LITTLE ROCK — One thing about a big turkey for Thanksgiving is the several things to come for days after - turkey leftovers.
Leftovers can be the best part. Turkey hash was President Andrew Jackson’s favorite dish, and chances are he licked his fingers. Every leftover is a finger food. It’s midnight, who’s to know?
Even more casual manners get by. Sinkie Day, Nov. 26, celebrates people who nosh on Thanksgiving leftovers over the kitchen sink - “a view overlooking the water,” according to the Sinkie Day website at sinkie.com.
But leftovers can be monotonous, too, a trudge to the last scrap. Turkey salad sandwich. Turkey soup. Turkey on a cracker. Turkey on the floor, and even the dog slinks away.
The National Turkey Federation’s website, eat turkey.com, serves up a list of alternative recipes including “Thai Grilled Turkey Pizza,” “Cheesy Turkey Enchiladas” and “Turkey Cranberry Croissant.”
But the pie is all gone, and there’s still more turkey, and now what?
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Food section Editor Kelly Brant has this advice for what to do with the leftover turkey left over from leftovers:
The easiest and most frugal thing to do is make turkey stock and use it in any recipe that calls for chicken broth or stock.
After as much of the meat as people are interested in eating has been picked off the carcass, dump it in a large pot with some celery, carrots, onions, garlic, black pepper and parsley, add water to cover and simmer it a few hours, skimming off any foam that forms.
Strain it and freeze it in one- to two-cup containers until ready to use.
Style, Pages 34 on 11/23/2010