So, how late is your grocery store open the night before Thanksgiving? Do you keep your supermarket’s telephone number on the refrigerator? Have you ever bought your frozen turkey the day before Thanksgiving and spent all night running hot water through it from stem to stern to thaw it out?
I asked the butcher last week when he would have fresh turkeys. He said the ideal time to get the best and biggest fresh turkey is late Friday night or early Saturday. He said people buy the frozen birds the week before Thanksgiving, take them home and thaw them out Monday and Tuesday. The smart shoppers buy the fresh, unfrozen turkeys over the weekend. Monday and Tuesday, panic sets in as the last minute shoppers realize there is no time to thaw out a frozen turkey and the fresh ones are gone. The only birds left are the small ones about twice the weight of a capon.
I spent Friday night throwing out the green science experiments growing in the back of the refrigerator and reconfiguring the shelves in preparation for Saturday morning’s fresh turkey. The turkey girl at our local Stop 'n Shop had to go into the chiller to look for the biggest one they had. Ten minutes later she came out with a 24 pound fresh monster turkey. I’m just glad I didn’t have to wrestle it to the ground before it got to the store.
I spent another hour at the store today getting the rest of the feast, but I know I’ll be back late Wednesday to get a can of cranberry sauce, or an extra bag of bread crumbs for dressing. Yes, I do have Stop 'n Shop’s number on speed dial.
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