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Please, no more turkey leftovers!

monte cristoThat's not my opinion, by the way. I love turkey leftovers. But Slate's Jill Hunter Pelletteri says that she's had enough with all the talk about what to do with your holiday turkey leftovers:

Every November, magazine editors and food writers, cooking gurus and TV personalities, foist turkey leftover recipes upon us. Unless we put our tired, picked-over turkey carcass to good use, they tell us, we're wasting some precious opportunity. But don't be fooled. Do not be tempted by that recipe for turkey and leek risotto. Those stringy last bits of gristle and meat that cling to your bird are better suited to the raccoons who rummage through your garbage. Do you really want to morph the centerpiece of your most ceremonial meal of the year into turkey bundles (stuffed with turkey, cream cheese, dill weed, and water chestnuts, among other things)?

Guilty as charged. But what's the fun of making a big turkey if you're not going to make soups and sandwiches and pot pies with the leftovers?!

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Leftovers, Ingredients
Tags: Holidash, leftovers, poultry, slate, thanksgiving, turkey leftovers, turkey pot pies, turkey sandwiches

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Monty Harris

11-26-2007 @2:55PM Monty Harris said... I'm done with the turkey leftovers, finally! I used the last of it to make Sopa Azteca (tortilla soup with avacado, cheese, chile and chicken), in my case turkey.

A very good recipe can be found on page 64 of "A Cook's Tour of Mexico" by Nancy Zaslavsky.

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Julie

11-26-2007 @4:14PM Julie said... Having 2 turkeys means lots of leftovers for us as long as we don't have to eat it everyday it's fine.It freezes well, so there really is no reason to have to have it every day until it runs out.
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Adriane

11-26-2007 @6:25PM Adriane said... Hm...this never seems to be a problem for us. Some is used for the late night sandwiches after turkey dinner...then some goes home with others, lunches for a couple days...then stock. I'd rather be turkey-ed out then waste perfectly good food.
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Deuz Augustine

11-27-2007 @7:24AM Deuz Augustine said... Solution: don't make so much turkey?
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