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| What's Happening To Your Leftover Turkey?; Things to do with it... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 27 2004, 02:32 PM (264 Views) | |
| Heathertee | Nov 27 2004, 02:32 PM Post #1 |
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Nobody ever has enough gravy left over; open a jar of Heinz. (Shh, don't tell!) Throw the jar into recycling bin minus the label; nobody will ever guess. I like to heat the stuffing in the oven, put the thinly sliced breat meat on top and pour boiling-hot gravy over all. Sometimes the leftovers are more delicious than the big meal, for some reason. Leftover leg meat and scraps of white meat go into a salad with cut-up apple (skins on), a few drops of lemon juice, diced celery, a little tarragon, and Hellmann's mayonnaise. Scraps too small or tough to go into the salad get tossed into the food processor and ground up rather fine, then turned out into a bowl and mixed with good mayo and a spoonful of sweet pickle relish. This makes the best sandwich! And then there is turkey soup... |
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| cajun cook | Nov 27 2004, 05:25 PM Post #2 |
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What leftovers? HaHaHa |
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| Heathertee | Nov 27 2004, 05:37 PM Post #3 |
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Danny, six Yankees don't eat very much, compared with what, twenty? hungry Cajuns... |
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| Trailblazer | Nov 27 2004, 05:49 PM Post #4 |
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We only do turkey on Thanksgiving if with family. We've camped on Thanksgiving and stuck a foiled wrapped prime rib in the coals, with a baguette, sweet potatoes, wine, veggies and pie. Turkey is a cheap meat, great for our travelling budget. All stores have frozen turkeys all year long, so we buy one fairly often, let it thaw on the road, then cook it on the campfire. Since we cooked a turkey like this at Head Of The Ditch Campground (New Mex.) last week before Thanksgiving, we had turkey leftovers for our anniversary...turkey, noodles, green chilies, onions, cream of mushroom soup, asadero cheese, provolone cheese, heavy cream and butter. Also, we had turkey-fruit salad for a picnic at the Gila Cliff Dwellings. This Thanksgiving we at least had turkey sandwiches (kinda like those bad airline sandwiches) at the Carlsbad Caverns Underground snack Bar 750 feet underground! |
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| Heathertee | Nov 27 2004, 05:57 PM Post #5 |
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I was there last October! Did you walk down the natural entrance? I was there when they opened and it took me 2+ hours to walk down. I could have eaten the north end of a southbound alligator, but all I could afford was a hot dog... Wonderful place! |
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| Trailblazer | Nov 27 2004, 06:08 PM Post #6 |
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Yes, Heather, we walked down the natural entrance...what a loooong steep walk!!!! We were there early in the morning too, before a lot of tourists arrived. I don't remember how long it took us to walk down, but we stopped a lot and ogled all the formations. I have sore "down" walking muscles! We also walked through the Big Room. I was famished. the special at the snack bar was turkey, chips, and cookies. We ate the special because we wanted to be fueled up to walk out of the cavern. Little did we know, you cannot walk out. We were really disappointed that we had to take the elevator out. (And not burn those carbs from lunch!) I found it interesting that lint is a problem in the caves. Did you see the lint ball in the display case? We also drove the 9 mile route through the desert at Carlsbad. Wonderful self-guided tour, and mule deer! |
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| Heathertee | Nov 27 2004, 06:22 PM Post #7 |
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I didn't do the drive, but I did stay til dark to see the bats. Never such a sight! A river of bats, hundreds of thousands. I suppose they have now gone south to Mexico for the winter. I practically had to feel my way out and back to the van; it was so dark. On the way down I was glad I paid attention to the warnings to drive slowly for the wildlife; I saw three ringtails! I did see the lint ball. If you get into southern AZ be sure to see Kartchner Caverns; they have all sorts of precautions to keep the human impact down. It is one of the best-preserved caverns in the US. |
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| Trailblazer | Nov 27 2004, 06:36 PM Post #8 |
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You're so right...the bats have migrated south to Mexico for the winter, so we missed that, unfortunately. Three ringtails! We learned they live farther in the cavern than ever, because of the snackbar. We did see a ringtail at the El tovar Bar in Grand Canyon village. I have some great pics of it. He ran around the bar, and his family lives in the El Tovar Lodge. The furthest south we saw of Ariz was Phoenix, so we didn't see Kartchner Caverns. We headed straight east through the wilderness for hundreds of miles. There's so much to see and do out there. You could traverse each state for weeks. |
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| cajun cook | Nov 27 2004, 06:53 PM Post #9 |
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Ringtail? anyone got a recipe for a ringtail? Do you bake, fry, or grill it? Do you know the difference between a regular zoo and a cajun zoo? The regular zoo has the animal, common name and sientific name. The cajun zoo has the animal, common name, and sientific name and a recipe to go with it. Danny
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| Trailblazer | Nov 27 2004, 06:57 PM Post #10 |
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That's a good one!I google searched and could not find a ringtail recipe!
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| cmoehle | Nov 27 2004, 07:20 PM Post #11 |
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We ate the whoooooole thing! |
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| Heathertee | Nov 28 2004, 06:59 AM Post #12 |
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How could you think of eating something so cute??!!
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| cajun cook | Nov 28 2004, 07:55 AM Post #13 |
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In a gumbo comes to my mind!
Danny
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| cajun cook | Nov 28 2004, 08:01 AM Post #14 |
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Back to the bats, I got bats, not a river of bats, more like a little creek! I make bat houses in my spare time and when someone wants one. At one point this year I had 58 bats (sat and counted them) at dusk. Then all the neighbors would come at night to watch them come out and I guess they got spooked , cause they left early,(the bats not the neighbors) . anyway I hope they come back next year. They are suppose to eat a lot of mosiquitos and we always have plenty of them.
Danny
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| mychrissy | Nov 28 2004, 09:42 AM Post #15 |
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Danny,, We have a "Bat House" in Gainesville, Florida. Heather can tell you all about it. Passinthru took us there. |
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Danny
That's a good one!
Danny
8:50 AM Jul 11