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Happy Thanksgiving

It’s Thanksgiving week here in the United States. Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans!

Thanksgiving equals super good turkey prices!

You won’t find meat prices as low as thirty or forty cents per pound any other time of year.

Even a dollar per pound for meat is simply amazing!

I always stock my freezer to the brim with turkeys this time of year.

Cooking Turkeys

I typically serve a turkey dinner every month throughout the winter months. I enjoy having a nice turkey dinner during the summer months.

Sometimes I cook up a turkey just to use for cold-meat sandwiches.

Turkey makes a great choice to take to a bring-a-dish-to-pass event too.

It is such a simple meal to cook. I find it even easier than making spaghetti sauce.

Spaghetti sauce requires me to stand right there stirring and making sure it doesn’t burn.

I am just able to throw the turkey in the oven, then go about my day. When I go back into the kitchen, the turkey is just about done.

Not only that, but turkey is so easy to stretch into multiple meals.

Multiple Meals from One Turkey

#1 – turkey dinner with side dishes, like salad, potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce

#2 – left-overs – We are usually excited enough to just eat the exact same thing again!

#3 – turkey sandwiches made on homemade bread or rolls

#4 – turkey soup

#5 – turkey stew (Just thicken the soup) with homemade biscuits

Using Up the Meat and the Bones

I strip all of the meat off from the turkey on either the first or second day. It gets bagged up and put it into the freezer for subsequent meals.

All of the turkey bones get bagged up and thrown into the freezer too.

When I have time, I pull out the meat for sandwiches or to add to soups and stews.

I take the bones out and boil them down into a lovely and extremely healthy bone-broth.

I use my pressure canner to can up bone-broth and ready-to-eat soups.

After it is all said and done, I have more meals from one 39 cents a pound turkey than I can count!

How About You?

Do you serve turkey to your family on a regular basis?

Are you planning on taking advantage of the turkey sales this week?

Thanksgiving Turkey Prices

Here are some of the turkey sales in my areas this week:

Aldi

Butterball frozen turkeys – 12 – 20 pounds – 87 cents per pound (Limit 2)

Hannaford

39 cents per pound with NO PURCHASE MINIMUM (Limit 2)

Potsdam IGA

Shady Brook Farms – frozen turkeys – 12 – 20 pounds – 69 cents per pound with a $35.00 purchase (Limit 1)

Price Chopper

Shady Brook Farms – frozen turkeys – 37 cents per pound with a $25.00 purchase (Limit 1)

Shady Brook Farms – fresh whole turkeys – 99 cents per pound (Limit 1)

Tops Markets

Tops brand or Jennie-O frozen turkeys – 37 cents per pound with a $25.00 purchase (While supplies last. No rainchecks)

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