jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm about to go to the local supermarket to buy a turkey for Christmas. At $0.37/lb they're cheaper than water.

I bought our Thanksgiving turkey a couple of weeks ago, and it's thawing in the fridge. At 26 lb, it's the largest one I've ever gotten, but it was either that or a small one. There are two of us, so a small turkey just wouldn't do.

Fleckjohn65 Loc: Ajax Ontario Canada

Jerry, you need the big one for leftovers and Turkey soup. Turkey sandwiches the next day mmmmmmm.
Happy thanksgiving and enjoy. John

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

It is amazing at how cheap turkey is even during the high demand holiday season. You would think that the feeding, slaughter, cleaning, and packaging would be at least as much as chicken.

Stan

anotherview Loc: California

It might be a loss leader, to get buyers into the store.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I like the taste of Turkey but I find it too dry and chewy and I tend to choke on it. So we more likely have a whole Chicken instead since there is just two of us. This year we are having individual Cornish Hens. Each frozen is 20 to 23 oz. each. Just enough for a large portion of meat minus the bones. For Xmas we sometimes have Tamales.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Hire a different cook.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

The largest I could find this morning was 17.5 lb. That will be fine for the two of us.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

They always go on sale about ten days before Thanksgiving. There is an overabundance of turkeys this year. The farmers didn't know what conditions would be like, so they over-produced. I remember in the past farmers dumping tons of milk and thousands of baby chicks. I hope they don't do that with the excess turkeys.

anotherview Loc: California

Overcooked.

pendennis

We've ranged from whole turkeys, to turkey breasts, and now to the "Jenny-O" boneless breast. A snap to bake, you puncture the bag, pop in the oven, bake to instructions, and voila!, a meal for two of us for at least two days. Even includes giblets for gravy making. They weigh in @ 2.75 lbs, and no waste.

Even the frozen breasts are fairly easy to bake. I do the "surgery", splitting the breast bone and trimming, and they provide a lot of meat.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Those turkey deep fryers seem to solve that problem.

My wife is Mexican-American and from her mother and others she learned to make the left over turkey into tacos, taquitos, casseroles etc. etc. Her God Mother used to make the best tamales I have ever had - and she also did the sweet fruit filled tamales at the holiday season.
For several years we had a vender in his truck who came around with tamales almost as good but he was getting on in years and hasn't come around in few years.

My wife has foot and leg problems from decades in the OR and one injury plus problems with her hands from strain and sprains not admitting she couldn't turn heavy patients as well as those husky young aides they hire for that stuff. This year I finally convinced her to not cook for 20-30 like her Mom did. In fact I got her to order pre-cooked from a local market that does an excellent job - two very large full turkey breasts with dressing (I wanted only one-but she HAS to have left overs for the tacos etc.) - pickup time 10AM Thanksgiving Day. And there will only be 4 of us - our youngest is all the way in Virginia in Medical School and I know she and Debra will spend a lot of time on video calls - We have friends there that Jasmine spent Thanksgiving with the last two years but this year it will be just her and her room mate at UVA due to Covid. She is like Debra so it wouldn't surprise me to hear she put on her PPE and reported to the University Hospital to help for the holiday.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I read that the TV dinner (first ones were turkey) was invented because the packing plant had a surplus of turkey one year and didn't want to waste them. So frozen, pre-packed meals you just warm in the oven.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

For the last few years, I’ve been getting a fresh turkey and brining it, which makes a BIG difference (now, I brine all poultry). I usually host a big meal for maybe 12-15 adults + children which takes major planning/shopping and a day of prep (not to mention a day of house cleaning). This year, it’s just me and my wife and my youngest son and wife coming by for appetizers, so Just cooking a chicken - weird.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

The great Thanksgiving turkey dinner (and cranberry and pumpkin pie) I really miss here in the Philippines. It is somewhat made up for, though, by Christmas being all the "er" months into January - and here it's really Christmas, with the carols being played in all the malls and stores, and not Xmas or whatever else somebody has invented! I also miss performances of Handel's "Messiah" - I at one time was privileged to be part of a 100 voice choir with full orchestra doing the "Messiah" in Burbank, CA, 7 years in a row.

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City

edwdickinson Loc: Ardmore PA

Jerry, You're going to have swat at your door thinking you are having a large gathering.