I don’t care that it is a cliché to make turkey soup, there have only been a few times when I haven’t done it as part of our holiday ritual. I had the turkey carcass properly wrapped and enough leftover turkey to be cut into appropriately small pieces. I normally go with a turkey vegetable that includes diced potatoes, although I sometimes stick with rice instead, especially if get the urge to add in wild rice. So what happened this year? We also adopted the tradition of making siete potencias (seven seafood soup) for Christmas Eve a few years ago. I blogged about that in an earlier post. Due to a somewhat unforeseen set of circumstances, we had two additional social events over the holidays and I made a larger batch than usual of siete potencias. With my company coming in the night of January 1st, getting the turkey soup made did not take priority, plus having prepared dinner for twelve New Year’s Eve, there was an issue of having those leftovers and available refrigerator space. In the end, it was a matter of timing and I did feel a twinge of guilt, but it really couldn’t be helped. I had given some of the turkey away to a neighbor and we did have a round (or two) of turkey sandwiches so it wasn’t as if we wasted much of it. I will plan more carefully next year.