Sunday, December 7, 2025

Making Linda Lou's Turkey Tetrazzini Without Linda Lou's Help


What you are seeing here is a 9 x 13 casserole dish filled with something called Turkey Tetrazzini.

A few days ago Washington's Linda Lou called me and during the course of the call made mention of the great success she had turning leftover turkey into Turkey Tetrazzini.

Linda Lou told me the various ingredients which turned into Turkey Tetrazzini and said she'd send me the recipe.

Well, I found myself with a large supply of leftover turkey, but no incoming recipe from Linda Lou.

So, I Googled and found a Tetrazzini recipe with ingredients which matched much of what Linda Lou mentioned.

And so, lunch this first Sunday of the 2025 version of December will feature as its star attraction, Turkey Tetrazzini.

I have a kitchen history with Linda Lou which goes back decades, all the way back to early grade school.

In high school Linda Lou put on Fondue Parties to which one coveted an invitation.

My most recent kitchen history with Linda Lou took place in October of 2018, in my mom's kitchen in Sun Lakes, Arizona.

At that kitchen point in time Linda Lou and I made Beef Stroganoff. It was a mostly seamless operation with the only moment of contention debating the proper way to prepare fresh mushrooms.

I suspect at some point in time in the future I will find myself visiting Washington and having some kitchen time in Linda Lou's Mount Vernon kitchen...

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