Turducken Time

Ever since I first heard about the existence of the Turducken I have been fascinated by the concept. For those of you who do not know what one is, it is in short a turkey, stuffed with a duck, which is in turn stuffed with a chicken. Inside the chicken and in between the other layers there is usually some sort of of stuffing - often made of sausage.

Despite my general aversion to eating something that starts with "Turd" it sounds delicous. Here is a picture of a "traditional" Turducken. Note the strings required to hold it all together. A Turducken is completely boneless - another added benefit.









Here is a Bacon-coverd Turducken. Need I say more? I think it is a generally accepted - if not an actual scientific fact - truth that everything tastes better when covered in bacon.

Anyway, I have been asking people to make me one for a couple of years now with no luck. Apparently it is an enormous amount of work. (like 2 - 3 days of work). Click here to see a sample Recipe. Of course, you can buy them from various places on the web, but including shipping cost you are looking at paying close to $150 for a medium sized one. It was apparent that I would never get a Turducken unless I made it myself and since I am way too lazy for that, I had resigned myself to yet another Turduckenless Holdiay season until my wife brought home a flyer from our local Grocery Store proclaiming that they had Turduckens for $4.99 a pound! I went out the next day and bought 2. One with a Cranberry-Apple stuffing, and one with a Louisiana-style stuffing.

Since our Thanksgiving Day meal is already set (Turkey, Ham and Venison), we are having a pre-thanksgiving Turducken Feast at my house tonight. Now, these are not real Turduckens - They are only about 3-4 lbs made with all breast meat instead of whole birds, but It still sounds delicious. I can't Wait! I will be sure to post a review later.