I can only do smoked turkey any more. The regular turkey has tasted off/old to me the last few years...
Turkey is the conduit to serve the other things that go with it: mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffing, etc.
Turkey is way over rated.
The left over white meat needs to be slathered with Miracle Whip just to make a sandwich edible.
In years past, turkeys were always a lost leader item for the grocery store. Sell a cheap frozen turkey for $.59/lb(limit 2). Just to get the person in the store to buy all the other things with it. Similar to gallons of milk being a lost leader.