A dear friend’s family always celebrates Thanksgiving by hiking a local mountain, finishing with sandwiches in the parking lot. With actual prices in the supermarket, this frugal alternative is looking better and better…as long as all the family and homeless waifs we adopt for the day can do the hiking.

$5.81 per person? Let’s eat!

LOL, I cracked up when i saw this yesterday. I bought just the turkey breast, no wings or legs! To feed 4 and it was $30.00. WTH are these people smoking!??!

Not even at McDonalds.

Making a pumpkin pie from scratch requires 3 eggs! That would bust the budget!

58 dollars doesn’t even cover the cost of booze at my thanksgiving party

What year ?

If only Obiden had been re-elected.. “Food” would be free at the grocery store.. /s

(This isn’t the first time Farm Bureau has been caught playing games with that Thanksgiving cost estimate thing.)

True, turkey production is back up .
Some stores are advertising turkey at below cost to get you in the store where you’ll then pay full rippin retail for most everything else. 5% lower overall? Not in the real world.

Don’t go blaming your local small town grocery store, either. I doubt he is getting rich. Before this is all over, you’ll be lucky if he is still in business.

Here’s yet another discussion we should have. This intentional damage to the dollar is real.
The question: Is it permanent? Can stuff ever go back to before the runaway inflation prices ?

The drive to my sister’s home for Thanksgiving dinner cost more.

I think the turkey and ham I bought at Costco was over $58…
We usually have 6 sides in addition to the main meats.
The desserts… usually 3 or 4.

I generally cook everything from scratch, which means that all the butter, cream, pumpkin, veggies, breads, are grown here on the farm, which saves a lot of money. This year I purchased the meats since I didn’t raise ham or turkey this year, and I purchased a few other things.

I am donating beef raised here to some local, older, widows who can no longer afford to buy a roast for Sunday dinners. Our entire community is active in making sure every child has a Christmas and every family has a Thanksgiving dinner.

People cannot even afford their electricity bill, gas for their cars, or rent any more in main street America. I guess the gaslighting is deeply entrenched.

Looks like a futuristic prediction under President Trump.

Tell a lie often enough…

Purchased a 2.5 lb pre-seasoned, deboned 1/2 turkey breast for 16.00.

Always do that as the backup plan should a winter snowstorm hit on Thanksgiving so making it too dangerous to drive to the family celebration. It’s double what it usually costs. $5.80 per person? Who are these people that come up with those costs?

Is that the J6 prisoner menu?

No turkey, no meat.

Lies, lies, and statistics.

True if you buy meat in the green meat section and dumpster dive for cranberry sauce.

Marie Callender frozen turkey dinner costs more per person, no dessert, dinner rolls or drinks etc.

That’s assuming that every person only takes one “serving” of each dish, which is like three ounces of turkey, one cup of mashed potatoes, half a cup of stuffing, etc.

I don’t want to create a riot, but….it can be done.

Our little church starts early acquiring food for Thanks giving meals. The ladies do an awesome job of getting all the fixings early at sale prices. For example, my Mrs. Bugs scored condensed milk at $.33/ can for pies, frozen turkeys at $.29/lb, various vegetables at the farmers market for much less than you could get at Costco, or any major chain. And no, none of it is donated.

The ladies then prepared the meals (last Sunday) and froze portions for 10 families in our area to enjoy on Thanksgiving.
This is the twelfth year they have done this now, so the machine is pretty well oiled. They carefully figure how much everything costs, and figured each meal ran about $4.50. Of course, they don’t figure labor or time into their equation, but then again what is the price of Love?

Its a lot of hard work, a keen eye, and great deal of joy for these ladies. As usual, us menfolk get the honor of delivering their graciousness to the families we are so honored to serve.

Blessed Thanksgiving to all here. Forget not what we have.

Not in California!
This year, buying a local market Deli Thanksgiving plate for $25.95, each, because just a *small* turkey alone would cost that! Estimate it would cost over $100.00 for a modest dinner to feed two. (Forget the wine although that is the one thing California has better options for.)

I paid $.88/lb for a turkey yesterday at Walmart on a last minute decision. I am extremely frugal, and I do believe I could feed ten people for that price, if I am making all my purchases there or at a discount grocery. Could prices and quality be a lot better? Of course! Irregardless, I am mindful of those less fortunate than me and am thankful for whatever God has provided. My parents were 20 & 21 years old with 3 kids in the 1960’s, we wasted nothing, and were very aware of how hard our parents worked. God Bless America and Happy Thanksgiving!

They think you’re that stupid. They decided to pick the mash potatoes, cranberry and gravy and call it Thanksgiving for ten. I don’t think anyone hates these people enough. I would be ashamed to broadcast that kind of gas lighting.

Perhaps they mistook a NYC pigeon for a turkey.

Here in the “fly over country”, it can be done….(Franklin, Indiana). Walmart & Aldi’s offering full turkey dinner serving 8-10 for $57-$58…., it is possible. Beauty & bargains are in the eyes of the beholder…thank you Lord for your mercies new every morning. Blessings to all.

Hmmmm, no butter, no gravy, no mashed potatoes for a start.

And I can’t help but wonder and worry about how many AMERICANS can’t even afford the bare basics.

These people are evil…

They must have calculated this with the expectation that one might take advantage of many stores that offer the “free” turkey, provided you’ve amassed the required “points” thru all your previous purchases there. Depending on its weight, that could knock off $30-60 on the total bill. Still, $58 dollars doesn’t cover the rest of the meal, in the real world!

Farm raised, non-GMO, non- chem turkey is $6 lb where I’m at. 14lb turkey would bust the budget.

