Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Birds of a Feather, Stuffed Together



Several years ago shopping through the Harris Teeter, I came across the famed Turducken in the freezer section from Cajun Specialty Meats. Appearing much easier to prepare than self proclaimed inventor of the Turducken, Paul Prudhomme's recipe, we went ahead and purchased it for New Year's Day dinner.


If you are unfamiliar, we're talking a partially de-boned turkey (rib cage gone, legs and wings intact) stuffed with a de-boned duck and de-boned chicken with dressing between each layer. It's delicious and right up there with the Bacon Explosion as a Southern Delight worth writing home about.

Found across the internet, the Wall Street Journal says Cajun Grocer is the best after reviewing 6 different mail-order companies. For about $100 bucks all in, this is certainly more than your average 15 lb. Tom Turkey, but will be significantly more memorable as well.

Image Credit: CSM box photo is from fellow DC blogger, Capital Spice and Turducken image is from Cajun Grocer.
Title Credit: WSJ Article
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10 comments:

  1. So how was it? It seems like the thing that might not translate very well to frozen format. Also, do you remember how the price compared to mail-ordering one?
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  2. You did NOT eat that Dickie! Ewww...it even has the word turd in it...XXOO
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  3. I trekked all the way up to Harris Teeter in Rockville last year just for one of these- the Washington store was all sold out! May have to make another pilgrimage next week...
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  4. All - It was de-lic-ous and would recommend it highly for the novelty of the bird.

    Trip: if I remember correctly, it took a very long time to defrost given it's frozen solid all the way through. We then prepped it just like we usually do a bird and surrounded it by veggies and put it in a cooking bag.

    MOSGirls: I called Harris Teeter Pentagon Row where I got mine and Russell at the Meat Counter said they had two in stock and would hold one for you if you called - 703.413.7112
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  5. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww! Turduckens frighten me!
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  6. Last year, Paula Deen prepared one of these during her Thanksgiving special. In fact, I blogged about it b/c I was so amazed by the process! I would love to try one.
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  7. JMW - share the post with us? Did you make it? I thought about doing it myself but couldn't find a butcher in the DC area willing to do all the deboning as Paula suggests.
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  8. Pre-CT, RT's cousin prepared a Turducken for their annual Christmas dinner. RT still raves about it! He said the flavors were incredible. If I recall the story correctly, he found the recipe in Bon Appetit magazine (his usual source of Thanksgiving/Christmas foodie inspiration).
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  9. Well, Rich better be learning how to do that for his future Mrs. RT if he's going to embrace any of her Southern ways as his.
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  10. I never appreciated the genius of Turducken until I read that recipe. Just discovered your blog, great stuff, keep up the good work.
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