What to do with the Rest of the Turkey?!? Or the best broth ever.

20 lb bird cooked and served.  Mission accomplished, go take a nap.  After you are done napping, hobble back into the kitchen.   Label your freezer baggies with your sharpie.  Then attack that bird.  Cut, pull or shred all the muscles in the bird, marvelling the whole time at the amazing design of your turkey.  Portion up the bird into multiple ziplocs, give each baggie a generous dollop of gravy (or soup stock.)  This will ensure moist meat when it is defrosted.  Refrigerate until cold, then place in the freezer.  Refrigerating first increases the likelihood your turkey will not get freezer burn.

   Next step - turkey bone broth.  Find your crockpot in the fridge, remove the last serving of kahlua pork and wash the crockpot.  Hmm, maybe I should go eat that pork right now.  Mmm.  Love me some kahlua pork.  Okay - must dispatch the turkey bones.  Place all the turkey bones, cartilage, organs etc in a plastic bag.  I use a walmart bag then triple bag it.  Go find your hammer, go outside to the driveway and beat it until it feels like you've mashed all the big bones, or your bag is ripping too much.  Pull it out of the bag fill your crockpot half full then add water.  You can add garlic, onions, carrots - whatever.  I usually don't bother.  Put the rest in a ziploc and freeze until you want to make more broth.  Cook on low 24-36 hrs, adding water if necessary. 

 When done, strain, cool stock and place in baggies.  Freeze for your next soup.  It is so worth the effort.

  I like to keep all my bones in a plastic bag in the freezer until I am ready to make stock.  This works well w/ chicken, pork and beef bones.