Jenno’s Ool

Saturday, January 01, 2005

Turkey Glop

After nice results making duck stock, Jonathan and I thought we'd make some turkey stock. On the surface we did everything the same: enough water to cover the carcass, herbs, some veggies (an onion, a stalk of celery, a carrot), and a ton of salt. It boiled over at one point but we caught it and let it simmer for a few hours. We took it off heat then stuck it in the fridge. Easy enough right?

When we did this with the duck, we pulled the stock pot out of the fridge, pulled the bones out, and strained the broth into mason jars. When we took the lid off the pot for the turkey, Jon noticed that there didn't seem to be a lot of fat on it and that it was cloudy. When we went to skim what fat there was off the broth, we saw that it had turned to gelatin.

We didn't know if it was salvageable or not but thought we'd pull the bones out and try to strain it anyway. The thing was a huge mess. Glop over most of the counter and the sink -- it smelled good but that is the nicest thing I could say about it. Needless to say, we threw it out and there'll be no turkey soup here until we try it again ... probably next Thanksgiving.

Posted by Jennifer at 11:08 PM | Comments (1)  

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It was like puke that smells of summer savory. Mmm.

Maybe we overcooked it? Not enough water? Mongo not know.

Posted by mcwetboy at 11:15 PM, January 01, 2005  

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