Smoked Turkey Salad

To me, cooking is like playing with a chemistry set, always experimenting. I noticed that the ground smoked turkey I used for Smoked Turkey Pâté (Dec 19, 2018 Blog post) tastes similar to ground ham. My mother-in-law was locally famous for her ham salad. So, the last time I smoked turkey drumsticks I did extra, ground it, and froze it. My wife helped me reproduce my mothers-in-law’s ham salad, with some experimentation.

4 cups ground, smoked turkey (2 large drumsticks)

2 – 3 hardboiled eggs, chopped

1/4 cup sweet pickle relish

3/4 cup lite mayonnaise

1/3 cup salted peanuts, chopped

1 teaspoon salt

Fresh ground black pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients and thoroughly blend.

It goes well on crackers as a snack or on bread for a ham salad sandwich.