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Dirtybird12

11-15-2006, 02:33 PM

It's that time of year again folks. Dig in <img height="336" src="http://anthonybradley.worldmagblog.com/anthonybradley/Turducken.jpg" width="448" border="0" />

torker

11-15-2006, 03:37 PM

That's why the lad is so happy.                                         <img height="193" src="http://www.d11.org/mann/computerliteracy/arrow-down.jpg" width="195" border="0" />

BYOBKenobi

11-15-2006, 03:49 PM

never had any of that, but a coworker of mine's father is a big time butcher in NYC and he was talking about how awesome his old man was at making turducken and how it was an art... but all I could think about was ordering 2 for dinner.

HypnoDude

11-15-2006, 04:08 PM

The last time I had that I turned Fez into a Turducken...lolCheers,"Don The Hypnotist"

lleeder

11-15-2006, 04:11 PM

mmm...meaty

FUNKMAN

11-15-2006, 04:19 PM

only problem is why does the name have to start with TURD...  kinda bugs me

Matty3Bucks

11-15-2006, 04:22 PM

Every year my friend gets one for a party he has in January.  It is delicious

led37zep

11-15-2006, 04:40 PM

I want some Turducken!

FreshJ

11-15-2006, 04:40 PM

I'm Starving. Hey we got any Turducken Back there?

Gvac

11-15-2006, 04:44 PM

I really have to try one of these one day.  I bet the turkey and duck combination cancels out the dryness of the former and the greasiness of the latter.  And you can't go wrong with chicken, so why not throw it in there?

docgoblin

11-15-2006, 04:57 PM

Matty3Bucks wrote: Every year my friend gets one for a party he has in January. It is delicious Where can you actually get one in the NYC/Long Island area? I'd love to try it one year.

SinA

11-15-2006, 05:20 PM

i heard about a turporken on the radio today.  i'll check into it and get back with some info

Matty3Bucks

11-15-2006, 05:34 PM

My buddy orders it from New Orleans and it is mailed up to him.  I will get the info from him

docgoblin

11-15-2006, 05:44 PM

Thanks, let me know the details.

OGC

11-15-2006, 05:56 PM

<a href="http://www.cajungrocer.com/fresh-foods-holiday-dishes-turducken-c-1_15_24.html?source=google" target="_self">Seems a little expensive to me.</a>Does anyone have a place that is less expensive ?

Tenbatsuzen

11-15-2006, 05:57 PM

Perry, just how long should the cage go into the water for?

MadBiker

11-15-2006, 06:01 PM

you can find them here: <a href="http://www.cajunspecialtymeats.com/">www.cajunspecialtymeats.com</a>the basic Turducken is $65.00.  Complete Turducken meals get a bit more expensive.I am ordering one for Superbowl Sunday.  I have wanted to try one for years, this has got to be good.

BYOBKenobi

11-15-2006, 06:29 PM

docgoblin wrote: Matty3Bucks wrote: Every year my friend gets one for a party he has in January. It is delicious  Where can you actually get one in the NYC/Long Island area? I'd love to try it one year. I can look into where my old coworker's father's butcher shop is in NYC.  I'm sure if you go to any classic butcher shop they'll have them available or you'll be able to order one.

FuckinStarvin

11-15-2006, 06:42 PM

I've been waiting to make my first post about something I actually know about. Here goes... The Turducken is a nice novelty at best, definatly not worth the money. I reccomend taking the $65 and buying a turkey fryer. Absoltely the best way to have Thanksgiving.

johnniewalker

11-15-2006, 06:43 PM

FuckinStarvin wrote: I've been waiting to make my first post about something I actually know about. Here goes... The Turducken is a nice novelty at best, definatly not worth the money. I reccomend taking the $65 and buying a turkey fryer. Absoltely the best way to have Thanksgiving. RonisHankAaron is that you?   Welcome fine fellow! 

