What to do with the giblets?

[Syrinx]

Do you throw them away, or do something good with them?

Hints please.

[SOteric]

1. I make a tasty little broth from them that I use

to lure my kitties into eating cheap-ass cat food.

[Syrinx]

5. that's one idea!

I guess I was being kind of selfish. :P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. I make stock with them

Onions, celery, carrots, some garlic, salt, water..and bring to a boil and simmer. The longer the better.

[Syrinx]

7. what, and pour it over the turkey?

Or gumbo? I bet some giblet gumbo would be good!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. I'd try it

If it comes out good, post the recipe

[Syrinx]

12. "if it comes out good"

Well that seems highly unlikely, but the concept seems halfway solid. :)

[alphafemale]

14. I use it for stock also. Use the stock in the dressing and gravy.

I'm not cooking for the first year in ages though. It feels very, very strange. I should be shopping for fresh cranberries by now!

[TreasonousBastard]

18. Toss the carcass in there, too...

after dinner, and get a great stock. Thickened with the gelatin from the bones.

Anything meaty from the stockpot I don't want to eat goes to the resident furballs trying to jump up into the pot. They love those little hearts better than life itself, carnivorous fiends that they are.

Of course, the chopped hearts and livers make a great giblet gravy. Mix the giblet stock with the drippings, get rid of the fat, cook it down and thicken with instant mashed potatoes and sour cream. Season to taste. A can or two of chicken stock is OK if there's not enough liquid already. Adding just one can of beef stock makes the gravy heartier, and won't taste like beef to most people.

(The best way to get rid of the fat is to stick the pot in the fridge till the fat hardens, then scrape it off. )

Now I'm hungry!

[corarose]

3. Do you have a Dog or Cat?

Boil them and chop them up and feed them to your pets. That's their special treat.

[Syrinx]

4. I have a dog

I call him Elvis. I know that's corny, but he adopted me a couple years ago, on Elvis' birthday, according to what the Today show was saying over and over that morning! ;)

[corarose]

10. When my Dogs were alive they always ate the giblets

One of my Poodles would sit by the stove with his nose in the air waiting for his Turkey Treats. If they sell an extra package at the store of giblets get one more If your Elvis is a big Dog because he will want more and they will only be enough for a sample for him plus you need them for gravy.

[Syrinx]

11. he's a pretty little dog

he weighs about 32 pounds, but he's very short. Short and solid. I think he's part Daushund (sp?) and part Corgy. He's real short!

Maybe a little pit bull.

[corarose]

13. I use to be a Dog Groomer

My dog was short and fat and looked like a watermelon because of his shape. Corgy's and Dachshunds are sweet dogs give him some Turkey also but do not let him have any skin.
Pit Bulls have a bad rep but it's the way they are brought up it's not the dog.

[scottcsmith]

6. A new fad....

Pet giblets! Hey, if it can work for rocks, why not giblets?

Just give me a cut o' the money when you get RICH.

[Syrinx]

8. Are you a member of Firesign Theatre?

Pet giblets! Ha!

[alexwcovington]

15. Buy one without giblets...

Unless you kill your own turkey. Then you are stuck with dealing them.

[jobycom]

16. Become vegetarian, leave the bird alive, and eat Tofurkey

Well, it worked for me. Your mileage may vary.

New PETA add: "People who eat turkey and throw away the giblets are fascist, murdering scumbags who deserve to be burned alive after being mutilated with razorblades and soaked in alcohol, and then their families should be mocked at the funeral."

At least I heard that was their new ad. It should persuade a lot of people with its subtlety and wit.

I like writing at 4 am. Sleep deprivation makes me clever. Or makes me not know that I'm not, one or the other.

[Hubert Flottz]

17. OTHER!

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