What do you guys like to eat on your birthday?

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  • panda4153
    panda4153 Posts: 418 Member
    Cake....all the cakes lol ... Vanilla with Chocolate Buttercream is my favorite, but I’ve never met a Cake I didn’t like 🎂🎉
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I usually like to have something I don't eat normally, whether that's a big seafood dinner or sushi with sake, or (this year) ordering non-typical for me sides, like a brick of hot fresh onion rings with my usual pulled pork and collard greens. Yum!!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    What I find funny is that people actually disagree when other state they personally think their birthday is overrated. People denying others their opinion? Come on guys, that's beyond silly :D

    I'm not one of the disagrees, but I will say those comments come across as wet blanket-y and irrelevant to the thread. Posting that you don't do anything different on your birthday, on a thread specifically asking about eating differently on your birthday, is a bit like me going to a "what do you put in your coffee" thread and commenting that I don't drink coffee.

    This ^
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    I celebrate the big 4-0 in a couple of months, and that will likely be still be during lockdown.Especially after this past year, I'm of the opinion that life is short, so every year I'm alive and well is something worth celebrating. I really haven't thought about what I want, but I know I'm always down for some curry. Cake for sure!!

    My next b-day is going to be the big 4-0 also. I can barely type it, lol. NOT looking forward to that number at all. It's weird. Even though I see that number approaching, I don't feel like that number. Ugh! Only 7 short more months to go (July).

    😂 I know exactly what you mean. I've gotten to the point where I've had to remind myself that things I remember as five years ago...are actually from like 20 years ago. 🙃 People keep telling me their 40s were better than their 30s..so..one can only hope!

    They are for me haha
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,762 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    What I find funny is that people actually disagree when other state they personally think their birthday is overrated. People denying others their opinion? Come on guys, that's beyond silly :D

    I'm not one of the disagrees, but I will say those comments come across as wet blanket-y and irrelevant to the thread. Posting that you don't do anything different on your birthday, on a thread specifically asking about eating differently on your birthday, is a bit like me going to a "what do you put in your coffee" thread and commenting that I don't drink coffee.

    That wasn't the question tho. It was a very general "what do you eat and do you log it" question.

    It's still dumb for people to disagree but personally I think there's a serial disagreer amongst us.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,762 Member
    7 PB&J cupcakes lined up in a row with a bottle of water and the carb police banging on my door.

    Maybe if you'd offer them a cupcake, they'd leave you alone.
  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    If my hubby takes me out it is at our favorite pizza/greek restaurant that sells these amazing cheese stick calzone things with a white cheese sauce on the inside yummmo. We will probably have cheesecake or our 10 year old will make what I want 💙
    If we stay home it's creamy chicken enchiladas with mexi rice and corn
  • cyaneverfat
    cyaneverfat Posts: 527 Member
    Last birthday I had bagels with cream cheese and salmon for breakfast, Indian for lunch and Mexican for dinner. The year before that, I had a big breakfast (bacon, eggs, baked beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, toast, english breakfast tea, hashbrowns etc), ribs for lunch and kids platters for dinner. Both years I had a high tea the day before.
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    I love afternoon get togethers - lots of snacky/munchie types of stuff and some sweet bites too. Wine too of course! lol and a home baked cake 🎂

    Happy birthday Alexa - Hope you enjoy) You'll have to share what you decided on doing
  • thenewkayla
    thenewkayla Posts: 313 Member
    A whole lot of alchohol!🤣🤣🤣
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I celebrate the big 4-0 in a couple of months, and that will likely be still be during lockdown.Especially after this past year, I'm of the opinion that life is short, so every year I'm alive and well is something worth celebrating. I really haven't thought about what I want, but I know I'm always down for some curry. Cake for sure!!

    I turned 46 in October during lockdown. We usually have a big Octoberfest type of BBQ out on the patio with bratts, German potato salad, beer, etc. Friends, family, and the like. Obviously no large gatherings this year and it just wouldn't have been the same just sitting there eating a bratt with my wife and my mom...so I told my mom that all I wanted for my birthday was her to watch the kids for the night so my wife and I could go out to dinner.

    We hadn't been out to dinner since February, and it was just excellent. Patio only...I had the duck breast with mushroom risotto and asparagus...it was very good, but in my mind I think it was better than it truly was...because it was just so awesome being out of our own kitchen.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited December 2020
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I celebrate the big 4-0 in a couple of months, and that will likely be still be during lockdown.Especially after this past year, I'm of the opinion that life is short, so every year I'm alive and well is something worth celebrating. I really haven't thought about what I want, but I know I'm always down for some curry. Cake for sure!!

    I turned 46 in October during lockdown. We usually have a big Octoberfest type of BBQ out on the patio with bratts, German potato salad, beer, etc. Friends, family, and the like. Obviously no large gatherings this year and it just wouldn't have been the same just sitting there eating a bratt with my wife and my mom...so I told my mom that all I wanted for my birthday was her to watch the kids for the night so my wife and I could go out to dinner.

    We hadn't been out to dinner since February, and it was just excellent. Patio only...I had the duck breast with mushroom risotto and asparagus...it was very good, but in my mind I think it was better than it truly was...because it was just so awesome being out of our own kitchen.

    I know what you mean. I've mostly been cooking this year, too, but the few times I've gotten out feel like a treat. Of course, my birthday is still right in the heart of winter (early February), so unless its unseasonably warm that day, eating outside isn't sounding very appealing at the moment!
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited December 2020
    My mom has been making baked ziti, garlic bread, and a Duncan Hines devil's food bundt cake with fresh whipped cream for my birthday since I was a kid. I'm no spring chicken, so that's a long lasting tradition :lol:

    I always log, but on special occasions I tend to estimate and not worry about hitting my calorie goal.
  • annshandle
    annshandle Posts: 68 Member
    My birthday is also coming up soon. We're big bakers, so I mostly look forward to dessert. Maybe a carrot cake this year? I don't typically log on that day, but I also hope that I get to go for a big hike!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    No particular food. Pre-covid, people would normally take me out to a nice and interesting restaurant for dinner, but not necessarily on my birthday, but the closest weekend. This year (since it was this week, so I can easily remember), I had homemade beef stew with lots of vegetables on my birthday itself (nothing different than what I normally have), but then the following day my sister and I got together to get a Christmas tree and in partial celebration of my b-day we ordered kebobs from a favorite restaurant. I was planning to log but decided not to, but I don't think I overate my planned calories (I had some leftovers the next day and did log).

    My birthday was last week too and I like to put up and decorate a tree at my mother and brother's house (they have the room for it and no cat) and hear the stories behind the ornaments.

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    This year I mashed up this and the original Joy of Cooking version:

    https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/baked-shells-roasted-red-pepper-cream-sauce-italian-sausage-recipe.html

    Last year I made that for Christmas.

    I also made ATK's Almost No Knead bread, but with olives and Parmesan, and using the instructions from "Flour Water Salt Yeast."

    https://breadtopia.com/cooks-illustrated-almost-no-knead/

    Mom made a Blue Hubbard Squash pie. I used to like frozen chocolate pie, but I can no longer tolerate cold foods when it's cold.
  • nanastaci2020
    nanastaci2020 Posts: 1,072 Member
    Red Lobster for endless shrimp as a family - to celebrate my birthday & my daughter's birthday which is 4 days before mine. Or Huey Luey's which is a local/small chain of Tex-Mex style food. I do firmly believe that your normal habits are what matters, more than an occasional odd day.
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