Dec 27/12
One of our local grocery stores has “turkey bucks” throughout the fall—for every so many dollars you spend on groceries you receive a $1 coupon towards a turkey at Christmas time.
Between my Mom and I, I saved $10 on a $30 turkey.
Yesterday, Boxing Day, (the Day after Christmas), I roasted the turkey and removed what I meat I could from the bones.
- I put the bones into a large stock pot of water and brought it up to a low boil.
- I added a few small onions from the garden that are too small for easy peeling, tossing them, peel and all, into the pot.
- I also added some salt and pepper, some sad looking celery from the fridge and some herbs that I had dehydrated this summer.
- I let it simmer for the afternoon and evening.
- I strained out all the bones and meat, saving the meat for the soup.
- I cut up potato, onion, and carrots.
- I thawed out a package of corn from the freezer.
- I sterilized some quart jars
- I added layers of the vegetables and a layer of the meat into the jars.
- I reheated and added the turkey broth
- And the 7 quart jars are currently in the pressure canner (at 10 lb pressure for 90 minutes.)
(Pre-broth stage.)
I had some broth left over so I’ve chopped up some more veggies and popped them into the stockpot. It should be ready for supper and tomorrow’s lunch.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
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Iris43
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posted 147 days ago
Sounds good, MsDeb. You’re certainly making good use of that pressure cooker. And you’re smart to use it alot now. Sometimes we get a new utensil and find out how to use it, use it once and then it sits on the shelf for months. Next time we go to use it we have to start from scratch again and get discouraged so don’t make a practice of making good use of it.
Anyway, I have to say, ‘great minds think alike’.......I too, am making turkey soup today. Of course, I will eat mine for the next week…...but I love turkey soup so that’s no hardship. :D
BTW, your soup looks yummy!
-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'
MsDebbieP
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posted 147 days ago
well… one jar broke in the canner…
The quart jars had been stored for stored in the basement for several years and tossed around in the storage bins a bit. What a mess. But I still have 6 jars full for storage – and enough soup for the next couple of days.
And it was yummy… could have used a bit salt but that’s easy! :)
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
MsDebbieP
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posted 145 days ago
and here is a picture of the finished product.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)