Turkey Prices for Thanksgiving
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keegs
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mmmmmmmm....get in my belly.....
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Hey Bird the Birds were a great price. LOL!
I buy a few every season and sponsor a Turkey drive as well. That is the lowest I have seen. I put it off until the end of the day and missed out on the .40 per lb and recieved the butter ball for .69 per lb. not bad either and there were others for .98 .
If you see them you better get them. I love to Fry or Rotisserie mine as well.
I buy a few every season and sponsor a Turkey drive as well. That is the lowest I have seen. I put it off until the end of the day and missed out on the .40 per lb and recieved the butter ball for .69 per lb. not bad either and there were others for .98 .
If you see them you better get them. I love to Fry or Rotisserie mine as well.
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I'll be frying turkeys for Thanksgiving, and probably Christmas, too. But I don't have a rotisserie anymore.
Western
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Bird,
what kind of oil do you use?? I had a friend that tried peanut oil and it didn't taste good (to me) maybe if your frying bananas...
what kind of oil do you use?? I had a friend that tried peanut oil and it didn't taste good (to me) maybe if your frying bananas...
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I use LouAna pure peanut oil from Walmart or Sam's Club. I'm not sure what your friend used, but even Planters makes a peanut oil blend with vegetable oil included. We also use the LouAna peanut oil for frying fish, even if it's just a couple of fillets in the skillet in the house for the two of us. I don't think I've heard from anyone else who didn't like turkeys fried in peanut oil. Of course the flavor can be changed a bit with different marinades. I've fried turkeys with no other seasoning at all, but I usually use an injectable marinade in them.
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We cook our turkey on the BBQ. Man there isn't anything like it.
Set a big pan out and put a grill in the bottom so the turkey won't stick. Wash the turkey, rub it all over in olive oil and apply salt and pepper. Stuff or not stuff, whatever you prefer. Put the turkey in the pan and put in a box or two of chicken broth and a half bottle of white wine. Cut some onions, garlic, parsnips, celery, carrots into the broth. Cook the turkey on high heat for a half hour to brown it a bit, then cover it with a tightly sealed foil tent (foil can't touch the bird or it will stick - use toothpics poked into the bird in spots if you have to to back off the foil). Cook the bird, checking the broth / wine mix occasionally, basing a couple of times and adding more broth and wine if it gets low. (For a 30lb turkey I used 4 boxes of broth and 2+ bottles of wine once).
You'll not only have a tasty tender bird that is moist, you will have a broth reduction that makes awesome gravy.
Mmmmmmmmmm,,,,turkey....
Set a big pan out and put a grill in the bottom so the turkey won't stick. Wash the turkey, rub it all over in olive oil and apply salt and pepper. Stuff or not stuff, whatever you prefer. Put the turkey in the pan and put in a box or two of chicken broth and a half bottle of white wine. Cut some onions, garlic, parsnips, celery, carrots into the broth. Cook the turkey on high heat for a half hour to brown it a bit, then cover it with a tightly sealed foil tent (foil can't touch the bird or it will stick - use toothpics poked into the bird in spots if you have to to back off the foil). Cook the bird, checking the broth / wine mix occasionally, basing a couple of times and adding more broth and wine if it gets low. (For a 30lb turkey I used 4 boxes of broth and 2+ bottles of wine once).
You'll not only have a tasty tender bird that is moist, you will have a broth reduction that makes awesome gravy.
Mmmmmmmmmm,,,,turkey....
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That sounds very good, Jimmy.
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Awww Man! I knew this thread would degrade to this! I wanna cooked turkey so bad. I'm slobbering like a rabid dog. And it ain't even Thanksgiving! Now see what you started Bird!
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Ha ha
I'm with you Dave. You know when the turkey is done as you grab a drumstick and the bone comes off into your hand and all the meat basically falls off the bone.
Ya baby!
I'm with you Dave. You know when the turkey is done as you grab a drumstick and the bone comes off into your hand and all the meat basically falls off the bone.
Ya baby!
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We'll have so much to do tomorrow that I just finished the turkeys today. As I said, I use pure peanut oil, but I love Cajun cookin' and I've used injectable marinades in the past, but the last turkeys I fried went over pretty well with the rest of the family, but just did not have enough flavor to suit me. So I injected the marinade yesterday evening, and this time I use a whole pint jar in and on each turkey.
And in spite of one of them not being the particular marinade they recommend for poultry, I used Creole Garlic in one and Rosemary Garlic in the other.I don't know whether the rest of the family will like it or not, but they sure taste good to me; got enough flavor this time.
Of course, after the oil cools, I usually filter it through cheese cloth, put in the shop refrigerator, and use the same oil at Christmas. Now the oil normally changes colors very little, but this time, the oil is very dark. Maybe I used enough marinade I could fry another turkey without any seasoning.
