Thanksgiving Turkey

RyanStl

What do you all think.  Should I buy my Thanksgiving turkey now?  It might be 2-3x price by the end of the month or not available at all.  I just learned I'm doing Thanksgiving this year.

nolaegghead

You'll only get it cheaper *after* thanksgiving.....yes.  Buy it frozen.

RyanStl

There probably won't be any left by then.  Your advice is best though for Christmas decoration purchases.

GrateEggspectations

I agree. Buy now. Better to pay a little too much now than to have to serve hotdogs on Thanksgiving. 

RyanStl

It's going to be like TP. Maybe I should fill the freezer.  Thing is I'm only into turkey about one time a year

Langner91

RyanStl said:

It's going to be like TP. Maybe I should fill the freezer.  Thing is I'm only into turkey about one time a year

You could sell them to guys like me who will wait until 11/22 to even start looking for one.

johnmitchell

Based on what I am reading in this post, I shot out and picked up a frozen Butterball, just in case

Hansm

I an getting a fresh turkey from the butcher. Also a free one from Shoprite

RyanStl

The older I get the faster time flys. How is Thanksgiving only a few weeks away?

TideEggHead

Not related to turkey but with all this talk, I stopped by ALDI and picked up a ham for thanksgiving since I’m in charge of the meat.

Side note our local ALDI had butterball turkeys for .87 cents per pound as of today.

fishlessman

TideEggHead said:

Not related to turkey but with all this talk, I stopped by ALDI and picked up a ham for thanksgiving since I’m in charge of the meat.

Side note our local ALDI had butterball turkeys for .87 cents per pound as of today.

those hams at aldis are about as good as it gets for an everyday supermarket ham, as good if not better than cooks or corandos hams

fishlessman

buying one this week for the freezer before the 14-16 pounders are gone.

Hansm

Aldi's has awesome food !!!

jdMyers

Meijers was. 39 cents a lbs yesterday.  Might be worth a check.

TideEggHead

fishlessman said:

TideEggHead said:

Not related to turkey but with all this talk, I stopped by ALDI and picked up a ham for thanksgiving since I’m in charge of the meat.

Side note our local ALDI had butterball turkeys for .87 cents per pound as of today.

those hams at aldis are about as good as it gets for an everyday supermarket ham, as good if not better than cooks or corandos hams

I was pleasantly surprised how good they are! Especially when they are on sale.

WeberWho

Thanks for the lead @TideEggHead

TideEggHead

WeberWho said:

Thanks for the lead @TideEggHead

Glad you were able to score a couple!

RRP

on the flip side of these remarks since my SIL has us over for her oven bagged bird. Then we have them for Christmas for a traditional ham that I egg.  Many years ago I surprised them with a prime ribeye roast, but that $130 roast didn’t float the boat as they wanted overcooked (ruined) beef and we wanted rare…

So back to ham… any ham price and availability predictions for Christmas, 2021?

nolaegghead

16 pound cat on a 14 pound ham.  $99 for the ham (thanks, Biden).  Much less than vet bill for one Bengal fight.  

Ham does come with bonus knife and stand...