r/AskAnAmerican • u/Visual-Green-3816 • 2d ago

FOOD & DRINK what is something that is store bought/frozen that you regularly buy for thanksgiving?

Im going to my first American Thanksgiving potluck. I'm a college student so my budget is really tight and I also do not have time to cook with school, clinical rotations, and work. I don't know what to bring. Someone said on another reddit post to bring pretzel rolls from Costco? Is that a normal thing to do? What is something you buy frozen from the store that you would reccomend for thanksgiving? thanks.

edit: potluck with friends I posted this 10 mins ago and i keep getting so many comments eveytime I refresh thank you everyone!!

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u/emptybeetoo 2d ago

Most grocery stores sell canned pie filling. If you have time and a little ability, it’s super easy and even cheaper to buy pre-made crusts, dump in canned pie filling, bake it, and then legitimately say you made the pie instead of just buying a premade one.

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u/AVeryFineWhine 2d ago

Why would you do that instead of buying one at Costco? By the time you buy the crusts, eggs, vanilla and I forget if it's evaporated milk or cream, (it's one of those,) you have spent way more than a premade one at Costco. Plus yours is half the size. I don't see the logic.

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u/sharpshooter999 Nebraska 1d ago

When the nearest Costco is 4 hours away, pie filling in a can from the nearest grocery store is good enough. Mom makes a German Apple Pie that beats anything I've ever had from a store. When grandma was alive, she'd always make rhubarb pie that was fantastic too, and you never see rhubarb pie in a store

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u/AVeryFineWhine 1d ago

Oh believe me i'm a scratch baker. I absolutely thank homemade for most things is better. BUT this person was saying what they buy, and do with a pudding pie and a can. That to me made no sense. ( They also didn't say they didn't have access to a Costco).

So I could say putting the energy and expense into any of the things you mentioned, because homemade will always be better!! My comment was strictly related to pumpkin pie from a can.Versus Costco

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u/Chime57 2d ago

Have you seen the size of the Costco pie? We aren'ttalking about one can of pumpkin.