I have grown up mostly in the South, had the southern grandmother to beat all southern grandmothers and have never seen or eaten possum on any table I have been graced to attend.
And leftover turkey is a joy. The benefit of a large bird not the dregs.
I brine a fresh turkey, stuff with citrus and herbs, butter the skin, truss it and roast it to the breast doneness not the thigh. Perfect every time.
It was a joke...sheeeesh. An innocent turkey carcass was insulted.