As the patriarch (or matriarch) slices off layers of turkey to share, my family will be eating a turducken.
You've probably all heard of a turducken by now. The mythical meat combo has been mentioned in enough movies that people at least know it exists, but many do not know what it actually is.
Thanks to our friends a Wikipedia and my personal expertise having eaten many a turducken, I'll explain.
"A turducken is a dish consisting of a de-boned chicken stuffed into a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed into a de-boned turkey. The word turducken is a portmanteau of turkey, duck, and chicken or hen," the Wiki article explains.
The main cavity - called the thoracic - of the chicken or hen is stuffed with sausage or breadcrumbs and then stuffed into the duck. The remaining layers of the duck are then stuffed with more stuffing or celery and that is stuffed into the turkey. Rinse, wash, repeat.
A turducken is not bad. Honestly. My first year eating the bird(s) I was prepared to not like it. I'm not a big game fan so the duck turned me off.
The three (or four if you include the sausage) blend together. Unlike traditionally turkey, the meat isn't dry and the stuff makes a great condiment of sorts.
No wonder turducken is one of the fastest growing prepared foods this holiday season (via Wikipedia so it may not be true).
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