While this man is buying turkeys for those that cannot afford one, others are eating gold with their dinner.
Thanksgiving, the holiday that has become the speed bump on the way to Christmas; the day we are supposed to be with our relatives, get up way too early to prepare a family meal that never goes the way
Norman Rockwell painted it, eat too much turkey, and watch football.
Those of us who do not have a large family may decide to have a Thanksgiving pizza, or go out to a restaurant for dinner. Of course, not all fine dining experiences are equal when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner. In an age where food pantries are begging for donations, a restaurant in New York City is selling a $35,000 Thanksgiving dinner for four. You read that right, $35,000, which breaks down to $8,750 per plate. The meal includes:
… edible 24-carat gold flakes, sweet potatoes topped with $16,000 Royal Osetra 000 Caviar, squab (young pigeon) stuffed with foie gras, and of course, a turkey. "The whole turkey is surrounded by seven pounds of prized Wagyu from Japan,” Sherry says. “It’s the finest beef available in the whole world.” In addition to an array of high-end eats, the package comes with grandstand seating at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, a $6,000 Bloomingdale’s shopping spree, door-to-door limousine service, and dance lessons at Fred Astaire Dance Studios to learn the Turkey Trot.
The average American Thanksgiving meal runs around
$4.95 a serving and
includes a turkey, potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pie, rolls, a relish tray, and peas. If you come to my house I cannot teach you the Turkey Trot, but I can show you how to headbang to Judas Priest for no extra charge.
For $35,000 dollars you could feed over seven thousand people a Thanksgiving meal—this meal shows all that is wrong with America today. When Norman Rockwell painted his famous "Freedom from Want" image of an American Thanksgiving, I am pretty sure he did not have edible 24-carat gold flakes as a part of the menu.