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Money Saving Tips for Thanksgiving
By June Campbell of Nightcats Multimedia Productions
If money's tight, why not try these money saving tips for Thanksgiving? Hand Made Decorations 1. Make your own decorations for the table, the office and your home. Hand made items are more personal than purchased ones, and are usually more economical. Visit Thanksgiving Clipart for ideas, suggestions, links to resources, plus pictures and videos. Also, If you have colored leaves or greenery growing in your area, incorporate it in your decor. A colorful selection of fall leaves makes a beautiful centerpiece, and costs nothing. Economical Turkey Tips 2. Buy a utility grade turkey instead of a more costly Grade A or Butterball. Utility turkeys are perfectly good choices. These birds may have a minor disfigurement, possibly a missing wing, for example, but the meat is the same as you would find with a Grade A. No one will know the difference and you save quite a bit of cash. 3. Consider asking the butcher to cut a turkey in half lengthwise. They will gladly do this if asked. The advantage is that you can split a large bird with someone else, OR you can buy a larger turkey than you would ordinarily purchase. Cook half and freeze the other half to cook later. This results in a considerable cost savings over buying two smaller turkeys. To cook, you simply fill the cavity with stuffing, pack it down with aluminum foil and roast with the cut side down. 4. Making your own stuffing is a considerable cost savings over buying stuffing mixes or buying a pre-stuffed turkey. Stuffing a turkey is easy; you don't need a recipe. Stuffing Directions
Use day old bread or stale bread. Save your crusts and stale bread for this purpose. When ready to make the stuffing, cut or break the bread into small chunks or cubes. You can make more than the turkey will hold, because I will tell you how to use the extra. When your bread is cubed, add some chopped onion and some chopped celery. Use as much or as little as you like. Add some butter or margarine. Sprinkle the mixture with salt, pepper and sage or poultry seasoning. To know when you have added enough seasonings, simply lift the bowl and smell. Continue adding until the scent of the spices is strong enough to suit your taste. Mix thoroughly, then begin adding water, a little at a time. Add water until the stuffing is damp, but not moist. It will take on moisture from the turkey. At this point, stuff the turkey in the usual way. If you have extra stuffing left over, place it on a generous square of aluminum foil. Add the turkey neck and the giblets to the the top of the dressing. If you don't like giblets, leave them out and use the neck only. Sprinkle some additional water on the stuffing, since this package won't be taking on very much moisture. Place this tin foil package in the oven along side the roasting pan. This package of stuffing will cook faster than the turkey, so check regularly to be sure it doesn't dry out. Remove from the oven when done. When the turkey is cooked, remove the stuffing from the turkey and add this package of stuffing to it. It's a great way to get extra stuffing, and its just as good as the batch you cooked inside the turkey. Turkey Soup
If you make turkey soup out of the carcass, you can get a lot of extra mileage out of that bird. To make soup, place the cooked turkey bones in a large pot. Add a little extra meat and stuffing if you have any. Fill the pot with water and simmer for about three hours. Remove the bones and discard. Chill the broth in the fridge and when cold, skim off any fat that has formed on the surface. Return the broth to the stove and bring to a simmer. Add vegetables as desired (onion, carrots, celery, green pepper are good choices), and add rice or noodles. Simmer until the vegetables and rice are cooked. Add seasonings as desired. Serve with bread or crackers. There you have a few suggestions for a joyous and economical Thanksgiving day.
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I spent eight years cooking in a restaurant. I no longer cook for a living but I enjoy preparing good food.
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Thanks for these tips 
When I was a child, our family couldn't afford turkey so she fooled us into believing we were eating turkey when it was actually a chicken. At that time people could buy live poultry so she asked the butcher for a turkey head. When she unwrapped the package she showed us the bird masquerading as a turkey and we never knew the difference. I learned about this when I was an adult.
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Oh that is too funny. You gotta hand it to your mom. She was one creative lady. Nowadays, I think turkey is probably more economical than chicken.
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