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Originally Posted by Dotneko
With Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon, turkeys will soon be more available in the supermarkets.
This is my second winter in the Villages and my first with a freezer. Back in MA, I would fill up my freezer with 4 or 5 turkeys when they went on sale in November and cook them over the winter and spring. I would make up soup and turkey pies, too.
I was disappointed in my results last fall - the turkeys just seemed tough. In 41 years of cooking, I cannot remember having such abject turkey failures as I did last winter. Is there a better brand of turkey to buy down here? I am used to Shady Brooks and Butterballs.
Are there turkey sales down here? In the past, I could find them on special for 59 or 69 cents a pound.
My pantry is already filling up with stuffing, gravy and dressing makings.
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My reality. First of all, I do not particularity like turkey. Many foods are influenced by who you are eating them with. Every year we had a traditional Norman Rockwell, Thanksgiving cooked by my mother who was a great cook. Used to be turkeys? I'm not sure the turkeys have changed. I am older and the people are gone.
Perhaps of interest to only me. Thanks giving was made a national holiday by Abe Lincoln. Imagine done at the end of the civil war a great act to bring the nation together.
A good TRUE story, perhaps, useful to bring up on Thanksgiving should guests get out of hand.
Used to be foods. Far from an expert but it seems to me where we used to live, in NY Florida oranges were cheaper than in Florida. Lamb chops are way higher in Florida.
Deli?