Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2012

Great recipe for a snowy day. I did not include the rutabaga (didn't have any), but the soup came out great anyway. The real reason for the five stars is the parsley dumplings. Everyone was fighting over who got the last ones!

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Chancelund

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Knowlton, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

I used this recipe as a base for my Xmas dinner leftovers. I didn't make the parsley dumplings. I used a few small shallots instead of the onion, extra celery and left out the carrots because I didn't have any. Instead of tossing away the veggies after making the stock, I picked through and re-added them to the broth. This where things changed- I used extra turkey, added leftover cheesy creamed spinach (roughly 1 cup) and instead of just one rutabaga I added the leftovers of mashed potato-rutabaga w/caramelized onion casserole. Seasoned to taste. End was result was a nice, thick, stew.

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RMSR

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2011

This is my standard recipe for after Thanksgiving. I never ate rutabagas before and this made me a fan! The dumplings make it pure comfort food- and the smell while it is cooking is out of this world! Yum!

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TerryO

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

Just made this with leftovers, did not alter recipe...REALLY good.

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trick_rope

Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2011

Whenever I make stock, I insert a metal colander into the water and and put my bones, skin, bay leaf and anything else I will need to fish out later. I cook all the veggies at the same time placing them underneath in the to keep section. Saves time and all that straining business.

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Nora

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2011

The soup was good, but the parsley dumplings were not very tasty. I was actually a little disappointed!

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Jenny S

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2010

i did make a few changes with the spices (using what i had in the house) i didn't use the thyme, bay leaf. I added parsley to the broth, some garlic and onion powder, a good bit of pepper, salt and some season salt. I didn't make the dumplings and used homemade egg noodles from this site (grandma's egg noodles 2) It was a pretty good tasting soup, It made up for the turkey being disaster. the flour/milk mix didn't do much to thicken the soup even with all the xtra flour from the noodles but still and awesome comforting soup. The next day is OMG good like alot of the other reviewers stated it turned into a stew. The was probably the first soup that we ate all of and was trying to fight for the leftovers and was genuinely sad when it was all gone. I'm going to be making it again for tomorrow's dinner. I can't wait!

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CupcakePolly

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Waycross, Georgia, USA

Living In: Monroe, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2010

I had homemade turkey stock made from my Thanksgiving turkey, so I used that and started at step 2. This is a very hearty and satisfying soup. I loved the parsley dumplings - they added an old-fashioned touch and were the perfect complement to the soup. Delicious!

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Pam-3BoysMama

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2010

Followed directions minus dumplings. Sad to say that this was not flavorful at all (after hours of work) and the flavor it had was dominated by thyme.

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knurczynski

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2009

Great recipe, took much longer for us, because we doubled it because of the large turkey carcass, but it was a good lazy day to do it. I would add more chicken bouillon as one other user noted, I put in 4 cubes. We didn't have a rutabaga, so just used potatoes. Our dumplings were too big, so be careful not to do that like we did. All in all - GREAT recipe.

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