On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 04:07:46 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress
> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:31:11 -0600, Michael Odom >
>wrote:
>
>>Good food, good, people, good atmosphere, good wine. On the whole it
>>was a good time. Except when it got ugly.
>
>Sounds like you were lucky to even have survived Thanksgiving! The worst
>thing that happened here was a turkey with gorgeous, brown and crisp skin,
>but not a single drop of moisture inside. It actually turned into sawdust
>when I tried to slice it. Reminded me of National Lampoon's Christmas
>Vacation, where they cut into the turkey, and all that came out was a puff
>of smoke.

Bummer. Did you brine it?
>
>We're going to have lots and lots of soup. I'm not sure what else this
>stuff is good for. I *am* going to make one of Jill's Turkey Cottage Pies,
>though. All we need is peas and wine. Minnesota doesn't sell wine on
>Sundays, and Crash doesn't like it anyway;. But there *will* be peas. <G>
>
>Thanks for sharing your story.
>Carol

D made a soup from some of the smoked turkey yesterday. She used a
roasted poblano chile, skinned and seeded and cored. Also cumin, Rotel
tomatoes, stock, and the leftover gravy. Gravy?! I'd never have done
that, but it worked well. There were sweated aromatics in the pot,
too. Onion and celery. The poblano took the place of some of the
bell pepper in the traditional Trinity, but she had some chopped red
bell pepper in there, too. And some chopped button mushrooms. Again,
I'd not do that, but again it was a fine idea.

Trouble was the Rotels made it too hot. So she added more stock.
Still too hot, so she added left over mashed potatoes. !!!! What was
she thinking? I'm at a loss. It was a wonderful idea. They smoothed
down and slightly thickened the liquid and left the soup with a good,
warm glow.

Bowls of poblano, mashed potato, smoked turkey soup with chopped
cilantro made a lovely meal last night. Mexi-Cajun-Thai soup, sorta.

And clean up was a simple chore for a guy with a bad thumb.

modom

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