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Nothing Says Lovin' Like Turducken From The Oven



Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends today. At least we Canadians know how to space out the holidays. Our Turkey Day was in October which gives us far much more time for Christmas shopping!

Anyone having turducken this year?

Say what?

You heard me.

Turd what?

No, no. It's turducken.

You take a de-boned chicken and you stuff it into a de-boned duck and then you stuff that into a de-boned turkey. And if that's not enough stuffing you can stuff the cavities left over with, er, stuffing.

Turkey, Duck, Chicken

Turducken

Whew! That's some meal. Whoever thought that one up?

Well according to Wikipedia sometime in the 80s, some guy from Maurice, Louisiana took his three fowl friends to Herbert's Specialty Meats and asked Herb to do the dirty deed. An American tradition was born and Herb's been making turduckens ever since, up to 5,000 a week around Thanksgiving. So if you're a fan of turducken you can add Herb to your list of things to be thankful for.

Turduken got it's first major boost from, of all people, former TV football analyst John Madden who would introduce it to viewers and proceed to carve it with his bare hands. Later, he started awarding turduckens to members of the winning team in Fox TV's NFL Thanksgiving Bowl. I wonder if he served it to them too, using his unique carving method.

Madden no longer calls football games. But that won't stop me from celebrating (your) Thanksgiving. I'll be watching my own version of turducken...

Pigskin Hiken'
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Anonymous said…
Ha!

I'll pass on the turdurken and stick with a regular gobble, gobble!

And I'm thankful that YOU m'dear Canadian friend, never hold it against us Americans who seem to think the world revolves around them and their holidays.

Plus, I kinda like yer blog.

Just a little.


*wink, wink*
25 November 2010 at 08:55
Don said…
Umm, kinda sounds good! May have to try it some year...

Don
http://exposeyourblog.com
25 November 2010 at 08:58
nonamedufus said…
Quirks: You like my blog? A little? Hell, woman, you're here everyday...thank goodness. Yeah, I'm with you. I'll stick to the traditional feast. None of that mixed bird breed thing for me.
25 November 2010 at 10:30
nonamedufus said…
Don: Hmm...doesn't sound quite natural to me, Don. I think it's a little fowl.
25 November 2010 at 10:31
00dozo said…
I don't even like turkey very much. I like duck and chicken, but putting them all together, well that's just too fowl.

I will be watching football though - well, the Grey Cup anyway. I caught the last quarter of Winnipeg/Saskatchewan game - Winnipeg was robbed!
25 November 2010 at 10:48
nonamedufus said…
00dozo: Speaking of turkey...the CFL? I haven't followed it in years. I watch the Grey Cup sometimes but mostly follow the NFL. The first game today's a forgone conclusion. New England in a walk. It's the second game between the Saints and Dallas that should be interesting.
25 November 2010 at 11:28
vickilikesfrogs said…
What a way to rape a poor, innocent turkey, huh?!
25 November 2010 at 12:08
nonamedufus said…
Vicki: Well it puts a different spin on turkey stuffing, that's for sure.
25 November 2010 at 12:20
Anonymous said…
I haven't been here for a long time and you never came looking for me. In a way, I'm thankful that Thanksgiving is so close to Christmas. That way I can get past them more quickly.

Some day I hope to find a calendar with no holidays marked. That way I can always say "Gee...I forgot it was ---> insert holiday here<----"
25 November 2010 at 15:28
nonamedufus said…
Dana: Wow, hi. Long time no comment. Yeah, when I was working I always looked forward to holidays as it meant time off. But now that I'm always off every day's a holiday. Maybe they could roll all holidays, birthdays and anniversaries into one day and then we'd always know when they were!
25 November 2010 at 15:44
dana said…
I haven't been here for a long time and you never came looking for me. In a way, I'm thankful that Thanksgiving is so close to Christmas. That way I can get past them more quickly.

Some day I hope to find a calendar with no holidays marked. That way I can always say "Gee...I forgot it was ---> insert holiday here<----"
12 May 2011 at 14:45
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