# The stock is simmering! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561 "2015-02-02T01:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/1 "2015-02-02T01:02:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/2 "2015-02-02T02:15:47Z")
Sounds yum. Let’s zip it over to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/3 "2015-02-02T02:31:14Z")
Now I want turkey pot pies. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/4 "2015-02-02T02:54:34Z")
I’m hoping to do a full-on extra Thanksgiving in March or April. I think it’ll be a fun excuse to have a dinner party. There will probably be turkey soup afterwards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/5 "2015-02-02T03:37:58Z")
Mmmmm. [Bone broth](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747685). Owww, my crotch! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stock-is-simmering/711561/6 "2015-02-02T04:39:16Z")
Nothing quite like the smell of roast turkey! **Suburban Plankton** informed me this afternoon, when I sent him out to the freezer for meat for this week, that we had a whole frozen turkey out there. I had no idea. I guess we bought one around Thankgiving, but we went to my SIL’s for dinner. I’m thinking next weekend we might do a proper stuffed turkey.