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Looking for Thanksgiving dinner at your timeshare? Look no further!

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Hi, I'm Amycurl, and I'm a Costco addict.

But in wandering aimlessly around their website, I discovered this:
https://www.costco.com/Schwan’s-Thanksgiving-Meal,-Serves-8.product.100430420.html

And I thought what a fantastic idea it is was! You could get it shipped directly to your timeshare, and be able to heat everything up in the unit. Brilliant!

And it comes with not one, but TWO pies, AND ice cream!! I have no idea where else you're going to be able to purchase pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 8+ people for under $120 all in.

Looking for a ham version for Christmas? They have you covered there, too:
https://www.costco.com/Schwan's-Holiday-Ham-Dinner-Serves-8.product.100403884.html

Costco, is there anything you *don't* think of? ;)
 
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Well, yes. But actually that's a good price point for that particular product. It's just not a price point with which I am intimately familiar. (All my $ goes to travel, after all.)
 
We were at a timeshare on Hilton Head this past Easter and did something similar via Fresh Market. We reserved it ahead of time and picked it up when we got there. We had 4 adults and had an Easter feast, one additional dinner and enough leftover spiral cut ham for a few sandwiches and even a bit to take home. Everything was really good (especially the ham) and at $60 we thought it was very reasonably priced for all we got. See https://the-fresh-market.prezly.com...ectable-easter-and-little-big-meal-offerings#
 
Seems lazy and not the point of Thanksgiving/Christmas. But I guess it has its market.
 
am1 said:
Seems lazy and not the point of Thanksgiving/Christmas. But I guess it has its market.
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So does this mean that YOU cook the big holiday meals at your house, and YOU would feel lazy if YOU didn't do all that work yourself?

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am1 said:
Seems lazy and not the point of Thanksgiving/Christmas. But I guess it has its market.
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Gosh, color us lazy. The last few years we've gotten a precooked Thanksgiving dinner from Sprouts. Allows the cook(s) the ability to spend more time with the guests. I don't feel bad at all.
 
DeniseM said:
So does this mean that YOU cook the big holiday meals at your house, and YOU would feel lazy if YOU didn't do all that work yourself?

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It is a combined effort. I cook the turkey breasts in the slow cooker and oversee the rest. Food cooked at home tastes better then store bought. Most likely healthier if one chooses as well. I am not against others being lazy.
 
am1 said:
It is a combined effort. I cook the turkey breasts in the slow cooker and oversee the rest. Food cooked at home tastes better then store bought. Most likely healthier if one chooses as well. I am not against others being lazy.
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Putting turkey breasts in a slow cooker is a 10 minute job.

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We hopefully will be at our timeshare for Thanksgiving and will either order a complete meal from Hannaford's or will go out and eat at a local place where my husband just loves the way they do a real Vermont Turkey dinner. Will depend on the costs. I mean- really - sticking a turkey in the oven is not a big deal and we are a small family- just a couple of sides is fine.

I find XMAS and XMAS eve to be difficult as we always have to stay in a rental. Last few years we eat out for both and it is very expensive, but relaxing and enjoyable I must say.
 
So why buy a prepared meal if it is so easy to cook one at home? I have nothing against others being lazy but a store bought meal is not on my list.
 
am1 said:
So why buy a prepared meal if it is so easy to cook one at home? I have nothing against others being lazy but a store bought meal is not on my list.
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Well- right. It is easy. And the sides don't have to be fancy. I have no issue with cooking the dinner in the unit. We have options at least. Hubby really wants to go to the local resttaurant but if the price is high- he'll probably change his mind real fast. LOL!

As for Hannaford- the whole full course pick up meal (hot) (for 4 or 6- can't remember) is like $50 or so-and that is with apple pie included! A bargain. It would cost more for me to cook it. We did this once when visiting my very ill mom at her home and the food was pretty good.

We shall see when the time comes.
 
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am1 said:
So why buy a prepared meal if it is so easy to cook one at home? I have nothing against others being lazy but a store bought meal is not on my list.
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First of all, originally no one was really talking about "at home". The discussion centered on a holiday meal while on vacation at a timeshare. My idea of vacation is not spending time in the kitchen to prepare a meal. I think the Costco idea is great for when I'm on vacation.
 
am1 said:
So why buy a prepared meal if it is so easy to cook one at home? I have nothing against others being lazy but a store bought meal is not on my list.
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You just won't let it go will you.

Personally I feel the enjoyment of the people who are there is far greater than spending all that time in the kitchen. If you wish to spend your 10 minutes putting the turkey into a slow cooker (and how much time does everyone else spend) go for it. I don't consider it lazy to purchase some of the items premade, but I guess you do. You've said you don't mind others being lazy, but you keep bringing it up, in a negative manner. That's your right, but just drop it.
 
Cooking in timeshares is always a challenge - especially a holiday dinner. I have equipment and spices that are usually used only for holiday dinners. It's great to have 1. shopping done, 2. seasonings already done or provided, 3. containers provided, and 4. dishes prepared. Plus the clean up is infinitely easier because there are no prep dishes.

