gobble gobble gobble! Anyone tried a TurDucKen??

[+ glutes]

At the Thanksgiving dinner I am going to, TurDucKen is being served. What should I expect??

 

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[bigvalboy]

What should I expect??

 

Lots of uninvited guests for dinner...LOL

[rvwnsd]

We had a TutDucKen and a Jennie-O frozen turkey breast (thawed and cooked, of course) a few years ago. Everyone agreed the turkey breast was better. The TurDucKen was just odd.

[Electra 225]

I've had a few TurDucKens over the years (always at holiday time--Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.). They are quite tasty, but truly weird looking. I've never cooked one, only had it served to me at the homes of friends and relatives. Never seen one at a restaurant or from a caterer--which may be telling. If you are going to be served one, enjoy and report your findings and thoughts to us all.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

[+ purplekow]

There is a radio commercial which states that its protagonist, "the Most Interesting Man in the World" has a Turducken in which a duck is stuffed into a chicken which is stuffed into a turkey which is then stuffed back into the original duck. Now if you are served that turducken, then you have a story.

[justaguy]

Part of me likes the idea, although I haven't tried it. Another part of me likes duck too much not to want it all by itself.

[KMEM]

Then there is the buck duck which is, you guessed it, venison stuffed into a duck. Are we so spoiled that we cannot just enjoy ordinary food? What next-hummingbird tongues on toast points?

 

Happy turkey day.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[seeker630]

Then there is the buck duck which is, you guessed it, venison stuffed into a duck. Are we so spoiled that we cannot just enjoy ordinary food? What next-hummingbird tongues on toast points?

 

Happy turkey day.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

"What next", you say? How about " Like turducken, which is a recipe consisting of birds stuffed with birds and which has become popular in North America, a whole stuffed camel is a culinary delicacy composed of a medium-sized camel stuffed with a sheep or a lamb stuffed with other ingredients." [source: Wikipedia]

 

(According the Wikipedia, the authenticity of this dish may be suspect.)

[dane michaels]

All this talk of delectable birds and other tasty game has got my stomach craving that today is tomorrow. Here in the south..(not all southerners) but quite common is a deep fried Turkey infused with premixed, or your own style seasoning. Nothing like sitting around with family on a nice mild day outside.. drink in had of coarse, catching up. I hope all get to enjoy this Thanksgiving with the ones they love and are close to. Happy Holidays YA'LL!!!!

[KMEM]

I think one would have to have a very LARGE family AND lots of friends to consume such a meal. I wasn't aware that camel was that edible or desirable as food but I suppose after watching a James Bond movie in which his "host/captor" ate the eyes out of a sheep's skull there is nothing new under the sun.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[seeker630]

I think one would have to have a very LARGE family AND lots of friends to consume such a meal. I wasn't aware that camel was that edible or desirable as food but I suppose after watching a James Bond movie in which his "host/captor" ate the eyes out of a sheep's skull there is nothing new under the sun.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

 

I suspect that the point of such a dish is not the eating but the display!

[bigvalboy]

All this talk of delectable birds and other tasty game has got my stomach craving that today is tomorrow. Here in the south..(not all southerners) but quite common is a deep fried Turkey infused with premixed, or your own style seasoning. Nothing like sitting around with family on a nice mild day outside.. drink in had of coarse, catching up. I hope all get to enjoy this Thanksgiving with the ones they love and are close to. Happy Holidays YA'LL!!!!

 

Thank you Dane...I vote for the deep fried Turkey as well. You can take the boy out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the boy!!

[Guest countryboywny]

All this talk of delectable birds and other tasty game has got my stomach craving that today is tomorrow. Here in the south..(not all southerners) but quite common is a deep fried Turkey infused with premixed, or your own style seasoning. Nothing like sitting around with family on a nice mild day outside.. drink in had of coarse, catching up. I hope all get to enjoy this Thanksgiving with the ones they love and are close to. Happy Holidays YA'LL!!!!

 

We're doing a fried turkey too! all the way up North!

[+ glutes]

I once had some turkey that was cooked in a paper bag??? It was sooooo succulent...

 

Thanks to all that replied, and I want to try that Buck Duck blend some time Captain!

[Electra 225]

The James Bond movie you refer to is "Octopussy" and Louis Jourdan was the "bad guy", Kamal Khan, who consumed the sheep eyes at the fancy dinner at his mountain-top retreat in India. I have a friend who worked on that movie and he told me that the "eyes" were a confection of white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and nougat that was crafted and painted with food coloring and icing to look like the eyes of a sheep. Apparently, Mr. Jourdan had to rehearse eating the "sheep eyes" multiple times as even the thought of consuming a real one was more than a bit off-putting and they were very realistic looking, too. My friend did not remember how many takes were required to film the scene.

[+ nycman]

I've had Turducken once.

 

I agree, it's odd.

 

Not good, not bad, just odd.

 

It has an interesting history.......

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken

[dane michaels]

Thank you Dane...I vote for the deep fried Turkey as well. You can take the boy out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the boy!!

 

As if you have to thank me. Deep fried turkey is the way to be and if not... then pretend and have distant relatives deep fry a bitch in the back yard. The only thing that might be trying, is to get them in a flannel shirt and tight levi's. Ya'll love who you are with, ignore ex's present, and be the life of all that is going on around you.

[leigh.bess.toad]

Here in the south..(not all southerners) but quite common is a deep fried Turkey infused with premixed, or your own style seasoning.

 

Of course, all too often it leads to another Southern tradition -- the house fire. There will be more than a few houses burn thanks to the deep fryer overflowing or being tipped over. Ah, the price we pay for fine dining.

[OneFinger]

Turducken is a family tradition for me.

 

This year I'm actually spending Thanksgiving with friends. But, the family is getting together on Saturday for our turducken dinner. It does have a rather odd taste but the meat is always very moist.

[+ glutes]

Of course, all too often it leads to another Southern tradition -- the house fire.

 

BTW, I am going to be watching the HarBowl tomorrow as I consume Turducen...

 

Re. deep fried turkey, from Fox News:

 

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/22/dangers-deep-fried-turkey/?test=faces

[leigh.bess.toad]

Re. deep fried turkey, from Fox News:

 

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/11/22/dangers-deep-fried-turkey/?test=faces

 

Too bad they didn't do this demonstration on their set. Oh well, more's the pity.

[+ glutes]

Turducken... good, but not great.

I'd stick to a regular old turkey any day, baked in a paper bag.

[rvwnsd]

Turducken... good, but not great.

 

Agreed. This Thanksgiving, my friends bought an all-natural turkey from COSTCO. It was absolutely delicious.

[trilingual]

Turducken seems to be a Cajun invention. You can mail order them from Louisiana. I've also seen them for sale here in Kansas City at McGonigle's (the Tiffany's of meat). But I've heard they can be kind of dry. It's an interesting concept -- medieval cooks loved to stuff things this way for royal feasts -- but I wouldn't spend $80 on a turducken just to have it cook up dry! If they can solve that problem I might try one someday!

[seeker630]

What trumps a turducken? How about a cockentrice?

 

If you're looking for something to REALLY impress your holiday dinner guests, try this medieval masterwork, the

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And the

is explosive!

 

Here are recipes.