A Turkey dinner or Prelude to Thanksgiving! (restaurants, to eat)

[Maineah]

My Brother invited us to a turkey dinner tonight. At first we hesitated where Thanksgiving was so close. His reasoning was simple. He bought the turkey for .47 cents a pound at Hannaford. It was only 11 pounds but still far larger than what he could eat alone before it spoiled.
He had some potatoes, a $1.49 bag of peas, someone gave him a squash and a turnip, he made real stuffing out of old bread,and spent $2.00 on some rolls and that was it! I'll bet he had less than $10.00 in the whole meal and boy it was good....We brought the wine. It was a very nice dinner and we had a good time.
I suspect as purse strings become tighter many more of these type of inexpensive family dinners will take place.
It's a nice way to spend time together and a real cheap way to feed everyone!

[island mermaid]

I agree, more family gathered around the dinner table. Less $$ being spent out at restaurants. What could be better than that? I hope you left him a big tip! (and a hug from me)

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Fort Lauderdale mermaid

I agree, more family gathered around the dinner table. Less $$ being spent out at restaurants. What could be better than that? I hope you left him a big tip! (and a hug from me)

You can do that yourself at the Bistro in a week or so!

[fxtrader]

We had an early Turkey day yesterday. My DW's best friend was up from Florida, so her family had an early Thanksgiving and we were invited. It was a good warm up for the real thing. We will have one meal with my family on Thanksgiving and then again with DW's family on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I am going to have to dig out my jogging pant's with the elastic waist!

[tcrackly]

It's funny, I've had Thanksgiving-style dinners at odd times of the year simply because turkey was cheap and it's a healthy alternative to red meat. Somehow I can't seem to deviate from the cranberry sauce, stuffing, squash, etc. formula when I cook a whole bird! The DH loves it, but I'm not a turkey freak. I've prepared just the cutlets...Italian style,savory baked, what have you. There's just that warm fuzzy feeling from the bread stuffing turkey breast (with the skin intact!) that can't be beat! I even save my bread ends and stale pieces in the freezer for stuffing meals.

[chaosX5]

We cook turkeys regularly throughout the year, I put them on the charcoal webber. We never get tired of them, and they're usually cheap, which I love (stuffed and unstuffed)

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by chaosX5

We cook turkeys regularly throughout the year, I put them on the charcoal webber. We never get tired of them, and they're usually cheap, which I love (stuffed and unstuffed)

We used to raise them and ate them in numerous ways. We DID actually get tired of them for a while back then! We still eat turkey in some form, cutlets, roast breast, deli sliced and packaged, at least once a week.

[msina]

Sounds like a nice time Maineah.
My parents were married on Thanksgiving. Growing up it was our favorite holiday. My Mum cooked for days with two ovens going for pies, and breads late into the night.

[Elcarim]

We always stick to our traditional Thanksgiving routine. I tell everyone if they're not there at the right time, they don't eat! I'm the strict big sister. We'll start cooking on Wednesday and eat Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday!

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Elcarim

We always stick to our traditional Thanksgiving routine. I tell everyone if they're not there at the right time, they don't eat! I'm the strict big sister. We'll start cooking on Wednesday and eat Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday!

We have traditionally followed hunting times. No dinner to be eaten before sunset. It caused a rift in the family for a while as DW's parents always wanted to eat earlier around 1:00 or 2:00 PM.
I finally put my foot down the year my wife cooked two dinners ,one for her parents, brother and sister-in-law and one for us after hunting. That was it! Now if they want to join us at sunset they're welcome ...if not there are plenty of restaurants open! Besides 4:30 is plenty early enough to eat dinner!