Da bird...how much

[DFB]

would you pay??

Not your basic Butterball: People are gobbling up heritage turkeys - Food - Boston.com


I would raise birds if I can get customers like this!

 

[Retiredguy2]

I would say 90% of the purchasers are buying them for the snob value and the remainder are buying them because they are morons....

 

[prichard]

Who cares why they are buying them. I want to raise some "Heritage" turkeys and sell them for $200 a pop. That's huge profit!

 

[Retiredguy2]

Who cares why they are buying them. I want to raise some "Heritage" turkeys and sell them for $200 a pop. That's huge profit!

Depending on how many snobs and morons you can convince to buy them....:laughing:

 

[DFB]

Some more T-Day stats..

https://www.morningagclips.com/than...r&utm_term=newsletteredition&utm_medium=email

Interesting the meal cost fluctuations over the past few decades.

 

[DFB]

Some more T-Day stats..

https://www.morningagclips.com/than...r&utm_term=newsletteredition&utm_medium=email

Interesting the meal cost fluctuations over the past few decades.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Heritage turkeys are packed with more flavor than your standard Butterball, according to Cook’s Illustrated’s taste test, and Lesnik said they cook in a third of the time.

I really have my doubts about this statement. I recall my Mom getting up at 2:00 in the morning on Thanksgiving in order to get the turkey in the oven in enough time for it to be done for dinner. And under no circumstances would she buy a Tom turkey, because it was just too tough and took too long to cook. This was back in the 50's, and I'm pretty sure these were the "heritage" turkeys. I know the local farmers flocks looked essentially like wild turkeys.

 

[smstonypoint]

Some more T-Day stats..

https://www.morningagclips.com/than...r&utm_term=newsletteredition&utm_medium=email

Interesting the meal cost fluctuations over the past few decades.

More data on the real, nominal, and time cost of Thanksgiving dinner (https://www.aei.org/publication/som...-lower-than-last-year-and-26-lower-than-1986/)

Steve

 

[Soundguy]

59 cent/# publix turkey for me.

 

[DFB]

I recall my Mom getting up at 2:00 in the morning on Thanksgiving in order to get the turkey in the oven in enough time for it to be done for dinner.

I can remember my ex mother-in-law would get up before 7am and then cook the Thanksgiving Day turkey just waaay too long. She was always so worried about it being undercooked. And it usually ended up so dry you had to dump a quart of gravy on to get it down! :laughing: