What are the prices of turkey legs at your faire this year?
We just got back from St. Louis. I was surprised to find them priced at $8.
But I just looked at some pictures of the Amana Colonies Ren Faire in Iowa, and there was a picture of a food booth, and the sign said turkey legs were also $8.
I find this rather pricey, normally paying between $6 and $6.50, and wonder what the prices are at your faires this year.
Just got back this evening from the Dubuque Renaissance Festival (had a great time, by the way and saw RF members, too).
The turkey legs cost $8. I wonder if this is universal?
The price of gas has gone up, so road kill follows suit...
Ouch. I'm thinking faire will be poultry-free for me this year. :-X
The price has skyrocketed just in the last couple years. At least $1 to $1.50 increase a year for the last three years.
We need to know the size of the legs.
What is the ounce of turkey per dollar?
Are we talking about anorexic model legs or Oprah legs?
I think if you have a large turkey leg and eat every ounce of meat you probably get more ounces of food than a smaller food item.
Since my faire starts at 10 AM I try to wake up early and eat a large breakfast before going to the faire.
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Quote from: Lady Renee Buchanan on May 30, 2009, 07:56:53 PM
Just got back this evening from the Dubuque Renaissance Festival (had a great time, by the way and saw RF members, too).
The turkey legs cost $8. I wonder if this is universal?
Sorry to have missed you - we were there as well.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong on any of these prices, but I want to say Norman's were $7 (best I've ever tasted!), Scarborough's were $6 (am I right? They were pretty good, but very peppery), and Muskogee's were $7 (I wouldn't buy them again. It was the biggest disappointment of that whole faire!)
I did notice the $8 one at St. Louis. So I went for the fish and chips instead. Very tasty!
They were $7 at Tennessee.
they were 5.50 here at Garf
I don't know,
I watch people eating the nasty, greasy, overcooked things and just don't understand why they eat the worst part of the bird by choice.
I guess if that's what you really have a hankering for, no price is too much.
I go for the loaded baked potato myself, best bang for the buck, filling ans a good bit of nutrition to them.
Viscomte
Quote from: renfairephotog on May 31, 2009, 02:14:21 PM
They were $7 at Tennessee.
And quite tasty as well (especially after I borrowed some Cajun seasoning from the loaded potato booth).
Quote from: Viscomte de Arcadia on May 31, 2009, 03:16:42 PM
I watch people eating the nasty, greasy, overcooked things and just don't understand why they eat the worst part of the bird by choice.
I think for a lot of people it's a "thing to do" at the faire. I hadn't had one in several visits and decided to have one at Sterling last year. It wasn't really as good as I'd remembered - I'm not sure if the sauce was different or if I'd just forgotten what they tasted like, but I'm not really planning to get one again anytime soon. As the price keeps skyrocketing for the Steak on a Steak and they keep over-spicing them, I'm starting to run out of things to eat at SRF. I hadn't thought that was possible. I miss the roasted corn they used to have. :(
"Turkey legs are sooo Renaissance!" ::)
Well show me ONE painting of King Henry VIII with a turkey leg! :)
Seriously, I get asked that at least once every weekend!
I know on Sunday night at BARF they go 2 for 1.
Whatever 1 is.
I agree with Viscomte. They look like a heart attack on a bone.
And then we had the big 'is it turkey or is it emu?' debate.
But hey, that is just me..... :-\
Quote from: Viscomte de Arcadia on May 31, 2009, 03:16:42 PM
I don't know,
I watch people eating the nasty, greasy, overcooked things and just don't understand why they eat the worst part of the bird by choice.
I guess if that's what you really have a hankering for, no price is too much.
I go for the loaded baked potato myself, best bang for the buck, filling ans a good bit of nutrition to them.
Viscomte
I'm with you. I was given one for free last year from a grateful patron. I took the obligatory bite and smiled, then tossed it as soon as they left! I, too, prefer the potato, and once in a while, especially on a very cold day, I'll go for a lovely bread bowl.
I'm sure the price of turkey legs, like everything else, was bound to go up, sooner or later, but by a drastic $1 to a buck-fifty? Big OUCH!
Quote from: Jezzy MacPeaks on June 01, 2009, 02:45:52 PM
Quote from: Viscomte de Arcadia on May 31, 2009, 03:16:42 PM
I don't know,
I watch people eating the nasty, greasy, overcooked things and just don't understand why they eat the worst part of the bird by choice.
I guess if that's what you really have a hankering for, no price is too much.
I go for the loaded baked potato myself, best bang for the buck, filling ans a good bit of nutrition to them.
Viscomte
I'm with you. I was given one for free last year from a grateful patron. I took the obligatory bite and smiled, then tossed it as soon as they left! I, too, prefer the potato, and once in a while, especially on a very cold day, I'll go for a lovely bread bowl.
I'm sure the price of turkey legs, like everything else, was bound to go up, sooner or later, but by a drastic $1 to a buck-fifty? Big OUCH!
Realistically, though, if the price is going to increase, a dollar is the likely increase amount. Food vendors don't want to deal with change any more that they have to.
I was reflecting on past faires and came upon a memory that must be from the very early 90s - 92 or 93 at the latest - of telling another fairegoer at Sterling how much the turkey legs were. The cost at the time was $3. It's amazing to me that these have more than doubled in price since then.
What do they do with the rest of the turkey? Is there a bunch of legless turkeys lying around out there? :P
... I always envisioned them HOPPING ... ;)
In addition to the high prices, it seems to me that the legs offered at fair the last few years (around here, anyway) are smaller, averaging not much bigger than a good sized chicken leg. I fondly remember just 5 years ago or so, when you could get a leg that would feed two people, and the drink and chips were included, all for $6.00!
2009 has certainly seen a big jump in price, with a single leg anywhere from 6 to 8$ at the Vendor stall.
To be fair, the supermarket isn't exactly cheap either. A two pack of drumsticks was going for almost 6$ at Walmart a while back, and it doesn't look like they are getting any cheaper.
I keep to brats or a hotdog, or a dragon-tail taco if I can find one.
Well Blushing, it's just a flesh wound, right?
The ones we saw at the Amana Faire and Dubuque were huge, so $8 seemed appropriate. These were much bigger than I remembered from years past. Amos ran out of legs at both faires, and they smelled divine!
I don't like Turkey Legs, but if they put Turkey Breast strips on a stick I would buy them.
Quote from: Rowen MacD on June 04, 2009, 12:54:24 PM
In addition to the high prices, it seems to me that the legs offered at fair the last few years (around here, anyway) are smaller, averaging not much bigger than a good sized chicken leg. I fondly remember just 5 years ago or so, when you could get a leg that would feed two people, and the drink and chips were included, all for $6.00!
2009 has certainly seen a big jump in price, with a single leg anywhere from 6 to 8$ at the Vendor stall.
To be fair, the supermarket isn't exactly cheap either. A two pack of drumsticks was going for almost 6$ at Walmart a while back, and it doesn't look like they are getting any cheaper.
I keep to brats or a hotdog, or a dragon-tail taco if I can find one.
OK, what's a dragon-tail taco?
I know that at my home faire Four Winds they are going for five dollars, and as this is the cheapest price mentioned...may I say I am thankful for small town and small faire prices sometimes!
I'm hearing rumbles that Turkey Leg prices might have gone up again. The price of beef brisket has gone up 8% since the first of 2010.
I have yet to try a turkey leg at faire. I do tend toward protien of some form to fill the tank halfway through the day in the hot colorado summer during faire.
Now as for the legless turkeys i tend to picture them with peglegs and an eye patch but then i do tend toward a pirate myself.
I picture these farms with turkeys that are nothing more than breast and legs (great concept - eh?). Legs for the Ren faires and breasts for the thanksgiving holidays (maybe those multi-legged turkeys that John Madden had on T-day were real :) )
Anyway, the legs smell good, but could just not get past the people gnawing on them.
Gauwyn, that new look of yours changes your whole personna! No longer a rough and tumble ranger, eh? The court life is softening you up? Can't eat meat from the bone any longer, I see. HA! Hopefully our paths will cross again this year. Planning on going to St Louis, MN, SW MO (Joplin), and Des Moines. KC goes without saying, of course!
Quote... I always envisioned them HOPPING ...
I think it would be more of a roll.... ;D
I haven't had a turkey leg since my first faire ( when i found out i was allergic to them :o) but I think it was also $7 out here and $8 last year when i got my mom one, i may be wrong. I usually get fish and chips or a sheppards pie as its slightly less messy to eat, and always, always sin on a stick for dessert!
yes, the Baron has elevated our status (actually M'Lady Addilay had her status elevated - I had to either move up or become and chamberlain to her) ;D
We will be in KC for Columbus Day weekend for sure. We will also try to make DM this years.
How about making a progress to Minnesota for Labor day weekend? the Baron and Baroness are meeting us there.
We'll see about MN RenFest on Labor Day weekend. We will be there opening day (21 Aug?). Maybe we'll be back 2 wks later. Are you and your entourage gonna be there all 3 days of that weekend?
Last year we had a beer jump from $5 to $6 at MDRF. Makes me more inclined to shift "home" to VARF.
Turkey legs SHOULD be decreasing in price- with the big jump in year-round consumption of turkey as a substitute for red meat, turkeys are being bred like crazy. And the legs, which are not easily processed due to all the tendons, are practically a by-product. I can only surmise that the powers that be are adjusting cost to see what the market will bear.
Quote from: Butch on April 06, 2010, 01:42:20 PM
We'll see about MN RenFest on Labor Day weekend. We will be there opening day (21 Aug?). Maybe we'll be back 2 wks later. Are you and your entourage gonna be there all 3 days of that weekend?
We will be there all 3 days - we are staying at the Best Western in Chaska.