Most Thanksgiving food isn't that good. If it was, we'd eat it more than once a year.
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Consider this: the strong association of turkey with Thanksgiving means that you're not expected to eat it any any other time.
Smoked turkey fajitas. That's the answer.
Well done turkey (and I've had it done well) is very good. I have sliced turkey sandwiches the rest of the year. It is a lot leaner than fatty brisket/ribs too.
This year we're cooking a 26 lb pasture raised turkey. If it's still not great, we're doing something else for the meat course next year.
So, how did it turn out?
Really good! I don't know that I'll be able to go back to store-bought.
We started doing a rib roast for thanksgiving a few years ago. So much better than turkey!
I also do baked skin-on chicken thighs regularly, which we also like better than turkey, that we simply never have a craving for turkey.
You and me are homies forever now.
Are you talking about mass produced farm turkeys, or a wild turkey that you shot and cooked? There is a huge difference between the two.