[OT] Turkey Tricks

jmcquown wrote:


Only if you like turkey. I hate turkey. AFAIK, the only thing it's good
for is turkey noodle soup or in a cottage pie.

Okay, what's "cottage pie"? The same thing the British call
"shepherd's pie"? (That's a mixture of cut up meat and
veggies and gravy, with a "crust" of mashed potato baked on
top.)

jmcquown wrote:
Pat wrote:
If you're like me, you like leftover turkey, but you don't like how
dry it gets, and all the gravy is long gone. What to do?

Turkey salad is also good. Chop onions and celery, add turkey bits,
and just enough miracle whip to add moisture and help it all stick
together. Good as sandwich filler or as a side.

--Fil

turkey stuffing reheated on a open grill add cranberry sauce on a
toasted bun even better
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jmcquown wrote:
Pat wrote:
If you're like me, you like leftover turkey, but you don't like how
dry it gets, and all the gravy is long gone. What to do?

Turkey salad is also good. Chop onions and celery, add turkey bits,
and just enough miracle whip to add moisture and help it all stick
together. Good as sandwich filler or as a side.

--Fil

Jo Firey wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message
.. .

MSG actually tricks your taste buds and brain into thinking the food
you are eating tastes good. Manufacturers can therefore use inferior
ingredients to make a mediocre product seem tastier. Higher profits
and low-quality products of little nutritional value prevail at the
expense of your health.



To put it very simple layman's terms. MSG makes your mouth water.
Your brain is trained to believe if food makes your mouth water, it
must be good.

I'm willing to give Jill the benefit of the doubt here. She does a
whole lot of cooking. Most of it seems to be "from scratch". And
many of the canned or boxed broths out there are MSG and additive
free.

Jo

Thanks, Jo. Thanksgiving chicken (told ya I don't like turkey!) and acorn
squash, pre-plating:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...10914576Xghmvr

Jill

Jo Firey wrote:
"Pat" wrote in message
.. .
If you're like me, you like leftover turkey, but you don't like how
dry it gets, and all the gravy is long gone. What to do?

I take the unfinished carcass and put it back in the roaster, add
2-3 cups of water, put the lid on and heat it up on top of the
stove. The water makes steam, which brings moisture back to to meat.
It takes only about ten minutes of steaming for a medium turkey with
about half the meat still on the carcass.

The best part is that when the steaming is done, you can use the
tasty liquid in the bottom of the pan to make more gravy!


I always make enough gravy for leftovers. I just make sure I always
make at least twice as much as I think I need.

But this is why I like Turkey a la King. It adds a nice amount of
sauce and moisture to the last of the leftovers. And it freezes
better than just turkey meat.

Jo

Hey, Jo, thanks for the idea! I have some frozen pastry shells and can make
chicken a la king from some of the leftover chicken! Woo hoo! Got all the
ingredients to make a nice a la king!

For today, I'm making chicken tostadas. Bought some tostada shells (crispy
corn tortillas) topped with some diced chicken, monterey jack cheese, maybe
(not sure yet) enchilada sauce... somehow the sauce doesn't fit with this.
But I never know until I start cooking. One reason I couldn't run a
restaurant, although I've worked in a few

Jill

If you're like me, you like leftover turkey, but you don't like how
dry it gets, and all the gravy is long gone. What to do?

Make more gravy!! Lots and LOTS more gravy. That's what I do.

This year, my sister made a 22-lb turkey AND a ham, with mashed potatoes
and gravy and stuffing and green beans....
For 3 adults and 2 children.

Can you say LEFTOVERS???

Yeah,she planned it that way. We love love love turkey, and she sent
me home with a BIG bowl of turkey and ham and another big bowl of
stuffing. I'm having a delightful ham sandwich for lunch today.
Had turkey sandwiches for dinner last night and breakfast this
morning,and stuffing for lunch yesterday. I'm in turkey heaven...

Jane
- owned and operated by Princess Rita, who wants nothing to do with
the turkey. Go figure.