 2 P.M."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">Martha Stewart just revealed the ideal time for  Thanksgiving dinner\u2014and it&#8217;s not dinnertime.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">She says that 2 o&#8217;clock in the afternoon is &#8220;perfect.&#8221; <\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">&#8220;People are hungry&#8230; and you don&#8217;t want to wait until nighttime.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Martha Stewart is the queen of hosting\u2014you didn&#8217;t need me to tell you that. What she says goes. So when the lifestyle icon declared 2 p.m. the &#8220;perfect time&#8221; to serve Thanksgiving dinner (technically &#8220;linner&#8221;), I trusted her with blind loyalty and adjusted my own hosting plans accordingly.  <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"> &#8220;People are hungry, and they&#8217;re starting to circle the kitchen. If you have a bunch of guests, you don&#8217;t want to wait until nighttime,&#8221; she said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"a recent episode of \" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"19547550-bbbe-4969-a974-6630abd9ca10\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"3.1\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-product-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-affiliate=\"false\" data-affiliate-network=\"\" data-vars-ga-product-price=\"$0.00\" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id=\"1539f437-0318-454a-b358-4d7195cbc3e6\" data-vars-ga-link-treatment=\"(not set) | (not set)\" class=\"body-link product-links css-1i7jlb0 e1aq0z090\">a recent episode of <\/a><em data-node-id=\"3.2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Today\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"19547550-bbbe-4969-a974-6630abd9ca10\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"3.2.0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-product-url=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@todayshow\/video\/7572321081462197535?_r=1&amp;_t=ZT-91Nomq1q5sV\" data-affiliate=\"false\" data-affiliate-network=\"\" data-vars-ga-product-price=\"$0.00\" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id=\"1539f437-0318-454a-b358-4d7195cbc3e6\" data-vars-ga-link-treatment=\"(not set) | (not set)\" class=\"body-link product-links css-1i7jlb0 e1aq0z090\">Today<\/a>. <\/em>&#8220;You can eat and then you can watch the big game, and then have more drinks and have fun. And eat dessert later.&#8221; <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"tiktok\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-13\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Fans, however, weren&#8217;t as quick to agree. &#8220;Thanksgiving lunch?! No thanks. 4 pm at the earliest,&#8221; one commenter wrote on TikTok. Others said: &#8220;3-4pm family here. So much to cook!&#8221; and &#8220;It\u2019s Thanksgiving dinner, 2pm is wild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"> &#8220;Sorry Martha we are eating at five \ud83d\ude02,&#8221; another added. &#8220;Nope\u2026we watch the parade then the dog show and chill. Then we do cocktails around 5 and dinner around 6:30.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"> Team Martha did show up, though. &#8220;I sort of assumed everyone started Thanksgiving dinner in the early afternoon, I can\u2019t believe [anyone] is doing a meal that big at like 6,&#8221; one supporter said. Another added, &#8220;2pm is correct. Later you have turkey sandwiches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Thanksgiving dinner timing debates aside, I think we can all align on her turkey strategy. During the segment, she shared her time-honored trick for the juiciest bird: cover your turkey with a cheesecloth soaked in a butter and wine mixture\u2014or use buttered parchment paper. Brilliant!    <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Personally, I live by the WWMSD\u2014What Would Martha Stewart Do?\u2014mentality in every aspect of my life.<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-fcvumo e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martha Stewart just revealed the ideal time for Thanksgiving dinner\u2014and it&#8217;s not dinnertime. She says that 2 o&#8217;clock in the afternoon is &#8220;perfect.&#8221; &#8220;People are hungry&#8230; and you don&#8217;t want to wait until nighttime.&#8221; Martha Stewart is the queen of hosting\u2014you didn&#8217;t need me to tell you that. 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