Help! Butcher recommendations and butterflying turkey breast??

Submitted by Elderly_Gryffindor t3_yun6kw in ColumbiaMD

Hi everyone - my boyfriend will be coming over for thanksgiving and I need some advice on turkey buying/prepping. For context I have intermittently been vegetarian for the past few years and in general rarely even touched raw meat for basically my whole life since my parents eat mostly vegetarian as well. Aka my meat consumption is rarely prepared at home, but instead at chick-fil-a… Seriously, in my whole life I’ve only ever made chicken breast and bacon. Clearly, I’m new.

That being said, since it’s just the 2 of us, I thought I could try my hand at making a stuffed turkey breast. But now I see that to do that I need to get a turkey breast and then get it deboned and butterflied? So that leads me to two questions for you all…

  1. Is there a butcher near Columbia that would be able to debone and butterfly a Turkey breast for me?

  2. Does anyone have tips for actually buying a Turkey breast? E.g. are they going to be sold out already, should I get it from a specific place?

Appreciate any advice you have! I’m trying to not just give up and get a Costco rotisserie chicken 🤣🤣

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lizziebirdie t1_iwac675 wrote

We’ve had success in previous years getting a turkey breast form Wegmans. One year we had one that was pre-marinated, leave it in the bag and throw in the oven. Easiest Thanksgiving turkey!

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MatyBoh t1_iwaknng wrote

Harris Teeter, Wegmans, Food Lion... Pretty much any big grocery store around here should have boneless turkey breasts available this time of year. And they're probably on sale if you have their store card. You shouldn't have to look too far.

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firebird731 t1_iwc7jxm wrote

Trueth's in Oella (just over the river from Old Ellicott City) is an incredible butcher shop! +1 for Boarman's too

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AdFit9500 t1_iwgwejp wrote

Great options here. Also would like to add Honey Baked Ham has a turkey breast already prepared.

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freecain t1_iwhiu06 wrote

One alternative is to go with cornish game hens. Buy two, and it's like a mini turkey. The "left behind" thanksgiving I went to when I first moved to MD did this since they weren't sure how many people were coming. The 2020 Thanksigiving it was just my family (4 of us, only 2 eating meat).

If you can find them fresh, do a simple brine the day before and the cook up pretty quickly. Much less involved than a turkey or even a chicken.

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