What Happend to the Neck Bones ?

When I was I kid I used to ask for the chicken neck
when we had a whole chicken for dinner.
No one else in our family liked the neck because
they're hard to eat and there isn't much meat.
But what they didn't know is neck meat is the tastiest.
Recently, I saw turkey necks at the grocery and snatched them up.
I planned to make a turkey neck soup.
For most of my soups, I make them over two days.

Start by browning the turkey necks and rendering the fat.
Remove necks and set aside.
To the same pan add one small onion, two stalks of celery,
one large carrot, all chopped up and sautee till soft.
Also add one inch piece of ginger peeled and slivered up.
Next I added about ten cups of water to the pot.
Put the turkey necks back into the soup pot.
Let the mixture come to a boil and
then turn down and let simmer for several hours
till turkey necks start to fall apart.
Remove the turkey necks at this point because
they have small bones and you don't want them in the soup.
Also remove the two bay leaves if you can find them.
Let soup cool down and put in the fridge overnight.
(What happened to the neck bones ? I'll never tell !)

The next day reheat the soup mixture and add

one parsnip chopped, one sweet potato peeled and chopped,
 one yellow potato chopped, four button mushrooms chopped,
 one small can of bamboo shoots,
two teaspoons dried thyme, and two dried bay leaves.
The photo above shows the water almost clear
just after adding all the water.
Look at the photo below after cooking several hours,
the soup has developed a nice rich broth.

If you see turkey necks at the grocery give them a chance
they make an excellent flavoring for a soup.

There's part of a bay leaf I didn't find in the soup.
I served the soup with some of my GF bread sticks.
Dip them right in the soup broth and enjoy!