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Based on a Kiplinger e-mail I just received, this year’s Thanksgiving meal, including turkey and all the trimmings, will, on average, cost $58.08, or about $5.80 per person.

A 16-pound turkey now averages $25.67, or $1.60 per pound, 6% less than last year. 

Yesterday I paid $3.49 a pound for a 18 lb fresh turkey. I can’t be average with money matters even on a holiday. 🦃

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RCC
1 year ago

Happy Thanksgiving Dick. Next year, if you want to treat the family, wander down to Griggstown Farm, north of Princeton. They sell fresh, heirloom turkeys for around $9 a pound. They are supposed to be the best in NJ.

JAY SCATTERGOOD
1 year ago

RQ

good work as always I do enjoy your humor ….enjoy your bird n fixns with family and friends……..let’s hope not only today but the years coming are HAPPY

Scott Dichter
1 year ago

I always hated cooking turkey because anything over say 13 lbs cooks very uneven. Then I learned how to spatchcock one, so good. Of course the wife hates turkey so maybe once a year it happens.

Linda Grady
1 year ago

Dick, accept that you are not “average” in any way, ever 😃🦃. Best Thanksgiving wishes to you and Connie and all your loved ones. Have I mentioned that Connie is a lucky gal? She is. 😊

Robert Wright
1 year ago

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fran Moore
1 year ago