I have an admission to make. It is the kind of admission that may make my mom spit out her coffee if she is reading this.
I spent over $100 on my turkey this year.
I know, it seems crazy, doesn't it?
But, as my husband Paul pointed out as we left the grocery store on Sunday afternoon, "It's just once a year." And, really, it is. We don't eat a lot of turkey. And one of the side benefits of eating from a CSA is that we really don't eat very much meat anymore. And so when we do eat meat, we can afford to spend more on it than we would have when we ate meat for almost every meal.
And the extra money is worth it to me, because as I spend all that time on Thursday preparing, cooking, and feasting on our Turkey, I will be giving thanks.
I'll be giving thanks for the opportunity that our turkey had to live a good life. How he got to go outside and be a turkey. How he could stand up on his own because his body wasn't pumped full of hormones that made him grow bigger than he should have been. How he was lovingly cared for by a family who took pride in him.
And to me, all of that is worth much more than 49 cents a pound!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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