Ever Heard of Hedda Gobbler?

Please, please… hold back your laughter and applause at my deliciously clever title.

If you don’t get the joke, it’s a literature thing: Hedda Gabbler, you know.  The play by Henrik Ibsen.  Read it.  Look it up.  Go see it.

Anyway, let’s get talking about the main course.  The big poo-bah.  The turkey!  After all, it is the star of the dinner.

The problem I’ve found with saving money on turkey is that it is already one of the cheapest meats on the market today.  People will even use ground turkey meat in different meals because it saves money as opposed to beef.

Well, here are some little secrets to throw in there for saving on turkey.

• 1.    You don’t have to cook the whole thing at the same time.

• 2.    It’s cheaper to buy the bigg’uns… as long as you have the cash on hand and realize that it’s cheaper by the ounce or pound, not over all.

If you’re more a story type person, check out this website.  It gives some really good ideas on how to save money on your brined turkey.  And it’s slightly enjoyable because it’s like a little story.

Finally, I have a video for you.  There are so many different labels for turkeys… organic, free-range, partial-range, open-range… what do they mean?  I had no idea other than the cost of an extra 5 cents a pound… check out this video, so you know exactly what you’re buying!