I spent over $250 yesterday for just the vegetables and dairy items for Thursday. We are only 4 people. Bought the bird last year when they were on clearance. I make the bread items so I can’t comment on “rolls” but the homemade bread goes in the stuffing. Someone is fudging the numbers.

I know the Pilgrims didn’t eat mac and cheese, but making homemade mac and cheese would blow this farm bureau budget out the window. We love this side dish, even though we also have mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes too on the menu. We also like collard greens too which require additional ingredients for seasoning. I guess cost will boil down to how basic you want your meal to be or can afford.

I spent $210 this week in rural PA and still missing almonds…

Sure if you’re serving bean burritos from Taco Bell.

First of all, the price doesn’t include the price of energy to cook the food or to wash the dishes & pots.

Note: no mashed potatoes & gravy, no butter to make the stuffing or for the dinner rolls or sweet potatoes. no ingredients to make the turkey (seasoning, butter), the pumpkin pie filling is premixed to pour into pie shell (no eggs, or other ingredients needed). A gallon of milk? For the dinner beverage?

Incomplete menu or pricing!

Sure, $58 if you are serving pasta, garlic bread and salad. $58 might feed 2 or 3 but not 10. What a steaming load of disinformation this is.

Baghdad Bob is gaslighting us again 🙄

Ha! Good kitten! The $58 meal is cooking at home, not eating out. In Texas we get a free turkey if we buy a ham.

This is just more absurd gaslighting. The message is: If you find the lowest quality items, keep it peasant like in simplicity, and only consume small child like quantities…
You can have a ‘Thanksgiving meal’, and still afford to buy toilet paper.

Add another zero to that for our 40 people AND that is not counting everyone also bringing a dish to help out!🤦‍♀️

No normal person who actually shops for Thanksgiving ingredients believes these falsehoods. Who are you going to believe, the Fake Bureau or your lying grocery bill?

My daughter was pointing out the absurdity of this yesterday. But hey, Biden is ‘sharp as a tack’, so what else would you expect from these people except nonsense? Happy Thanksgiving!

Farm Bureau is actually the GOP side of farm lobbyists

I wonder what propaganda the leftist Farmers Union would throw at us

I just paid $49.72 for my 16+ pound turkey.

What kind of turkey costs $1.60 a pound?

Number one, who are they feeding, dwarves? Sixteen ounces of peas for ten people? What are the eight ounces of carrots for? Garnish?

Second, EVERY item on that list costs at least half again as much where I live, and many are double. Also, there’s no butter, ingredients for the stuffing (unless that’s the eight ounces of celery, but what do you moisten it with, water?), or potatoes. Does anybody not have mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner?

Our government thinks we are all stupid.

A few things I notice:
1) Only 10 people which is likely the miserable liberal and their few friends who voted like-mindedly while they shun their MAGA loved ones and friends.
2) The list is missing a massive amount of ingredients: no spices, herbs, butter, gravy, appetizers, finger foods, trays of snacks, ancillary items such as foil, napkins, take-home containers, etc.

They seem to be assuming the turkey is simply roasted – all by itself, with perhaps some boxed stuffing crammed inside.

Again, it must be a liberal’s Thanksgiving with the blandest, most depressing and miserable meal you can imagine!

Every single year they push this BS. Actually twice a year — let’s not forget their weird Independence Day menu. I decided to look that up and the cost for 10 for Independence Day was $71.22. Hummm, kitty is right to be both suspicious and shocked. (https://www.cspdailynews.com/foodservice/july-4th-cookout-costs-skyrocket).

Thanksgiving is when most stores use turkey prices as a loss leader, something to pull you into the store. If you can afford it and have freezer space get an extra turkey now. It’s a great protein and very versatile. In my area (CO, and we’re the 4th highest cost for the Thanksgiving meal in the nation) best price I found was Butterball at 74¢/lb., limit one. I bought three more at different stores, different brands and all under $1/lb.

I roasted the 27# one yesterday, semi-carved it and froze it to be thawed Wednesday night, will roast a 23# one Thursday. There will be either 9 or 12 people for dinner (TBD) but I always send everyone home with lots of leftovers. The other two I’ll use another time.

I cooked the last one from last year a week ago for shredded turkey on buns for an order of boxed lunches.

If you can afford it and need baking supplies for Christmas, now is the time to stock up since most of those are cheaper at Thanksgiving.

So, their idea of a Thanksgiving “meal” is that everyone gets 1 roll and 1- 2 oz portions of each side? That is absurd.

Bugs 🐛 are on very deep discount this week . . .

Here’s my thoughts as we approach the last holiday season of the Biden debacle. I hope you agree.

https://open.substack.com/pub/alfrancis/p/the-freak-show-is-over?r=1nbcvc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

My wife and I usually prepared cornish game hens, some homemade cranberry salad, homemade cornbread, and collard greens from our garden. Along with a nice bottle of wine. We enjoyed working together in the kitchen to prepare it. And, we gave thanks.

We frankly don’t care too much for turkey, or for “honey glazed ham.” Thanksgiving is a great day for a cookout with friends – what sort of meat would you like to grill, or have grilled for you?

Some years, our church hosted a thanksgiving day pot-luck. Maybe those who didn’t have anyone [left …] to celebrate with could join us here. The church catered a few traditional things: you were encouraged to bring a dish but didn’t have to. Some of the parishioners (one of them a professional chef …) took this opportunity to do a little “show-off cooking.” 🙏 We volunteered, and in those years this was “Thanksgiving dinner” for us. Wonderful memories.