I'm Canadian, so I had my Thanksgiving a while back. We have to eat our turkey earlier in the year because I suppose we're less patient than our southern neighbors. Needs. Turkeys. Nows. We also eat turkey at Christmas. We probably would at Easter and Canada Day and Labor day if pumpkins and squashes and such were in season around then, too. We love our turkey. We love Thanksgiving. I think my absolute favorite thing about a turkey dinner, is leftovers. My family usually celebrates with enthusiastic boozing, be it Christmas, Thanksgiving or just Wednesday, and a whole turkey dinner followed by a lot of beer is a recipe for a nap, not a celebration. Some of us drink wine to subdue the sleepiness that takes over on TG, but let's face it, we're Canadian. We do beer. A lot of beer. So, I tend to keep what I eat to an absolute minimum so I have plenty of room to split a Molson Giv'r pack with the fam, and make it all the way to the drunken hokey pokey to Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline (♫dun dun duunnnn♫) at around midnight. But the next day is a chore. The blinding morning (sometimes afternoon) light, the pounding of your heart beat in your head, the furry tongue and scratchy throat. Absolutely nothing cures the post-Thanksgiving hangover better than some serious turkey dinner leftovers. Mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, mmmmm. Pair it with a bloody mary (or as us Canucks call it, a caesar), and your hangover is as good as gone. Here are some awesome recipes for using your Thanksgiving leftovers: Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes - Food2

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