That would be me, in case you didn't recognise my new title. I am feeling particularly virtuous today because not only did I spare Ken the ignominy of eating cold turkey sandwiches yet again, I also have the value-added virtuosity of creating something truly delicious in the process: Turkey and Bean Soup. The beans go particularly well in this because the turkey was smoked, as was the bacon.
I put the turkey carcass - including the unused thigh and the few leftover slices of meat - into the huge roaster-thingy. I added a couple of cans of chicken stock (on sale at Wally World for 48 cents each!) and a couple of quarts of water and left it simmering gently overnight. I soaked a bag of dried beans (the 15-bean soup ones) overnight too. This morning I took out the carcass and picked all usable meat from it and returned that to roaster. I added a couple of good sized onions, a few chopped celery stalks, leaves and all, several chopped cloves of garlic, a chunk of the pepper-cured bacon I made the other day, the beans, another couple of quarts of water and a huge can of crushed tomatoes ($2.50 or so at Sam's). It is now simmering merrily and the taste I just had of it had me going "Mmm, Mmm, Good". It is a thick, substantial soup with a hint of smokey flavor. I will add a grind or so of pepper later and we will have a large bowl of this soup, garnished with grated cheese, along with home-made bread for dinner tonight. As there is at least 10 or more quarts of it, I will freeze the rest in handy portions so that we can enjoy it at a later date.
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