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How to Carve (and Freeze) a Cooked Turkey_101

In this installment, I want to give you a “quick and dirty” way to carve a turkey.  The goal is to get a bunch of meat, and spend as little time doing it as possible….
Now: this is assuming you’ve let your bird cool for about 20 minutes, and you’ve got a decent knife to carve [...]

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Gobble Gobble: How to Cook a Turkey_101

G’mornin,
The following is a breakdown of what to do now that you bought your bird.  There are a few steps, so (as always) feel free to email me your comments and questions: penny@radiatortoast.com.
1. THAW
You have two options to thaw.  The safe thaw way is to throw it in your fridge—this method requires 24 hours for [...]

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My Momma Told Me….Part II

Greetings Everyone,
Someone asked me how they know when the Autumn deals that I blogged about HERE are actually a good deal.
The easy/universal answer to that question is: use a pricebook.  If you keep a simple list with four columns, you can track your most-frequently purchased items, the best deal you were able to get on the item, [...]

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Talkin’ Turkey: Where to Find the Best Deal

Greetings Fellow Readers,

This week, you probably noticed that nearly all of the grocers are providing door-busting-deals on turkey.  For the week of 11/17/08, here are the best prices I’ve found within the metro:
Cub Foods: $0.57/lb WITH AN ADDITIONAL $25 PURCHASE (find the coupon in the circular at the store)
Rainbow Foods: Frozen Jenni-o at $0.58/lb WITH [...]

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