Ignore the prices you see on the supermarket shelves and listen to the Farm Bureau folks. The price of a Thanksgiving dinner for ten people is five percent lower this year. You can feed a family gathering of ten people for a mere $58.08, cool.
[Farm Bureau – SEE DETAILS HERE]
Farm Bureau: “Americans stocking up for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner will see a dip in their grocery bills for the second year in a row. The 39th annual American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Thanksgiving dinner survey finds that the classic feast for 10 will run you $58.08, down 5% from last year. However, this is still 19% higher than five years ago.” (link)
I mean, seriously? A Thanksgiving dinner for ten people for around $58?
Does anyone else find this a little challenging to believe?
Suspicious Cat has gone from, well, suspicious to shocked!
16 oz of green peas for 10 people. So 1.6 oz of peas/person (check my math, I’m only 2/3 done with coffee #1). That comes out to what, maybe 8-10 peas each?
That photo of a plate in front of the kitten is life size.
So funny.
The only thing this Occupation Government counts correctly are their Bribes.
We just bought a Washington’s Cherry Pie that was smaller in size, and the filling was low, too.
This is the reflection and residue of the Obiden Syndicate’s CIA program of arson on food facilities. And their Planned Famine and Poverty Program through Intentional Inflation, caused by the Green New Beard. It’s all kill, steal and destroy for these minions of darkness.
But Our Father is honoring his Covenant with our Fathers, and because of His Lovingkindness towards us, nothing will stop His anointing of Prosperity over America, Hallelujah!
Joel 2:
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Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for the Lord has done great things.
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Be not afraid, you beasts of the field,
for the open pastures are green once again.
The trees will bear fruit;
the fig tree and the vine will yield a full harvest.
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O children of Zion, be glad,
and rejoice in the Lord, your God.
For he has given you food in good measure
by sending you rain,
the autumn and spring rains as before.
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The threshing floors will be full of grain,
and the vats will overflow with wine and oil.
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I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust has eaten,
the hopping, the destroying, and the cutting locust,
my great army which I sent against you.
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You will eat until you are satisfied,
and you will praise the name of the Lord, your God,
for he has dealt wondrously with you,
and my people will never again be put to shame.
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And you shall know
that I am in the midst of Israel.
I am the Lord, your God, and there is no other;
my people shall never again be put to shame.
Moravian Blessing
Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be
And bless these gifts
Bestowed by Thee.
And bless our loved ones everywhere,
And keep them in Your loving care.
Amen!
Rest in the Vine: Would the Real Washington Monument Please Stand Up?
You can have my peas, I hate ’em
I don’t care for them either.
Willing to trade 1.6 oz of peas for 1.6 oz of sweet potato.
You can have my 8 peas.
I don’t like peas so give everyone one of my peas.
This year it’s just me and hubby. I didn’t even buy a turkey and spent over $100 for dinner. None of which is in processed boxes and cans, gaaah. These lying sacks of crap still think we are stupid. It’s maddening..
So I’m just baking my pies and praying for patience and peace, knowing how wonderful it will be next year once President Trump re-routes the economy.
**Pro tip if making pumpkin pie from scratch. Cut your raw pumpkin in half, roast skin side up at 400 degrees for 45 mins- 1 hr. Let cool completely. Remove seeds, scrape pumpkin into a food processor and puree, or use a mixer etc..
Use this in whatever pumpkin pie recipe you choose. Makes the finished product naturally sweet and much more rich.
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There are the stupid among us; Blue Dog Demnitcrats who voted for the Cackling Idiot. Facts don’t matter to them, and the ends always justify the means; voter fraud.
Next year, maybe the price will be heading towards $58, down from over $100 this year!
Same here, just me and hubby. I haven’t bought a thing..digging deep to pay bills for our rentals…business way down..in the process of selling a second rental way below what we thought we’d get..I figure we have lost over 100000 during the last two years..I cannot wait until Jan 20,2025.. Happy Holidays from deep blue Allegheny County, PA..LOL
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Not sure what the fuss is about. I can easily do that.