And no offense Adam, but dropping two turkey breasts in a crock pot is just one step above having a full turkey prepared by someone else, at least in my book lol. And that's okay by me because everyone has to do what works for them.
 
We usually roast a turkey on Christmas. I clean, stuff, and baste the turkey, and peel/boil/mash the potatoes. My wife makes the stuffing, gravy, and vegetables with cheese sauce. A slow cooker seems a bit lazy (wouldn't get the drippings for gravy or delicious stuffing I don't think.) ;)

I can't see doing that in a TS. Even the best kitchens don't have all of a turkey roaster, food processor, turkey baster, dutch oven, crock pot, gravy boat, etc. Picking it up seems like a pretty reasonable compromise on vacation to me.
 
Luanne said:
You just won't let it go will you.

Personally I feel the enjoyment of the people who are there is far greater than spending all that time in the kitchen. If you wish to spend your 10 minutes putting the turkey into a slow cooker (and how much time does everyone else spend) go for it. I don't consider it lazy to purchase some of the items premade, but I guess you do. You've said you don't mind others being lazy, but you keep bringing it up, in a negative manner. That's your right, but just drop it.
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We did American thanksgiving and Christmas at Bonnet Creek a few years ago with no issues. You are welcome to feel how you feel but the facts remain. I feel that is not what is suppose to be done for holiday meals. But I understand others are different.
 
I only like white meat and where we live whole turkeys are expensive, plus heating our house for 6 or 7 hours is not a good use of energy. Not a fan of gravy or stuffing.

When we did it at Bonnet Creek it was full birds with stuffing and gravy.
 
Heck, we've had Thanksgiving-In-A-Box for years at home. Marie Calendar's is the best! Can't imagine trying to cook a full on holiday meal in a timeshare. And lately since my mom and dad shouldn't be driving, and won't hear of us picking them up the night before and staying over with us, we pick them up and go to Black Angus or Marie's for our Thanksgiving meal. Then a month later my sister brings them to our house for Christmas-In-A-Box. I'd much rather spend my kitchen time baking in the weeks before the main event.
 
controller1 said:
First of all, originally no one was really talking about "at home". The discussion centered on a holiday meal while on vacation at a timeshare. My idea of vacation is not spending time in the kitchen to prepare a meal. I think the Costco idea is great for when I'm on vacation.
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Right also. But I think am1 meant the timeshare unit as home, The other thing is- in our timeshare we will be at- the oven is not the greatest. And- in some timeshares they don;t even have ovens!
 
am1 said:
I only like white meat and where we live whole turkeys are expensive, plus heating our house for 6 or 7 hours is not a good use of energy. Not a fan of gravy or stuffing.

When we did it at Bonnet Creek it was full birds with stuffing and gravy.
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We only eat white meat, also. You can buy just the breast, though expensive.

But anyway- I put the turkey in one of those cooking bags that bastes it automatically and it cooks in under 4 hours, so very easy.

At home I do buy those little turkey breasts sometimes and put them in the slow cooker, but not for Thanksgiving.
 
am1 said:
I only like white meat and where we live whole turkeys are expensive, plus heating our house for 6 or 7 hours is not a good use of energy. Not a fan of gravy or stuffing.

When we did it at Bonnet Creek it was full birds with stuffing and gravy.
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Different strokes :) There is a 100% chance I'm heating my home with natural gas on Christmas. If some of the gas comes in through the oven and heats up a turkey first, there is no marginal energy cost. I'm surprised to hear the breast is cheaper where you are. I can buy a whole turkey for the cost of two equivalent size turkey breasts.
 
bizaro86 said:
Different strokes :) There is a 100% chance I'm heating my home with natural gas on Christmas. If some of the gas comes in through the oven and heats up a turkey first, there is no marginal energy cost. I'm surprised to hear the breast is cheaper where you are. I can buy a whole turkey for the cost of two equivalent size turkey breasts.
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No doubt in Alberta you are. I am 100% not using it. In fact my wife put AC in the kitchen last year. Yes prices are different. Whole turkeys are quite expensive. Two breasts are as well but less total cost.
 
I think holidays should be just like weddings:
You work and spend yourself to death trying to get everything done in time and to some relative's satisfaction.
When you're done, something is invariably missing/underdone/ruined or making one (or more) relatives cry
Finally, half the folks are drunk, the other half are falling asleep or running off to bed......and the ones that aren't...are mad at you.

Costco Thanksgiving sounds pretty good to me.

Wonder if they do weddings? (in a box)​
 
Actually, if you buy/carry a Turkey-Cannon (not to be confused with a beer-can chicken cooker) you can make a mighty fine duck/goose/turkey (small) on the grill. Of course, you will irritate the other 20 or so people who would also like to use the grill. At home, we tend to use the infrared turkey fryer (no oil). It's the bee's-knees.
 
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