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Old 11-25-2020, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
What percentage of a turkey is meat? I was able to find a very small (8 lb) turkey for just the two of us. It got me to thinking about how much meat I will actually have. Normally when you buy a turkey the neck organs and giblets are packaged inside. I assume that this contributes the weight as do the bones.

Does anyone have any idea roughly what percentage weight wise you will actually end up eating?
We bought a turkey breast, because we love those sandwiches, enough for evening meal and 8 sandwiches, yuuum!