"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:17:17 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>It wasn't blah. I just prefer the flavors of Mexican food. I do like
>>canned vegetables and broth. I like this boxed gravy. And I bought
>>precooked turkey on purpose. None of us like turkey very much but it is
>>traditional to serve on Thanksgiving. So I bought enough for two meals
>>but... Husband and daughter didn't like it enough to want to eat it
>>again.
>>I thought it was fine, for turkey. My mother would occasionally roast a
>>whole turkey and this tasted just like that except that it wasn't as dried
>>out as hers was. She really had a way of drying out all meat. I guess
>>bottom line is that we simply are not turkey lovers. We are all beef
>>lovers. That is the one meat that we do all like.
>
> You know, you don't HAVE to serve turkey for Thanksgiving just because
> it's traditional. You could do a couple of chickens instead. (I don't
> care too much for turkey myself, but roasted chicken is one of my
> favourites.)

Oh that would make sense. Since we *really* don't like chickens. So...
Roast them and then just throw them away? Right. I don't think so. At
least turkey is something we will all eat once or twice a year.