Turkey- It’s What’s For Dinner

So I made one of my cheap turkeys for dinner the other day.  It was great.

I pulled it out of the freezer on Sunday.  By Wednesday it was good and defrosted.

I used to be really anxious about roasting chicken and turkey.  It seemed like such a difficult thing to do.

Nah.  It’s easy.  I keep it simple - I take the bird out of it’s package, rinse it off in cold water, and pat it dry with paper towels.  Then I stick in my roaster at 350 degrees. I used to always tie the legs together, but I don’t even bother doing that anymore. A turkey this size takes about 3 to 31/2 hours to cook in my roaster.

I got my Rival Roaster at Kohl’s a couple of years back at an after-Thanksgiving sale.  I use it at least once a week.  I really like it, and consider it to be one of my wiser investments. Of course, if you have an oven, you don’t need a roaster.  But it comes in handy when you’re making more than one item. I firmly believe, based on no evidence whatsoever, that my roaster uses less electricity than my oven.

Here’s how this particular turkey breaks down: The original sale price was $6.26 (.49/lb for a 12.78 lb bird).  Then I got a $3.00 off coupon, bringing the price down to $3.26, or .25/lb.  Mmmmmm.  The cheaper they are, the better they taste.

Oh, I also recently stocked up on a bunch of cheap chickens, too.  I got ten of the suckers at Kroger, .59/lb.  The other day one of the little frozen darlings jumped out of the freezer and landed on my big toe.  Ouch!  I bet you know what we had for dinner that night.