The 3-day turkey soup!

Craig and I recently had 3 days off together to celebrate our 4th anniversary, and among some of the things we did, we made turkey soup! We had cooked a turkey the week before and saved the carcass and drippings to make soup. What made it so awesome was that we had 3 days to devote to cooking the soup, so it was extra flavourful! To start, we divided up the bones and drippings and neck into our two biggest pots, and added some onion, carrots, celery, peppercorns, and a bunch of whole rosemary, thyme and sage tied into bunches. That's what the strings are sticking out of the pots:

We brought the mixtures to a boil and then turned them right down and let them simmer for the evening, I would estimate it was about 4 hours, maybe a bit more. Before bed we strained out all the big stuff, saving the bunches of herbs for the next day. Here's what our broth looked like:

I put it in the fridge overnight to harden the fat on top, which I skimmed off the next morning. When that was done we put in all of the shredded up turkey we has saved from dinner and off of the bones, as well as the herb bunches from before:

We simmered it like that for another hour or so, and then finally added some cut up celery, carrots and partly cooked potatoes, and simmered for maybe 3 more hours. Then it was done! Because we left the herbs in for so long it was super flavourful and delicious. I love making soup! You can use up all of your leftover veggies and meats and take it for lunch throughout the next week. It's so easy!