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"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:29:05 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:04:06 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know if I can get these so late into it but I just found out
>>>> that my mom isn't doing Thanksgiving dinner this year. My husband
>>>> prefers just the legs and a lot of them. Two is usually not enough
>>>> for him but if two is all I can get, then that is what I will cook.
>>>> I usually cook 6 to 8 of them for him and they will last 2 or 3 days.
>>>
>>> TIAD! I was just going 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.

>>
>>Hmmm... Well that I don't know. I am not a big turkey lover. I've had
>>turkey enchiladas. They were okay but I would have rather it been some
>>other meat or beans or cheese.
>>
>>I do not like turkey soup at all. Or turkey and noodles. I made that the
>>one year that my mom once again said she was allergic to chicken. She
>>keeps
>>going back and forth on that one! Bleh.
>>
>>What my parents used to do was mix chopped cooked turkey with halved
>>grapes,
>>walnuts, celery and mayo. It was edible but again I would have preferred
>>a
>>different meat.

>
> Easiest and best is to simply oven roast them... line em up in a
> roasting pan head to toe like sardines, season however you like and
> pop in a medium oven for like an hour and a half... can turn them to
> brown evenly or place on a shallow rack. I don't think I'd like
> braised turkey drum sticks.


Thanks!