Lemondrop

Following Thanksgiving, if you're not morbidly sick of turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings (and you've avoided calling up the pizza guy), you're probably trying to think of some delicious, inventive ways to reanimate your leftovers. We caution you, however -- experiments with cranberry sauce, yams, marshmallows and turkey gizzards have a high rate of gag reflex, among other bodily reactions.

So you're better prepared for the ensuing leftover madness, we polled friends and neighbors for some of their most heinous Thanksgiving leftover recipe ideas. Come Friday, if Aunt Sadie offers you a Taiwanese Turkey Shake, run. Just run.


1. Turkey Burritos/Tacos/Enchiladas -- There's a reason you don't see gobbler on the menu of your neighborhood taqueria.

2. Turkey Pizza -- Same thing about the taqueria, applied to the local pizzeria.

3. Turkey Hash -- A distinct British variation, ends up soupy and flavorless.

4. Turkey Loaf -- Loaves of meat should have died out with the Studebaker; the turkey variety is no exception.

5. Turkey a la King -- We thought this had been long outlawed due to abuse by school cafeterias. But it still pops up in households across the nation.

6. Cranberry Turkey Salad -- The combination of onion salt, gelatin, eggs, whipped cream, almonds and Velveeta is nothing to be thankful for.

7. Pretty much anything with marshmallows.

8. Ecuadorian Stuffing -- Adorned with nuts, prunes and other unknown elements. Only to be eaten it if you are actually from Ecuador.

9. Taiwanese Turkey Shake -- Leftover turkey, yogurt or sour cream, nuts, milk, sugar. Slop that mess into a food processor, followed by a round in the ice cream machine. Do not try this at home.

10. Salmonella -- if you chow down on Thanksgiving leftovers left out on the table more than two hours, you're going to be on the potty for a very long weekend.