This message was edited by johnniewalker on 11-15-06 @ 10:43 PM

TooCute

11-15-2006, 06:50 PM

My brother made one one year. He's making one again this year. Some day
when we have an oven big enough to fit a pig, I want to do a chicken/goose/
pig dealie.

The last turducken
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Eilial/turducken.jpg

My brother, who used to be a chef at the top restaurant in Boston, now
writes for cooks illustrated. I'm attaching an article about turduckens. I
guess the links won't come through but whatever.

TASTING LAB
Turduckens
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Written: 10/2006

Here in America's Test Kitchen, we take Thanksgiving very seriously-we've
roasted thousands of birds over the years to perfect the turkey centerpiece.
So when one of our editors confessed one day that for Thanksgiving he
spends 12 hours preparing a turducken and another 12 hours roasting it,
we wondered whether a turducken could rival our perfected roast turkey.

To prepare a turducken, a chicken, duck, and turkey are boned (except for
the turkey's wings and drumsticks); the chicken is then stuffed into the
duck, and that, in turn, is stuffed into the turkey. Three different stuffings,
traditionally cornbread, oyster, and andouille sausage, are layered between
each bird. Paul Prudhomme, the famous Cajun chef, is often given credit for
inventing the dish, although a 2005 National Geographic magazine story
credited Hebert's Specialty Meats in Maurice, Louisiana for its creation. The
sheer exuberance of the dish has inspired a lot of interest, especially after
John Madden gave turduckens national exposure by eating them while
broadcasting football games (he keeps all 6 drumsticks on his version). In
our research, we found several variations including chuckeys (a duckling is
stuffed inside the chicken), gurducken (goose instead of turkey), and a
turgoduckmaguikenantidgeonck (turkey, goose, duck, mallard, guineafowl,
chicken, pheasant, partridge, pigeon, and woodcock).

To understand the dish, we analyzed Paul Prudhomme's recipe (see below
for links to recipes and other information) which confirmed our opinion that
preparing a turducken at home is not a project for anyone with limitations
on either time or kitchen space-a group that certainly includes most of us.
Besides preparing three different stuffings, the dish requires precise boning
to keep each bird in one piece with its skin intact. After sewing, the
turducken is roasted at a low temperature until done (8 to 14 hours,
depending on size).

But with our curiosity aroused, we wondered if we could "cheat" and roast a
mail-order turducken. While Hebert's and many other smaller Cajun sources
can't ship turduckens (they do not have USDA certification), we found three
purveyors (Cajun Specialty Meats, Cajun Creations, and Cajun Grocer) who,
for a hefty price of between $90 and $125 each (including shipping), could.
Accompanying instructions sounded easy-defrost for 48 to 72 hours in the
fridge, roast at 325 degrees for 4 1/2 to 5 hours, (uncovered during the final
hour) to 165 degrees, and then serve. Each turducken provides
approximately 20 servings.

The result? Cheaters don't prosper. Although defrosted for a full 72 hours,
the birds still took 2-3 hours longer than directed to reach the proper
internal temperature. We allowed them to rest to redistribute the juices
(none of the instructions included this step), but the meat still came out
uniformly dry and bland-only the duck had flavor, and some testers felt it
was "livery". The stuffings were also disappointing. Each of our turduckens
came with a cornbread and a pork/sausage stuffing; none came with three
varieties. During cooking, the stuffing compacted into mushy, gummy
bundles-only a rice-based version wasn't packed. And, finally, presentation
was a disappointment. Rather than evenly layered strata of meat and
stuffing presenting an attractive portrait on the plate, the uneven clumps of
meat and stuffing (see photo below) fell apart on carving.

Upon reflection, we shouldn't

Billy Staples

11-15-2006, 06:52 PM

still waiting...and waiting...and waiting....and..oh is that the door!

tele7

11-15-2006, 06:56 PM

How does one go about finding the Turducken song?

