Just made myself a turkey salad sandwich ad it is DELICIOUS! Pretty sure this is the 7th day in a row that my food intake has involved a pretty good serving of turkey.
Should have enough for at least 1 - maybe 2 - more days. Yum!
There’s not much turkey left, which is sad. The greater tragedy was running out of stuffing.
Even the fowl remnants can have value though. One of my fond memories is of the time a small, middle-aged spaniel of ours somehow got access to the fridge, hauled out the turkey carcass and was swinging it around like the world’s best dog toy.
Nah, I’m not tired yet. I brined our turkey and the damn thing was delicious! I had my 5th meal of turkey today (turkey tetrazzini) and I’m looking forward to further servings.
I used to LOVE turkey. But then, sometime in my thirties, my taste buds were like: “Nope, not feeling it anymore!” And I have been tired of turkey ever since.
My girlfriend is apparently tired of it–she just made a sandwich using prepackaged turkey lunch meat instead of the leftover turkey that was one shelf down.
I got the last of the Thanksgiving bird, just as I was thinking that I’m getting pretty tired of it. The dogs and cats, though… there’ll never be enough turkey, let alone too much.
Friends had us over and they gave us some turkey to bring home. So you know it wasn’t the megatonnage that cooking your own brings.
Especially when it’s fresh and juicy, it’s great. And it can be used in so many recipes and takes on whatever flavors you add…I keep thinking I should wait for a discounted one, brine it with Alton’s recipe, and vacuum seal bags of the leftovers, throw them in the freezer.
I just finished the leftover mashed potatoes for lunch today. With the rest of the leftover gravy. How long do I need to wait to find out if I got food poisoning?
That’s not the very last of Thanksgiving, I also have some turkey soup. But it’s in the freezer. I’ll take it out when we haven’t had turkey in a while. This week I’ll do bean soup.
I never tire of turkey. We were at the in-laws on Thanksgiving and only brought a little bit home with us, so I have a 16 pound bird thawing in the fridge now for roasting on Sunday. I only waited this long because it will be the first day cool enough that having the oven on all day won’t make the AC kick in.
I’m looking forward to using the leftovers even now. For sandwiches, and enchiladas, and sandwiches, and stock, and sandwiches, and soup, and sandwiches, and… You get the idea.
There are two more turkeys in the chest freezer thanks to Kroger selling them for 39 cents/lb.
I get tired of turkey pretty quickly, and only cook it once a year, for Thanksgiving. I like most meats more. Chicken and duck are delicious. Turkey is … fine.
Okay, I admit I’m a little surprised that the mashed potatoes were still good after nearly two weeks. Our fridge does keep things very cold. But they smelled fine, they tasted fine, and my bowels still feel fine. So I guess they were fine.
From time to time, I buy a large ham. My preferred way to use it is to slice it thin and fry it.
I bought a ham about two weeks before Thanksgiving and it is still fine. I sliced some of that ham and fried it today to eat with leftover stuffing from Christmas dinner (we’re already out of the turkey).
I think that as long as the outer “rind” of the ham is there and I slice off some every few days, the meat stays good. I would never keep a pre-sliced ham very long.
If I start to pick up an off taste, I do throw away what is left.
I also do the same thing with smoked turkey breast except that the turkey breasts are smaller and do not last as long.
To bring back on topic, in college we had turkey about once a week and I got really tired of turkey. It took me three or four years to start to like it again.