Do you have your turkey yet?
By katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
United States
November 21, 2008 3:54pm CST
If you're cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home, do you have your turkey yet?
I bought mine today while grocery shopping. A 20 lb Butterball. We always have to have Butterball at Thanksgiving, it's the best turkey out there. The price was not too bad, $1.11 per pound at Walmart Super Center.
What kind of turkey do you have for Thanksgiving, or do you not have a preferance?
How big of a turkey do you get?
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@MizzLadyB08 (1174)
• United States
22 Nov 08
No, my mom is cooking turkey wings so there is no need to buy a whole turkey. To me turkeys kind of dry out fast.
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@capirani (2840)
• United States
24 Nov 08
It depends on how it is cooked as to whether it ends up being dry or not, and then how you use the leftovers. Not much meat on wings though. What does your mom do with them? Does she cook them any special way? I didn't know you could buy just the wings. We can sometimes get the drumsticks here, but I have never seen just the wings.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Nov 08
I get a large turkey just because I love having left overs. It's usually just us, sometimes his parents come over. They will be this year, but they don't eat a whole lot, so I'll have tons of left overs. I can't wait for the turkey sandwiches the day after Thanksgiving!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
24 Nov 08
My wife and I travel to our daughters and her husband does the dinner etc.
We bring a couple pies from Bakers Square is all.
As far as I know as of Saturday they haven't anything for the meal other than potatoes which we gave to her Saturday. I have no idea what brand eytc she gets. I just eat it is all. 
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
We bring a couple pies from Bakers Square is all.
As far as I know as of Saturday they haven't anything for the meal other than potatoes which we gave to her Saturday. I have no idea what brand eytc she gets. I just eat it is all.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~1 person likes this
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
22 Nov 08
We bought a turkey to replace the one we bought months ago, they were both 97 cents a pound, though the one we bought was smaller (it was twelve or fifteen pounds) than the twenty pounder.
The turkey's been thawing since yesterday and we'll begin brining it this evening/tomorrow morning.
We buy whatever we can afford. Both these turkeys were regular turkeys. Not honey glazed, butterball, specifically aged, none 'o that. Just a regular turkey.
We tend to buy ours at Aldi's.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Nov 08
Well that will be nice. We used to go to my sister in laws, which was great because I didn't have to do any cooking or cleaning. But at the same time it was awful because she was not a good cook. Nothing was ever very good, and we had to work around her schedule. We eventually decided we'd just do the holidays at home, and if any of his family wanted to come, they could.
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
21 Nov 08
Not yet. My sister in law is doing the cooking. So I think she is picking up the turkey. Guess I better call and ask her huh? I think we are splitting the meal between beef and turkey. We usually have a Butterball.
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@shymurl (2765)
• United States
22 Nov 08
We have gotten our turkey already. I got it a couple of days ago. It was a tyson. My husband got a certificate for a turkey from his job so we didn't have to pay for it. It is about fourteen pounds. I will cook it the day after Thanksgiving because we will be traveling on Thanksgiving day.
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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22 Nov 08
When is it thanksgiving for you now? We only celebrate christmas in UK, but we do not have a turkey for that we do not like turkey! We do not actually eat a big dinner on christmas day anyway anymore and the reason for this is that one christmas a couple of years ago I did a beautiful dinner with everything you could imagine. I ended up throwing most of it out because everyone was too excited about presents to want to eat so from then on I decided that on christmas day we would just have snacks and then boxing day would be the day that we had our christmas dinner and you know it works out really well for us! The only problem is I have to lie to my Grandma about what we have had for christmas dinner because she got really cross with me the first year I did it and said I was insulting Jesus! So now I just tell her what meat we are having and pretend we eat it on christmas day makes life so much simpler!
@capirani (2840)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Fourth Thursday, not third. We don't have boxing day here. Our family holidays never end up on the actual day anymore. Too many hectic schedules and too many jobs where they have to work on the holidays. So our holidays are planned around the day that the most people can make it. I don't think it is so important what day we actually celebrate, or what food is involved. It is the being together that is most important. As for insulting Jesus, no one really knows the exact day He was born anyway. Some have said it was January 6th. As long as we remember why we are celebrating Christmas...that's what matters. And as long as we know what Thanksgiving is about. I understand that the UK doesn't celebrate it, but even if the original reason for the holiday isn't the same, I think it is always good to have a special day to thank God for our blessings.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
22 Nov 08
Thanksgiving will be this coming Thursday. It's always the 3rd Thursday of November.
Canada has their Thanksgiving mid-October. I think that's nice, because it's more of a break between the 2 feasts.
We have a Ham on Christmas, because turkey 2 months in a row is a bit much. We usually do have it on Christmas day. It's more of a tradition for the adults than for the kids anyways.
@capirani (2840)
• United States
21 Nov 08
I have already bought and cooked one turkey, but not for Thanksgiving. I generally cook at least two turkeys each winter with one of them to be used for freezing and making different kinds of turkey dishes and one for Thanksgiving with the leftovers to be frozen as well. Since I started early this year, I might be able to get three turkeys cooked this winter. I never have paid more than $.90 a lb. for my turkeys and usually it is $.79-$.85 lb. This is why I try to make so many of them at this time and freeze them since they are so much cheaper during this season than the rest of the year. I like Butterball best, but it just depends on which kind is the better price.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Nov 08
Butterball is usually more expensive. For something other than Thanksgiving we are fine with another kind of turkey, but we have to have Butterball for Thanksgiving.
@capirani (2840)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Even the butterball turkeys are not so expensive at this time of year. The only time I haven't really liked the brand of turkey was one time I got one at a discount grocery. It hadn't been seasoned like the name brands are. Otherwise, I really can't tell the difference between Butterball and the other main name brands. They are all good.
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
21 Nov 08
Unfortunately my husband does not like turkey. We are going to my mom's for the holiday and we usually have turkey AND a small ham to choose from. This year however, my parent's have decided to make prime rib! Hmmmm....... I guess that sounds like a pretty delicious compromise
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
21 Nov 08
It's not Thanksgiving without a turkey if you ask me! But enjoy your prime rib, that would be an okay substitute for me, lol.
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@sweetbabyjane (1929)
• United States
25 Nov 08
We got out turkey Sunday for Thanksgiving dinner. We got a 12 pound turkey. It is a honeysuckle white.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
22 Nov 08
My grandaughter picked up our turkey a couple of weeks ago. It's not a bitter ball but the price was right. She gave 69 cents per pound for it. It is abour a 12 pound one. She will take it to a friend to deep fry on Thursday morning. Here where I live a lot of people deep fry their turkeys. The kids really like it deep fried. For a while I didn't think that turkeys were going to get that low.
@theonerm5 (365)
• United States
21 Nov 08
Yes I've had my turkey for a long time. I've got me a big 21lb turkey. I always like to get holiday stuff early that way I don't have to worry about supplies being too low. So yeah it's always good to buy your holiday stuff early if possible.
