Turkey Week - Check the sale ads for super bargains!

It's a really busy week here on too many levels.

I'd like to point out that this week is full of BIG bargains at the stores, though! Turkey for 59 cents a pound. You can't beat that for a deal on protein!!! I hope to be able to discuss what to do with the leftovers! Turkey sammies of course, but then casseroles or stews or tetrazinni.  I boiled last year's carcass after we'd picked all the meat off and I put up 4 quarts of stock from that. I will be using some of that stock that I froze to start this year's feast.

.59/lb is way way less that we have been paying for chicken - about 1/3 the price! If you waited until the last minute to shop, instead of a 12 lb bird you may be looking at a much much larger bird.

Don't need 20 lbs? I bet your neighbor does not need one that big either. Join forces for dinner - neighbors don't have all that baggage that relatives do! And then you can split the leftovers.

A few other super deals I saw this week:
Publix house brand butter BOGO at $2.99 and you only have to buy ONE!
Sugar 1.99 for 5 lbs.

I need to double check, but look at the offers from the stores. Kroger has changed their entire strategy for pricing and they have stopped doubling coupons!!!

Eat well, chill the leftovers promptly, invite your friends to bring sides and share the wealth!

I plan to come back with a list of "staples" that everyone needs to keep on hand at all times in order to cook well at home. Granted, buying all of these at once is going to totally whack your budget, but I am going to assume for purposes of the SNAP challenge that I am gearing up for that you did not arrive at a point in time with a rented room and no staples. I know that this happens to some people now and then - out on the street with no household goods and no staples! Perhaps this will help some of the agencies that help people get re-established have a resource for a "gift box" and perhaps I can encourage you to ask your church or other agency that you support to also set up "staple boxes" as a starter kit.

I do realize that recent immigrants need their own usual tastes and produce, and I am not attempting to provide advice on these, but rather the "Southern US" typical foods that I have grown up with as a perhaps 8th or 10th even generation American.

Hey, in S. GA we eat RICE and NOT potatoes for Thanksgiving!!! It's because we grew rice here and not potatoes. We also had Tea plantations....