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