Thread: Smoked turkey drumstick?

I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.

The drumstick was in a package of three. The question is, what to do with
the other two later? I'm thinking substitute one for a smoked pork shank
with northern beans or perhaps make 'chicken' stew with browned onions and
dumplings - cooking all day in a crock pot in both cases to free up some of
the meat?

What you think? Other suggestions?

TIA


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KenK wrote:
> I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
> they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
> today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
> usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.
>
> The drumstick was in a package of three. The question is, what to do with
> the other two later? I'm thinking substitute one for a smoked pork shank
> with northern beans or perhaps make 'chicken' stew with browned onions and
> dumplings - cooking all day in a crock pot in both cases to free up some of
> the meat?
>
> What you think? Other suggestions?

I love those turkey legs! The best way to cook them is to wet the leg
with water and then wrap the leg in aluminum foil, Bake in a pan at 300
degrees for two hours and the meat will fall off the bones and tendons.
Put about 1/4 inch of water in the pan. Check after one hour and add
more if necessary.... don't let the pan run dry.

Using it when making beans is a great idea as is the crock-pot. Cook
them long and low and they will be delicious.

George L

KenK wrote:
> I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
> they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
> today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
> usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.
>
> The drumstick was in a package of three. The question is, what to do with
> the other two later? I'm thinking substitute one for a smoked pork shank
> with northern beans or perhaps make 'chicken' stew with browned onions and
> dumplings - cooking all day in a crock pot in both cases to free up some of
> the meat?
>
> What you think? Other suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
>
I like them. Even though they are "pre-cooked" you need to cook them
which makes them a lot easier to eat.

KenK wrote:
>
> I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
> they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
> today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
> usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.

The larger muscles are easy to separate from
the cartilage. If you find separating the
smaller muscles to be too tedious, just skip
them. Throw 'em away.

In article <heontg02bur@news5.newsguy.com>,
George Leppla <george@cruisemaster.com> wrote:

> KenK wrote:
> > I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> > yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
> > they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
> > today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
> > usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.
> >
> > The drumstick was in a package of three. The question is, what to do with
> > the other two later? I'm thinking substitute one for a smoked pork shank
> > with northern beans or perhaps make 'chicken' stew with browned onions and
> > dumplings - cooking all day in a crock pot in both cases to free up some of
> > the meat?
> >
> > What you think? Other suggestions?
>
> I love those turkey legs! The best way to cook them is to wet the leg
> with water and then wrap the leg in aluminum foil, Bake in a pan at 300
> degrees for two hours and the meat will fall off the bones and tendons.
> Put about 1/4 inch of water in the pan. Check after one hour and add
> more if necessary.... don't let the pan run dry.
>
> Using it when making beans is a great idea as is the crock-pot. Cook
> them long and low and they will be delicious.

I like those turkey legs too. A sharp knife works fine to free the meat
from the cartilage. NBD. My suggestion is to simply use a sharp knife to
cut away the meat from the bone and cartilage and enjoy it.

KenK wrote:
> I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how full of cartilage
> they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking forward to finishing it
> today with the leftover dressing and cranberry sauce. Next time back to my
> usual holiday meal of a small stuffed roast chicken.
>
> The drumstick was in a package of three. The question is, what to do with
> the other two later? I'm thinking substitute one for a smoked pork shank
> with northern beans or perhaps make 'chicken' stew with browned onions and
> dumplings - cooking all day in a crock pot in both cases to free up some of
> the meat?
>
> What you think? Other suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
>
Ken - Why not just foil them, and freeze them?

Add a date so you don't forget, and enjoy later.

Bob

"KenK" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9CD04ABCE7409invalidcom@130.133.1.4...
>I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey drumstick
> yesterday . . . .
>
> What you think? Other suggestions?
>
> TIA
>

Use one to flavor a pot of collard greens (instead of a smoked pork hock)!

Absolutely delicious!!

Van

Mark Thorson wrote:

> KenK wrote:
>>
>> I made a big mistake when I heated up a pre-cooked smoked turkey
>> drumstick yesterday for a Thanksgiving meal. I had forgotten how
>> full of cartilage they are. Quite difficult to eat. I'm not looking
>> forward to finishing it today with the leftover dressing and
>> cranberry sauce. Next time back to my usual holiday meal of a small
>> stuffed roast chicken.
>
> The larger muscles are easy to separate from
> the cartilage. If you find separating the
> smaller muscles to be too tedious, just skip
> them. Throw 'em away.


Nope, use 'em to make stock...


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Greg