Yes, We Have Turkey!

Josh had to run out to Kroger Monday evening, due to the fact that the recent bag of frozen chicken we bought from Costco is just not doing it for me. So we needed some new chicken, and while he was there, he decided to go ahead & get a turkey, before they were all picked over. He called me from the store to ask how big of a turkey we needed (incidentally, he was slobbering over a 20 pouder at the time…). Since I was on the computer, I Google’d it, and found a nifty Butterball turkey calculator. It asks you how many adults & children you have, whether or not you want leftovers, and whether you are big eaters or light eaters. So I plugged in 6 adults and 2 children. I checked that we wanted leftovers. And just to ensure there were leftovers, I checked that we are big eaters. The result – we need 14 lbs of turkey. So I told him 14 lbs, but if he was worried that was not enough, he could go anywhere in the 14-16 lb range. When he got back home he said, “Well, I went a little bit bigger than the range…” I’m like “You didn’t get that 20 pounder did you? Because that’s a crapload of turkey.” He went with one that was 17.5 lbs. Holy moly. So then yesterday we were watching Rachael Ray from one day this week – she was doing a whole Thanksgiving episode where she was giving people tips on how to decorate fabulously, but on the cheap, for Thanksgiving, and how to do an easy Thanksgiving dinner that looks super fancy. She was helping this girl who was cooking her first Thanksgiving, and she tells the girl, “A good rule of thumb on the turkey is 1 pound per person.” ONE POUND PER PERSON??? That means we should have bought an 8 lbs turkey. Yowza! So apparently we will have more than enough turkey. If you find yourself running short, feel free to stop by – we will have turkey out the wazoo.