Re: Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know whether to laugh or cry

[Guest guest]

Only in American do we have the problem of too much food. What is it about

men anyway? He goes to the store for 1 and comes back with 12 because it was

on sale, when it takes a whole year to use up the one thing. Sometimes, we

have to smile and shrug it off.

Fay Bayuk

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[Guest guest]

Hmmm. Most party planners say 1/2 pound of meat per person. That means

ya'll have to eat for 10 people a piece. Have fun.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

479/356/hoping for close to 200

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:40:15 -0500 " raggedy " writes:

> I can't believe it. I have agreed to make the turkey and take it to

> my husband's house (we are separated) and we are going to have a

> nice meal together the four of us (two daughters). He gets the free

> turkey from the supermarket. I have discussed this with him upteem

> times. I said ... " go for the smaller turkey ... closer to the 10

> lb than the 12 " .

> He just dropped the turkey off ... It is over 20 lbs! I don't know

> whether to laugh or cry. How are four people going to eat a 20 lb

> turkey when one of them is a WLS person and the two girls eat like

> anyway? It's hysterical!

> I can cook it without a problem. I sure hope he has room in his

> freezer for lots of leftover frozen turkey. My husband is not the

> most sociable person in the world so inviting others for dinner is

> out of the question.

>

> uhmmm just how many people does a 20 lb turkey serve?

>

> from NJ who is going to have turkey up to Easter

>

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I suggest leaving him with most of the leftovers, whether his freezer will

handle them or not. Let *him* worry about it - or not. If you take home only

what you want/need, what difference does it make how much you *didn't* take

home?

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Surgery date June 3, 2002

----- Original Message -----

> He just dropped the turkey off ... It is over 20 lbs! I don't know

whether to laugh or cry. How are four people going to eat a 20 lb turkey

when one of them is a WLS person and the two girls eat like anyway? It's

hysterical!

> I can cook it without a problem. I sure hope he has room in his freezer

for lots of leftover frozen turkey.

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If I ask my to bring me home, say, a can of peas, he will invariably

come home with 3 (THREE) cans of peas. I think his reckoning is part that

he wants to make sure I have " enough, " and part he wants to guarantee I don't

send him back out for more LOL! So what I do now is when I ask him to get

me something, I am VERY specific about amounts. Like if I want a container of

ricotta, I will say " ONE ONLY of the 15 oz container " because otherwise

he'll come back with 3 of the big giant ones (32 ozs?)

But on a related topic: I find I am still buying like I did pre-WLS certain

staples. I am having a hard time with this: I overbuy fruit, veggies, and

I hate throwing things out. I'll cook and freeze whatever I can, but I am

working hard on trying to buy the appropriate quantity of fresh produce for us

now. I know I am misfiring somewhere between the ears on this! I've been

doing okay with fish and stuff like that! WEIRD!

I don't mind going to the store every couple of days, so it's not that I am

trying to save trips to the store. It's a stomach/mind/eye thing?????

Anyone else have this adjustment?

Lucille

In a message dated 11/23/2003 6:10:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> I just thought the whole thing was hilarious after having spent so much time

> carefully instructing him to get the smallest turkey he could. But after

> sharing this on two other lists I find that I am not alone. One woman also

> only has four for dinner and hubby came home with a 25 lb turkey! holy moly.

> hehehehe.

>

> I wonder if it is a man thing (no offense Dave and other males on the list)

> I came to the conclusion that in 's case he had to get the best deal he

> could. Get a free turkey ... gotta get the money's worth big.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I bought a turkey today and the smallest one I could get was 19.5 lbs.

