I'm declaring the experiment a success

[susandennis]

That turkey breast was a 46 DDD or bigger. I kept slicing and slicing and slicing. The bone turned out to be tiny. There is turkey for days. And it's really juicy.

The only real loser was the cranberry sauce. It had some flavor to it that was yuck. But I really love the old Ocean Spray cranberry jelly from the can and I have some on hand (always) so cool.

The gravy wasn't spectacular but I'm not a huge gravy person anyway. So no biggie.

Everything else was fabulous. The beans were done perfectly. The stuffing was flavorful and good. The mashed potatoes were also done very well.

I saved the butter turkey. I'm not sure for what. But, I just couldn't bring myself to cut it.

I dished up the stuffing/potatoes/turkey/beans and nuked them all together under some plastic wrap. Then I nuked the gravy and then the roll. The food came with elaborate heating instructions which I tossed. My way was way better.



It was delicious. And I have probably 6 full dinners with even more for sandwiches left over. Oh and I was too full for pie. Everything will freeze if I get tired of it before it's gone.

I totally declare this experiment a success and a holiday tradition. I may well do it again for Christmas.

Comments

[carriea31.livejournal.com]

Excellent!  I'm glad it worked so well. 

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

I completely understand you on not wanting to cut into the butter turkey. Even in the package, it looks so terribly cute that it would feel like mutilation to cut a piece out of it.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It looks good- and sounds like a real bargain when you have enough food to last for days and days. It is one of th things I really like about our Christmas - enough turkey and trimmings for days :)

[terri gordon (from livejournal.com)]

Your turkey dinner looks so good! I kind of wish we would have done that this year. We order all of our food from Peapod and I considered getting one of their full dinners. But we went the way of Chinese this year. Which was good as well. 🙂
Did Biggie and The Smalls partake in turkey? They probably stalked you the entire time you were eating!

[susandennis]

It's funny. With the exception of potato chips which Biggie loves, they really don't like people food. So nope. They loved the box it all came in, tho.