You are here: Home / leftovers It’s Turkey Week here at Big Food! Yesterday Mr. Big Food used the recipe below as a guide to smoke a turkey in a cooking bag. This particular turkey was gotten last Thanksgiving when they were on sale. I’m sure we commented at the time that we’d be having Turkey Week sometime in early Summer.
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I love this. We must make this twice at least twice a year it’s so good. I’ve never found an explanation for its name. It’s a classic: ham, peas, cheesy potatoes. I’ve always liked the white color of the mixture when the milk gets added. This makes a lot—you might need two casserole dishes to
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First in the leftover Christmas Ham suppers last evening. Mr. Big Food used Homemade Onion Thyme Sausage, though only one pound. This is a classic recipe and one of our favorite ham loaves. HAM LOAF I Serves 12 (easily halved) 1 ½ lb fresh ground pork1 ½ lb ground ham1 C spicy vegetable juice (like
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This is the sausage that went into the Leftover Christmas Ham Loaf. HOMEMADE ONION THYME SAUSAGE 10 lb ground pork meat3 ½ oz (½ C minus 1 Tbsp) curing salt (like Morton’s Tender-Quick or Sugar Cure)2 oz (¼ C) onions, chopped fine (or more, to taste)1 Tbsp coarsely ground black pepper1 Tbsp ground thyme12 oz
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We’re traveling around New England with Clementine Paddleford as she collects recipes and their stories for her cookbook, How America Eats (1960). She’s in Massachusetts now, telling us about the one-plate meal and what to do with the leftovers (pg. 24). The one-plate meal of early New England was the boiled dinner, a twice-a-week joy
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Last leftover turkey recipe of the season. “Turn your leftover turkey into a Hot Brown. Thanksgiving is now over and hopefully you can sit back and relax with a full heart and great memories shared with family and friends. But if you’re left with a little more than you bargained for in terms of turkey
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Not long ago I posted a handful of recipes that called for leftover turkey. I am swamped today–I mean seriously in over my head. So I’m just going to compile the links and make a list of those, and some chicken wing recipes. BIG Recipe: Leftover Turkey Gumbo Recipe: Leftover Baked Turkey Roll Recipe: Gumbo
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This too is a reposted recipe–and an extremely good gumbo. We’ve made it with goose, duck, and turkey. (Not all at once!) This recipe freezes well. Nothin quite like a nice bowl of gumbo on a cold February evening. Goose Gumbo Originally published on December 29, 2014 If you think you’ve seen this gumbo before, you
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It has gotten to be the case that the reason we have Thanksgiving turkey is so we can have Leftover Turkey Gumbo on Friday. Making this is an afternoon affair but lots of simmering so there’s still time for football. Making the roux is for us a two person step because Mr. Big Food likes
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Something different to do with the leftovers. I’d serve it with a salad and some leftover mashed potatoes heated in a skillet with lots of butter. “Serve with cranberry sauce [preferably homemade—see recipes in Basics section].”—Master Chef Louis P. De Gouy, The Gold Cook Book (1947) LEFTOVER BAKED TURKEY ROLL 1 ½ to 2 C
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If you ever come across The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes, I recommend picking it up. It’s great! More leftover turkey sandwich recipes: Turkey Stack, Turkey Club, Turkey (salad) Sandwiches “A rich cheese sauce on the club sandwich gives a new angle to an old favorite.”—The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes,
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A good use for the celery you bought too much of! More leftover turkey sandwiches: Turkey Stack, Turkey Club, Turkey (salad) Sandwich, Club Sandwich and Variations TURKEY CELERY SANDWICHES Makes 6 1 C minced cooked turkey meat1 C chopped celery1 Tbsp minced green pepper¼ tsp salt2 small pickles, chopped (optional)1/3 C mayonnaise12 slices bread, butteredLettuce
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As with the Turkey Stack, and Turkey Club Sandwiches, this one is a bit different as well. From Mrs. Jane Hall, Jackson, MS, The Mississippi Cookbook, compiled and edited by the Home Economics Division of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service (1972) TURKEY (salad) SANDWICHES Makes 6 sandwiches 1 C cooked turkey meat, boned, minced fine1/3
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As with the Turkey Stack sandwich, this is a different spin on the old leftover turkey sandwich. TURKEY CLUB SANDWICHES Makes 6 double-decker sandwiches 18 slices hot toast¼ C mayonnaise Cold cooked turkey meat, sliced thin6 lettuce leaves3 small tomatoes, sliced1 Tbsp chili sauce or more, to taste 12 slices bacon, cooked crisp, still hot6
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I thought we might do a few leftover turkey recipes today. I’d never thought about putting cranberry sauce on a sandwich but this does sound good. More: Turkey Club, Turkey (salad) Sandwiches, From “Snacks & Lunches, These tasty and nutritious light meals are quick and easy – just right for busy people,” Weight Watchers Magazine
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Mr. Big Food adapted this one from a gumbo internet site. Broth mode from leftover smoked or fried turkey gives an interesting and different taste. Recipe can be doubled, but be sure to add a pound or two of shrimp. LEFTOVER TURKEY GUMBO 2 quarts turkey stock, made from leftover turkey carcass½ C flour½ C
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