Turkey size

trev · Post by **trev** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:24 pm

I'm having 8 adults and 7 kids over for Thanksgiving. What size turkey should I get?

Do I need 2?

I know I should know this because I've done Thanksgiving at my house for years.
But I'm feeling overwhelmed.

I'm afraid I'm not going to have enough.

Should I get a spiral ham, JiC?

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:32 pm

1 20lb turkey will be plenty. Getting a ham is never a bad thing.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:03 pm

20 lb should be enough, but not if you want to have 5 days worth of leftovers.

With that many people it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and get the ham. Some people might like it better than the turkey, and some just like the variety.

(I guess I'm just agreeing with IF here...)

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:42 pm

go with a kcpaul sized bird or maybe 2 15 pounders. Left over turkey sandwiches don't suck at all.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:47 pm

The smell of ham makes me sick. I have a 16 lb Kosher Turkey & I'm gonna pick up a brisket (3-5 lbs) to go along with it. Will have about 20 peeps at my house, wife family mostly. I hope to be drunk before the food is done cooking.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:51 pm

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote:The smell of ham makes me sick. I have a 16 lb Kosher Turkey & I'm gonna pick up a brisket (3-5 lbs) to go along with it. Will have about 20 peeps at my house, wife family mostly. I hope to be drunk before the food is done cooking.

RACK that.

The only way to deal with a house full of in-laws is to hang out in the kitchen, appear to be too busy cooking to talk much, and drink.

(what...no gefilte fish?)

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:49 pm

Left over bird is almost as good as the original Mikey, sheesh...

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:24 pm

Bucmonkey wrote:Left over bird is almost as good as the original Mikey, sheesh...

That's my point (maybe I wasn't too clear on that).

I count on at least 5 days worth of leftovers from turkey day.
I'm talking cold turkey while standing in front of the open refrigerator for breakfast, turkey sandwiches for lunch and reheated turkey, gravy and mashed potatoes for dinner.

If she's feeding 15 people on a 20 lb bird, she's gonna need to throw another one in the oven to get full satisfaction.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:06 am

:x misinterpreted your post bro. My faith is restored, war the turkey sammich...

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:27 am

damn I'm glad I'm not orthodox jew.

there ain't much that smells better than a nice honey glazed ham baking in the oven. don't know if it smells better than a bird, but, imo, it does taste better. i love a nice moist turkey, but, a really good ham is tough to beat.

trev · Post by **trev** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:40 am

Husband brought home a 23 pound bird. I brought home a spiral ham. We should be good.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:30 pm

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote:The smell of ham makes me sick. I have a 16 lb Kosher Turkey & I'm gonna pick up a brisket (3-5 lbs) to go along with it. Will have about 20 peeps at my house, wife family mostly. I hope to be drunk before the food is done cooking.

Kosher Turkey? WTF is a kosher turkey? Ain't it the one you buy next friday for 29 cents a pound?

If so, I fill the freezer with those fukkers. I'm all about kosher.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:29 pm

smackaholic wrote:WTF is a kosher turkey? Ain't it the one you buy next friday for 29 cents a pound?

Excellent.

Might even have to bust that out this week, when I'm eating Thanksgiving dinner with my "adopted family*," a bunch of Jewish agnostics.

* -- TWIS, I need a ruling here -- is being adopted by a Jewish family while in my 30's enough to get me 1/16ths status? I've never beaned a sibling in the eye with a dradel, but I will occasionally mix in a "mazeltov" around the holidays if I get drunk enough. I do throw down carnitas and whatsuch like it's going out of style on an occasion, too.

Why are synagogues round?

So you can't hide in the corner when the collection plate comes around.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:09 am

Some people it seems in this thread eat turkey once a year. I have it at least once a week. Maybe because the family farms turkeys for a living, but turkey is good eats...not just on Thanksgiving.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:08 pm

how's turkey on a bonfire?

The Whistle Is Screaming · Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:12 pm

I forgot that I posted in this thread.

Mikey wrote:(what...no gefilte fish?)

Hate that shit. Now, give me some good whitefish or sabel for may bagel, lox & CC and we are talking 'bout something I'm down with.

smac wrote:damn I'm glad I'm not orthodox jew.

Me too, hate those fuckers (not all of them, just many of the ones I know).

smac wrote:Kosher Turkey? WTF is a kosher turkey?

Only the best tasting turkey you can buy, but don't take my word for it, try one yourself.

smac wrote:Ain't it the one you buy next friday for 29 cents a pound?

Rack the funny, but unfortunately, you'll pay about twice as much for a kosher bird than a good non-kosher one.

Dinstein wrote:Might even have to bust that out this week, when I'm eating Thanksgiving dinner with my "adopted family*," a bunch of Jewish agnostics.

* -- TWIS, I need a ruling here -- is being adopted by a Jewish family while in my 30's enough to get me 1/16ths status? I've never beaned a sibling in the eye with a dradel, but I will occasionally mix in a "mazeltov" around the holidays if I get drunk enough. I do throw down carnitas and whatsuch like it's going out of style on an occasion, too.

Not that we're desperate for new blood, but we can use a few more Members Of the Tribe. So welcome aboard and we'll schedule your annual donations to about 6 Jewish agencies and your circumcision*. Once that stuff is out of the way, you can consider yourself an "honorary" Jew with 7/16ths temporary voting power**.

* you gotta have some skin in the game if you wanna play "world domination" with the market leader.
** Annual donations will determine future voting level

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:24 pm

Unfortunately there aren't a lot of kosher markets in my immediate vicinity. Maybe I should move to the valley?

Seeing at how Dins is better at most things than anybody else, inside the U&L or out, I'll be interested in hearing how his self-administered bris turns out.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:29 pm

Mikey, I get them at one of the regular supermarkets locally. If they have a kosher section, it's likely they'll have kosher turkeys, but you may have to ask.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:17 pm

TWIS,

Do regular old gentile pencil sharpenings count or do you have to dig up a moyle somewhere and have him whittle off some more just to make it official?

The Whistle Is Screaming · Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:00 pm

We need a fresh offering, not a lot, just enough to know you're serious. BTW - don't use a Moyle whose nickname is "Shakes."