Comments on: This is Going to be the Best Thanksgiving Ever

By: Bittersweet

Bittersweet — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:46:48 +0000

Smooth cranberry sauce is the best. Nothing like cutting off a can-shaped slice of Ocean Spray.

By: garge

garge — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:56:51 +0000

You know, while this is probably doing a disservice similar to that disservice Wal-mart's low prices usually do the world's small businesses, manufacturers, and, well, the physical planet, this will be a godsend to people who can't budget a single meal in the week for over a Jackson this year.

And, I can tell you, some years my father's small business did less well than others, and my parents were very good at hiding the whole poverty line dance. Some picky eaters might not notice that the vegetables are canned and the stuffing is not homemade this year, because they only eat a wing and all the skin off the turkey anyway.

By: tfey_hawbz

tfey_hawbz — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:55:35 +0000

gobble, gobble!

By: CaptainFantastic

CaptainFantastic — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:24:01 +0000

I would consider it, if I were considering cooking a turkey. Stick the canned goods in the pantry, buy fresh veggies, better cranberry sauce, have my mom bring stuffing and a pie, and we're good to go.

By: rod_townsend

rod_townsend — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:05:24 +0000

Twenty dollars does leave lots of money remaining for the traditional favorite after-meal coke binge.

By: maggiethecat

maggiethecat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:02:18 +0000

It sounds like an extremely good deal for so much food. $20 wouldn't get you a heritage organic holy water blessed virgin turkey from whole foods, much less the amount of single malt it will take to wash away the bad feelings from spending a day with your family.

By: Baboleen

Baboleen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Cuz I'm not judging.

By: Baboleen

Baboleen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:10:24 +0000

I wonder if there is anyone reading this who will actually take advantage of this opportunity, and if so, will you admit it?

By: kneetoe

kneetoe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:57:46 +0000

Whatever are they to do with those potatoes, cook them? Why the hell couldn't it be five pounds of tater tots, just to complete this (pre-)fab dinner?
(I know they have to cook the turkey as well.)

By: Dr. Spaceman

Dr. Spaceman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:43:31 +0000

Depressing.

By: RocketSurgeon

RocketSurgeon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:37:53 +0000

I'd actually like to cook, but I see no point in making turkey for me, the man and our one friend (a vegetarian) who's going to be in town and not eat half the meal anyway. Thus, I shall waddle home from the prix fixe special two blocks away, thankful someone else is doing the dishes.

By: mathnet

mathnet — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:17:05 +0000

I give thanks that other people like to cook, even if they make me pay them to do it for me. I would so go out for Thanksgiving if I were The Family Dictator!

By: josh_speed

josh_speed — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:16:13 +0000

Yes, along with the fire extinguisher and baking soda.

By: RocketSurgeon

RocketSurgeon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:13:27 +0000

I feel like such a lazy bastard going out for Thanksgiving this year.

By: HiredGoons

HiredGoons — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:55:30 +0000

SOLD!

By: cruiskeen lawn

cruiskeen lawn — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:50:51 +0000

The turkey fryer goes under the "entertainment" budget, not the "food" budget.

By: amuselouche

amuselouche — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:49:14 +0000

That's pretty much what I'm doing, as I hate both travel and family. I got mine through Brooklyn Kitchens. If you can deal with feeling like a super food-douche, the bird should be pretty delicious. Plus apparently it is an Amish turkey, so it will come complete with authentic American religious crazy! And you get to pick it up at a place called the Meat Hook, which has at least a 70% chance of accidentally turning into a gay bar.

By: Tuna Surprise

Tuna Surprise — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:48:15 +0000

Turkey comes raw. You got to fry it yourself.

By: forget it i quit

forget it i quit — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:43:21 +0000

Another example of Walmart doing a disservice to its intended market. Where's the Deep Fried Turkey?

By: ContainsHotLiquid

ContainsHotLiquid — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:42:14 +0000

"But if…"

By: ContainsHotLiquid

ContainsHotLiquid — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:41:59 +0000

But even the veggies are canned you have no expectation of quality and you will not be disappointed.

By: Baboleen

Baboleen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:39:56 +0000

But they love one-stop-shopping.

By: HiredGoons

HiredGoons — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:36:15 +0000

I need to buy a turkey! I decided to have all my NYC friends who don't feel like traveling to my apartment for collective first autonomous Thanksgiving.

I can watch my relatives get drunk and be passive-aggressive anytime, they're just dressed better on Thanksgiving and I don't feel like taking the bus to New Jersey or flying to Vermont – after spending seven hours on the tarmac at JFK (could've driven) I told my mother never again. Chanukah, sure – but never Thanksgiving.

By: petejayhawk

petejayhawk — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:30:42 +0000

Someone really should tell The Poors that it's not expensive to get real green beans and make real stuffing – even The Poors shouldn't settle for canned veggies and dehydrated stuffing. HAVE SOME DIGNITY, CLETUS.

By: amuselouche

amuselouche — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:25:36 +0000

Gordan Ramsey named it. Because he is a crazy?