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Started 2 years ago by hungrywoolf
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hungrywoolf
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If anyone is faced with the prospect of cooking Thanksgiving Dinner here are a couple of things I have seen that might be of interest:

The Dispatch Kitchen at the North Market is offering a Thanksgiving Boot Camp Class on November 8th

Dispatch Food Editor Robin Davis will show you how to roast a turkey, make perfect gravy and finish it off with a delectable pumpkin pie. This is a hands-on class with limited attendance so sign up now!

With Robin Davis Dispatch Food Editor

1:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the Dispatch Kitchen

Class cost $100 per person

and Wayward Seed Farm are offering their Thanksgiving CSA again this year (vegetarian and turkey options). It sold out last year.

Included in the CSA is:

One 16-20 lb. Free Range Pasture Turkey or One Hubbard Squash
Green Mountain Potatoes
Beauregard Sweet Potatoes
Tadorna Leeks
Colored Carrot Mix
French Breakfast, Black Spanish and/or Daikon Radishes
Merlin and/or Golden Beets
Gold Ball, Purple Top and/or Scarlett Queen Red Stem Turnips
Laurentian Rutabaga
Red Russian Kale
Braising Greens
Salad Greens
Conquistador Celery
Rossa di Milano Onions
Pate Brisee Pie Crust
Baby Bear Pie Pumpkins
Kabocha or Buttercup Squash
Gold Rush Apples
Herbs
Gourds and Indian Corn
Along with your farm fresh fixings, you'll receive recipe ideas, a complete list of ingredients and a 2009 Thanksgiving tote to take it all home - designed and hand printed by Michelle Maguire.

The cost is $165 for Turkey and $130 for Hubbard Squash. Payment is due at the time of reservation.

Anyone seen any other Thanksgiving CSAs? Or know of other good vendors/ resources?

Posted 2 years ago #
chrisgillespie
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We get our free range turkey every year from Kevin Eigel. Email him at kevineigel@gmail.com. You can buy just a turkey, or a complete box. He has a pickup at North Market, which is where we pick up the turkey. I'm not sure how much they'll be this year. I may have deleted his email if he sent one out, since I'm not having Thanksgiving this year (kitchen is being remodeled).

Oeffa also has information on boxes:

Go to, http://www.oeffa.org/thanksgiving.php for more information and to place your order.

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AnneD
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The Clintonville and Worthington Farmers Markets both have pre-Thanksgiving market days. The Clintonville one is in the same spot as the summer market, and runs from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday, November 21. In Worthington it is actually the opening day of the winter market, so it takes place at the Griswold Senior Center (777 High St.) and is also on November 21 (10 AM to 1 PM.) There are usually a few vendors at the North Market farmers market on Saturdays, up until Thanksgiving and/or until the snow flies.

I don't know offhand of anyone selling Turkeys at those markets - I know Speckled Hen Farm raises heirloom turkeys, but I'm guessing a pre-order is necessary. (They are out of my price range so I've never pursued it.) You will find lots of local veggies for your thanksgiving dinner though!

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joev
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I think we have to make chicken this year - wife's dad is sick of turkey :(

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somertimeoh
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I hate turkey so I never really care about the bird, but I miss the fixins. I will be painting my house Thanksgiving if anyone wants to bring me tupperware containers with their leftovers so I don't have to eat White Castle again. Community outreach at it's best :)

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AnneD
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According to his website, Kevin Eigel isn't doing turkeys or thanksgiving boxes this year: http://www.justthisfarm.net/turkeys.php

Those Oeffa boxes/turkeys look good! I love Wayward Seed but my family is too small to use that much food.

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chrisgillespie
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AnneD wrote >>
According to his website, Kevin Eigel isn't doing turkeys or thanksgiving boxes this year: http://www.justthisfarm.net/turkeys.php
Those Oeffa boxes/turkeys look good! I love Wayward Seed but my family is too small to use that much food.

Oh, well that explains why I don't have an email :) Thanks for the info. I haven't been paying close attention this year. I'm planning on getting back to hosting Thanksgiving next year, so I'll have to keep these others in mind in case Kevin doesn't do it again.

Good luck, everyone who's fixing. I have the absolute best recipe for stuffing (sausage and cranberry), if anyone's interested. Not sure where I found it originally, but have been making it for years. It's a meal in itself.

