Today I roasted a turkey “out of season”. Back at Thanksgiving I bought a free range organically raised turkey from the health food store.
I started thawing it a couple of days ago, made sure today I knew exactly how I would cook it according to directions, and in the oven it went.
The house now smells glorious. I let the bird cool enough to pull the meat off of the bones, and put the skeleton, giblets, some carrots, onions and celery in a pot. I broke the bigger bones in half, with a hammer, to expose the marrow, and tossed in the skin, fat, and tiny scraps of meat.
Tomorrow I’ll divide the meat up into several packages, to have on hand as needed. But I am thinking turkey soup, ummmmm.
Anyone else ever do this out of season? It feels comforting right now, there’s snow on the ground and the cold wind is really blowing outside.
