"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:51:47 -0800, Whirled Peas wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2011 07:15 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>>> TIAD! I was just going to ask what to DO with turkey legs. I have two
>>> leftover in the freezer that I can't bring myself to eat. Other than
>>> Turkey ala king, what can I do with them? Turkey soup is not my thing
>>> either.
>>
>> Smoke them, then roast them. Eat them with your hands, caveman style.
>> Make sure there's some crispy skin.
>>
>> They were sold this way as a walkabout snack at the last Renaissance
>> Faire I went to.
>
> Yeah, and all the trash cans are filled with 1/4 eaten smoked turkey
> legs. IOW, They suck. Fortunately I think their decade of fame is
> over, waiting for a generation of ignorant suckers. I see them at all
> the street fairs. Or used to. They don't go over well in Texas.
>
> FWIW, those turkey legs come pre-smoked by the case for about
> $1.65/each. Then the concession stand owner just throws them on a
> grill and pretends he smoked them when all they're doing is just
> reheating them (and drying them out). Then charges $6-$8 for them.

Yeah. I made the mistake of buying those one year for my husband. I was
like... Woo hoo! All I have to do is heat them up! He wouldn't eat them.
He said they sucked too.