To Turducken Or Not To Turducken

Thanksgiving is this weekend. I'm hosting two gatherings. One with my own extended family, the other with SIL's family and my mother-in-law.

For my family's dinner, I had planned roast beef. For the dinner with in-laws, I've ordered an organic turkey.

But somewhere in there, I am wondering whether a turducken should appear.

My own family are adventurous eaters. We delight in gluttony even as we complain about it. I received an e-mail from Sis. She's thinking turducken too! But Bro is already bringing lamb and chicken wings and I had to cancel my roast beef. Should a turducken make an appearance instead? There is gluttony and there is excess to the point where we're throwing food away while people starve in Africa.

I think SIL won't mind turducken. She had dinner with us on Boxing Day and we ate leftover turducken, though I think she may have only eaten the turkey part. I remember telling my mother-in-law about my turducken last Christmas. I seem to recall her incredulity at the combination of birds was expressed in disgust. Or was that someone else? Quite a few people showed open disgust at the idea even as I tell them Loblaws now sells the tucked birds in their frozen meat section.

The Man says he doesn't care. He claims he's up for the adventure. But he's a kill-the-food-twice-skinless-
boneless-chicken-breast-cooked-till-it's-cardboard guy. Oh he denies it. Will anyone lose their appetite and pick around the birds with trepidation if a turducken made an appearance at the dinner with in-laws?

Too much excess at my family's dinner and too many reservations with the in-law's dinner. Okay. I will reserve the turducken as a Christmas special with my family only. I hate people puking at the dinner table either from gluttony or fear.