The Saturday Sip: November 30, 2024
Here's your etiquette tip, quote and an Emily Post Cookbook recipe to start your weekend off right!
The Tip
Write a thank-you note to your Thanksgiving Day host, even if that person lives in your house, to show them how much you appreciated the holiday and the effort that went into making it happen.
The Recipe
We are returning to Emily’s Leftover Turkey with Noodles and Curry recipe since it is perfect for this holiday weekend.
Leftover Turkey with Noodles and Curry
pg 154 of The Emily Post Cookbook, 1951
Time: 45 Minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
cooked and buttered egg noodles
Leftover turkey meat (at least two cups)
1 Tbsp melted butter
1 Tbsp flour
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup chicken or turkey stock
1 1/2 tsp curry powder
Directions:
Take a big Pyrex plate (or other heat-safe dish) and spread boiled, slightly buttered noodles around the sides of the plate, making a ring. Put in the oven and brown.
Remove all skin and bones from leftover turkey (or chicken). Cut meat into chunks and put two cupfuls of them in the middle of the ring.
Make a light curry sauce by mixing 1 tbs. melted butter and 1 tbs. flour in a double boiler; adding 1/2 cup cream, 1/2 cup chicken stock, and 1 1/2 tsp. curry powder; an mixing and stirring until smooth and thickened. Pour the sauce over the turkey and serve.
Modern adjustments: you don’t need a double boiler, you can use a saucepan to mix the flour and fat and cook it into a roux that you then add the other sauce ingredients to.
The Quote
“Manners are a sensitive awareness to the needs of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners. No matter which fork you use.” - Emily Post
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We hope you’ve enjoyed the Saturday Sip today! For those podcast listeners who took us up on our Leftovers Party, tell us how yours turned out! Can’t post here? Head over to the Monday post comment thread, where the comment section is open to everyone.
Enjoy the weekend!
Lizzie and Dan
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Emily Post, reading to her sons, circa 1895.