just ate them until gone, but yours sounds wonderful, Lee
"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> OK, following Susan;s suggestions here goes. Not very exciting but
> something I alwasy enjoy.
>
> tonight my som Jon is coming for dinner and we will finish up the turkey
> carcasse (or is it carcase) soup I made a few days ago form the left-overs
> from my recent turkey that was 17lbs when all I wanted was a 12-14
> pounder.
>
> There is never a recipe for this kind of sop as it is a kind of cleanout
> the fridge one. this time I had tne turkey bones adn some skin as well as
> a few good slics that I saved to put in only at the end. I have been
> making too much soup lately so have bought a new 5 qt soup or cassarole pt
> so I can't keep making so much that my small freezer on top of the fridge
> can't hold it.
>
> I added a huge onion, the remains of a celery, leaves adn all(about a
> hthird) , 1 15 oz can of tomatoes(chopped this time, crushed would have
> been better), 1 good sized white turnip, 2 very large carrots, the
> remaining gravy form the turkey, salt and pepper, thickly sliced crinini
> mushrooms added at the end, a few sprigs of fresh thyme and rosemary,
> removed at the end of cooking. about 2 quarts of water(to fill the pot
> after all the ingredients were in).
>
> I put hese all together along with some dried pepper flakes and cooked for
> somwhat over an hour. Then I added htose muchrooms and the sliced turkey
> cut into abut 1-2 in ch pieces, removed herb sprigs and cooked a fe
> minutes more until the mushrooms began to soften.
>
> This was very good, but a bit hotter than I planned. I guess my hand is
> t\still used to the 8 quart stock pot I always used:-)
>
> This resulted in a bit over 2 1/2 quarts of soup AFTER I had two bowls
> full on Sunday night. I serve it with all the vegetables and strippedof
> turkey as well as the slices so it makes a real mea soup. As the pot was
> so full I didn't add some beans as I usually do, but they were ot really
> missed.
>
> Tonight I am serving this with a green and grape tomato salad,w with my
> own vinegrette salad adn home made apple sauce which I made form one of
> those huge bags of Granny Smith apples they sell at Fairway for $2 with a
> few bad spots in them. Perfect for sauce as the dings are easily removed.
> Granny Smith makes fabulous applesauce along with lemon juice(fresh0 and
> cinnamon to taste. The big bag which I am sure weight more than 5 lbs,
> made 2 quarts of sauce, one of which went while the grandkids were here
> for the second half of Channuka. Although the kids don't eat fresh fruit,
> applesauce seems to work well, so I like to make it for them.
>
> OK, now what did you do with your holiday leftovers?
>
> Wendy
>