re: Go to gumbo besides chicken and sausage?

I was at my late father-in-laws house up in Mansura many years ago and had fried 4 turkeys for the Thanksgiving meal and the ladies fixed several casseroles and side dishes to go with it.

Thursday night I put the carcasses in a huge pot with onion, carrot, celery, bay leaves, garlic and a slew of dry and wet seasonings and let that cook for over 12 hours simmering on his stove.

Next morning I started my big pot of gumbo to feed 30 people and used some leftover turkey, tasso, andouille, 3 ducks a neighbor gave us from a hunt and about one third sack of oysters (when oysters were sold by the 100 lb. sack), so about 6-7 dozen of them along with the oyster liquor.

My brother-in-law still talks about that gumbo every Thanksgiving when he's here for my big party.

I wound up making 4 gallons of gumbo and it was eaten that day along with fried turkey sandwiches and enough desserts to give the whole bunch diabetes.