Any HOs look around for good turkey deals this thanksgiving? Wondering where I should get my cheap thanksgiving turkey this year.
Well, Shop Rite every year does a thing in the late summer/early fall where if you spend $400 in groceries by a certain date (they track it on your Price Plus Card), you get a free 6 to 9 pound turkey. For my family, which was always small and recently got smaller, thatās the perfect size for us. Still plenty of leftovers. I canāt remember the last time we actually paid for a turkey. The $400 is so easy to spend with the price of groceries but I realize for most families the turkey would be way too small.
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Yeah unfortunately the ShopRite deal is a no go for me, I barely spend 100$ a month on groceries!
So far the best deals Iāve found is Wegmans at 49c and Stop n Shop at 39c + 25$ purchase.
Any special rub, brine, stuffing this year?
I wonder how the popeyes cajun turkey is? My guess is pretty good. They make some tasty chicken. Iāve been seeing commercials for this.
Iām not a fan of the Popeyes turkey. Got one a few years ago and didnāt care for it and I love Popeyes Chicken.
I win Thanksgiving!
Full disclosure - I donāt really win Thanksgiving. While this may be the best tasting bird out there, at about $90 each they are no deal.
Have you had it? I mean itās just a turkey right?
@corvette_johnny Nothing special, I think the things that make turkey delicious is the support players (stuffing, gravy, cranberry), so the turkey is just fine with salt n pepper for me. Maybe a little sage but I think thatās better in the gravy and stuffin.
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Have you ever tried bells?
They also make a brine I want to try.
Are you talking about Bellās seasoning? I use it year-round on chicken and turkeyā¦
Yes, good stuff. I like it in stuffing too.
Yup! Great blend
Aldi has the lowest price unless you earn a free one 
I was there yesterday and they had plenty to choose from along with hams, salmon, roaster chickens and duck soon.
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Any good turduckens around central nj? Actually, do any restaurants serve turducken?
I want to do one with quail instead of chicken. Itās been on my list of things to do for a few years lol
Just out of curiousity, what didnāt you like about it?
So it was marketed as a fried turkey, skin was not crispy at all. I bought it to use to make my gumbo, friend turkey carcass in my opinion makes the best stock and the stock wasnāt good.
I would rather take the time to fry my own than waste my money on one from Popeyes
We usually do our turkey in a slow-cooker GASP! I know. However, there is a reason.
When I was a child, my family always went out for Thanksgiving. Poetās Inn in Matawan had a beautiful Thanksgiving buffet and we were regulars there during the year. My mom is a wonderful cook but for some reason, Thanksgiving was always left to a restaurant. She did Christmas dinner (usually a stuffed roast pork) so I never understood why. Then when I was about 13 or 14, she decided she would cook a ārealā Thanksgiving dinner. We were all excited. Now, our oven which was relatively new had moments where it would not hold the heat. It needed to be re-calibratedā¦which we discoveredā¦ON THAT THANKSGIVING. So, its 4 PM, turkey has been roasting for hours, sides are done and hot, dad pulls out the turkey and begins carvingā¦only to discover that while the outside had browned nicely, the inside was perfectly raw and inedible. Back in it went. Several hours, five or six dried out sides, and three mom conniptions later, we had Thanksgiving dinner. From that moment on, into the slow-cooker it went.
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Do you know how much Aldi has it for?
Yesterday turkey was marked btwn .19-.55 a lb. depending on brand. I believe I noticed three brands. Inventory can chg but their weekly circular has been advertising holiday birds for three weeks already.
We buy a Bell & Evans turkey, brine it, and cook it on the Weber grill.
Bought a 20 lb. Butterball turkey at WM today. 84 cents a pound. It was the biggest one they had and I told my husband letās get it over and done with before the rush starts. I have everything else to make Thanksgiving dinner . Iāll send him out later to buy a pumpkin pie as usual but if unavailable I have stuff to make one here. I just donāt want do that anymore when you can buy one just as good already made.
Edit: just noticed this was the NJ board. Sorry for butting inš
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