Leftovers!

I never understand all the post-Thanksgiving "we're so tired of turkey, here's what to do with the leftovers so they don't taste like turkey" stories you see in newspapers and food magazines. I don't really need to make turkey mole enchiladas or turkey wonton soup. I'm content to eat 1,001 turkey sandwiches, until the bird is gone. Preferably accompanied by a bowl of turkey barley soup made from the carcass. In fact, I'm not particularly interested in the turkey until it is leftovers. At the actual Thanksgiving dinner, I'm all about the sides.

The sandwich permutations are endless. My favorites: turkey with Russian dressing and lettuce on rye, turkey on a piece of toast with hot gravy poured on top (nominally a sandwich, as it requires fork and knife), and -- the ne plus ultra of Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches -- turkey, cranberry sauce, baby spinach, and extra-sharp cheddar on just about any kind of good bread, toasted or not.

This year my holiday plans went topsy-turvy at the last minute due to an ailing dog, so we roasted a turkey breast at home for Thanksgiving proper, then on Friday I zoomed to New York for a quick "leftovers" visit with my family there. ("Leftovers" is in quotes because, the Thursday Thanksgiving being at someone else's house, my folks make an entirely new meal on Friday and call it leftovers.) A turkey breast doesn't go very far, though, and we're almost out of leftover turkey already. I was just getting started!

What do you do with your leftovers? Do you repurpose them into non-Thanksgiving fare, or do you eat holiday-style till the bird is gone?