Mia McDavid <mia_mcdavid at attbi.com> writes: > Actually, a 19-lb bird, plus two sets of feet, was under $40. I > thought that was quite reasonable. YMMV. Still fairly cheap mean. I think it's something over twice the cost of a normal frozen commercial. We'll probably go free-range again for Christmas, more for the hoped-for lower level of various weird chemicals, and the supposedly-lower cruelty level, than for the actual flavor. > The bird was lovely. I don't know if the sausage under the skin made > it any more moist. It may only be an excuse to have two dressings. I can see the point of that. > The oyster dressing missed--I need to research the proper seasonings > for oysters, and the cornbread was too sweet. I might keep working on > it, though. So much cornbread is too sweet these days. It's supposed to be savory *until* I put the honey on it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info