slo’s FRIDAY 11/29 poll - Thanksgiving Leftovers 🦃

[TippyThomas]

I get so much food over the holidays from old friends because they know I really don't spend a lot of time in the kitchen myself. I love getting foods that I enjoyed growing up. I most certainly have too much but I'm not complaining.

 

[Kitty 34]

DH and the family guys wolfed down the rest of what was left of anyone's leftovers while they were in our barn watching the Bills beat the 49er's last night. Tonight I have a pot of spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner.

 

[Praying Colonel]

We just had 3 for Thanksgiving and planned accordingly (7 lb turkey breast and medium-sized sides). We sent some leftovers home with DS and DW and I had enough left to last us through the weekend, which was perfect for us.

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

Made a 19ish Lb turkey plus all the sides for 12 (our 4, their 8) and they took all the leftovers when they left. I didn’t realize it as I was putting dishes in the dishwasher. So no turkey sandwiches for us :/

How did this even happen? What containers did they use to take the food home? Why would they think this is acceptable? I have so many questions. I can't even fathom this.

 

[disykat]

We usually have leftovers for one day, something with turkey in it the next, and the rest of the turkey gets cut up and portioned to freeze for another day. We use it mainly in enchilada or pasta dishes. This year I had a spinach artichoke dip out with veggies/chips for an appetizer, so I made a pasta dish with that, some of the leftover fresh veggies, and some turkey. (Easy to make vegetarian for our unofficial DIL before adding turkey.) Yum.

This year I was just too lazy to make soup. I felt really guilty throwing out the turkey carcass, so I made DH do it.

 

[RedAngie]

Today the supermarket had a fresh 24+ lb turkey with a 70% off sticker attached. I couldn’t determine the original price but the reduced sticker was $12 and change. I guess 50c per pound.

 

[kimmar067]

I heat up [in a saucepan]:
mashed potatoes
cut-up turkey [white and dark meat]
gravy & stuffing
broccoli
corn
shredded mozzarella

...till the cheese just begins to melt. I pour it into a GF raw pie crust and add another raw pie crust to the top and bake it according to the pie crust directions - turkey pot pie!

...I'm making this tonight!

 

[tvguy]

Just a reminder, all those Thanksgiving leftovers should have been eaten by Monday or thrown out.

 

[easyas123]

Just a reminder, all those Thanksgiving leftovers should have been eaten by Monday or thrown out.

Ugh, no way I could keep them around that long. I dumped everything that was left yesterday morning.
I don't go by what any agency or whomever says, I might toss them sooner than most but it's what I feel comfortable with so I don't fret over it!

 

[soccerdad72]

I think the only thing we have left from Thanksgiving dinner is a little cranberry sauce, so I figure that should still be ok.

 

[tvguy]

Ugh, no way I could keep them around that long. I dumped everything that was left yesterday morning.
I don't go by what any agency or whomever says, I might toss them sooner than most but it's what I feel comfortable with so I don't fret over it!

My mom always said a week was the max. But not sure how that works when you repurpose and recook things. My mom always brought the turkey, and took the carcass to make soup. And the soup may be what was still around a week after thanksgiving, but fewer days than that as soup.