The turkey I purchased for Thanksgiving is my money saver! I purchasesd a 19 lb turkey at $.049 a pound! A whopping $9.31 total. Since then, Mr. Roadrunner and I have had two full turkey dinners each. I put the carcass, drumsticks, wings and other scraps into the slow cooker and cooked them for about 20 hours. Let that cool and picked the bones clean of dark meat and set aside then strained broth. Refrigerated all over night. Scrapped off the fat layer off the turkey broth and used the broth for turkey soup. Had soup for diinner and still have more soup to go, more leftover turkey slices too. PLUS, I didn't mention, when the turkey was carved, Mr. Roadrunner cut off one half of the breast as one big hunk and I froze it with a little broth. Down the road, we will have more turkey sammies! This turkey was massively huge and normally I buy a 15 lb. turkey. I did a home delivery and this is what the shopper selected for me. So far, 6 total dinners consumed, more leftover soup, more leftover slices and a half a turkey breast in the freezer. How can you beat a $0.49 cent turkey?
My greed factor was in full gear and was so tempted to buy MORE turkey's at that price. However, reality set in and remembered my freezer is pretty full and turkey's take up so much room. Alas, one bargain a year!