I coordinate the home deliveries to 400 seniors in public and private housing plus families 80 in Transitional Motels. On top of that we will serve 350-400 more at the high school. Thanksgiving is the CHEAPEST holiday to celebrate.
Cooking at home means food for several more days afterward and a carcass and drippings for at least 6 servings of soup. With a big turkey, I’ve always frozen some leftover meat because we would just get sick of it. Freeze some of the leftover sides, too, otherwise it will spoil.
The bigger the family, the more food other people bring. I’ve had to beg folks to take more home because I’d run out of room to store it. As a guest, sometimes I took more home than I brought.
I resent the media for publishing this sort of article. When I still knew military folks, I was always envious of their commissary prices.