Turkey Day Shopping
At 10am, the Roosevelt Safeway was medium-busy. Mostly elderly people (a nursing home short bus was outside) but a few families, a couple of housewives, and some college students.
And because it's Safeway, we got what's below--Thanksgiving dinner for 12--for only for $138.45
A 15-lb turkey
3.5 lbs of green beans
Four zucchini
Two heads of cauliflower...(click below for the rest of our haul)
Five lbs of russet potatoes
Three bunches of asparagus
Two red onions
Two red bell peppers
Four broccoli crowns
A head of garlic
A bit of ginger root
A bunch of parsley
Three packets of fresh basil
8 oz of pinenuts
Two boxes of satsumas
A box of raisins
A box of sliced mushrooms
A plastic bag of celery hearts
A fresh medley of herbs for poultry
A package of fresh rosemary
Three lbs of sugar
A jar of mayonnaise
A container of salt
Pumpkin pie spice
A bottle of white cooking wine
Two cans of chopped black olives
A box of vegetable broth
A six-pack of Thomas Kemper Black Cherry soda
50 ft of aluminum foil
18 large AA eggs
1/2 quart of whipping cream
One lb of frozen peas
Two lbs of butter
Two loaves of sourdough bread
