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Old 06-27-2006, 08:36 AM   #10 (permalink)
Egham
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Originally Posted by gobbla
when I was in the states we'd by a turkey every so often. a 16lbs turkey has a TON of meat for 49 cents a pound. bake it and freeze what you're not going to use. you have enough bones to make a good stock. one day worth of pain in the ass will have you eating turkey for some time.
We buy turkey breasts when our local markets have them on special, and we always save the bones and scraps for soup stock. It takes about two turkey breasts to produce the amount we like to use, so we bag and store them in the freezer until we are ready to make soup.
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