The Popeye’s Cajun Turkey is $99 this year…

That’s assuming you a have a rig to fry it

I got one years ago, used for for gumbo because it wasn't good as it came.

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I don’t think they fry their turkeys.

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They are baked. They are only flash-fried briefly at the end to crisp up the skin - apparently.

We have gotten some over the years. They did not look like they had been fried at all..

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That’s assuming you a have a rig to fry it

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This is south louisiana. I could fry an emu.

According to American Farm Bureau, the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is slightly up this year, but it still costs less than $50 for a family of 10.
So, what’s on the menu:
The AFBF survey shopping list includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and beverages of coffee and milk, all in quantities sufficient to serve a family of 10.

This year, the price has increased about $0.37 since 2013. Turkey production is actually down as a whole this year and that makes prices a little higher, but not by much. So, what items have changed?
Foods showing the largest increases this year were sweet potatoes, dairy products and pumpkin pie mix. Sweet potatoes came in at $3.56 for three pounds. A half pint of whipping cream was $2.00; one gallon of whole milk, $3.76; and a 30-ounce can of pumpkin pie mix, $3.12. A one-pound relish tray of carrots and celery ($.82) and one pound of green peas ($1.55) also increased in price. A combined group of miscellaneous items, including coffee and ingredients necessary to prepare the meal (butter, evaporated milk, onions, eggs, sugar and flour) rose to $3.48.

In addition to the turkey, other items that declined modestly in price included a 14-ounce package of cubed bread stuffing, $2.54; 12 ounces of fresh cranberries, $2.34; two nine-inch pie shells, $2.42; and a dozen brown-n-serve rolls, $2.17.

The average cost of the dinner has remained around $49 since 2011.

This is the 29th year that AFB has conducted this survey. Interestingly, they included the average price for Thanksgiving dinner for each year since they started. The lowest average price was in 1987 when the feast could be put on for only $24.51.

I love when a researcher willfully tweaks their data to present the number they want.

The design assumes what is essentially a fully stocked working pantry before beginning. And then divides those costs down to the serving size. Which would be fine except for the milk, eggs, sugar, coffee line.

I can't think of a serving size for those items for 6.50.

Use even a modicum of butter... No room for anything else. How about 6 eggs and a pot of coffee... Now you can't afford milk.


If it is indeed possible, I'd like to challenge a poster here to do it.

We had one some years ago. I didn't care for it. It was nothing like a good home fried turkey.

If I recall, you live in Georgia. Which Kroger is this at?