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The Quilt Inn Country Cookbook  
Aliske Webb  
leader tires, it falls back. There is always anotherin the flock to take up the lead. Every  
bird in turn takes the lead.  
It occurs to me that if we have at least as much sense as geese, we will stay in  
formation with others who are also going in the same direction as we are, and take  
advantage of the momentum that others have created for us. Take the lead when called  
on, and let others take the lead when we tire.  
Light cooking trends today call for less red meat in the diet. Those “heavy”  
birds like turkey, goose and chicken make healthy alternatives.  
Zydeco Turkey  
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lb. cooked turkey, cut in bite size pieces  
strips bacon  
medium onion, chopped coarsely  
clove garlic, minced  
stalks celery, chopped  
tomatoes, chopped coarsely  
cup mushrooms, quartered  
green pepper, chopped coarsely  
tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped  
/4 cup white wine  
/2 tsp. dried thyme  
bay leaf  
/2 tsp. sugar  
pinch cayenne to taste  
1/2 tbsp. cornstarch  
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Fry bacon in saucepan until crisp. Remove, drain on paper towels, chop  
coarsely and set aside. Saute onion, garlic and celery in bacon drippings. Add  
tomatoes, mushrooms, green pepper, parsley, wine, thyme, bay leaf, sugar, cayenne  
and salt. Bring to boil. Simmer 15 minutes. Stir in turkey and bacon and bring to boil.  
Remove bay leaf. Reduce heat.  
Combine cornstarch will just enough cool water to make thin paste. Stir  
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Aliske Webb 1999. All rights reserved.  
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