It’s almost thanksgiving, and this year I’m ignoring it all together, especially after last year’s Thanksgiving Day triumph. First, I’ll be in Chicago, second there’s the Divorcee Soiree to organize, and then there is tea. Tea on the 9th at 4:30. The Tea Gimmick this year is that it’s a low-key costume party. Everyone must wear a “HELLO my name is tag” with the name of a character from English History, Literature, or Drama.
SO with all that, I’m not doing any Thanksgiving work. Last year’s triumph really was a little outweighed by the Christmas a few years ago in which I tried to make a Turducken (turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken). Evidently these are easy to make. You buy them all de-boned, processed, and stuffed. I cooked mine, and cooked it, and cooked it, and when we were all starving the button popped up. I let it rest, and as I was lifting it out of the roasting pan the turkey birthed the duck, which birthed the chicken. We ended up just picking through this slop of dressing and Cajun stuffing, exclaiming: “That was duck. It tasted a little ducky.” “I think I just got some chicken.”
I have the idea that Turduckens are easy for everyone else. What is the secret?
7 responses to “Turducken”
I’ll keep my eyes peeled for that tea invitation. cough.
I tried turducken once and didn’t care for it. The duck was so rich that it overwhelmed the other meats – at least for me. Blech.
I clicked on each of your “last year’s Thanksgiving Day triumph” links and laughed until I had tears running down my face. I’m so glad the boss isn’t in the office this morning to witness my inappropriate office behavior. Thanks for the giggles.
I’m attending Thanksgiving at my brother’s fiancee’s mom’s house this year – and she is, shall we say, something of a Sandra Lee style cook, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. But she’s alerted us that she has ordered a turd(ucken) from somewhere in the south. Your post forewarns me that I shall have to make a point of researching serving suggestions. Hey – does it really cook all the way through? I’m not crazy about raw poultry.
Squista – Mine was so heavily seasoned it could have been raw and I wouldn’t have known.Oh, and Melati et al, you know how they used to say on the QEs I and II, “The ship constitutes an introduction?” The blog constitutes an invitation.
What in the goddamn hell is a QE I and II??!?
RMS Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II, goddamn it Melati. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Elizabeth