Does anybody even try to eat them?

Soup

The thigh but not the leg portion. to many little bones

Very tough. Almost like eating beef jerky.

Put them in a pressure cooker for a while. Or braise em down. Then pick them clean, mix in some breast meat, and make turkey pot pie. Fantastic meal.

Waste not, want not.

Shot a 'jake' one time with a 2" beard. Roasted it in the oven, as one would normally do with any other poultry. Couldn't chew the gravy, it was so danged tough.


If I ever shoot another one, it will be deboned and canned in pint jars.




Charlie

Boil them for 4 hrs. Yes thats right. 4 hrs.

Pull meat off the bone.

Take 2 forks and shred the meat and pick out the tendons.

Put in a oven safe pan and add your favorite BBQ sauce and bake at 325 till hot.

Put on buns. Add whatever you like to your buns.

Works with thighs too.

I boil a leg and thigh for a couple hours then pick the meat off the bones and make some noodles with the broth. Very good.

Down South we deep fry them. Wild turkey makes store bought taste like shoe leather.

Raised them for yrs. Sold them from our hatchery. Ate one and that was too many. Tame bird puts them to shame for flavor,size and tenderness.

Like flossing with barb wire. LOL

The breast get made into turkey salad... the legs never make it into the house... tough stuff IMO.

LOL,true

crock pot, 8-10 hours on low. add diced onion ,celery ,carrots, chicken stock, garlic powder, pinch of everglades seasoning (got that in florida) , and a pinch of poultry seasoning. it'll be fall of the bone tender. its a shame so many turkey legs and thighs get left for coyote food. if you've ever wanted to try making those parts edible but heard horror stories about boot leather tough give this a try. not like you got anything to lose.

Instapot them. I love them, awesome flavor. We just figured that out this winter. I ask for them constantly. We used to make soup also good.

Can’t be worse than the legs on pheasant.

Didn't know anybody ever ate anything but the breast.

Now you know why the Indians brought turkey to the first Thanksgiving

Can them and eat them later. Just had some tonight the lid said 2015.

Strip what you can off of'em and save'em up and grind and make burgers...only way
we found a use for'em...