These legs were made for cooking

[Turkeyman]

Well...I read the above post and have to disagree to and extent. Let's face it guys...turkeys can be tough...particularly the dark meat. I had a crock pot...a Rival brand...and checked with my thermometer it never exceeded 180*. I could have left those legs and thighs in there for a month and they never would have become tender. Gave it away to my granddaughter, poor innocent girl. Bought a Crock Pot brand...it simmers. Now legs and thighs come out perfectly tender. There is a difference in crock pots.

It takes more than duration to tenderize meat...it relies upon temperature as well. Otherwise you could have the drumsticks and thighs be perfectly tender after 10 hours or so at a mere 150*!! Bull...never happen.

[Treerooster]

Well...I read the above post and have to disagree to and extent. Let's face it guys...turkeys can be tough...particularly the dark meat. I had a crock pot...a Rival brand...and checked with my thermometer it never exceeded 180*. I could have left those legs and thighs in there for a month and they never would have become tender. Gave it away to my granddaughter, poor innocent girl. Bought a Crock Pot brand...it simmers. Now legs and thighs come out perfectly tender. There is a difference in crock pots.

It takes more than duration to tenderize meat...it relies upon temperature as well. Otherwise you could have the drumsticks and thighs be perfectly tender after 10 hours or so at a mere 150*!! Bull...never happen.

Hmmm...How do you suppose I get the legs looking like this? Now I have left them in there 24 hours at times just because I didn't get to them, but I have done 10 or 12 hours many times. My crockpot has 3 settings, Keep Warm, Low and High. I cook on the Keep Warm setting. Measured the temp of the water with a meat thermometer...180 degrees. The water does not boil (or simmer) no matter how long I leave the crockpot on. 

So I will see your "Bull" and say you just don't know what you are doing.

In the picture you will see 2 leg bones (I cut the end off the legs as they fit better in my pot) and all the tendons stripped of meat. I was taking a picture of the legs & meat but you can see the bottom of the crockpot in the background. When I strip the meat I do it while it is still warm, seems to be a bit easier. Doesn't take very long either and as stated before...no knife needed. It comes off pretty easy. I should say I have tried a pressure cooker and the crockpot does a better job IME.


EDIT: FWIW I do this same method (same crockpot) with a deer neck. Usually leave that in for 24 hours. Meat comes off the neck very easy just like the turkey legs. Fat and tendons separate from the neck meat easy too.

[bigriverbum]

I'll pass, too much work for too little reward. I would eat it if someone else was making it.


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so much work to take 30 seconds to cut the legs off. 2 minutes to put them in brine. 10 seconds to put them in crock or chili pot and come back later in the day for multiple meals of good meat

[bushangler]

I'll pass, too much work for too little reward. I would eat it if someone else was making it.


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so much work to take 30 seconds to cut the legs off. 2 minutes to put them in brine. 10 seconds to put them in crock or chili pot and come back later in the day for multiple meals of good meat

If it's worth it to you great, to me it's not. I really don't like to eat wild Turkey but can stomach a quick meal of the breasts.


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[zelmo1]

I usually braise mine and enjoy it very much.

[dublelung]

I'll pass, too much work for too little reward. I would eat it if someone else was making it.


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so much work to take 30 seconds to cut the legs off. 2 minutes to put them in brine. 10 seconds to put them in crock or chili pot and come back later in the day for multiple meals of good meat

If it's worth it to you great, to me it's not. I really don't like to eat wild Turkey but can stomach a quick meal of the breasts.


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Say you don't know a thing about cooking without saying you don't know a thing about cooking. 

[g8rvet]

Well, I have to admit I give my legs and thighs to my brother for his wife to make them some soup.  Just not much of a soup fan - of any kind. 

My wife makes a killer chicken pot pie and a turkey leg/wing/thigh pie would be the bomb.  Lesson learned.

I also love wood duck and yellow rice.  Sounds like I could make turkey leg/wing/thigh and yellow rice as well.  After it is done, spread it in a shallow baking dish and put cream of mushroom on the top, then top with French's fried onions.  Back in the oven at 350 until the onions have browned up.  Served that to people that swore they hated duck and they chowed down on it.  Would probably be awesome with turkey. 

So when I tell my brother, I will tell him it is y'alls fault!

[RED NECK]

Here is the last of the bird that I cooked late January., I pre cooked the leg meat the day before.(End of January)

-Hickory bbq sauce
-Worchester
-Pepper & Salt
-Mushrooms
-Onion
-Mixture of peppers.

I sauteed the mushrooms,onion,peppers,salt & pepper along with some worchester in butter, drained it and mixed it in with a bottle of hickory bbq sauce and the wild turkey leg meat. l heated it up in slow cooker and served on tortilla wraps topped with sour cream and lettuce.

[RED NECK]

I am not too proud to say that one of my favorite things in life to do is, try different recepies, cook,and bbq. I have made some great stuff, and some stuff I scraped into my dogs dishes over the last 3 decades.

Your soup looks amazing, and I am starving right now waiting for my whole chicken with stuffing, gravy,carrots and mashed potatoes to finish cooking.

I'll be making some wild turkey next weekend, as our season opens the 25th and we always keep one bird for annual opener.


Good luck in the woods!

[The Lung]

I think the best way to honor the animals we hunt is to make as much use of their meat as possible. Hunters that waste perfectly good meat.....well I don't think I should say much more about that.

[Zobo]

Turkey legs? Absolutely. Sea duck legs? Even the great Auguste Escoffier couldn't make those things palatable.

[Cowboy]

We try to use everything but the gobble. If I could find away to use it too I would! The gobbler I killed earlier this month we already had the legs for our first meal. Good stuff.

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[pdaugherty]

Turkey leg tacos are hard to beat in my opinion.