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Steve
 
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Default Turkey - Amount per person?

"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message .com>...
> "Barry" > wrote in message
> hlink.net...
> > I've seen suggestions ranging from 1/2 to 3/4# per person.
> > Wife who over does everything food related says no way. She insists
> > that turkey's have too much waste for that calculation. She suggest
> > (insists)
> > that our 11 person gathering will require an 18# bird.
> > Don't know how she does the math, but that's her majic number.
> > Been married long enough to know that one must pick their battles.
> >
> >

>

Whole turkeys should yeild approximately 40% edible meat, I would get
a 2nd smaller bird that can be carved for left-overs.

Steve