"George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:kIqdnUg7Uoveq4zWnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> After Thanksgiving dinner I carved most of the meat off the carcass and
> then put the remnants into a two-gallon stock pot and commenced to
> simmering the stuff down. A whole onion and a handful of bay leaves also
> went into the pot. Brought to a simmer and allowed to cook for a couple of
> three hours. Then cooled down on the stove top and then into the fridge
> overnight.
>
> Friday I put on the surgical gloves, skimmed most of the fat and injected
> butter from the top of the pot, then deboned the carcass meat. Fished out
> the onion and the bay leaves and put up two and half gallons of nicely
> gelatinous turkey stoup (lots of meat in there), all went into the freezer
> in labeled containers. Means a good bit of soup this winter to us. All of
> this was from a free twenty-pound turkey daughter had gotten and brought,
> thawed to the house on Wednesday. I vacuum sealed the meat and froze it
> and she took it home with her Thursday night in the cooler. Lots of meals
> for she and her husband and stepson, although they don't particularly like
> turkey. I also gave son-in-law, who is trying to be a better cook, lots of
> recipes using turkey.
>
> The last of the cornbread dressing will be eaten today along with some
> sliced ham, twice baked potatoes, and some leftover black eyed peas. The
> hambone now resides in the freezer awaiting a marriage with some sort of
> beans on a future evening. All is well, we're alone again with no noisy
> descendants lying about devouring all goodies in sight. We will miss them
> and wish to see them again until they show up, then we're glad to see them
> leave. Sometimes I think our kids grew up to quick, the last one flew the
> nest in 1980, but they're good, responsible citizens and that's all you
> can ask of them.'
'


it all sounds great George! I wouldn't mind some of your left-overs!!!

Kathi