I'm having 9 adults and four children over on Saturday after

Thanksgiving for our own Turkey Day. I know the turkey is too much, but

I just give the leftovers to my old German neighbor around the corner

and she makes turkey soup with it and sends it back to us. She usually

makes some sort of casserole too. Stick everything in the freezer and

use it throughout the winter. I've got a nice little gig over here. : )

Regina

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Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know whether to laugh

or cry

> I can't believe it. I have agreed to make the turkey and take it to my

husband's house (we are separated) and we are going to have a nice meal

together the four of us (two daughters). He gets the free turkey from the

supermarket. I have discussed this with him upteem times. I said ... " go

for the smaller turkey ... closer to the 10 lb than the 12 " .

> He just dropped the turkey off ... It is over 20 lbs! I don't know

whether to laugh or cry. How are four people going to eat a 20 lb turkey

when one of them is a WLS person and the two girls eat like anyway? It's

hysterical!

> I can cook it without a problem. I sure hope he has room in his freezer

for lots of leftover frozen turkey. My husband is not the most sociable

person in the world so inviting others for dinner is out of the question.

>

> uhmmm just how many people does a 20 lb turkey serve?

>

> from NJ who is going to have turkey up to Easter

>

>

>

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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know whether to

laugh or cry

> I suggest leaving him with most of the leftovers, whether his freezer will

> handle them or not. Let *him* worry about it - or not. If you take home

only

> what you want/need, what difference does it make how much you *didn't*

take

> home?

>

>

> ---

> 365/194/160

> Lap RnY, Distal - Dr. s

> Vanderbilt University Hospital

> Surgery date June 3, 2002

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>

>

> > He just dropped the turkey off ... It is over 20 lbs! I don't know

> whether to laugh or cry. How are four people going to eat a 20 lb turkey

> when one of them is a WLS person and the two girls eat like anyway? It's

> hysterical!

> > I can cook it without a problem. I sure hope he has room in his freezer

> for lots of leftover frozen turkey.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> I wonder if it is a man thing (no offense Dave and other males on the

list)

> I came to the conclusion that in 's case he had to get the best deal

he

> could. Get a free turkey ... gotta get the money's worth big.

Not unless I'm a man and don't know it. I would do the same thing. I can

always freeze the leftovers, and we all love turkey in my family.

Biggest turkey I ever got was when a friend ran a turkey farm, and they

raised the variety that are used in turkey lunchmeats and ground turkey, so

they weigh an average of 30 pounds each. She brought me a THIRTY-THREE POUND

bird! Barely fit in my oven, and I only had 2 kids, both preschoolers, back

then. Oddly, we didn't thrown any away -- it went in the freezer and all got

used, sooner than I would have expected.

~~ Lyn G

[Guest guest]

Boy, howdy can I ever relate to this one! And it ain't just fruits

and vegs. I not only overbuy but I still overcook so we have

leftovers for days and days and days and.....well, you get my drift.

I learned to cook for a large family and have never unlearned.

Couple that with being M.O. and now no more big family (just have one

DH and a 10 year old granddaugher) and I make enough food for half

the block. And watch out when I make soup- looks like I'm going to

supply a soup kitchen. I keep the cupboards so full that we had to

build an overstock cupboard in the garage and I still can't get it

through my head that I don't need to buy like that. And don't even

ask about ordering in a restaurant! I don't know why I think there's

a famine coming soon and I need to stock up for it.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

..... It's a stomach/mind/eye thing????? Anyone else have this

adjustment?

>

> Lucille

[Guest guest]

Holy cow, I wonder how many left overs I'm gonna have with a 28 pounds

turkey! I have 15 (at least) people to feed this year--which is the usual

amount and I usually cook a 20 pound turkey but I only had a choice between

18 pounders, 12 pounders or one 28 pounder---so I took the 28 pounder to

ensure I had enough, LOL! Anyone got any good turkey leftover recipes,

LOL!!!

:-)

Open RNY June 4th, 2002

Cleveland Center for Bariatric Surgery

Dr. Sonpal

285/140/where ever my body decides to stop!!

>

> > uhmmm just how many people does a 20 lb turkey serve?

> >

> > from NJ who is going to have turkey up to Easter

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

> My mother usually roasts a 20 lb turkey, but there are at least 12 of us

at

> dinner...and there are a lot of leftovers.

