Thanksgiving costs in Hilo and Honolulu tops in U.S. (2014, neighborhood)
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"Residents in Hilo and Honolulu pay the highest cost for home-cooked Thanksgiving meals in the U.S., according to an analysis by personal finance site NerdWallet.
While the American Farm Bureau Federation pegged the national average cost at $49.41 for 2014, a 37-cent increase over 2013, NerdWallet did a market-by-market analysis and calculated the cost for Hilo residents at $79.11 and for Honolulu at $76.73, the No. 1 and No. 2 most-expensive among the 264 markets in their study."
The larger examples of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) roaming around here taste like turkey. Along with a smoked ham prepared from a wild pig (that made the mistake of eating strawberry guava with its back to me), I don't have to spend anything on poultry or meat for Thanksgiving. My next-door neighbor grows ʻuala (sweet potato) and green beans, and I'm pretty sure that all of the other side dishes are covered as well since we're having a neighborhood "potluck."
Location: not sure, but there's a hell of a lot of water around here!
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The larger examples of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) roaming around here taste like turkey. Along with a smoked ham prepared from a wild pig (that made the mistake of eating strawberry guava with its back to me), I don't have to spend anything on poultry or meat for Thanksgiving. My next-door neighbor grows ʻuala (sweet potato) and green beans, and I'm pretty sure that all of the other side dishes are covered as well since we're having a neighborhood "potluck."
And journey a bit uphill, no need to dig an imu!!
The Bigger Island truly has it all, and more on the way
Gotta take advantage of the free turkey from Safeway or Foodland. Of course you've gotta spend a minimum amount, but I think it's like $100 at a time at Safeway, very doable if you buy some less perishable items that you normally use.
There was an article in the newspaper about mainland turkey farmers not producing very many this year. There was also some insinuation in the article that turkeys are sometimes held frozen for a year before they are sold, although that wasn't specifically stated. So we may be getting the turkeys this year from the stock that was held frozen from last year's turkey harvest. So if this year's harvest is half the amount, then next year's turkeys are likely to be twice as expensive or not available. If you have room in your freezer, you may want to get an extra turkey this year and keep it for next year. Or get an extra one this year, make kalua turkey and can it. Then you don't have any storage costs other than the cost of buying the canning jar lid.
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