Things you wish you could say

[Nabiki]

The store where I usually shop has a loss leader sale on turkeys just before Thanksgiving. Spend $50 (or $100, or $25, or whatever they decide that year) and get turkey for 50¢ a pound. Or 47¢, this year. I got a 12.something pound turkey for $6.15.

Hubby talks a good fight. He loves turkey, thinks pounds of leftovers will be wonderful. I put 2/3 of the meat in the freezer, and he's not really so gung ho to have it in a couple of months. I made a white chili with it one year, and he didn't care for it at all.

Which is why I will never buy a turkey except at the ridiculous loss leader price. Too much of it becomes "uh, no, that doesn't really sound good right now."

And with a sigh, on freezer cleaning day, it gets dumped in the compost, or made into chickie snack.

But we must have turkey on Thanksgiving, because it's a tradition he likes to keep.

That actually matches what I've seen the last several years. Now that I think about it, I did buy this year's turkey last year before Thanksgiving. Next year I'll hopefully buy two so I have one for next year and the year after.

 

[NatJ]

I bought another one (WHY, oh WHY!!!!) since they were on ridiculous sale. I might be able to face doing a turkey next March.

One year when turkeys were on sale cheap, I did an experiment that turned out to work pretty well: I thawed the turkey in the fridge until it was soft enough to cut but still had a few ice crystals, then I cut it into smaller sections and re-froze it. A turkey leg/thigh section made a good size portion, breast can be whole or boneless halves or I did some as big slices that I could easily cook from frozen, I forget what I did with the bonier parts. I may have just turned them into broth or turkey soup instead of freezing them raw.

The turkey was served as "chicken" until it ran out, and was definitely cheaper than any actual chicken I could have bought that year I was much more likely to cook a smaller section than a whole turkey.

The USDA now thinks it is safe to re-freeze meat that has been thawed, as long as you don't let it get too warm at any point along the way.
https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-it-safe-to-refreeze-food-that-has-thawed
https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/May-...-the-freezer-if-it-thawed-or-partially-thawed
(Nice to see that. I'm sure I remember older advice to never re-freeze stuff that had been thawed, which did not make sense to me if the food had been kept at fridge temperature or below.)

 

[R2elk]

That actually matches what I've seen the last several years. Now that I think about it, I did buy this year's turkey last year before Thanksgiving. Next year I'll hopefully buy two so I have one for next year and the year after.

Here they were free if you spent $100 or $150 or 97¢ a lb.

 

[sourland]

But we must have turkey on Thanksgiving, because it's a tradition he likes to keep.

 

[bill3607]

I had a sandwich with turkey, dressing, gravy, American and Swiss cheese, onion, tomato, mayo, horseradish, cayenne on toasted wheat that my son said was weird. I don't have to wish I could say it was one of the best sandwiches I have ever ate, because it was. A little messy, but oh so good.

Then, I had apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream on top heated in the microwave for 45 seconds. Excellent.

 

[bill3607]

I had a sandwich with turkey, dressing, gravy, American and Swiss cheese, onion, tomato, mayo, horseradish, cayenne on toasted wheat that my son said was weird. I don't have to wish I could say it was one of the best sandwiches I have ever ate, because it was. A little messy, but oh so good.

Then, I had apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream on top heated in the microwave for 45 seconds. Excellent.

Oh, and lettuce on it as well.

 

[RUNuts]

I had a sandwich with turkey, dressing, gravy, American and Swiss cheese, onion, tomato, mayo, horseradish, cayenne on toasted wheat that my son said was weird. I don't have to wish I could say it was one of the best sandwiches I have ever ate, because it was. A little messy, but oh so good.

Then, I had apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream on top heated in the microwave for 45 seconds. Excellent.

Sounds like a Dagwood sandwich. A sandwich so impressive, so massive that you either nibble at the layers or eat with a knife and fork.

A great way to clean out the frig.

 

[tripletfeb]

Sounds like a Dagwood sandwich. A sandwich so impressive, so massive that you either nibble at the layers or eat with a knife and fork.

A great way to clean out the frig.

I tried very hard to find a Dagwood and Blondie gif but no such luck. At least on BYC

 

[bill3607]

I ended up eating the same exact thing again late last night and probably will again tonight.

 

[RUNuts]