# Turquitos **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530 "2015-12-05T17:52:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/1 "2015-12-05T17:52:00Z")
Yes, there are still leftovers from Thanksgiving. Tuesday I put the smaller bits of turkey – stuff that came off the wings, legs, various pieces of white and dark meat – into a pot with a can of Rotel’s mild salsa and several dashes of Tapatio and simmered it for a while. Last night I rolled the meat up in corn tortillas and fried them. I ran out of tortillas, so there’s a little meat left. Yep, leftover leftovers. I ended up with eight fatter-than-storebought un-fried taquitos in the freezer, which will make for a quick meal or two another day. Mrs. L.A. was suitably impressed. The meat was tender and juicy, and the salsas were just the right combination. She made guacamole. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/2 "2015-12-05T18:10:26Z")
[MadMex (a local chain) traditionally offers their thanksgiving burrito meal, called gobbleritos.](http://madmex.com/gobblerito?location=monroeville) We go out of our way to get one each year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/3 "2015-12-05T18:22:12Z")
My wife just did this last night, the better to put leftovers before my daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/4 "2015-12-05T19:02:35Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > My wife just did this last night, the better to put leftovers before my daughter. Mostly I’ve just been having ‘Thanksgiving diner’ for lunch. I did make FTSBLATs (toasted Focaccia with Turkey breast, Swiss cheese, Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, and Tomato, with mayonnaise), which were a hit – though Mrs. L.A. couldn’t make it through half of one. (I make big sandwiches.) Were it not for Mrs. L.A.'s weird aversion to eating the same food until it’s gone, I would not understand your daughter’s reluctance to eating leftovers. But ‘turquitos’ _are_ a nice diversion, and they keep well in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/5 "2015-12-06T00:20:00Z")
Can I please send you my leftover chicken? Thank you. 🙂 (The turquitos sound delicious!) I am making myself a much-anticipated annual chicken tetarazzini tomorrow with my leftovers (which have been in the freezer). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/6 "2015-12-06T00:25:42Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Can I please send you my leftover chicken? Thank you. 🙂 Of course, you can add salsa and hot sauce to leftover chicken and make taquitos too. 😉 > [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I am making myself a much-anticipated annual chicken tetarazzini… I like to call it ‘chicken tetrachloride’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530/7 "2015-12-06T01:16:01Z")
Damn! I used the last of my leftovers in a turkey tetrazzini two days ago, and I just realized I completely forgot to make myself a Hot Brown this year!