$58.08 per person sounds about right these days.
Shoot, the missing butter alone add $10, plus all that processed food is going to kill u. Where is RFK when u need him.
Flour is $10 for a 5lb bag and that’s not organic. Sugar is through the roof. A 10-oz bag of chocolate chips is $5. It’s ridiculous!
OK so I did my shopping on Walmart.com
Turkey for a small group: $25
Potatoes not in a box b/c I make them: 5.96
Bread crumbs (2.47), celery (.98) apples (5.96) and sausage (3.75) b/c I hate stuffing in a box.
Milk – $5.52 (I bought RFJ Jr. has scared me into it)
Butter – 5.28
Pie crust -2.94
Pumpkin puree – 3.48
Veggies (say carrots 1.96, canned corn $4 for 3 cans)
Cranberry 1.98 can
Drinks (let’s say 12 pack ginger ale) -5.36
At least several cups of chicken brother or vegetable broth – 3.68
Salt/pepper – 2.22
Spices (thyme, sage, rosemary for us) – let’s say $6 if you can find it
Biscuits/rolls – 12 for 4.68
Evaporated milk pie – 1.72
Mushrooms (in my stuffing) – 1.97
= 94.91
And that is for ONE pumpkin pie. So yes that doesn’t make much sense to me, and I feel our meal is pretty basic. Some people add a whole lot more like macaroni and cheese, or greens, or green bean casserole, or salads, multiple types of pies…. etc.
So their estimate was only off by 61 percent or so.
Keep that in mind.
Unemployment is probably 61% or more worse
Maybe the deficit
Immigration
At LEAST. Lies about everything.
Gotta have lasagna……sorry my Italian is showing.
Never apologize for making lasagna.
I used to make lasagna for Christmas, I didn’t scrimp, a big turkey roasting pan full of it… for three people. LOL
That’s a very accurate estimate and there are always special requests for picky eaters.
Add another $100 to stock up the bar with assorted beverages for those that want to imbibe.
We sometimes get a Honeybaked ham and those are at least $70 for a small one.
Thankful that for the first time in decades, someone else will be cooking and I can finally relax.
Life is good 🙂
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I now realize this is totally realistic and where the data comes from.
Thanks to this thread I had a dream/epiphany/nightmare last night. I was in some kind of institution. The Michelle Obama Elementary School? There was a “holiday” dinner on plastic trays…
A slice of turkey with a mound of something next to it, one of those little triangle roll-up refrigerator rolls, two dried-out celery sticks, two dried-out carrot sticks, a tablespoon of mashed sweet potato, a tablesoon of boiled frozen peas, a teaspoon of cranberry “sauce” (to make it “festive”), a wedge of unsweetened make-believe pie, and milk…
Factoring in “economies of scale”, doing a concession to the rubes of whole milk instead of skim, and using last month’s left-over rolls from the vegetarian “pigs-in-a-blanket” Indigenous Day celebration, the cost comes to a per-person 89 cents!
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Meanwhile, whole Thanksgiving feasts were given to “the needy” locally by no less than 6 different agencies – with no tracking or means testing…..people ran from one to the next collecting from each.
Leftovers were just given away to general public at event end.
The truly needy often get left out – not knowing or understanding how to find this “help”…..
Could this affect those numbers too. Many got 5-6 whole dinners with trimmings/sides and deserts……15lb turkeys and all.
Just reading on social media; people have NO SHAME>
one recent post in my town, reaching out to see if anyone has 2 extra turkeys. Well, several posted, local grocers have $0.29/# turkeys if you buy $20 in groceries and is a good deal. Poster then posted, I’m looking free…… FREE, of course.
And not 1 turkey, but 2….wondering if they want someone to come over & cook???
