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| - This review is only for the Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner of last year and the Ham and Turkey Breast from this year. The sides are identical but in the first, the whole bird is the entree; the other item is pre cooked turkey breast and ham.
Overall, I'd give this a grade of 3 stars. If eating your cooking results in charges of atempted murder, than this is a convenient option that is a hit and miss affair. After dining on MC for two years straight because of convenience, we decided we won't do this again. Here is my item by item review of this dinner package:
1. a. Turkey 3.0 stars - well cooked, but flavor, juiciness, and texture is just OK, just like eating in their restaurant. It's passable but that's it. We all really miss my mom's slow cooked super juicy turkey and the aroma of it wafting through the house.
1. b. Turkey breast and ham 2.5 stars - Cutting the ham and the turkey breast was super easy. But from the first taste, it was a low point; one piece was enough of for me of both the ham and turkey, both were sligtly rubbery. And because there were no turkey bones to make broth, my mom couldn't make her awesome turkey noodle soup.
2. Veggies 1.5 stars - ok green beans and woody, gag reflexive carrots with a sugary and salty butter sauce that couldn't hide ir improve the flaws in taste. A brittle but smooshy buttered demi-carrot in butter is like the political pig with lipstick.
3. Mashed potatoes 3.5 stars - texture and flavor slightly better than average and gravy, salty
4. Sweet potatoes 4.0 - with streusel topping, had a nice, lightly creamy sweetened taste and texture
5. Cornbread 4.0 - smooth yellow cakelike texture and taste though not as sweet, is better with MC's sweet butter spread
6. Pumkpin pie 3.5 stars if you like pumpkin pie, theirs is better than most with a thick rich crust and pleasant pumpkin taste.
You have to stand in line to pick it up. Once you get home, it was a relatively painless process to remove the top plastic cover and replace them with plastic wrap like Saran Wrap. Then you microwave and serve per instructions.
Still it was Thanksgiving and we are grateful we're with each other to celebrate our many blessings, including this meal. Lots of left overs were available, but lots of leftovers were not wanted and we just threw them away.
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