Here's my Thanksgiving dinner under Obama.
$0.39 a lb for turkey at the Safeway around the corner. I was happy with that price.
Food prices still aren’t coming down and the market has no where to go but up. But hey, WAMU is offering free outgoing wire transfers if you open up an account with them.
So hey America, how’s that ‘Ownership Society’ for illegal aliens working for ya now?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020617-2.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020617.html
That anything costs slightly more now, than in the past is of no big concern to me. I foresee bigger gaps in price and availibility in the future. I challange any person to keep track. We will devolve to 1928 - 19545 a “Chicken in every pot”. If we’re lucky.
I’m just sayin...
Foodie Ping! :)
So is it inflation OR deflation?
I had to read it twice to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. $42.37 for a family of eight? The turkeys up here are going for $1.99 a pound, so a 20 lb. turkey just about ate up that cost.
Did I tell you we grow our own potatoes and garlic...
I love these articles. One 14 ounce box of stuffing...for eight people??? Are they all supermodels on a diet? I make my own using real bread, onions, celery, mushrooms, real butter and my own season mix...I’m guessing my mixture costs more than Stove Top.
I just find it amusing how they come up with their expert analysis.
I call BS their market basket is screwy weird quantities etc. My local from sweet bay ad:
http://sweetbaysupermarket.adplexonline.com/WeeklySpecials.aspx?pdx=4
Turkey .69 per LB 10.69
Rolls .99
Cranberry can .89
Stuffing 2@ 6 oz pkg 1.98
12 oz cranberries 2.29
peas 1lb .99
carrots 1lb .99
onions 1lb .99
celery bunch .99
Two pumpkin pies 7.98 premade as I am too lazy to bake them
8 oz cool whip .99 as I am too fat to eat real whipped cream
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Total 30.76
They are wrong I ordered mine (okay I am just to lazy this year) and it is $50.00
Mine will cost a lot but it’s worth it. Free range organic turkeys taste a lot better and at least I know mine wasn’t fed melamine.
“$2.72 more”
Fortunately, I’ve made exactly $2.72 more this year than last.
So easy and so delish.
Here's my Thanksgiving dinner under Obama.
The title cracks me up! I got the free turkey at Ingles because I “spent” a certain amount(all subsidized with coupons so that was a 30-40% savings right off the bat). And that Thanksgiving meal stretches into another 5 meals after adding about a dollar worth of sides for each meal. The truth is, Thanksgiving dinner is the meal that keeps on giving.
Going with a goose this year at $5 a pound.
Will likely return to turkeys.
Shoprite gives turkeys out for free if you spend a certain amount of money......got ours a few weeks ago....what a treat!!!!!!!
In fact, the bird alone costs more than $42.37. That's because on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm just not going to settle for a $.39 cent a pound frozen Butterball that you have to put in the refrigerator a week just to thaw out. Now the frozen Butterball's are adequate during the rest of the year to provide 4-5 days of family meals, but for the holidays, we endeavor to do something a little more special. So on Thanksgiving we order a fresh turkey from the butcher shop and pick it up the day before for about $60 (for a 26-28 pounder). And on Christmas, we go for the fresh goose, which will run us close to $90.
But it's definitely worth it. Nothing better than a freshly butchered bird for the holidays. In fact, the Thanksgiving turkey we are going to be dining on Thursday is still running around in pen someplace at a farm in Dracut, MA, still oblivious to its impending fate. Either tomorrow or Tuesday, it will get "processed" (to use butcher speak) and be delivered to my local butcher around noon on Wednesday.
As for the other food items we will be serving up on Thursday, well my wife spent $150 yesterday on various items such as nuts, sweet potato, candies, pies, stuffing, olive oil, truffles, peas, corn, cranberry sauce (made with whole cranberries) and various other items. I spent over $200 at the liquor store last night getting the "adult" beverages for the meal (four bottles of good wine, two bottles of after dinner wine, a case of Sam Adams Winter Lager, a bottle of cognac and a bottle of single-malt whiskey and four cigars to have with it). With respect to the liquor purchases, I'm expecting leftovers for the rest of the weekend!
But the spending doesn't end there. When I am picking up the turkey on Wednesday, I will also be getting three pounds of scallops which I will be wrapping in bacon to serve up as appetizers before the main meal. Also fresh bread and other pastries at the bakery.
All told, I am probably going to lay out well over $500 on food and drink for six people (and a dog) when all is said and done. But it will be well worth it. We'll have good company, a roaring fire in the fireplace and some Monteverdi music on the stereo (Vespers of 1610 always sets the proper mood). Life is short and holidays are for splurging and spending with family. We can spend the rest of the year eating frozen turkeys and dumping corn and cranberry sauce out of cans. (And considering how much we are going to be spending this holiday season, we might be forced to do just that!)
This is my favorite holiday of the year because you get past the stress of preparing the meal, I have the rest of the four-day weekend to completely de-stress. on Friday, while my wife is braving the crowds at the malls, I'll be doing the traditional Chevy Chase (Christmas Vacation) routine of hanging the Christmas lights outside and putting the lighted reindeer out on the lawn. Saturday is our traditional movie day (we sit inside watching movies on DVD). Then Sunday is a nice quiet day, probably take the dog hiking in the woods for a few hour and catch up on some reading. By then, I reckon my liquor cabinet will be pretty much empty. Then we start all over again (only with more intensity) for the Christmas holiday.