re: Thanksgiving dinner is historically affordable this year

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For sure, most dishes are pretty cheap. Doing all the cooking takes time and oven space.

$58 is laughable unless you just want a ghetto thanksgiving

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The more you make from scratch without a bunch of preservatives, the less ghetto it gets such as avoiding dumping a can of cream of mushroom soup on some beans.

Yeah, you're not going to get Free Range Turkey and eggs, organic milk etc for $58. And, it's a definitely a lot easier to pop Sister Shubert's in the oven.

However, cooking a good meal would seem to be something that one may make a little time for on the holiday that's actually most identifiable with good food. Especially for Thanksgiving when most families have multiple people to share the cooking. Guess my family is in the extreme old fashioned minority there.


You never know with this board . One subject people go nuts about lazy, unhealthy people signalling the downfall of society and then get testy when you suggest home cooking for a special family holiday with natural ingredients is actually pretty cost effective.

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And indeed, while Thanksgiving food prices are up 19% since 2019, according to the AFBF, federal data shows median household wages growing by about 25% during the same period

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I missed out on that last part, guess we'll only have nine people this year instead of ten.

shite

Just picked up a honey baked ham and that MF was $140

I remember a few years ago when they were $75 and I thought that was expensive lol

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No you didn't. If you think that shite is decent I'm glad we aren't related.

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How Awgusta grew up.



I take that back, because at least Eddie would use real tomato ketchup which is more than what Awgusta would provide.

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The cost of real dressing:
Corn Meal $2.32
Celery $2.72
Yellow Onion $0.62
Garlic Clove $0.72
Eggs $3.97
Broth x2 $3.96
Stock $2.98
Spices (Let's just say) $5.00

Cost: $22.29 (before taxes) - Now, you have to do the rest with about $30 left in your budget.

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You forgot the beef or the oysters, so you’re still not done.

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No shite, peanut oil is high and always has been. It is also a disgusting way to cook a turkey, in my opinion.

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As opposed to you getting it out of the can, just throwing it into the oven, and it coming out like this:

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I will be frying one though, this year and every year, because my BIL insists on it and we are pretty close friends so he is worth it....but its disgusting.

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But you’re fine with feeding your brother in law low grade dog food, he’s just going to have a problem with the turkey itself. Got it!

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I wish to hell I could convince my wife to feed everyone for less than $5.

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If this isn’t a troll, you’re the worst relative ever.

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The same goes for restaurants.

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Most people don’t look at Applebees as a Ruth Chris like you do.

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turkey, dressing (not stuffing, we are not cretins) mashed potatoes and green beans, bread, gravy and pie. I would bet ANY amount of money that most of you who claim this is an unacceptable thanksgiving day menu will have at least some of these items on your table. Strange that....

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Ummm, yes, but my turkey doesn’t come from a can, nor does my green beans, I have like three dozen freshly baked rolls, actual mashed potatoes with garlic instead of powder that you add water, and my dressing costs about thirty bucks at least to produce because I just don’t mix things in that I find in the trash, throw it in the oven, and have the balls to call it dressing. Plus a key lime pie which is more than your white trash tastebuds have ever comprehended.

And all this is for less than $200, you traitor trash cretin.