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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh no, oh, no, oh no, it's some big breaking
news here. Believe it or not. We're only about a
month away from I mean, not even Thanksgiving, a well
month and a half. I guess if you're thinking about
maybe serving turkey this year, some bad news. According to
the American Farm Bureaus Federation, America's turkey flock has decreased
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to the smallest size in forty years, particularly due to
another resurgence in the bird flu cases and also reduced production.
Turkey prices are about forty percent higher than they were
last year, and apparently there aren't any signs this is
going to ease up over the next five weeks.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Well, other than turkey, I know that people serve ham
Is there another tradition outside.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Of I don't think so, although I do know some
people that just go the completely opposite direction, like a
lasagna for instance. What I know, I know, I like
all the fixings at Turkey. I just like turkey on Thanksgiving.
I don't mind a little side thing of hamd But
even that is like, Okay, you're stretch.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
We do both. Likely we used to do it too,
We're a meat family. But yeah, I mean, I guess
if it's tradition for you to do a certain dish.
Then that makes sense. But I mean kind of like
how some people I know families that go to the
movie theaters every single Christmas Day.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
It's their thing, right, the same thing on Christmas dinner,
you know, Christmas Ever, Christmas Day dinner. Some people do
them differently. The ham and the turkey usually comes back out,
not the leftovers. I'm saying from the back of the fridge.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
I mean, redo, does your family do anything special for
New Year's at the Collard Greens?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Oh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Judy, make sure there's a couple
of things right, black eyed peas, collars and is there
something else?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
I think, but it's lost on me right now?
Speaker 1 (01:41):
All right, Q, Judy, you text me in three two, Okay,
I need to know. But here's the good news. If
you're willing to pony up. There will be turkey on
the shelves. Both Butterball and the National Turkey Federation say
there will be enough frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving. What supply
could tighten for fresh or specialized sized birds? You know,
if you want a specific size bird and it's got
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to be fresh.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I didn't know there were options. Can you go on
Amazon about x L.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Sure give me a double X. Yeah, so it's going
to be out there. You know what, I'll be honest
with you if you don't want to mess with the
all of it, because you know, unless you dive in
and you're used to having like full family members help
and do all this stuff, it can be a bit
cumbersome to prepare for ten people or so. Oh my goodness,
you know that's a job and a half. But the
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folks over there at Honeybaked Haan and I'm this is
not an endorsement, this is I just like them. But
they pull out the turkey stuff. They get you ready
with real turkey sliced up before.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
You ready to go, and delicious of that fantastic?
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Are you a stuffing inside the bird or dressing outside
in a pa outside?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
I'm weird about stuff in the bird. I don't like
that other than you know, the what you bask the
turkey with.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Yeah, yeah, see, I grew up with it inside the
turkey never had a problem and it was so moist
and delicious. You pull it out and it's just you
can mix with whatever you like in it. My dad
used to put he put sausage in it a lot sometimes.
And then somebody went sideways one time and he threw
in some oysters and they totally cooked. I mean baked oysters. Yes,
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baked oyster dressing inside the bird.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Oh, I've never had it. I'm not an oyster person.
That set.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah. So, but if you're thinking about turkeys, you might
want to jump on that. And as soon as they're
going to be out there pretty soon, and maybe they're
out there already for frozen ones. But speaking of Thanksgiving,
if you're flying for Thanksgiving, maybe buy those tickets sooner
than you know later. Ideally this week a travel report
from Google found best prices for Thanksgiving plane tickets tend
to be thirty five days before you want to travel,
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aka now Thanksgiving thirty seven days off. But you're probably
not looking to fly on the day itself. The good
news is you can still get a decent price up
to twenty four days before you fly, So if you
need to wait another week or two, you're probably gonna
be okay. But if you're flying and you know you're going,
get tickets now, even for Christmas too, so