Smoked Turkey and it's Bounty

This is my Hubster's smoked turkey. Its famous in these parts. We love it and for some odd reason only make it once a year...why is that?

This year I made several tasty dishes from this birds leftovers. One of which was smoked turkey corn chowder.



Instead of using flour as a thickener, I used leftover mashed potatoes. The starchy vegetable accomplished the same goal (thicken soup) without being a refined product. So good.




The "recipe" is loosely

8 cups broth
3 cups mashed potatoes
1 Turkey leg and thigh bone (meat on)
3 cups corn kernels (frozen are okay)
2 cups chopped kale
3 medium red or gold potatoes, cut into bite sized pieces
4 carrots, chopped
2 onions, chopped


Simmer on low for an hour.