Time to buy your turkey

[Anonymous No.15022021]

Alright anons, it's that time of year again, stock up on turkeys.

I usually buy 6-7 and keep them in a chest freezer and make a turkey roast every month or two.

Pic related is today's haul, a 19lbs bird for around $7.50

[Anonymous No.15022026]

goble gobble

[Anonymous No.15022046]

>>15022021
Do turkeys lay eggs? I've never seen them in stores.

[Anonymous No.15022047]

>>15022021
heh

[Anonymous No.15022058]

>>15022046
yes, but they're no GOOSE egg

[Anonymous No.15022067]

>>15022046
they don't usually sell them in stores but they do lay eggs. Most turkeys don't lay eggs as much or as fast as chickens do. About the size of a duck egg but more narrow. They are fine to eat. Why would you have thought they don't lay eggs?

[Anonymous No.15022069]

>got a job that always works holidays so I have a legitimate excuse to never see my family again

Feels good man

[Anonymous No.15022084]

>>15022069
I just like turkey, even without family I would be buying them.


Good for a nice roast, and the leftovers make great sandwiches.

[Anonymous No.15022339]

>>15022046

[Anonymous No.15022604]

>>15022021
I work at Kroger and I happened across next week's (Nov 11-17) ad and apparently they're doing free turkeys with a $125 same ticket sale (excludes the obvious alcohol, tobacco, gcs) in addition to the usual 37¢/pound with a $25 purchase. I don't know if this is nationwide or just my region.

[Anonymous No.15022616]

>>15022604
Having said that, 39¢/pound without any additional purchase required is great.

[Anonymous No.15023077]

>>15022604
>>15022616
Sadly no kroger in my area anyway, so not something I can take advantage of.

Thankfully my local stores pretty consistently have $0.30-0.40/lbs during this time of year.

[Anonymous No.15023092]

The leftover sandwiches are better than the roast itself

[Anonymous No.15023143]

>>15023092
You're not wrong at all, the sandwiches are god-tier.

[Anonymous No.15023306]

>>15022047
Based

[Anonymous No.15023358]

>The wholesale price – what grocery stores have to pay for an item – during the first full week of November was about 81 cents per pound for a frozen turkey. The USDA found the national retail price was about 83 cents per pound a week later, which is about the time needed to get the bird from a wholesaler to your store.
How is it so cheap anon

https://theconversation.com/an-economist-talks-turkey-5-facts-about-thanksgiving-pricing-107057

[Anonymous No.15023366]

>>15023358
They use the Turkey as a loss leader and get their profit on the other common supplies.

[Anonymous No.15023485]

>>15023366
I guess, still seems crazy since there is no purchase minimum or limit per customer.

I could walk in and buy 100lbs of turkey for $40 and nothing else.

[Anonymous No.15023506]

>they don't wait until the day after New Years to stock up

[Anonymous No.15023555]

>>15023506
Why bother waiting if it's a good sale? I know the sale prices in my area for turkey and $0.39/lbs is near as cheap as it'll be. It MIGHT drop another $0.05-0.10 but that would be the absolute lowest.

[Anonymous No.15024895]

>>15022026
Based

[Anonymous No.15024923]

>>15022021
I bought 1 young turkey breast (bone-in) and 3 boneless turkey breasts (seasoned butterballs) in a my shopping for the apocalyptic pre-election stock up, in case of riots/staying home.

I was thinking the same thing, the weekly roast for sandwiches and recipes (this past week made some open-faced Hot Brown sandwiches). If things go South quickly in the country, I know that I have it onhand, and could use the bone-in breast for actual Thanksgiving. It'll feed maybe 8 with no leftovers.

My freezers are painfully full in my garage fridge and house fridge both. I wish I had a chest freezer. I'd throw in a couple of the sale hams which looked a deal at Aldi for $12 with the glaze, geesh. Right now, I just have some flat ham steaks in the freezers, which is good for recipes, not just roast day.

