Tur-duck-en?

[gourmetloveaffair]

Originally Posted by owlcroft

That kind of dish has been around for a real long time. Back in the 1500's or 1600's, royalty would have a lark stuffed into a chicken, stuffed into a duck, stuffed into a goose, stuffed into a swan. I think there was one that involved seven different poultry, but five's enough.

And did anyone else see George What's-His-Name (Ham on the Street guy) do a Bepeepit for Easter? He stuffed a jelly bean into a Peep into a chocolate rabbit. I'm pretty sure he was kidding around!

lol ...Thats great, totally making fun of it. He can be so annoying at times, but every once in a while he's pretty funny!

[cyberdoc]

Originally Posted by Food Network Fan

I am not a duck fan either, that's the biggest reason I don't think I would like it.

Duck is tough to do correctly.

[BerryBaby]

The only Duck fans around here all have to do with the college team, UofO.

[Clove]

Originally Posted by MayQueen

Last night Guy visited places that made great turkey meals. At one place they showed him how to make Tur-duck-en. It looked really tasty and I wondered if anyone here has ever eaten this. The 3 fowl had to be deboned so this might not be something to make at home. I can't tell though whether it is a kind of joke thing like deep-fried candy bars or if this has legitimate culinary worth.

This dish was developed (or popularized) by Paul Prudhomme.
Many years ago, he had it on Commander's Palace menu with 3 different stuffings inside of the 3 different fowls.
Madden had it there when he covered a Saints' game and made it part of his Thanksgiving repertoire for a while.
There are butchers that sell this over the Internet (with the stuffing) and you cook (or maybe just reheat) it at home.
Because it is a 90% boned preparation, all you have to do is plate it and slice it at the table.

[Clove]

Originally Posted by cyberdoc

Duck is tough to do correctly.

Cooking as a whole bird, duck is more difficult than a chicken but doing a boneless duck breast is an easy thing to do (but very messy).

[Chefnot]

Originally Posted by Food Network Fan

Swan??? People ate swans? They are too pretty to eat.:cry2:

That reminds me. Went hunting several years ago in NC. The swan law happened to be in and the folks we were staying with took us, as a side trip, one morning. No way were we shooting a swan, we just watched then fly over.