dinner. She ordered a Turducken from Costco. All three birds are boned, stuffed with sausage stuffing and rolled. Sounds awful to me and she said they has heard them to be rather bad, but she thinks it will be fun. She is serving beautiful gold sweet potatoes with fresh green beans. I am interested if anyone else has tried the Costco turducken? Oh, the entire bird thing is wrapped with bacon!
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Turducken is sort of a regional thing.
Turducken was something to show off a chef's knowledge and boning technique where I came from. Boning three birds was a crazy labor of love and when the roasted results were presented, there was much oohing and ahhhing. But it was certainly a fad. I did it only once- decided that just roasting a turkey was more satisfying but I'm glad I tried it. I remember the flavor was pretty good but the intense duck flavor permeated the other birds and sort of ruined the effect as everyone was expecting turkey flavor.
I have not tried the Costco version- it is not sold here- but I think it must be like so many other things sold today- trendy, show-stopper-looking but not as good as old-fashioned long-roasted turkey. Sausage stuffing would put me off- especially in the duck.
Turducken was something to show off a chef's knowledge and boning technique where I came from. Boning three birds was a crazy labor of love and when the roasted results were presented, there was much oohing and ahhhing. But it was certainly a fad. I did it only once- decided that just roasting a turkey was more satisfying but I'm glad I tried it. I remember the flavor was pretty good but the intense duck flavor permeated the other birds and sort of ruined the effect as everyone was expecting turkey flavor.
I have not tried the Costco version- it is not sold here- but I think it must be like so many other things sold today- trendy, show-stopper-looking but not as good as old-fashioned long-roasted turkey. Sausage stuffing would put me off- especially in the duck.
He claims it but if you do the research you will find similar entrees going back further than him
The first research I did on it sent me back into history to Europe in the 1800s. I remember a Quail was the small bird inside a duck inside a turkey in what I found. In those days wild turkeys weren't large (they still aren't at least not in Hawaii) so I guess the small bird had to be smaller.
Paul Prudhomme claims it in modern history. I've known about this concoction since the middle 1960s. I first heard the name "Turducken" in the 70s and that was probably Prudhomme's recipe name.
The first research I did on it sent me back into history to Europe in the 1800s. I remember a Quail was the small bird inside a duck inside a turkey in what I found. In those days wild turkeys weren't large (they still aren't at least not in Hawaii) so I guess the small bird had to be smaller.
Paul Prudhomme claims it in modern history. I've known about this concoction since the middle 1960s. I first heard the name "Turducken" in the 70s and that was probably Prudhomme's recipe name.
amanda_pennsylvania
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You can find similar recipes in histoical Belgian cookbooks.
They started with a swan, turkey, duck, chicken, quail, pigeon, sparrow. When we lived in Brussels, my dad always wanted to try it, but Mom and I felt it was beyond our skills level.
They started with a swan, turkey, duck, chicken, quail, pigeon, sparrow. When we lived in Brussels, my dad always wanted to try it, but Mom and I felt it was beyond our skills level.
Huh! I never knew that they sold them at Costco. It is not my thing, but I can see the attraction
of making something a little bit of a novelty. Dh would definitely be interested in it. Let me know your thoughts, if she makes it. I would do something like that for my immediate family, just to give it a try. I know years ago, I researched, you could purchase directly from Prudhomme's website, but it was outlandishly expensive.
of making something a little bit of a novelty. Dh would definitely be interested in it. Let me know your thoughts, if she makes it. I would do something like that for my immediate family, just to give it a try. I know years ago, I researched, you could purchase directly from Prudhomme's website, but it was outlandishly expensive.
We cooked one at a T-day dinner at the beach, and the meat was good BUT. . .
the cornbread stuffing they had inside of it was sweet, and I mean *sugary* sweet. It made the meat sugary too. And that turducken was from a well known cajun specialty place in the south. I always thought southerners took their cornbread without sugar. . .
the cornbread stuffing they had inside of it was sweet, and I mean *sugary* sweet. It made the meat sugary too. And that turducken was from a well known cajun specialty place in the south. I always thought southerners took their cornbread without sugar. . .
well, that depends on your idea of cornbread. I always thought it was dry and tasteless...
and noticed that most people smear butter and honey on it to make it more palatable.
Then I had Disney's Wilderness version which is cornbread that has been saturated with fat and sugar....see, they ADD the butter and honey right in from the git-go.
Now that was a cornbread I could live with...although it really should be called corncake.
Must say that I get asked for the recipe every time I serve....possibly by people who are not used to having cake with dinner.
and noticed that most people smear butter and honey on it to make it more palatable.
Then I had Disney's Wilderness version which is cornbread that has been saturated with fat and sugar....see, they ADD the butter and honey right in from the git-go.
Now that was a cornbread I could live with...although it really should be called corncake.
Must say that I get asked for the recipe every time I serve....possibly by people who are not used to having cake with dinner.