If you have spent much of 2009 pinching every penny possible, here’s something that may make this year’s Thanksgiving feast taste a little more delicious. 

After five years of price increases, the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner dropped 4% this year—down $1.70 to $42.91 for a feast for 10… that’s according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has conducted the annual survey since 1986 as an informal gauge of national price trends.

The menu starts with a 16-pound turkey at $18.65 which is now 3 cents per pound cheaper than last year.

The AFBF meal includes bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream and beverages of coffee and milk.

The largest price drop was milk, at $2.86 per gallon, down 92 cents.

Three products had price increases: pumpkin pie mix at 11 cents more; two pie shells up 8 cents; and cube stuffing up 8 cents.

Of course, these prices do not reflect organic food options, which often cost double, triple or more when compared to traditionally produced goods.