“[G]rowing guilt over wasteful leftovers,” Ha! The leftovers are usually the best part of the whole weekend. So many good things can be made from them. Even though single, I still prefer a 12 - 14 lb. bird because of the great leftovers.
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Our leftovers don’t go to waste. I put portions into the freezer. When we don’t know what else to make for dinner, I take out one, chop some veggies, and make turkey stir fry.
Leftovers that aren’t eaten go into the freezer for good eats all year. Don’t forget to boil the carcass for stock throughout the year. Also, save the fat and bone from the ham for the bean pots.
Leftovers are where it's at.
Yeah, I thought about that.
The problem with these Millennials is they’re such helpless babies.
They’re also big into “sustainability”.
They don’t need to buy smaller turkeys, just be prepared to totally use the big turkeys so many farms grow.
I learned at a very young age how to process a large turkey.
Of course, you cook the whole big thing for Thanksgiving meal, but there’s a lot more to do with it.
I usually finish carving it completely after Thanksgiving dinner, and of course those cuts are leftovers. The bones, small pieces of meat on the carcass and the skin no one eats ALL go into the soup pot. So I don’t have to start cooking again then, I usually put the stripped carcass, bones and skin in a heavy ziplock freezer bag, and then make soup for Christmas eve in a slow cooker. Boil it slow all day, take out the bones and add carrots, potatoes, onions and noodles and you have a warm and easy meal for Christmas eve.
The point is, like you said, use it ALL up. They could do the same if they weren’t so stupid from environmental wackiness.
I’d tell them, listen Luke/Dakota/Chloe/Britanny, y’all got to eat, no? And they ALREADY have big turkeys, right? And turkey meat is very healthy for you... Why have to cook 4 or five small turkeys and kill ALL those birds when you could just kill one big bird (wait, they all watched Sesame Street growing up, right?—Better make that “large” bird). It spares 4 other birds their lives! You can eat one big, er, large bird over the span of a week or two when you would other wise kill two or three small ones at least for the same amount of food. Larger even spares more tiny turkeys! What could be more humane for a non-vegan, amirite?
So get your ass in the kitchen and start processing that big, er, large bird!!!
Yep - turkey sandwiches with a lot of mayo and maybe some stuffing and cranberry sauce is the best leftovers around....