The flyer is in and this year it's:

10#-16# house brand turkey free with coupon and $25 purchase

or

16#+ house brand turkey $0.35 / # with coupon and $20 purchase

Pete C.

jay wrote:


I saw a similar flyer from Albertsons in TX. Usually when Albertsons has a
special on anything, beware..the item is near death. Those turkeys may have
been in the freezer since last Thanksgiving. I'm going to check into the
price of a somewhat *natural* bird.


Yep, it's Albertson's in TX. It really doesn't matter if the turkey has
been in the freezer 2 or 3 years, as long as it's been kept below 0
degrees it's perfectly fine. It takes a lot longer than that for any
deterioration of quality and it will stay safe indefinitely.

Pete C.

jay wrote:

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:56:50 GMT, Pete C. wrote:

jay wrote:
It takes a lot longer than that for any
deterioration of quality and it will stay safe indefinitely.

Pete C.

The deterioration of quality began way before the freezer got involved.
Albertsons Village Market turkeys are self basting..


Again, if you don't like the "processed" birds, get a shotgun and go
kill a fresh, free range, unprocessed one yourself.

Pete C.

Costco had "fresh" Butterball turkeys for $.99 per pound today. Nice
thing was they had quite a few in the ten-pound-and-under class. The
smaller ones are hard to find for some reason, no matter the brand or
lack thereof. (Maybe Costco buys them all?)

Bob
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In article , says...
The flyer is in and this year it's:

10#-16# house brand turkey free with coupon and $25 purchase

or

16#+ house brand turkey $0.35 / # with coupon and $20 purchase

Pete C.

yetanotherBob wrote:

Costco had "fresh" Butterball turkeys for $.99 per pound today. Nice
thing was they had quite a few in the ten-pound-and-under class. The
smaller ones are hard to find for some reason, no matter the brand or
lack thereof. (Maybe Costco buys them all?)


I've never been real happy with Butterballs the few times I've tried
them. On the other hand, "enhanced" or not, the inexpensive store brands
have always produced good results when I've had them.

As for the small turkey thing, it's a conspiracy against single folks. I
thwart their evil efforts with my Foodsaver and just vac bag and freeze
all the leftovers from the 20# turkey.

Pete C.

Pete C. wrote:
yetanotherBob wrote:
Costco had "fresh" Butterball turkeys for $.99 per pound today. Nice
thing was they had quite a few in the ten-pound-and-under class. The
smaller ones are hard to find for some reason, no matter the brand or
lack thereof. (Maybe Costco buys them all?)


I've never been real happy with Butterballs the few times I've tried
them. On the other hand, "enhanced" or not, the inexpensive store brands
have always produced good results when I've had them.

As for the small turkey thing, it's a conspiracy against single folks. I
thwart their evil efforts with my Foodsaver and just vac bag and freeze
all the leftovers from the 20# turkey.

Pete C.


I just came back from Alberston's where the store brand was $.38 with a
$20 purchase but I couldn't find one less than 20 lb. and I don't have
space in the freezer for that size, no matter HOW I rearrange
everything. (Nor do i want that much turkey to thaw and cook. We're a
small family, even when all of us gather.)

gloria p

Puester wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
yetanotherBob wrote:
Costco had "fresh" Butterball turkeys for $.99 per pound today. Nice
thing was they had quite a few in the ten-pound-and-under class. The
smaller ones are hard to find for some reason, no matter the brand or
lack thereof. (Maybe Costco buys them all?)


I've never been real happy with Butterballs the few times I've tried
them. On the other hand, "enhanced" or not, the inexpensive store brands
have always produced good results when I've had them.

As for the small turkey thing, it's a conspiracy against single folks. I
thwart their evil efforts with my Foodsaver and just vac bag and freeze
all the leftovers from the 20# turkey.

Pete C.


I just came back from Alberston's where the store brand was $.38 with a
$20 purchase but I couldn't find one less than 20 lb. and I don't have
space in the freezer for that size, no matter HOW I rearrange
everything. (Nor do i want that much turkey to thaw and cook. We're a
small family, even when all of us gather.)

gloria p


You can buy a 20# turkey, partially thaw it, and cut it up like a frying
chicken. Refreeze in about 4 packages.

Best regards,
Bob

zxcvbob wrote:

Puester wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
yetanotherBob wrote:
Costco had "fresh" Butterball turkeys for $.99 per pound today. Nice
thing was they had quite a few in the ten-pound-and-under class. The
smaller ones are hard to find for some reason, no matter the brand or
lack thereof. (Maybe Costco buys them all?)


I've never been real happy with Butterballs the few times I've tried
them. On the other hand, "enhanced" or not, the inexpensive store brands
have always produced good results when I've had them.

As for the small turkey thing, it's a conspiracy against single folks. I
thwart their evil efforts with my Foodsaver and just vac bag and freeze
all the leftovers from the 20# turkey.

Pete C.


I just came back from Alberston's where the store brand was $.38 with a
$20 purchase but I couldn't find one less than 20 lb. and I don't have
space in the freezer for that size, no matter HOW I rearrange
everything. (Nor do i want that much turkey to thaw and cook. We're a
small family, even when all of us gather.)

gloria p

You can buy a 20# turkey, partially thaw it, and cut it up like a frying
chicken. Refreeze in about 4 packages.

Best regards,
Bob

Get the 20# turkey and while still frozen, cut it in half with a Sawzall
and a *new and washed* fine tooth blade. Poor man's meat cutting band
saw.

Pete C.

Puester wrote:


I just came back from Alberston's where the store brand was $.38 with
a $20 purchase but I couldn't find one less than 20 lb. and I don't
have space in the freezer for that size, no matter HOW I rearrange
everything. (Nor do i want that much turkey to thaw and cook. We're
a small family, even when all of us gather.)

At the local supermarket, I usually have the opposite problem. They
often don't have much in the way of larger birds, but plenty in the
14-18 range. However, this year there will be fewer folks, so one of
those will do. I'll be going tonight, so I can use the $10 off
Thursday-only coupon. The prices here aren't super good, $.59 for
store-brand with a $50 purchase.



Brian

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"Pete C." wrote in

I've never been real happy with Butterballs the few times I've
tried them. On the other hand, "enhanced" or not, the
inexpensive store brands have always produced good results
when I've had them.

I agree 100%. The el-cheapo's have always tasted better than the
Butterballs to me. (Cooked in an oven baking bag.)

As for the small turkey thing, it's a conspiracy against
single folks. I thwart their evil efforts with my Foodsaver
and just vac bag and freeze all the leftovers from the 20#
turkey.

Pete C.

"Pete C." wrote:

jay wrote:


I saw a similar flyer from Albertsons in TX. Usually when Albertsons has a
special on anything, beware..the item is near death. Those turkeys may have
been in the freezer since last Thanksgiving. I'm going to check into the
price of a somewhat *natural* bird.


Yep, it's Albertson's in TX. It really doesn't matter if the turkey has
been in the freezer 2 or 3 years, as long as it's been kept below 0
degrees it's perfectly fine. It takes a lot longer than that for any
deterioration of quality and it will stay safe indefinitely.

Pete C.

Back from Albertson's with a rain check for the free turkey. Another
truckload is expected tomorrow. With that kind of turnover I doubt the
turkeys have been around very long at all, highly unlikely since last
year.

Pete C.