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Butterball warns of a turkey shortage!

GottaGo said:
Prices just doubled, I'm sure. ;)

Considering I have a flock, actually two, of wild turkeys that meander through my yard on any given day, I may be able to get mine at cut rate prices. :lol:
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I've got a whole bunch of Wild Turkey too. It's gonna be a great Thanksgiving!
 
Deuce said:
Amazing. You managed to bring up OBUMMER BAD in a post that has absolutely nothing to do with any sort of government operation. You win the partisan hack gold medal.
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My condolences - being born without the humour gene must be very hard on you.
 
WCH said:
If you're planning on serving your family a fresh turkey this Thanksgiving, you may be hard pressed to find one available at your local supermarket.

Less than two weeks before the year's greatest food holiday, Butterball, the nation's largest producer of turkeys, is warning of a shortage of birds.

Butterball announced that it will be shipping out half as many large, fresh never-frozen turkeys to retailers this year. The company says many of its birds had trouble gaining weight during the production process. And though the cause of the problem remains a mystery, food distributors say their orders for turkeys 16 pounds and bigger have been slashed in half. Sixteen pounds is the national average for Thanksgiving holiday turkeys making this shortage a particularly concerning problem.

Butterball warns of a turkey shortage | Fox News


This might not seem like a big deal to some but, I can think of a several dozen housewives/cooks who might be having a panic attack about now.
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My wife, quite proudly, announced to me last night that her brilliance had be confirmed.

A week ago, she brought home a 23lb Butterball Turkey.

I promptly threw myself at her feet and announced myself unworthy.
 
Fisher said:
Why? Wild Turkey in my area at least is so tough and stringy that there is really no point killing one.
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I am sure that was their plan.
 
ocean515 said:
My wife, quite proudly, announced to me last night that her brilliance had be confirmed.

A week ago, she brought home a 23lb Butterball Turkey.

I promptly threw myself at her feet and announced myself unworthy.
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You are a very wise man, and a great husband to have around the house! :mrgreen:

Greetings, ocean515. :2wave:
 
polgara said:
You are a very wise man, and a great husband to have around the house! :mrgreen:

Greetings, ocean515. :2wave:
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Howdy Polgara:2wave:

She cooks, I eat, I clean. (every dish, pan, platter, fork, whisk, etc., in the kitchen....at least twice :))

It's a perfect world.
 
CanadaJohn said:
My condolences - being born without the humour gene must be very hard on you.
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I have a great sense of humor. For example, I am currently highly amused by the fact that you think your "joke" was funny!

See, humor should generally involve something relevant. The posters here referring to Wild Turkey? Funny, because it's a play on words (tasty bird vs. liquor). The post about turkeys in the white house? Funny, because its another play on the word "turkey" referencing foolish, ignorant, or useless people. And relevant.

Yours was just a non-sequitur. Family Guy can pull it off sometimes. You failed.
 
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The woods and sky shall provide our feast...as we have done in my family for a very long time :)
 
WCH said:
If you're planning on serving your family a fresh turkey this Thanksgiving, you may be hard pressed to find one available at your local supermarket.

Less than two weeks before the year's greatest food holiday, Butterball, the nation's largest producer of turkeys, is warning of a shortage of birds.
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butterball doesn't sell fresh turkeys; they only sell hormone-induced, frozen pieces of crap. Any cook who uses butterball should be ashamed of him/herself.
 
Fisher said:
Why? Wild Turkey in my area at least is so tough and stringy that there is really no point killing one.
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Fry wild turkey don't bake it. Fry them whole in a deep fryer or cut it up, bread it and pan fry it in strips.
 
Let them eat caviar. :lol:

Seriously, can't you just eat a chicken instead?
 
ItAin'tFree said:
Fry wild turkey don't bake it. Fry them whole in a deep fryer or cut it up, bread it and pan fry it in strips.
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I have tried it about every way possible. I will let them live and stick with my loss leader turkey from the grocery story (especially since the mutha is already in my freezer) :)
 
Fisher said:
Why? Wild Turkey in my area at least is so tough and stringy that there is really no point killing one.
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wild turkey is nothing like a domestic grown turkey that does nothing its entire life except sit in a pen....a wild turkey is muscular and tough, the only part thats good to eat is the breast. The best way to prepare it is to cut against the grain into strips, breaded and pan fried...as someone else mentioned you can deep fry the whole thing but you still must cut it against the grain, its tender and awseome, i like it better than venison tenderloin.....if you cut the breast with the grain it will be tough and stringy
 
fishinRod said:
wild turkey is nothing like a domestic grown turkey that does nothing its entire life except sit in a pen....a wild turkey is muscular and tough, the only part thats good to eat is the breast. The best way to prepare it is to cut against the grain into strips, breaded and pan fried...as someone else mentioned you can deep fry the whole thing but you still must cut it against the grain, its tender and awseome, i like it better than venison tenderloin.....if you cut the breast with the grain it will be tough and stringy
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Having been forced to eat many a wild turkey, the only way I find it edible is boiled and then finely chopped in gravy made from the broth, but still not worth the work. As for deer, it just depends. In my area the deer meat is not particularly great tasting, but I have had it from real rural areas where it is much better.
 
No biggie. Just get some cornish hens and call it a day.
 
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