[Anonymous No.15024930]

>>15024923
I've got some pork shoulders in my chest freezer that I picked up a few months ago for $6-8 each.

Also a handful of chuck roasts for beef stew and or pot roast.

[Anonymous No.15025393]

>>15024923
I usually avoid buying just the breasts because I like the legs and extra shit for making stock

[Anonymous No.15025412]

>>15022021
they go on sale for like $0.43 a lb before christmas. I actually got the free thanksgiving dinner from ibotta this morning. they're all shit products so I don't know what I want to do with it all. I might make a thread about my shitty free thanksgiving dinner why not. if I don't I will probably donate the stuff I don't want and keep the fried onions to munch on

[Anonymous No.15025424]

>>15025412
Free shit is always nice

and yeah, I'll buy them anywhere under about $0.50 a lbs.

Sub $0.40 is really the goal though.

[Anonymous No.15027281]

>>15025412
Do eeeet anon. Make a green bean casserole that’s what the onions, cream of mushroom, green beans are for

[Anonymous No.15027301]

>>15022021
Thanksgiving is the best holiday. Can't wait

[Anonymous No.15027341]

>>15022021
They go down to 40 cents around here.

[Anonymous No.15027352]

i don't like turkey

[Anonymous No.15027353]

>>15027301
I just love this time of year in general, why are november and December so based?

[Anonymous No.15027364]

>>15027353
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

[Anonymous No.15027373]

>>15027341
Yeah, $0.39 is about as low as it goes, maybe $0.05 cheaper for a single sale at some point.

[Anonymous No.15027375]

>>15027353
It gets cooler and more comfy overall.

[Anonymous No.15027397]

>>15027301
I used to be molested regularly on Thanksgiving

[Anonymous No.15027409]

>>15023366
Most of the stores near me just give you a free turkey with a purchase of $75 or more.

[Anonymous No.15027429]

>>15027397
Did you enjoy it?

[Anonymous No.15028232]

>>15027429
Not cool

[Anonymous No.15028270]

>>15022021
years ago I bought one of those butterball turkeys but it was a lot of work for nothing, most of the people I invited were like "uh, I don't really like turkey, can I have something else, or, give me salad only please." I'm not making turkey ever again.

[Anonymous No.15028277]

>>15027397
Ha, uncle or cousin?

[Anonymous No.15028322]

>>15022026
FPBP as usual

[Anonymous No.15028347]

>>15023485
based 508 poster

[Anonymous No.15029151]

>>15022021
I have a question for you guys. I'm not religious, but my family is Adventist, and they don't eat pork. I saw that lining strips of bacon on top of turkey is supposed to not only increase the overall flavor, but keeps the bird moist, so if I used beef bacon, or if I can find it, mutton bacon, will it do the same thing? I'm discounting turkey bacon because it's definitely going to dry out in an oven.

[Anonymous No.15029192]

>>15023366
In the Chicago area, the stores fucked each other so badly one year that they all entered into an agreement not to discount turkeys any more.

I don't know why people care, though, you can buy drumsticks, wings, thighs, and breasts year-round and it is the cheapest meat in the stores. You just have to find the right place to shop. Jewel sucks, they're about twice the price of anywhere else.

[Anonymous No.15029212]

>>15029192
Holy shit, what's the price per pound on that?

[Anonymous No.15029307]

>>15029151
Yea any fat will do.

[Anonymous No.15029602]

At best, turkey tastes like odd chicken. At usual, it tastes like dry odd chicken that's been over cooked. Why bother?

[Anonymous No.15029623]

>>15029212
half of everything you're worth + child support.

[Anonymous No.15029748]

>>15029602
A good turkey roast is better than chicken in my opinion, just more hassle because of the size and cooking time.

[Anonymous No.15029832]

>>15022021
i'm gonna eat a ton of hitler cakes and christmas ham once again.

[Anonymous No.15030311]

>>15029307
Thanks anon