Thread: Amputee turkey

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Had to get a couple of things at Stop & Shop and while there took a look at
> the big freezer that had the turkeys. In it was a large cut in half hotel
> turkey breast about 7 pounds, fresh, not frozen. Good deal at 69¢ a pound.
> We don't care for the legs anyway so this is a better deal than the whole
> turkey (same price) we put in the freezer for future use. I probably should
> have taken both halves.

I went to both Safeway and Raley's tonight. No specials to speak of,
other than the unadvertised half-off fresh birds. I wish they were just
a teeny bit less in price (because the fresh price is still up there).

However, Raley's did have Honeycrisp apples for $2.47/lb. I grabbed a few.

> We had a rib roast tonight so it will be turkey tomorrow.

We are "going Greek" and making pita-style sandwiches with the leftover
lamb from Thanksgiving. I'll be roasting a turkey tomorrow. I couldn't
stand the thought of missing out on the traditional foods after hearing
all the wonderful meals everyone had -- not that what we did could be
sneezed at. It was wonderful. Just have a hankerin' for a smidge of
dressing and a smattering of mashed sweet potatoes with roasted
marshmallows!

--Lin

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
> Had to get a couple of things at Stop & Shop and while there took a look at
> the big freezer that had the turkeys. �In it was a large cut in half hotel
> turkey breast about 7 pounds, fresh, not frozen. Good deal at 69�a pound.
> We don't care for the legs anyway so this is a better deal than the whole
> turkey (same price) we put in the freezer for future use. �I probably should
> have taken both halves.

You just know I would have taken both breasts. I don't think I've
ever seen half a turkey breast for sale. At 7 pounds it must have
been one huge tom.

> We had a rib roast tonight so it will be turkey tomorrow.

So why did you freeze it?

When I read amputee turkey I was reminded that when I opened my turkey
this year one wing tip was missing, didn't affect anything but it
looked weird. Tonight we finished off the last of the turkey, I
picked the bones clean, was just enough. I still have three baked
sweet potatoes and about a quarter of the kasha varnishkas left, and
half that small apple pie. I'm turkeyed out.

"Sheldon" <[email protected]> wrote in message

So why did you freeze it?

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Didn't. The frozen one was the one we got before Thanksgiving. We went out
to a friends that day but took advantage of the sale for future use.