Bought a turkey

I still cook like I have seven or eight people here. I need more freezer space.

@GardenGerty...... Better to have too much than not enough.

What do you eat instead?

Why did you stop Thanksgiving?

@andriaperry @GardenGerty We still have Thanksgiving. Its just hubby and me so it feels like any other day except I make the effort to put out English and Bavarian china. The last couple of years we have stuffed a squash with seasoned cornbread and then had tasty sides. I make a decent pie crust so we generally have a pie on the side- pumpkin or yam pie sweetened with dates or like this year, apple with cran raisins. This year we plan to have a lentil loaf with a spicy tomato sauce over it and mushrooms stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs, wheat germ and parmesan cheese. We'll walk the property and talk about all those that we are grateful to for us getting through another year.

@youless Here it can be a very economical food to make. Lots of people like to eat it because it is versatile and it is healthy.

I will season it and cook it in the roaster. I wonder if turkeys live in your country? Are they considered a farm crop?

@GardenGerty I am not so sure. But turkeys are rare here. Perhaps you can find it as a dish from the expensive hotels.

I had that happen when this fridge was brand new. It seems to have something to do with air flow and drainage of the evaporation. I remember when they always had to be defrosted, like every other month.

@GardenGerty I remember that too, and chipping away at it with an ice pick to hurry up the process. I think I even used a hair blower on it.

@BarBaraPrz @GardenGerty I use the hair dryer on mine too.

I need to work on doing more of that, and freezing smaller portions. I believe I have one more container of chili frozen.

@andriaperry I need to get into the home canning. You have convinced me, along with personal experience, that I may not always be able to rely on a freezer.

@GardenGerty I learned to do it when I had trashy people in the rentals and I stayed on a property working all the time, I have good people now but the cooking continued. I used to have bean day, I cooked three or four type and froze them. I always make extra chili, soup or stew. I do home can a lot more too.

Yes, it is traditional for a Thanksgiving Feast this month. We also eat it year around because it is healthy and tasty.

@GardenGerty thanks for sharing.

It seems to be a constant activity.Cleaning and organizing and resetting.

I hope you ate well.

I like both. When on sale turkey is an awesome bargain.

It lightens the load and it saves on the pocket as well.

Yes, we usually buy three or four to eat year round. My brother prepares the one on Thanksgiving.

Yes, and it lets me save money.

@GardenGerty That is always a good plan Heather.

I love to make sure we have enough food. It saves money in the long run to have it sitting in the freezer.

@GardenGerty That's good, and I would too if we had a bigger freezer.

Oh yes. There will be lots of turkey dishes.

I want to make more room for more turkey in the freezer. May get hubby to smoke one.

That really helps on a busy day.

@GardenGerty oh for sure.