We were prepping a Jennie-O frozen turkey breast and found a ‘gravy starter’ tucked inside. Reviewing the many ingredients, we decided it wasn’t anything we’d use; nothing is easier than making gravy (drippings+corn starch+water=voila!). What ticks me off is that it added quite a bit of weight to the package so we paid extra $ for something we didn’t ask for and don’t want. Guess we’ll have to pay closer attention to the labels going forward and won’t be buying that brand either.
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For the record, the butterball boneless turkey roasts also include a gravy starter.
I buy a fair number of them when I find a good deal, I have a meat slicer and make most of my own lunch meats and they’re really convenient for that. Even with the added weight from the gravy which I also don’t use, they’d probably still be a money saver if I could keep myself from loading the sandwich up with extra meat.
I’ve been trying to figure out a good alternative, I may try at some point just cramming some turkey breasts into some meat netting and seeing how well it holds together.
Hang the netting from the ceiling and just give it a nibble now and then!
The drippings from a turkey breast are pretty much just water. It doesn’t have the skin, fat, cartilage and bones that add a lot to a gravy.
