Tuducken - I love this guy's turn of phrase

[callistra]

http://www.blacktable.com/turducken031223.htm

This is the first time I've heard of it as Turducken - I think Vyvyan brought it up last night as Turducken. I can't remember the other names, but I do know that this sort of thing has been around since the 12/14th centuries in Europe, except they didn't stop at a turkey, they also included a good, a sheep, and eventually a cow. Possibly even a pig between the cow and the sheep. I should check out my reference books.
:-)

But this guy's turn of phrase is fantastic.

Comments

[msvyvyan.livejournal.com]

I'll lend you my Steingarten some time. It has a very amusing tale of his heroic efforts to reproduce the Prudhomme turducken.

[kaelajael.livejournal.com]

I'd love to try cooking this!

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Me too. I am thinking of roping in my friends who cook and all of us doing it at once - that way it should be much easier and much more fun as we yak yak yak while doing it.

Would you be interested in coming over and helping out with that (insert "playing with foul carcasses LOL)? Of course, chilluns and partners come for the eating part, but I can't imagine many kids would enjoy the deboning process. And I figure apricot cidery stuffing, honey macadamia stuffing, and the standard onion and sage stuffing you get in a packet for the three stuffings.

What do you think? And then we sit around and drink champagne and watch the kids try and drown each other in my pool.

[kaelajael.livejournal.com]

Ooohhh, those stuffings sound divine! Yes, I'm interested. (Of course, finding a spare day might be an interesting exercise.)

[msvyvyan.livejournal.com]

Have I ever mentioned that although I am vegetarian I don't mind playing with meat and was brought up on a farm?

I have deboned ducks, chickens, and once (in a moment of complete insanity, and using a paring knife and tweezers) quail. Never a turkey, but I suspect it would be similar to a duck, you just use a bigger knife. :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Cool, I expect we will need your expertise! I have deboned a chicken. It took a while, and it was indeedy messy. But never the less, it was indeed a "learning experience" and I am willing to do it again.

:-)

You're now nabbed too.

That sounds great!

[lucretiae.livejournal.com]

My mouth was just watering reading that! I think we should give it a go.

Maybe we could do an Aussie version...
possum inside tassie devil inside koala inside dingo inside inside roo
woohoo!

Re: That sounds great!

[callistra.livejournal.com]

LOL
I was envisioning a seperate dinner party consisting of severn courses, including kanga, corc, and emu, and whatever we could score.
:-)

But one thing at a time...

Tried it, loved it

[liluri.livejournal.com]

Now I'm sure it wasn't just three birds though, was like 4 meats...Some butchers specialise in it around Xmas...was hard to figure out what kind of condiments to go with...so yummy though. Waiting to hear how this experiment goes