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Last night, we ate turkey, we drank mead, I ate until I burst.  But Thanksgiving isn’t about giving thanks in reference to the pity feast given to some starving, lost Euros, it’s about the joy of leftovers, about the pleasure of not being able to decide just what kind of sandwich you want - what bread, which gravy, hot or cold?

So here we go.  How long will the leftovers last?  When will I have to switch from white meat to dark meat?  Should I make another turkey or more mashed potatoes?  Above are the ingredients for my first sandwich - giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, turkey, buttermilk bread, mayonnaise and Hitler’s Mother’s Cornbread Dressing (old family recipe).

Above - The Sandwich Itself - a massive gut-buster, hot and
steaming.  I reheat all of my “heatables” (dressing, turkey, gravy and
potatoes) in an oven at 500 degrees, wrapped in foil.  We didn’t spend
almost 24 hours cooking the perfect turkey to ruin it in the microwave.  I like to leave the bread un-toasted, so that it has the flexibility to stretch around the sandwich as I eat it.  Damn this was good.  I’ve got some leftover bacon for tomorrow’s (or later today’s) sandwich…

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