I totally scored Thanksgiving before last. I told SIL (who hosted the 30 of us that year, God Bless Her!) that I would clean the carcass if she would give me the carcass to take home.
I’ve never heard anyone say “YES” so quickly in my life, LOL!
I made a lot of great stock from ‘Tom’ that took me through until Spring that next year. :)
If there’s ever a fire, I’m grabbing the ‘important papers,’ the pets, my purse, my photo albums and my stock pot. All else is replaceable. :)
I’ve actually scored 3 ham bones in the past month, and that’s in addition to the one I had in the freezer. I cooked down one batch of stock so much that I have to dilute it with at least an equal part of liquid.