Canned turkey

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Great to have on hand for quick comfort food - fast.

This method is for large, whole pieces of turkey. They can be bone-in or boneless.

Whether you're canning leftovers from Thanksgiving, or buy extra turkeys for storage, this post will cover how to can turkey meat for year-round meat. Every Thanksgiving, I always buy a few turkeys on sale AFTER

If you want to take advantage of seasonal turkey prices or you have a lot of thanksgiving leftovers, you’ll be glad to know that turkey can be canned! Bottling turkey meat is a great way to preserve meat for your food storage because it doesn’t require a freezer. There isn’t a more seasonal food item […]

Why not save your Thanksgiving turkey carcass and make wonderful soup and stock? I had a nice 16 pound turkey carcass to place into my 6 Quart Slow Cooker, and rendered 5 pints of turkey &...

I always like to take advantage of sales on turkeys during the holidays. Although we had some craziness with our Thanksgiving turkey due to UPS not delivering the turkey in a timely manner, I did end up making extra turkey later on which meant that I had some leftover turkey to use. Chicken tortilla soup is a hit around here, so I decided to substitute turkey into the recipe and make sure it was safe for canning. While we like the soup, we didn’t want to eat it all at once. This recipe can…

This Thanksgiving, my pressure canner gave me so much freedom in regards to dealing with turkey leftovers. Normally, I’m putting together casseroles and soups for the freezer using turkey, making my family eat turkey days, and cooking turkey stock for hours upon hours. Not this year. Dealing with leftovers is a snap with my pressure cooker/canner. […]

You can totally hunt wild turkey, and it would be so fitting for this blog. But I didn't. Instead I bought six frozen young turkeys (12 lbs each) this week at GFS for .49 per lb. I definitely did not have room in my freezer for turkeys so I decided to can them. Yes, I spent my week baking and boiling six turkeys. Phew! We will be eating turkey for the next year. However, considering I only spent around $36, I think that is a great deal! It will make throwing together dinner so easy. To can…

Last Saturday, my family gathered for a belated Thanksgiving dinner at my cousin Angie's house. It was one of those really fantastic family gatherings where everyone was genuinely happy to be there and spend time