For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 25, 2019

I love leftovers! Especially from turkey.

Well, Ralph’s family was unable to have a turkey dinner with turkey leftovers thanks to the neighbors’ dogs barging into the house. (Merry Christmas, FBorFW readers!)

Leftovers! Yum!

If you’ve ever had to eat a freshly made one every week from Thanksgiving to the end of February…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Okay sorry for being the party pooper but I never understood having a huge turkey dinner two months in a row. Couldn’t you spread the fun and have something else for Christmas dinner instead?

Some thoughts here: Chinese or Japanese food (my family plans to go to a nice sushi restaurant for Christmas lunch than hubby will make his oxtail for dinner), ham, paella (what we have most years), steak, or any expensive dish that you wouldn’t normally eat except once or twice a year.

The boys are reverently praying. The girls are staring at John wondering why he has chosen to make a prayer into a joke about leftovers.

Thank you Lord for all your blessings

“We’ve had turkey hot and turkey cold,Turkey young and turkey old,Turkey tender, turkey tough,Lord, don’t you think we’ve had enough?”

If I was American and had to cook turkey for Thanksgiving it would be just turkey drumsticks as a Coq Au Vin. No leftovers and then for Christmas it would probably be ham or gammon. And yes, lamb for Easter, that is traditional around the Christian world.

Merry Christmas to all!

LOL! John must Ely’s turkey! Merry Christmas everyone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HGQlV2AWGs

A dear friend of mine puts the turkey carcass and leftover meat in chicken broth in a big kettle…simmers it an hour…removes the bones…adds fresh, cut up pieces of carrots, celery, onion, etc. and seasonings to the broth. After letting it cool, she fills freezer containers and has turkey soup all winter.

Was I the only one who thought John was talking about the love and family togetherness? It must be too early for me, but that was my immediate take on it.

OK – I know that’s Ely’s brother, but I’m stumped as to the woman next to him?

Wow. That is a skill. Working sarcasm into the blessing. Well done sir.

By the time we get through feeding twelve people – including four hungry grandkids – there’s not a whole lot of leftover turkey for us.

We usually send everyone home with a doggie bag that they can have for lunch tomorrow or a late-night snack, tonight.

Is Liz wearing a maid outfit? Maybe she’s going to serve dinner.

I’ve been following the chef’s instructions, which I learned years ago, about serving turkey: take it apart before serving, and separate all the bones as soon as possible. Strain the broth into a separate bowl. Wash the roaster to make room in the sink. All the bones go into the freezer. There is no large mess to clean up after dinner, since people who come over might have seconds about three hours later. If there is any meat I use it up the next day by making a turkey pot pie (same recipe as chicken pot pie)…Nowadays, there are UTube videos about this kind of preparation and serving of turkey.

I use up the bones to make soup at some later date.

Over the years, as the family has scattered and fewer of them come for the big dinner, I’ve bought a smaller and smaller turkey. One year we had a capon, which can be as large as a turkey. One year, when it was just the two of us, we bought the Costco chicken, and I made the stuffing from the box. That was a real time saver, and no leftovers to speak of. This year we will have turkey because there will be more than ten of us

Please remember those who are not able to say Grace.

Not preaching, but there is starvation, intolerance, and more. ’Nuff said.

Ad infinitum….

Merry Christmas to all who observe it, to those who observe a different seasonal tradition may your day and the coming year be filled with peace and joy!

Why isn’t Liz sitting at the end of the table?

What is Elly doing sitting at the side? Why isn’t she opposite her husband? Whew, pretty chauvinistic for me having the son opposite Dad.

Merry Christmas!

Is John a "turkey junkie????

Some of the leftovers could be sent home with the aunt and uncle . . .

I don’t get the “thank you Lord” bit. As a knowledge claim, it is delusional.

Thank you for this. It’s so true for most of us reading this today. God bless you!!

Some people traditionally have ham for Christmas dinner.

A nice Christmas lasagna has all of the traditional holiday colors…