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Default What's a good price for turkey?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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> > wrote in message
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> > What's considered a good price per pound for a Butterball turkey?

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> You might open the yellow pages, find a meat store, and see if any are
> selling locally raised birds, especially those that are closer to the
> free-range concept. Based on my experience, they seem more tender,
> especially the breast meat, which, in "supermarket turkeys" tends to be dry
> and boring unless you slather it in gravy.


Go one step further, get a shotgun and a hunting license and get the
freshest, free-rangest, leanest, tastiest turkey around.

Pete C.