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Or you could take the oil and use as diesel,that would be a fine smelling tractor.We'll have so much to do tomorrow that I just finished the turkeys today. As I said, I use pure peanut oil, but I love Cajun cookin' and I've used injectable marinades in the past, but the last turkeys I fried went over pretty well with the rest of the family, but just did not have enough flavor to suit me. So I injected the marinade yesterday evening, and this time I use a whole pint jar in and on each turkey.
I don't know whether the rest of the family will like it or not, but they sure taste good to me; got enough flavor this time.
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Or you could take the oil and use as diesel,that would be a fine smelling tractor.
One of my brothers coming tomorrow drives a Ford F550 diesel truck. Maybe he'd like to try it.
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We are going to our DIL's parent's house tomorrow for Thanksgiving and then we are having my family over on Friday for a day-after-Thanksgiving meal. I'd call it a Black Friday meal, but that just doesn't seem to fit. Anyhow, I decided since everyone will get their fill of turkey tomorrow, I'd do smoked ham and ribs for Friday. They're already done and just waiting to be warmed up. To save kitchen oven space, I plan to run my electric smoker up to 250 and then put in the ham and ribs about 1-1/2 hours before we eat. That way my wife can have the whole oven for other things. We always run out of oven space on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I can't justify two kitchen stoves just for those two days.
Bird, I keep thinking I should fry some turkeys, but I don't want to do it without a practice run. I have an electric fryer that I want to try a small turkey in. Maybe after Thanksgiving there will be a leftover turkey sale and I can give it a try.
Anyhow, I decided since everyone will get their fill of turkey tomorrow, I'd do smoked ham and ribs for Friday. They're already done and just waiting to be warmed up. To save kitchen oven space, I plan to run my electric smoker up to 250 and then put in the ham and ribs about 1-1/2 hours before we eat. That way my wife can have the whole oven for other things. We always run out of oven space on Thanksgiving and Christmas, but I can't justify two kitchen stoves just for those two days.Bird, I keep thinking I should fry some turkeys, but I don't want to do it without a practice run. I have an electric fryer that I want to try a small turkey in. Maybe after Thanksgiving there will be a leftover turkey sale and I can give it a try.
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Yep, that does happen. And I can take out the water and out the metal box that holds the wood chips and fire up my gas smoker for reheating stuff. Ham and ribs sounds good. I cook turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas and one of my brothers always brings a ham. And I guess like most folks, one of the things we can be thankful for is that we'll have at least 2 or 3 times as much food as we can eat.
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My Amish neighbor raises organic free range turkeys, he raises and mills all his own feed and he and his family process the birds themselves. They raised about 120 this year. They sure aren't getting rich doing it but it it helps make up what they are loosing on the dairy cows.
They sell them for $1.60 a pouind of dressed weight. They are not frozen and they are not pumped full of water like commercially processed birds.
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The grocery store that we shop at gives you points every time you buy something.- My wife saved up her points all year, and got a 22.45-pound turkey with her points.
That is a great price on two turkeys.- It's been a long time since I've seen turkeys at that price.
I use to do a lot of turkey hunting, and would kill a couple each fall for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
For those that travel on the roads.- Have a safe one!!!
That is a great price on two turkeys.
- It's been a long time since I've seen turkeys at that price.I use to do a lot of turkey hunting, and would kill a couple each fall for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
For those that travel on the roads.- Have a safe one!!!
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Day before yesterday, the Dallas Morning News ran this story about the turkey prices, loss leaders, some stores requiring additional purchase of different amounts, etc.
Of course, I'm satisfied with the two little turkeys I got at Walmart for 40 cents a pound, and last Saturday, I did stop by my Ford dealer and took them up on their offer of a free turkey. It appears that theirs came from Albertson's (Honey Suckle White) with a price tag showing $1.19 a pound.
Of course, I'm satisfied with the two little turkeys I got at Walmart for 40 cents a pound, and last Saturday, I did stop by my Ford dealer and took them up on their offer of a free turkey. It appears that theirs came from Albertson's (Honey Suckle White) with a price tag showing $1.19 a pound.
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Yes at 40 cents a pound we would have a freezer full of them. I told the wife about them as soon as you posted them but they didn't have them around here in the Wal-Marts for any where near those prices.
Only thing better than cheap turkey is free turkey!
Interesting read about the turkey prices. I suppose that is the advantage of living in big city. Not much competition here in the north woods of Michigan so prices are closer to the cost of production.
Western
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In about 2 hrs it "aint gunna" matter around our house... ( at least for this year)
( at least for this year)
