As I posted yesterday about R2D2, I have a soup pot that holds approximately 3-4 gallons.
Currently, it is simmering away in the kitchen with 2 gallons of water, and two turkeys worth of bones and skin. Why? Because I’m making stock.
Why two turkeys? Because I’ve never made stock before and I panicked that I wouldn’t have enough skin and bones to make enough stock to make both turkey pot pie and turkey corn noodle soup. But I knew I’d have enough turkey.
You see, I don’t make Thanksgiving dinner. Usually my aunt does, but as she and my uncle are aging, and my brother wants to start hosting some of the family gatherings, and everyone in my family thinks every human consumes at least 5 pounds worth of food at every gathering, even though they, themselves, do not. Lets put it this way- my father and aunt were very proud when they cut down to 15 desserts for 17 people.
Anyway- they always make entirely too much food, and make up for it by sending it home with everyone else. Since hubby and I are always trying to reduce our grocery bills, we happily take it.
Usually I just pack us mashed potatoes and turkey 5 days straight for work and throw out the rest, but this year I wanted to do something different. So I prepared. I made certain that I had the flour and eggs to make pot pie. I bought a pie crust and veggies to make turkey pie. I bought egg noodles and corn so I could make turkey corn noodle soup.
And then I asked my in-laws to save the skin and bones for me. And then I asked my brother to send the skin and bones from both his turkey, and my father’s turkey home with me. Dad had thrown out most of the bones from his turkey, but not all, so guess what I have? 2 1/2 turkey bones and skin.
That is a lot of turkey stuff. On the upside, any excess stock can be frozen for later use. On the downside? R2D2 is bigger than my sink. How am I supposed to wash that sucker?
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We have a pot like that. I don’t think it got a proper cleaning until I started using a spray bottle of water on it.
BTW, you can definitely have a haiku – I’ll let you know when it’s up!
*lol* I actually washed it for the first time while it was on the stove using wet paper towels and soapy paper towels. (I had a sink full of dirty dishes, so no room to move the monster around.)