this recipe says “vegetarian”, but it contains chicken stock. just an FYI- chicken stock isn’t vegetarian.

it works great with vegetable broth though.

thanks!

Remove giblets from the turkey and rinse well. Put the neck and the gizzard into a saucepan and cover well with water. Add about a teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and simmer for about an hour or so. (I never really time it, I’m usually busy with other cooking) About 1/2 hour before the gizzard and neck are done put the liver in another sauce pan with salt & pepper and bring it to a boil. Simmer this about 20-30 minutes. While the liver is cooking boil two or three eggs. When everything is done chop up the eggs, liver, gizzard and what ever meat you can pull away from the neck bone. Pour the broth from the cooked turkey into a large sauce pan. Add a couple of cans of cream of chicken soup and mix well. If this doesn’t make enough gravy for When you are happy with the amount and thickness of the gravy add the chopped giblet and eggs. Good luck!

I’ve gotta run to Granny’s tomorrow and try to snag some hog jowls or something .

Hey Christy, I got a favor to ask(or anybody else on her that may have it) but I was wondering about a good recipe for cracklin cornbread and giblet gravy(that’s for next thanksgiving).

I’m gonna share something with ya’ll that I wouldn’t normally confess but I feel that it’d be good for a chuckle and ya’ll wouldn’t hold it against me.

All my life I’ve been at a grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving, so I don’t have much experience with my own turkey. I was given a turkey, so I decided to try it when I brought my dad to the house Christmas Day. Did I mention my inexperience? This was my second turkey ever, however, I knew it was supposed to have neckbones and giblets, etc. Well, needless to say, when I went to wash it off before I put it in the pan, I reached in and found the little packet with the neckbone. I reached back in for the giblets…nothing. I can only imagine what my fiance thought to see me getting up-close and personal in the business end of that turkey. I didn’t see nothing, feel nothing, I was confused and flabergasted. Needless to say, I resolved that they just didn’t stuff it back in. Well, I cooked my turkey (joint venture with my honey, he’s a genius when it comes to making sauces, etc). It looked close to perfection. Well, we enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner. We even had a buddy of ours come by and help lighten our turkey load.

Next day, I couldn’t wait for lunch because I just love leftover thanksgivin turkey sandwiches. As I commenced to find the primest pieces of meat for my sandwich, I noticed something that looked out of place………..low and behold, there was them giblets!!!!!

I almost cried cause I was gonna try to make me a giblet gravy(if i could find a good one online) for our dinner, but ya can’t have giblet gravy without giblets! I take it as a lesson learned, look in both ends of a turkey before I put it in the oven!

I’m just wonderin why nobody told me where to look, especially since I asked my Maw Maw the day before about how to do my turkey.
I reckon I shoulda came here first

Oh Bill, my prayers are with you and your pa. While we’re at it, prayers would be appreciated for my aunt. I just found out that she went to the hospital a couple of days before Christmas. She has cancer on both her lungs, and her uterus and pneumonia. I’m not sure what they’re planning to do about her cancer, but it is a bit scary since I can’t get to her or call. She’d known something was wrong for months but couldn’t get a dr to do anything to really find out. Well, she finally found the right one willing to listen and act and that’s what they found. I’m sure that if she’s had it since the time that she knew something was up, it’s probably progressed quite a bit in that time(15 months). Just keep her in mind.

Here’s hopin the new year is better than the rest!!!