If you enjoyed turkey at your Thanksgiving dinner (in Canada) last weekend, then no doubt you had a pot of turkey bones bubbling away on your stove at some point this week. My mom hosted the feast this year, and for a change she did a bacon lattice on top of the 22 pound bird. I repeat. Turkey, covered in bacon. It was a glorious sight to behold. I was so smitten I forgot to take a photo. And that's saying something. The bacon infusion could be detected throughout the meat, and oh sweet lord, the gravy. So good. So, if you want to switch things up this year for the holidays, you can't go wrong with slathering turkey in bacon. Of course, the next day, she brought out her soup pot, tossed some of the bones in (I got a freezer bags worth too - them being lots of bones in that big bird), covered them with water, onion, celery, carrot and simmered them the day away. Given my thrifty nature, ahem, I save my vegetable scraps from whatever meal prep I'm doing and just tuck them away in a freezer bag as I go along. That way when it comes time to boil up some bones, you already have your veg, no need to chop up fresh onions, celery, carrot, etc. Also, fresh parsley, garlic, peppercorns and a pinch of whole cloves are my musts for stock. Let it simmer long and slow, with bubbles just breaking the surface. You'll get a nicer flavour than just boiling the crap out of it for one hour. Remember, most good things in life take a good, long while.
