Friday, November 26, 2010

I can taste that turkey salad now . . .

In Booktown #5 (Sentenced to Death--which will be out on June 7th), it may be summer, but Angelica is working on a holiday cookbook.  So when Tricia visits she's surprised to find an entire turkey sitting in Angelica's refrigerator, and Angelica busy making recipes with the leftovers.

At the time I wrote the book, I was more engrossed with the story than thinking about what Angelica should be making.  Of course, now that it's copy edit time, and also the day after Thanksgiving, I'm looking at the remains of a 13 pound turkey and wishing I had been a bit more inventive over the summer when I was writing the book.

Of course, I already know three things I'm going to be making with the leftovers.  First up, turkey salad sandwiches.  Oh, yum!  I love turkey salad.  I love chicken salad, but for some reason turkey salad is even better.  Chopped onions and celery, turkey and mayo on a lovely Vienna roll.  Yum!

This evening, we'll be having turkey pot pie.  If I say so myself, I'm getting quite good at chicken pot pie and I really have no recipe.  I just toss stuff in gravy with the chicken and not only is it edible, but it actually tastes good.  (Hey, Mikey!)

Of course, by the end of the weekend, the turkey carcass will be in the big soup pot and I'll make enough turkey veggie soup to feed an army.  Of course, it will only feed me (and boy am I glad I bought so many small containers at yard sales this year) because Mr. L does not like my soup.  (Although he likes to order soup out at restaurants where the sodium content is off the charts.  Go figure!  And why can't restaurants let YOU salt your own food at the table instead of putting far too much in when they make it?)

What are you making with your Thanksgiving leftovers?

4 comments:

  1. This year, the crowd at my aunt's house were greedy as there were no leftovers. What am I going to do for the rest of the week? I counted on those leftovers for my home-cooked meals.

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  2. Why not buy a chicken and roast it and then have a lovely dinner with some leftovers of your own a day or so later? I've made chicken soup with just the carcass of one chicken, but now I freeze them until I have 2-3. But you can make good soup out of just one.

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  3. My hubby and I went downtown to the local cafe and ate our bellies full, all you can eat for $9.99! Our kids were all at the "other sides" or had other plans this year. So, I mentioned to the cafe owner that it was nice not to have to wash dishes, but it was bad to not have leftovers. Well, she walked away and came back with a take-out box of turkey for us. I haven't gotten into it yet, but soon. Turkey sandwich. Also want to say, I finished "Chapter and Hearse" yesterday, really enjoyed it, and was wondering how long it would be till the next book. Now I know, and will be waiting patiently. And, I started reading "Murder is Binding" again, enjoying it again. Thanks for the fun books. Karen

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  4. Wow--I'll bet that cafe owner just got two customers for life! How thoughtful.

    Fear not--the 5th Booktown Mystery, Sentenced to Death, will be available on or just before June 7th. I'm already working on #6 and have been offered a contract (which I accepted) for books 7-9.

    In the meantime, my first Victoria Square Mystery, A Crafty Killing, under the name Lorraine Bartlett, will be released on February 1st. I hope you'll give it a try!

    Thank you for reading my books!

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