Post after post, who is giving out food boxes this wk??? ANd, similar to your post, everyone (bleeding heart, idiots thinking they are doing good) are posting what agencies are ‘giving out’ food boxes and what days. Which means, they will go to EVERY agency and pick up a box.
What you don’t see posted: where are jobs? Who needs help??? NONE…
And let’s NOT forget the 50+ (or more) federal programs to PROVIDE for these same type people. I’ve become very hardened. When asked, I say no. I know they are already getting FREE….I pay taxes FOR THEIR FREE..mega, major taxes…just not falling for that crap any more. I have no empathy. Schools feed 2 meals/day and most give backpacks on weekends filled with food….Meals at school are, of course, FREE..
I’ve become so hardened I think children should fed by their parents!
Everyone is expecting a free lunch and as we all know, there is no free lunch!
NOT only do they NOT feed their children, but local schools here are asking for shoes & clothes? WHAT THE H do their parents provide now??? Anything????
I swear, we have allowed parents to produce kids and HAVE NO FINANCIAL responsibility. A local teacher posted online the school needed 23 pairs of shoes?
How about the teachers setting up amazon accts for supplies..our local teachers make on average 80000$..
Oh yes, forgot about that one….
Subsidies to big Ag. I suppose it is better than paying them to just dump it or
. . . not even grow it in the first place! Big money goes into NOT growing food.
The 14 lb turkey I purchased from the farm was 49.66 so…
Yea mine was around 50
I bought a 14.5 lb. organic turkey from Pavilions for $72. Two 8″ pies from Polly’s pies were $36.00. Can you put a price on delicious? We have a lot to be thankful for!
I feel better now. Mine was only $68.00.
lol
I found a deal on Jenny O turkeys. $0.48/lb. I was so surprised I bought a smaller one just to keep in the freezer.
I think the others above were trying to avoid the factory-farm turkeys that allow Jenny O and Butterball, etc., to sell them so cheap. I can understand not being able to, due to the cost, since organic and outdoor raised turkeys are as expensive as shown.
Even the Butterball Turkeys were very expensive. I was lucky to find the deal.
Local Farm Bureaus are ok here in Montana but the national organization is pathetic, sucking up to the federal gubermint on everything.
Most farmer I know are democrats, so beware, they received lots of covid money
Aldi is advertising dinner for 4 people around $47 total. Giant has dinner for 4 around $20 including 400 points for a free turkey 20lbs or under.
The Farm Bureau is either drunk, high, time traveling, or the real answer lying.
I have taken advantage of grocery points saved for several turkeys in my freezer. We also were blessed enough to be able to donate to our county ministry food bank. All with planned use of grocery points. We also have enough for Christmas!
It has been a rough couple of months, the prayers have kept me alive. With God’s grace, I am still here to be part of the holidays and celebrate. If I didn’t plan, we would not have extra of points and pantry.
Unfortunately our bureaucracy is so out of touch with normal people, we get press releases such as 8 peas per person or 1 hotdog for the 4th of July and maybe 5 potato chips.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday followed by the 4th of July. Easter is my favorite Christian day.
Your post represents the true spirit of America!
God bless you!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Americans are way too good and good-natured for our rotten ruling caste.
My SIL got the Costco deal for 8 at$150.00. I guess Harris was right about that gouging thing. lol
Could go to Kwik trip and buy 20lbs of spuds for 4 bucks, that would stuff 10 people.
$10.00 for a dozen eggs!
I get mine for 6 from the local Amish feed
I bet those are actually jumbo, and taste great. No Amish communities in the SW for us, sadly.
^^ THAT ^^ is supposed to be a Thanksgiving feast? Seriously, 16 oz. of peas for ten people? For a holiday meal, our family serves turkey and ham, with our PA Dutch potato filling, homemade turkey gray, Rolls, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts, Corn, Broccoli Salad, Deviled Eggs, Charcuterie Board, Crudites, and assorted desserts. You’ll notice, nowhere were peas or that yucky green bean casserole served! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
hey, I like green bean casserole!
lol…….. to each his own ; )
I’ve just lost my appetite. I hope it recovers before the big day.
