Last minute Thanksgiving Dinner?
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It looks like we're going to have to cancel our plans to drive to Ohio tomorrow, but we may try I drive on Thanksgiving Day instead. It w,l probably be a last minute decision. If we do stay here, I have an almost empty fridge and would have to buy food for Thanksgiving dinner late Wed or early Thurs.
Anyone have experience with shopping so late? Will I still be able to find the basics? I don't need (or want) to cook a whole turkey, but I will want at least a turkey breast. I bought pie supplies today and other pantry ingredients (butter, stock, etc), but I have no fresh veggies or meat. It's just me, DH, a 4 year old, and a 19 month old, so we don't have to make a ton of food, but I do love Thanksgiving food and would be sad to eat pasta on Thanksgiving Day! |
Anonymous
| ^^sorry for typos. Trying to type quickly while we change plans! |
Anonymous
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We did this last year and were able to buy everything easily on Wednesday. We did do a whole turkey though, not just a breast so not sure if those would be hard to find.
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Anonymous
| Since you already have the basics, go pick up potatoes & sweet potatoes today - they will keep for weeks if you end up going out of town. I would call honey baked ham and see if they have any turkey breast left. |
Anonymous
| I found everything I needed at the last minute at Whole Foods. I don't think you will have a problem. |
Anonymous
| Balducci's sells turkey breast and many ready-for-your-oven sides. |
Anonymous
| Was at Whole Foods and they have tons of food. Piles of turkeys in addition to the special order ones. |
Anonymous
| Wegmans is open on Thanksgiving day and are advertising they will keep their hot bar stocked with all the fixings. |
Anonymous
| Sorry for your change of plans. You will have no problem buying everything today or tomorrow or even Thursday! You can even buy a whole turkey, if you want. Giant, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods ... have plenty. |
Anonymous
Did they have any preseasoned (on mirepoix) or were they all vacuum wrapped? |
Anonymous
OP here. Thanks, all! Now I feel a little less stressed. What also helped was a random stranger at Trader Joes who saw me struggling with a cart, two kids, and a pregnant belly in the rain today and without even asking, loaded all my groceries into the car while I strapped in my kids and then said he'd return the cart for me. 
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Anonymous
No idea - my DH would never consider preseasoned. He doesn't do a mirepoix (which I tend to think of as relatively finely chopped), just tosses in coarsely chopped carrots, celery, onion, etc. We preordered ours so I didn't ponder the other choices, just noticed that there were plenty of them. They had everything else on my list as well, although the chestnuts were crazy expensive. |
Anonymous
| I am not going to Ohio, either! Harris Teeter had a ton of fresh turkey breasts last week. You could buy one today and just freeze if if you don't end up coking it Thurdsay. |
Anonymous
| Every year the fresh sage is gone by the time I shop but I can usually find everything else last minute. |
Anonymous
| We also cancelled our Ohio trip! Went to our Giant and loaded up on the basics. Even got a pre-cooked, frozen turkey. Last-minute Thanksgiving is on! |