Can I find another purpose for lemon and garlic I stuffed in a roast turkey?

I cooked and turkey and stuffed the cavity with lemons, garlic and shallot. I wanted to know if there is anything else I can do with them (since its quite a lot). They have held their shape since garlic and shallot still unpeeled and lemon is in quarters. Everything still seems really fragrant and I would like to put to another use if possible.

Elizabeth
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HalfPint
HalfPint July 10, 2018
Patricia Wells takes the lemons that she roasts in her chicken and squeezes the juice over the roasted meat right before serving. I think it will work with turkey too.

As for the garlic, if it's soft, spread on toasted bread.
 
C S.
C S. July 10, 2018
If you are going to cook up the bones to make a broth add the garlic and shallot to that. I know from experience that adding the lemon to the pot makes it bitter. I would be skeptical about using any of this with another food that was not going to be well cooked seems like there could be cross contamination.
 
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