MMR!! how much was your turkey? esp if free range

[pamela]

I'm hoping they are still on sale for $0.59 a pound when I get around to buying mine. No, not free range. I don't think they even sell those in my town.

[liveintheville]

$2.50-2.99/lb free range from whole foods.

[Deleted]

My pastured turkey was $3.49/lb last year (bought at a local farm).

[mrs.spunky]

Ours will be free for spending $350 at my grocery store since October something.

[wannabe]

i just ordered ours from the butcher. fresh, all natural, free-range organic turkey - $4-something a pound.

[kittycatlove]

We are getting a fresh turkey from the local butcher for the first time this year. It's going to be $2.89 lb.

[carfar]

3.89/ pound I think ... Local, free range etc...

[ejpint]

Free! I got a Butterball from work. We got an organic, free range turkey last year, and while I my conscience felt better, my tastebuds did not. Dry as hell.

[Deleted]

Honestly, the best turkey I've ever had was the pastured one last year. 100x better than Butterball and even my picky aunt was my impressed. It's all in the brine.

[atouchofklasse]

Nov 14, 2012 14:59:53 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

HERE IS THE THING: free range turkeys don't taste as good. They tend to be gamier than injected turkeys. Cooks Illustrated has done a number of taste tests over the years and I belive Butterball is usually the winner for taste and tenderness.

Agree!

[Deleted]

2.99/lb for free range, fresh. From Whole Foods.

[abramos]

$1.49/lb free range from Sprouts market.

[takeonyou]

My Butterball was free with my $300 grocery purchase over the past month. Free range be damned -- if I am spending my whole day cooking it better be good!

ETA: It was $1.79 a pound otherwise.

[sporky]

We just picked up Tom last night from our local co-op. The one we picked out was hormone-free, local, humanly raised, vegetarian fed, and organic--- $2.49/lb. They also had ones who had all that criteria PLUS were free range... those were $4.49/lb. I just could justify buying a bird that was double the price. Sorry, little penned up guy!