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10-26-2014 06:29 PM
For those of you who may have purchased ready-made turkey and all the trimmings from the grocery store, what has your experience been? I'm seriously considering doing it this year. The turkeys come already cooked, but frozen. You have to allow 2 days for thawing. I forget how long it takes to heat up. Cost is about $50 for a 10-12 lb. bird, stuffing, 3 lbs. mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (forgot the quantity), string bean casserole and 2 lbs. gravy. They say it'll serve 6-8 people. Shall I go for it?
10-26-2014 06:37 PM
I would be more inclined to go with someone like Boston Market, or a hotel buffet.
10-26-2014 06:40 PM
Grocery store will be very mediocre at best
10-26-2014 06:41 PM
I have done this twice many years ago. The first time I ordered from a high end market and it was very expensive and good. A few years later I had to do it again and I ordered from a chain market and it was horrible. Almost too salty to eat. Never again for me.
10-26-2014 06:41 PM
10-26-2014 06:41 PM
We went to a buffet last year and it was the worse experience of my life. Swore I would NEVER go to that restaurant again -- NEVER!!! Crammed, crowded, sort of expensive and the food was awful as was the service. It was a shame, too because that was the first time we ate out on a holiday.
10-26-2014 07:27 PM
10-26-2014 07:31 PM
One year we did this from Wegman's. The meat wasn't frozen though.
It came with a great minute by minute list for heating up everything.
The food was tasty - but not exactly home cooking.
My uncle was seriously ill and it was a great timesaver.
10-26-2014 07:31 PM
I think meals like that serve a purpose, so it's not my intention to knock them, as I've only had one experience with a holiday meal prepared by a grocery store. I'm sure they're a godsend to older people, or for anyone who just isn't up for it anymore.
It was at Christmas time, and my sis and I had a great menu all set to go. Two of the guests decided to gift us w/ an entire turkey dinner from the grocery store to 'pad' the meal. Yes, they had good intentions, but admittedly it was a PITA to run around, heat everything up and find platters and bowls to accommodate it all. But it was pretty bleak fare, and I felt bad for anyone having that meal, and only that meal, for their holiday.
OP, maybe your local store does a great job, and you'll end up with a yummy Tday dinner!
10-26-2014 07:33 PM
I did it once. The turkey itself was excellent. I prefer all my own sides.
I don't often cook holiday dinners any longer, but were I to want to again, I'd look for a turkey only sale at a specialty meat market and organize myself around that.
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