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Do you eat the turkey giblets?

Nov 24, 2011 7:53 PM

I do! I get my turkey from a local farmer, and he makes sure to give them all with the bird. Some people hate them, but I love 'em!

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Makes a hell of a gravy.

mikeymet mikeymet
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i don't like the giblets *making lemon face*

w00tgurl w00tgurl
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I don't make the turkey... so... maybe?

thumperchick thumperchick
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@thumperchick: Giblets are the heart, gizzard, liver, and other internal organs. Usually, the neck is included with this.

@mikeymet: Yes, they do! But, also great covered in it.

@w00tgurl: My guess is most would be like you... but without the sour face ;-)

kmeltzer kmeltzer
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@kmeltzer: I know what they are :). I just don't know if the cook used them as a gravy base, or in the stuffing, etc. So... maybe?

thumperchick thumperchick
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I'm making these for our dog today. I usually toss them out.

thegarageband thegarageband
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When I make a bird, I use those parts in the stuffing. I make good, honest cornbread stuffing, southern style. Here's the recipe, which is in our collection of recipes from last year.

http://dealswootrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/cornbread-stuffing.html

It calls for half a recipe of cornbread, and half a recipe of baking powder biscuits (the dropped kind, not the rolled kind), and those recipes are on it too.

http://dealswootrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/baking-powder-biscuits.html
http://dealswootrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/corn-bread.html

Mmmm. I'm planning on a capon for dinner in a couple of days. I just might have to stuff it, now. I do love capon (and don't much care for turkey, as blasphemous as that might sound).

shrdlu shrdlu
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My mom, who is a fabulous cook, or used to be before she became very aged and frail, used to cook them and chop them up (pull meat off the neck) and put it in with the gravy.

Oh snap, I just remembered I forgot to put the bakers in the oven.

zooms away to the kitchen

nastyducky nastyducky
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@nastyducky: I used to do the same thing, but then the husband alerted the child about the origin of the "little yummy things" inside the gravy. Now I use the giblets in my stock and give the cooked stuff to the dog. Bummer.

speedysloth speedysloth
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I eat the heart and liver, roasted along with the rest of the bird. Don't care for the gizzard though -- too chewy for me. The neck is OK, but it's too much work to pick the meat off.

turbinator42 turbinator42
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Just the liver. I boil it, chop it up fine and add it to the stuffing that ends up inside of the bird.

dreamyvelvet dreamyvelvet
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i haven't tried turkey giblets by themselves, just in gravy. i do like fried chicken hearts and gizzards though.

scarabkafer scarabkafer
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This was my first year for hosting Thanksgiving. I bought the turkey from a local farmer and when I went to violate it with stuffing... SURPRISE!

I don't want to waste anything so it's all sitting patiently in my freezer, not sure what to do with it exactly. Is turkey stock the best option if I won't be making stuffing till next year?

frazelle frazelle
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@frazelle: Stock is good with it. You can throw it in your stock, then just eat it when it's cooked. I eat the stuff on its own, really good.

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