From the Editors
Bloggers' Best Thanksgiving Recipes
HuffPo has 7 turkey-cooking tips from Butterball, and Lifehacker has recipes for brining a better turkey. Diner's Journal is taking readers' questions (what's a substitute for buttermilk?) and The Kitchn is collecting readers' Thanksgiving dinner tips. The Bitten Word offers last-minute cooking tips (set the table the night before and decide what you'll put in which serving dish ahead of time), and YumSugar has last-minute recipes, even one for turkey. Pham Fatale has 33 Thanksgiving dinner menu ideas. Money Saving Mom ran a Thanksgiving on a budget series with other mom bloggers. Consumer Reports Money Blog teaches you how to save 34% on your Thanksgiving food costs.
Skip Black Friday, Get Ready for Cyber Monday
If you're reading this, you haven't been at the mall since 5 AM looking for Black Friday deals. Don't worry, you're not alone. Get Rich Slick writes, "No one expressed any interest in getting up at 4am to go shopping for crap this year and I can't blame them." Then again, Smith Household writes in a post at 5:12am, "I left the house by 4:20am and there were several cars who followed me to Rockdale! I was inside of Wal Mart by 4:50!" 3-Penny Princess lists twelve reasons to avoid shopping on Black Friday. Bloggers are helping you get the same or better deals online, and you have the weekend to prepare. Cyber Monday explains, "Cyber Monday is the Monday after Black Friday and many traditional brick & mortar retailers along with online-only retailers put up amazing deals for you to take advantage of," and they're collecting store ads. (Their sister site is Black Friday Online.) All the Rage explains that waiting to shop until Monday is actually smart: "Online retailers are as nervous as grooms on their wedding morning."
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