> O'Connell

> Haverhill Ma

> Open RNY 2/7/02

> Pre op weight:248

> Now: 134

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/24/2003 8:38:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

marsaili@... writes:

Holy cow, I wonder how many left overs I'm gonna have with a 28 pounds

turkey

=======================================

My mother-in-law always sent people home with leftovers, so they could enjoy

it the next day too.

Fay Bayuk

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[Guest guest]

A food technologist friend gave me this tip: if you buy a fresh

turkey you can get the meat dept. to cut it in half lengthwise.

They have to take the wire ring out of the end first. Then freeze

one raw half and cook the other half on Thanksgiving. I'm not

certain whether their saws could cope with a frozen turkey, but it's

worth asking. The benefit is that you have both dark meat and

light, with fewer leftovers, and a half-turkey will cook a lot

faster. You'd have to put the dressing in a pan, I guess.

Celia

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/24/2003 6:19:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,

fbayuk@... writes:

> My mother-in-law always sent people home with leftovers, so they could

> enjoy

> it the next day too.

>

>

>

good idea...especially with the disposable containers that are available now.

No tupperware to lose! Kim o

[Guest guest]

Oh, my gosh! Have you caught me with a red, red face. I just (like

maybe 15 minutes ago) threw away my " spare " head of cabbage. I

thought that I would like to make some fried cabbage so of course, I

had to buy two heads in order to make 1/2 head!

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

> Alice I had a neighbor once who used to stock her pantry like that

too, till

> one day something (a canned item) EXPLODED. I think it was

tomatoes or

> something, don't remember 'cept it was a huge mess LOLOLOL! She

must have had it

> in there since the dawn of creation! And the most bizarre aspect

of this

> is, one day she rang my doorbell and asked me if I happened to

have " a spare

> head of cabbage " (her words exactly!) ROFLMAO!

> She looked truly surprised when I told her that I didn't! A

little

> horrified even!

>

> To this day I have to say that with all my fruit & vegetable

excesses, I have

> never stocked a spare head of cabbage! A girl's gotta draw the

line

> somewhere!

>

> (okay confess do you have a spare cabbage in your veggie cooler

right now?)

>

> Lucille

[Guest guest]

And if you like turkey and wanna keep some for yourself, it really freezes

quite well after it's been cooked. I always make up 2-3 servings to an aluminum

foil packet and then take one out of the freezer whenever I have a taste for

turkey. They keep for months, actually.

Carol A

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In a message dated 11/24/2003 5:20:05 PM Central Standard Time,

fbayuk@... writes:

> In a message dated 11/24/2003 8:38:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> marsaili@... writes:

> Holy cow, I wonder how many left overs I'm gonna have with a 28 pounds

> turkey

> =======================================

>

> My mother-in-law always sent people home with leftovers, so they could enjoy

>

> it the next day too.

>

[Guest guest]

I have to confess, I have a spare bag of shredded cabbage, along with a few

spares of Turnips and Rutabaga's - It's been my latest fav food, can't get

enough of it, so I buy about 3-4 bags at a time. LOL Oh and the weird part

is some people, well most, say that cabbage gives them the toots and it

doesn't to me . . . how weird is that.

But I don't have a spare turkey!

ha,

Joanie

Re: Re:Re: Re: Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know

whether to laugh or cry

> Alice I had a neighbor once who used to stock her pantry like that too,

till

> one day something (a canned item) EXPLODED. I think it was tomatoes or

> something, don't remember 'cept it was a huge mess LOLOLOL! She must

have had it

> in there since the dawn of creation! And the most bizarre aspect of

this

> is, one day she rang my doorbell and asked me if I happened to have " a

spare

> head of cabbage " (her words exactly!) ROFLMAO!

> She looked truly surprised when I told her that I didn't! A little

> horrified even!

>

> To this day I have to say that with all my fruit & vegetable excesses, I

have

> never stocked a spare head of cabbage! A girl's gotta draw the line

> somewhere!

