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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-08-2007, 01:42 PM

TURKEY GRAVY

Add to boiling water: Carrot chunks, celery chunks, onion wedges +
giblets, neck, etc. from turkey. RESERVE LIVER FOR 1 HR...

Season boiling mixture w? Seasoned salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, garlic chips, broken bay leaf.

Bring to second boil. Cover on lower flame.

Cook 2 hrs. Add LIVER AFTER 1 HR.

Cool, strain, chop -- and reserve liquid.

Collect turkey drippings with baster. Skim fat off top.
Add chopped gravy meats and vegetables
Add sauteed and then chopped onions (2)
Add lightly sauteed and then chopped mushrooms (2 boxes)
Add reserved liquid
Add about 2 Tablespoons of flour mixed w/ about 1/2 cup of water -- to thicken
Stir all together in pot on stove till perfect.
Like a meal unto itself! Scrumptious.

Serve in gravy boat w/ladle for sliced turkey...
Andi

11-08-2007, 01:42 PM	#64
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Getting In The Mood For Thanksgiving! TURKEY GRAVY Add to boiling water: Carrot chunks, celery chunks, onion wedges + giblets, neck, etc. from turkey. RESERVE LIVER FOR 1 HR... Season boiling mixture w? Seasoned salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, garlic chips, broken bay leaf. Bring to second boil. Cover on lower flame. Cook 2 hrs. Add LIVER AFTER 1 HR. Cool, strain, chop -- and reserve liquid. Collect turkey drippings with baster. Skim fat off top. Add chopped gravy meats and vegetables Add sauteed and then chopped onions (2) Add lightly sauteed and then chopped mushrooms (2 boxes) Add reserved liquid Add about 2 Tablespoons of flour mixed w/ about 1/2 cup of water -- to thicken Stir all together in pot on stove till perfect. Like a meal unto itself! Scrumptious. Serve in gravy boat w/ladle for sliced turkey... Andi __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...