On 11/11/2020 9:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-11-11 8:27 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 11/11/2020 4:21 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>> I just ordered my complete cooked Thanksgiving dinner from Albertsons.
>>> The cost is about what it would be to order all the parts and pieces
>>> and then still have to cook.Â* I just can't/don't want to cook all that
>>> stuff anymore.Â* It's too hard on me.Â* So, problem solved.
>>> I'll be getting a 12 pound roasted turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes,
>>> gravy and cranberry sauce.Â* We will have leftovers but that is fine.
>>> Janet US
>>>
>> Sounds like a plan.
>>
>> I do hope it turns out better than what happened when I was a teenager
>> and my mother didn't feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner.Â* She saw
>> an ad in the Sunday paper: Let Kroger Do It For You.Â* Ads on TV, too.
>> Turkey and all the fixin's.Â* IIRC it sure looked tasty!Â* So she
>> ordered ahead, to be picked up on Thanksgiving day.Â* The assumption
>> was, of course, it would be a fully cooked meal.Â* My brother and I
>> went with her to pick it up.Â* Carrying the box to the car my brother
>> said, "This box is very cold."Â* We opened up the box in the trunk and
>> everything in it was frozen solid.Â* The turkey, side dishes,
>> everything.Â* Mom was not a happy camper!Â* She marched that box right
>> back in and demanded her money back.
>>
>> We went to another store.Â* We had steaks and baked potatoes for
>> Thanksgiving dinner that year.
>>
>
>
> That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
> and holidays.

What can I say? In the 1970's some grocery stores stayed open until 3PM
on holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving has never
been on a Sunday so that's a moot point. They stayed open until 3PM so
people could pick up last minute things for their holiday meals. I
don't remember exactly what time we went to pick up this dinner but it
was certainly too late to thaw a turkey and all the sides and have it
the same day. That night we ate steaks.

Jill