• free range birds

    From JIM WELLER@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 01:42:00
    Quoting Nancy Backus to Jim Weller <=-

    free range birds / are awesome / very flavourful / even the
    breast meat / very juicy if not overcooked.

    I've had regular dark meat that was overcooked to
    inedibility, too.... not a good thing at all...

    Even that can be saved by re-heating leftovers gently in sauce or a
    broth. And I almost always have some kind of soup on the go.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: La Fricassee Fatiguee
    Categories: Canadian, French, Turkey, Biscuits, Holiday
    Yield: 4 Servings

    2 tb Butter; melted or
    - chicken fat
    1 Onion; thinly sliced
    1/2 c Celery; diced
    2 c Turkey; cooked, diced
    SAUCE:
    2 tb Turkey or chicken fat
    3 tb Flour
    2 1/2 c Water
    1/2 ts Savory
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Pepper
    1/4 c Cream
    HOT BISCUITS:
    2 c Flour; all purpose
    1 tb Baking powder
    1 ts Salt
    3/4 c Cream
    2 Eggs; beaten

    Leftover Turkey or Chicken Hash

    Heat in frying pan 2 Tbsp melted butter or turkey or chicken
    fat. Add thinly sliced onion and diced celery. Heat 5-8 minutes
    over low heat, stirring often. Add 2-3 cups cooked turkey. Cook 5
    minutes over low heat.

    Sauce: Brown the chicken fat (I would use butter) and flour well
    before adding water. Add savory, salt and pepper to taste. When sauce
    is smooth and creamy, add 1/4 cup cream and any remaining turkey or
    chicken gravy. Pour over turkey. Simmer 15 minutes, then serve with
    hot biscuits and pickled beets.

    Hot Biscuits: Sift together in bowl, flour, baking powder (no error in
    amount) and salt. Mix together cream with 2 beaten eggs. Add to flour
    and mix just enough to moisten; the dough is rather soft and should
    remain lumpy. Stir as little as possible. Drop by spoonfuls on a
    greased cookie sheet. Cook 16 minutes at 400 F.

    Source: My Grandmother's Kitchen by Jehane Benoit

    From Mme. Benoit:

    "In days that followed Christmas, every bit of the turkey was used -
    the bones for soup, the skin, diced and crisped in the oven till
    browned, then served, instead of butter, on toasted homemade bread.
    So, when it came time to make hash from all the little bits and
    pieces, the children felt that the poor turkey must be tired
    (fatiguee), hence the name.

    Posted by: Emmaye Bee

    MMMMM



    Cheers

    Jim


    ... Kool-Aid tastes like somebody made lemonade without any lemons

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JIM WELLER on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 23:43:00
    Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 12-25-18 00:42 <=-

    free range birds / are awesome / very flavourful / even the
    breast meat / very juicy if not overcooked.
    I've had regular dark meat that was overcooked to
    inedibility, too.... not a good thing at all...

    Even that can be saved by re-heating leftovers gently in sauce or a
    broth. And I almost always have some kind of soup on the go.

    It doesn't happen when I cook it, at least.... Generally it's somewhere
    else, and I might or might not be likely or able to bring it home with
    me.... just have it be a disappointment...

    ttyl neb

    ... The moon isn't waxing, it's dusting and vacuuming.

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