Dirtybird12

11-15-2006, 07:20 PM

telecaster7 wrote: How does one go about finding the Turducken song?   ahhh a classic I  must say - <a href="http://www.xpressgfx.com/forum2/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23" target="_self">check it out here</a>

tele7

11-15-2006, 07:32 PM

Thanks Perry.  It's not really Thanksgiving untill I hear it.

K.C.

11-15-2006, 07:54 PM

As long as I don't have to John Madden rip one of these apart with his bare hands again on national TV, I'll be fine. May order one for Christmas...too late for Thanksgiving.

LOAF

11-15-2006, 08:00 PM

ok so how am I going to go to sleep now with turduken on my mind, i'm starvin!

IamFogHat

11-20-2008, 06:40 PM

Who's getting one this year? I've literally meant to get one every year since the JFK turduken show back when and have never been able to pull it off. I'm too late for Thanksgiving this year, but I've been proactive in recent months, so to follow through with my new mentally healthy lifestyle where should I go to successfully order one for christmas? BTW, the one with the pig, I forget what that ones called, would be even better. Thanks knowledgeable buddays.

hurlmon

11-21-2008, 05:40 AM

ahhh a classic I  must say - <a href="http://www.xpressgfx.com/forum2/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=23" target="_self">check it out here</a>

Speaking of classics, do you have Fat Baby available?

"Fat Baby was an underage alcoholic"

RAAMONE

11-21-2008, 06:31 AM

anyone bought a turducken from a website or know a good website to get one from?

mikeyboy

11-21-2008, 06:50 AM

TjM

11-21-2008, 06:58 AM

Never tried duck I hear it's too oily

KingGeno

11-21-2008, 07:02 AM

anyone bought a turducken from a website or know a good website to get one from?

I'm wondering the same thing. I have never had, but I am dying to try.

I was watching the Travel Channel, and Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Food stated that Hebet's Specialty Meats in Louisiana have been credited as being one of the first creators of the Turducken. You can order one online from their site. I may just do it.

14-16 Pound Turducken: http://www.hebertsmeats.com/asccustompages/htmlcataloga/Turducken-14-16-lb/3.html

8-10 Pound Turducken: http://www.hebertsmeats.com/asccustompages/htmlcataloga/Turducken-8-10-lb/2.html

RAAMONE

11-21-2008, 07:14 AM

I'm wondering the same thing. I have never had, but I am dying to try.

I was watching the Travel Channel, and Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Food stated that Hebet's Specialty Meats in Louisiana have been credited as being one of the first creators of the Turducken. You can order one online from their site. I may just do it.

14-16 Pound Turducken: http://www.hebertsmeats.com/asccustompages/htmlcataloga/Turducken-14-16-lb/3.html

8-10 Pound Turducken: http://www.hebertsmeats.com/asccustompages/htmlcataloga/Turducken-8-10-lb/2.html

nice...i'm having a pre thanksgiving dinner with about 12 friends...think i might get the 8-10 pounder

also...i was looking at their other stuff...anyone ever had rabbit?

stinkbud

11-21-2008, 07:26 AM

Us kosher jews can get in on the Turducken craze too, without having to make it from scratch.

It will just cost a shit load for ya....

Glatt kosher turducken, $149 plus shipping costs (http://www.aaronsgourmet.com/html/turduckens.html)

boobieman

11-21-2008, 07:40 AM

I ordered one for last Christmas. The company screwed up and actually sent me two. They packed it in dry ice and in the cooler. My wife cooked it..made some great sides..and it was the worst thing I ever ate. I don't remember where we got it from, but I would never eat it again. The Turkey tasted like rubber, the chicken was dry. I don't like duck anyway so I did not even try it. The stuffing...I could use it to pack items to shipping..YUCK!

I actually threw out the left overs and gave the extra one to my brother in-law. mmm he was in the hospital about 2 months after Christmas.

Just hate it get it away..away.

SSSSEYEYAYAAAA

sailor

11-21-2008, 03:50 PM

http://bacontoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/cooked-front.jpg
bacon wrapped turducken (http://bacontoday.com/turbaconducken-turducken-wrapped-in-bacon/)