We don't do Thanksgiving here, but that's how I feel about Christmas. Even though it's often well over 100F here on Christmas Day, I roast a turkey :-) The leftovers are the best part.

One year DH offered to take us to a restaurant for Christmas dinner when the weather bureau was predicting 115F on Christmas. I thought about it for less than a minute, then declined with thanks, because we would have had no leftovers :-) As it turned out, it was only about 95F on the day :-)

:Love the leftovers and we always plan to have those on hand. There will be enough to go all around to everyone at our feast. My candied sweet potatoes are in the oven and all I will have to do is drop the noodles into the chicken broth and cook before I am ready to leave for Amber's, a half mile away.

My son in law will come and pick me up and load all of my things when I give them a call. Hope you have a great second Thanksgiving at your house.

Sue

I'm sending all my leftovers home with the kids. One son has a cold, and having food ready in his refrigerator later will be nice tlc.

Leftovers are a must. I have to have a stuffing and turkey casserole held together with gravy. Sandwiches both cold and hot. Mmmmm....

I would have to have leftovers! I recently made a Jennie-O boneless turkey breast, and it was very good. So easy--it comes in a bag and you just take it right from the freezer to the oven...in less than two hours, you have nice turkey breast (gravy comes with it also).

Wanda, I like those Jennie breast in a bag for busy summer evenings and haven't been able to find them locally in the last few months. I've never used the gravy packet, if you say its good maybe I will next time I buy one (find one).

We won't have leftovers here either, but DH isn't broken hearted. He would rather have roast chicken than face 3 days of turkey ;0) I promised I would make his favorite pie on Saturday when we're home and he was happy with that.

But ... but ... don't inflict the leftovers on the next day ... or the day after ... let them mellow in the fridge for a while.

Then they'll be received with more enthusiasm (well ... some, anyway).

Even better - invite some of us down: who weren't there for the original feast.

o j

Remember safety with the leftovers. My DFIL who's a doctor in Ohio says you'd be surprised how many cases of food posioning there is this time of the year, between thawing turkeys at room temp to leftovers. I'm told turkey should only be stored in the frig 3 days otherwise freeze it and stuffing from the bird 2 days.

That is the one thing I'll miss about not preparing the traditional meal this year. But, we had a roast chicken dinner with all the fixins' a few weeks ago so I kind of already had my leftovers fix. We'll be having leftover crab instead which will be yummy but can't let it stay around more than a day, maybe two. I'm thinking some crab omelets for brunch tomorrow might be tasty.

I am just doing a half a turkey but we will definitely have left overs. I love turkey sandwiches and soup from the remnants. Ours will be smaller this year. But I am feeling a bit better so that is something to be thankful for.

I can't get enough of roasted turkey, but like Collenoz, my leftovers are at Christmas rather than Thanksgiving.

No cause to worry here. Neighbors bring me plates of TG leftovers. : )

I have very little in the way of left overs. No turkey but do have a piece of pumpkin cheesecake and a bit of broccoli cheese casserole. Had dinner last night with oldest daughter and family and today with middle daughter and her family.

I brought leftovers home with me, but no pie, did not want any. Sent leftovers to 3 people that could not be at our meal and those that wanted leftovers took them. One daughter is fixing a small turkey today and other Thanksgiving goodies just for her daughter, grandson and herself. They miss not having the smells in their home I guess!

Sue