RE: DRESSING THE BIRD
I will typically breast them out too. But if you don't mind you can use the legs and thighs to make some really good meaty gravy to put on the tators! Unfortunetly the above is true. Turkey Legs aren't very good relative to a store bought turkey.
If I was going to keep the whole turkey to make soup and gravy I would just skin it.
Good Luck
Tom