Adventure With Turducken

See also:
December 4 - In Pursuit of Turducken
December 22 - Pride of Turducken
December 24 - Adventure with Turducken
December 25 - Fun with Turducken
December 26 - Christmas Eve with Turkducken
December 27 - Boxing Day with Turkducken
January 31 - Turducken at Large


Our family is having our Christmas meal today, Christmas Eve.

I checked Chef Paul Prudhomme's site. He's attributed with having come up with the first turducken. He gives 8 hours as cooking time for a turducken at 225F, for birds the size of the ones I bought. That's better. The trick however, is to check the bird's internal temperature with a thermometer. But I find those readings often unreliable. There is always hacking a hole in the bird to see if it's still pink inside.

I aimed to put the turducken in the oven by 7:00 a.m., pull it out by 3:00 p.m., let it sit for an hour, and serve by 4:00.

I stayed up till 2:00 a.m. making the two stuffings I plan to use. Prudhomme suggests using three stuffings, a different one on top of each bird. But I will use two.

Already, the morning started late. I jumped out of bed at 7:00 and got the turducken in the oven by 7:35. Only half an hour late. I will still be able to serve dinner by 5:00.

As I spread the birds and check what's in the bone bag, I see that the leg meats are on the birds. Only the bones have been removed and put in the bag. The chicken however, kept its wings. I guess it's too small to debone.

I am using my new digital camera. It's my Christmas present from The Man, who had it shipped to me this week. Gotta love that internet shopping, and The Man. New camera, new food, new time to be so active in the morning... I lost the first few photographs learning how to use the camera. Nevertheless, I managed the important ones.

1. Spread turkey with sausage stuffing spread across.


2. Spread duck with corn meal stuffing on top of the turkey.


3. Spread chicken with sausage stuffing on top of the duck.


4. The turducken trussed up.


5. The turducken flipped over breast side up in the roasting pan.


We shall see how it all tastes in about nine hours.