They must be shopping at the Dollar Store.
Ah, but Dollar Tree is now the Dollar-and-a-quarter Tree! And they’ve sneakily added items that cost $3, $5, $7 and $10.
Our Dollar Tree closed. It was Family Dollar before that. Now its for sale. The Dollar Tree was great for party supplies. I miss it.
BULL $hit, we dropped 1 side dish and a desert where our traditional Thanksgiving meal is still up $16 for 5 people.
My daughter wanted tacos on Sunday. It cost $78 and change for seven of us
There’s nothing suspicious, it’s Orwell 101. Things are what they tell you they are.
Simple!
That dude has been in the cat nip one too many times
Not sure where they were shopping, but there is NO way any meal for 10 would be $58.
I blow through $58 dollars on a regular basis at the grocery store on few items. I am a widow who eats little. So baloney on that figure!
Green new deal propaganda – You will consume small portions and be happy because you’re saving the planet.
My turkey was super cheap, my local grocery store has them on sale for 27 cents a pound, if you’re a member of their shopper club and you buy at least $35 worth of groceries besides the turkey.
My 21 pound turkey only cost $5.67
That’s great Jeffrey! At our store, the turkey is free if you redeem 400 points with their club card. We save up the points for gas and get free gas once a month. We get a free turkey from hubby’s work anyway.
My gallon of milk costs 5.25, and has for the last year. My celery is normally 1.29 per pound. Cream costs between 4.99 and 6.29 for a pint. Our sweet potatoes run at 2.99 per pound–so three pounds would be nine bucks. Were they perhaps posting food prices from the late 1990s?
Yes, where can you buy just the amount of carrots and celery needed for a recipe?
I am of the opinion that MUCH depends upon where you are living. Many of the prices shown by the posters here, are FAR higher than those found in NE Washington State at a store such as Winco.
You would be lucky to feed two people for that price!
No, bc you can get a meal kit at the store for 40 bucks and it’s supposed to feed 8
Sure, and everyone’s going to be hungry again before the game’s over.
We feed 10 people every year and this is obviously a government joke.
Literally, the guy in front of me last night at check out bought his Thanksgiving meal/prep, etc. When scanned, the cost was $263. I asked, how many you feeding. Response was 7. That is very realistic. And that won’t be for 1 meal; they will have many leftovers, for sure. He had an 18# bird. NO way in H a family of 10 eats for $58….that’s such BS. Its insulting.
Maybe if you slice the bird with a microtome.
It’s wahfer thin.
Instead of pardoning turkeys on the east lawn, the regime should just go ahead and pardon themselves for 4 years of announcing derived and contrived numbers on everything related to the true cost of living to our suffering citizens.
Can’t get rid of these a**holes fast enough. Godspeed.
P.S. I wonder if Hunter thought about wearing a turkey outfit to the ceremony yesterday, hoping to get pardoned by his dad, who, wouldn’t have noticed anyway?
THIS PS ^^^^ is a meme that will go down in history!
Cooking the books, numbers is all they do.
The true numbers will be out 1/21/25. It’s the same playbook of 2008-2010, there’s no recession.
I bought a few canned things a couple of weeks ago to ”stage” our dinner ahead of time. Decided to buy a pumpkin pie instead of make a couple. It was $24 and a normal-sized one, not even like the gargantuan ones at Sam’s. Oh well, someone has to bring back the economy! The locally owned food factory is a worthy spend.
Be wary and enjoy the blessings The LORD has bestowed and continue to pray protection over our country and our incoming leaders..
Who only shops for one meal in the madness of a grocery store during a holiday week? And how many preteen and teen age boys are included in that meal?
I didn’t see the “plant-based alternatives, either…
I just spent $230.74 for our family of five’s Thanksgiving dinner. The upside is H-E-B in Austin has whole turkeys that are thawed!!!
