My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.

Allen humorously frames a familiar holiday tension: Thanksgiving’s traditional pleasures—stuffing, potatoes, rolls, pie—are largely carbohydrate-heavy, while contemporary diet culture often pressures people to “eat clean” or restrict carbs. By exaggerating that “even a green vegetable has carbs,” he pokes fun at the anxiety and hair-splitting that can accompany low-carb thinking, especially in a communal, celebratory setting. The line implicitly defends the idea that holiday meals are about comfort, tradition, and shared indulgence, and that nutritional purity can feel out of place when the occasion is built around abundance and ritual foods.