>

> (okay confess do you have a spare cabbage in your veggie cooler right

now?)

>

> Lucille

>

> In a message dated 11/24/2003 2:43:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> >

> > Boy, howdy can I ever relate to this one! And it ain't just fruits

> > and vegs. I not only overbuy but I still overcook so we have

> > leftovers for days and days and days and.....well, you get my drift.

> > I learned to cook for a large family and have never unlearned.

> > Couple that with being M.O. and now no more big family (just have one

> > DH and a 10 year old granddaugher) and I make enough food for half

> > the block. And watch out when I make soup- looks like I'm going to

> > supply a soup kitchen. I keep the cupboards so full that we had to

> > build an overstock cupboard in the garage and I still can't get it

> > through my head that I don't need to buy like that. And don't even

> > ask about ordering in a restaurant! I don't know why I think there's

> > a famine coming soon and I need to stock up for it.

> > Alice

> > The Loon

> >

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I save Cool Whip and margarine, etc, containers all year to send home on

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Re: Thanksgiving Turkey ... don't know whether to

laugh or cry

> In a message dated 11/24/2003 6:19:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> fbayuk@... writes:

>

> > My mother-in-law always sent people home with leftovers, so they could

> > enjoy

> > it the next day too.

> >

> >

> >

>

> good idea...especially with the disposable containers that are available

now.

> No tupperware to lose! Kim o

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's actually a really good idea---turkey is my saving grace. Last year,

after 4 months post op of not being able to eat hardly anything, I tried

turkey on Thanksgiving and it went down well and I didn't have any problems

with it like I did with other meats. I actually was able to eat a good

amount of it--instead of my usual 2 bites and I'm sick with all the other

meats. Now I can eat anything, but I have a special affection for turkey

meat now, whereas before the surgery, I could take it or leave it.'

:-)

> And if you like turkey and wanna keep some for yourself, it really freezes

> quite well after it's been cooked. I always make up 2-3 servings to an

aluminum

> foil packet and then take one out of the freezer whenever I have a taste

for

> turkey. They keep for months, actually.

>

> Carol A

[Guest guest]

What do you do with all that shredded cabbage, Joanie? Make coleslaw? I

used to know a guy who ate coleslaw at EVERY meal. He was strange in other

ways too. Don't ask!

Now stockpiling rutabagas is something I understand! Some people call them

yellow turnips, or waxed turnips. I adore this veggie! I have tons of it

already mashed and portioned out in single servings in my freezer, cause I eat

it several times a week. This is the best time of year to buy it too. I

will buy loads of it and make in batches, cause it's such a pain in the ass to

cut through that hard waxed skin. My SIL says she buys it in bags already

cut up but I have never seen this. However, I am lucky cause there is a

supermarket near me that sells it UNwaxed (I had never seen this before either)

which makes them a cinch to prepare. I guess you can tell I am a little

obsessed with rutabagas! I cannot imagine Thanksgiving dinner without a big

bowl

of mashed & lightly buttered rutabagas on the table.

Lucille (still suspicious of cabbageheads! LOL! you can call me turniphead

I won't get mad!)

In a message dated 11/25/2003 5:51:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> I have to confess, I have a spare bag of shredded cabbage, along with a few

> spares of Turnips and Rutabaga's - It's been my latest fav food, can't get

> enough of it, so I buy about 3-4 bags at a time. LOL Oh and the weird part

> is some people, well most, say that cabbage gives them the toots and it

> doesn't to me . . . how weird is that.

>

> But I don't have a spare turkey!

>

> ha,

> Joanie

>

[Guest guest]

I wonder if this is the same phenomenon that makes me overstock my

frig and pantry until I can not see a horizontal surface! It just

FEELS good. Sheesh.

Carol G.

> .... It's a stomach/mind/eye thing????? Anyone else have this

> adjustment?

> >

> > Lucille