Maybe if you’re having hot dogs; and even then, that might be low.
All praise to our glorious gubmint.
The legacy of Joe Biden is assured.
How can the Democommunist Party be in any trouble with this legacy of success?
Under the Orange Man dinner will be $158 next year (according to virtuous regime projections by experts).
It’s insulting statements like this that allowed PDJT to win a mandate-size landslide.
Unlike the DC children that composed this nonsense, Americans go to the grocery store, and can see actual prices.
A good quality 16 pound turkey alone is over $50 in many places.
You’re all getting it wrong.
Five of the people are vegetarians, four are anorexic models and one person identifies as a cat.
Voila. Now the math works out.
What kind of Marxist serves peas on Thanksgiving?
Green bean casserole
Sweet corn
Philistines.
And good luck giving everyone milk to drink, lol.
Yesterday, I bought one bag of groceries (at Sprouts, in LA), not a full bag. Some vegetables. Some grapes. Avocado mayonnaise. Some cheese. Three chocolate bars. I do shop organic, when possible. $73.
I bought 2 bags of grapes, 1 container of blueberries, 2 packs of frozen roasted vegs (picsweet) and a pack of chicken thighs last night.
$35.76…..
Yet I could feed 5 for $58???
They forgot to put a 1 in front of the 5.
It’s as laughable as the Schumer pic on July 4th, ‘grilling’…….
A RAW burger sitting on a grill, no fire and a piece of cheese on top…
Now tell me how many times Schumer ‘grilled’ a burger OR cooked anthing?
What a fool….
He didn’t know it wasn’t stupid or stupid-looking….
I believe the NY Gov (Hochul) did something similarly stupid. Posted a pic and the comments were very similar to Schumer’s catastrophe….don’t recall what it was, but she was supposedly ‘grilling’ as well….I saw the pic but can’t remember the details..
It’s always the dumb libs, dems…’play acting’….trying to be normal, mid-class…..
I bought a 3.5 lb Turkey breast yesterday that cost me $35. The Farm Bureau is full of manure and has been sniffing cow farts for too long.
$58 for 10 people? Sure, I could do that… But only because I already grow my own fruit and vegetables, have a cranberry bog up the street where they let us glean from the edges after they’re done their harvest, bake my own sourdough bread to make stuffing, and buy “beans, bullets and bandages” in 100-pound bulk batches that I can draw from to grind flour, add sugar, salt, and spices that were purchased in-bulk on-sale at the lowest cost per pound. Add that $.49/cent a pound turkey that I picked up on last-ditch clearance shortly after Easter and stuck in the freezer back in April, and yeah… For $58 I could feed 10 people a pretty nice feast.
But that’s not an “average person.” Nor does it take into account my labor- and input-costs to grow things from scratch.
About the only thing you can do for $5.81/person is the Mickey D’s $5 dollar meal
So, ten of these?
https://www.tacobell.com/food/deals-and-combos/cantina-chicken-burrito
MN has Cub foods currently offering turkeys with coupon at $.77lb, dropping the overall amount even more. All the other items seem reasonable so yes, it can be done, even if you add on a green bean casserole.
Pumpkin pie “mix”? I’ll pass. Now, there’s no reason for me to buy the pie crusts.
“CNBC tells you that you can feed 10 people for $58, and then to prove it they use a photograph containing $500 worth of food.”
Long list of mocking comments in response:
https://revolver.news/2024/11/frank-lutz-just-got-fed-his-own-toupee-after-posting-dumbest-thanksgiving-post-in-history/
Isn’t that about the cost of a 25lb turkey?
You can’t even buy a turkey for 10 people for $58. Asparagus is $5/lb. Broccoli is over $3/lb. Brussel sprouts are $5/lb. Potatoes are expensive. Sweet potatoes are expensive. Frozen veggies are expensive. This is total BS. Leave it to the Biden admin to lie one last time, as the turkey pardons his last turkey.