Fillet the breast and thigh meat off the turkey, the drumb sticks are really difficult they have little bone like tendons that run through them making them difficult to bone out, it can be done but for what little you end up with I don't feel it's worth it, I either crockpot or better yet pressure cook the drumb sticks. After I have all the meat I can get from the bird/birds I run the chilled meat through my grinder using the fine plate, I use a seasoning made by HI-Mountain called prairie sage, there is another brand called HI-Country and in my families and friends opinion isn't near as good but can easily be mistaken for HI-mountain because the names are so close, get the HI-Mountain brand! The seasoning is pre measured in separate bags and will either do 12 or 24 pounds of meat, I have found you get about 6 pounds of boned out meat from a 2 yr old long beard tom, so it takes 2 birds to make the 12 pound batch, I have found it's better to over season a little than under season! So if you only have 8 or 10 pounds of meat go ahead and use the 12 pound seasoning packet. You can mix the seasoning with the chunks of meat before grinding or after its ground, I prefer to mix after its ground (don't look as pretty but I feel it's more thoroughly mixed) when you get the seasoning all mixed in well it's time to bag to your size preference and freeze it, you can fry a patty up immediately if you like! Other than the ground turkey having an odd texture It's hard to tell from pork breakfast sausage, except this stuff is actually good for you! Give it a try, you will be amazed! You can obviously add ingredients of your choice to the seasoning packets if you feel the need? Cayene for extra heat etc. the HI-Mountain kits come with directions on how much water to add per pound of meat etc. it's super simple! And they have a few different flavors, like country maple, mountain man, and the prairie sage (maybe more that I haven't seen?) we have yet to try one we didn't like in the HI-Mountain brand, like I said give it a try, I'm confident you will be amazed!
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