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catnfiddle
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This reminds me to order our turkey from North Market! I swear by those yummy birds.

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osulew
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somertimeoh wrote >>
I hate turkey so I never really care about the bird, but I miss the fixins. I will be painting my house Thanksgiving if anyone wants to bring me tupperware containers with their leftovers so I don't have to eat White Castle again. Community outreach at it's best :)

Come home with me. It'll give my mom someone new to bug about getting a boyfriend and having kids.

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LauraA
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somer, we are having thanksgiving at my sister's in clintonville. you can come eat there. you don't have to stay, or i will bring you a plate :D my mom grew up in amish country so she's a wonderful cook.

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Snarf
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osulew wrote >>

somertimeoh wrote >>
I hate turkey so I never really care about the bird, but I miss the fixins. I will be painting my house Thanksgiving if anyone wants to bring me tupperware containers with their leftovers so I don't have to eat White Castle again. Community outreach at it's best :)

Come home with me. It'll give my mom someone new to bug about getting a boyfriend and having kids.

Who needs kids when you've got Columbus Underground! :)

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somertimeoh
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Thanks y'all. I'm not really sad about not having to endure painful family dinners, but I do miss things like dressing (does everyone here call it stuffing? so weird to me), broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, etc. So, feel free to bring me your blessings, but I'm going to get this house finished if it kills me (and it just might) :P

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joev
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somertimeoh wrote >>
Thanks y'all. I'm not really sad about not having to endure painful family dinners, but I do miss things like dressing (does everyone here call it stuffing? so weird to me), broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, etc. So, feel free to bring me your blessings, but I'm going to get this house finished if it kills me (and it just might) :P

Yes, stuffing and yes - it's the best part! Dressing is for salads. Stuffing is to stuff your mouth with.

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osulew
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joev wrote >>

somertimeoh wrote >>
Thanks y'all. I'm not really sad about not having to endure painful family dinners, but I do miss things like dressing (does everyone here call it stuffing? so weird to me), broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, etc. So, feel free to bring me your blessings, but I'm going to get this house finished if it kills me (and it just might) :P

Yes, stuffing and yes - it's the best part! Dressing is for salads. Stuffing is to stuff your mouth with.

After ya stuff it in the turkeh that is.

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LauraA
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somer, my mom is constantly repainting her house. i'll send her over with a trim brush. lol.

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somertimeoh
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joev wrote >>

somertimeoh wrote >>
Thanks y'all. I'm not really sad about not having to endure painful family dinners, but I do miss things like dressing (does everyone here call it stuffing? so weird to me), broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, etc. So, feel free to bring me your blessings, but I'm going to get this house finished if it kills me (and it just might) :P

Yes, stuffing and yes - it's the best part! Dressing is for salads. Stuffing is to stuff your mouth with.

I think that's why we call it dressing. We "dress" the turkey, we don't stuff it. That's just gross. Besides, you can't stuff a deep fried turkey :)

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Snarf
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somertimeoh wrote >>

joev wrote >>

somertimeoh wrote >>
Thanks y'all. I'm not really sad about not having to endure painful family dinners, but I do miss things like dressing (does everyone here call it stuffing? so weird to me), broccoli casserole, green bean casserole, etc. So, feel free to bring me your blessings, but I'm going to get this house finished if it kills me (and it just might) :P

Yes, stuffing and yes - it's the best part! Dressing is for salads. Stuffing is to stuff your mouth with.

I think that's why we call it dressing. We "dress" the turkey, we don't stuff it. That's just gross. Besides, you can't stuff a deep fried turkey :)

Turducken!

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lisathewaitress
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A lot of poultry farmers accept orders for heirloom birds at the farm markets. You can frequently pre-order a goose or turkey for the holidays; sometimes you have to prepay 10% up front.

Also, the Hills, Carfagna's, and Weilands all offer free range Ohio never frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving. Weilands sells so many that the day before thanksgiving there will be a line to the front door of ppl waiting to pick up their turkeys.

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Mercurius
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I think The Teet sells turkeys ;)

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joev
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Mercurius wrote >>
I think The Teet sells turkeys ;)

Not sure any survived the rainstorm last month. I heard they looked up and drowned :( Maybe she froze some.

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