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Turkey Bit Gravy


The teen has been sad about not going to school for going on three weeks now.  The reason for being sad has nothing to do with missing friends, riding the bus, or afterschool activities.  The reason for being sad is the missing of the annual Thanksgiving feast.  Apparently our tiny little town takes Thanksgiving seriously and serves every kid who wishes to eat a full Thanksgiving meal the week before Thanksgiving.  With the teen table counterpart being a virtual learning student, this means no Thanksgiving feast.

Gosh, I can't let down the teen with no turkey feast at school or turkey feast with the family.  The teen wants a turkey feast then nothing says Thanksgiving a week late better than BBQ turkey.  Everything was just about ready when the teen says to me, where's the gravy.  Argh, no turkey gravy because this is a BBQ turkey.  Thank the recipes for the internet and its How To Make Gravy Without Drippings.

Modifications Made:
Just the basic gravy was made, no onions/garlic/or poultry seasoning was added.

Scaled for Likability: Great
Really, it was great.  Was it turkey bit gravy, no.  Was it bacon fat gravy, no.  Was it dammed delicious over buttery mashed potatoes, yes.  The teen piled the gravy high on the turkey, the taters, the green beans and used a buttery roll to bring it all together.  Me, I just stuck to gravy on the taters as to not ruin the flavor of the most delicious BBQ turkey to date.  Oh, and I did use a roll to wipe up remaining taters and gravy.  Waste not....
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