Tastebud Chicago

Here’s hoping you and yours have a great time, may your birds be juicy and your potatoes buttery. There’s a ton of good Turkey recipes out there in the world, so we wanted to drop a quick leftover idea instead. In the words of Johnny Cash, “Momma turns the leftovers into hash, we’re doing alright, for country trash.” Friday morning, try taking some leftover mashed potatoes, rough chopped turkey (dark meat is great for this) and mix it together with a little bit of butter, salt, and pepper, then pan fry it in your well seasoned cast iron skillet. It makes a really great turkey hash. Throw a couple of fried eggs on top, and you have a leftover breakfast that no one else on your block will be trying.

Also, Thursday night, take your turkey carcass (oooo, carcass!), slip it into a big gallon ziplock bag, and put it in your freezer. We’re going to write a turkey stock article pretty soon, with some tips on making your own turkey stock. We’ve never tried it ourselves, so it won’t be expert advice by any means. It’ll be a more conspiratorial, “this is how we succeeded (or failed)” type article.

Have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow, if you’re cooking, remember: it’s just food, don’t get too worked up about it.