Saturday, October 24, 2009

Leftover Lament

It may be a little early for this but I want to make sure you're prepared when the time comes. You know, so that when you're staring into a refrigerator of thanksgiving leftovers thinking, do I really want turkey again? you'll hear my voice saying: Yes, yes you do want turkey again. A delicious turkey sandwich with stuffing and cranberry sauce!

Huh?

Trust me, when everyone is coming off their tryptophan induced comas and the game is at half time YOU will be the hero of the living room when you walk in with this bad boy.

What you will need:
Two slices of bread or sandwich roll
Sliced turkey
Stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Mayo- just a bit, in case your mom overcooked the white meat!





Be sure to leave everything out on the counter so that when all of your relatives get their second wind they wont have to dig through your fridge looking for all the fixings. Its the right thing to do.




For the purpose of this post I'm using chicken breast. OBVIOUSLY, I'm not going to cook a turkey this close to thanksgiving and using deli meat is offensive. Don't even.


Take your turkey (or chicken) and your stuffing and zap in the microwave until warmed through. Yes, its got to be warm. Remember we talked about trust earlier? HERO.



Keep your cranberry cool. Hot cranberry sauce has its place in other recipes, like sweet and spicy meatballs or roasted turkey tenderloin, but it has no place here, in this recipe, and calling this a recipe is a stretch, I am aware.


Now for the assembly line: spread a thin layer of mayo on your bread or if you prefer go ahead and slather. I don't judge.

Now take your turkey and place on top of the mayo. Spread the stuffing out on the other side. If you're using a roll or a hoagie, hollow out that side and fill with stuffing, too much bread is, well, too much bread. Top turkey with cranberry and gingerly place stuffing side on top.

Then stand back and admire what you have created, for it is good.







It is very, very good.





Now hurry up and eat it before your uncle Hank manages to peel his butt out of the recliner and sniffs out your plate!

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