Presenting Turducken: Tea/coffee Date December 2023

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I’m joining  Coco and Deborah and sharing our thoughts on the Turducken.

If we were enjoying tea/coffee . . .
I’d tell you that I was so glad I got to the store early the day before Thanksgiving; I had some groceries to pick up including the Turducken, which I’d signed up to pick up at 9 am (but I got to the store around 8:30 am). As I was asking a worker where the pickup was, he said right here! And checked on my order, which wasn’t quite ready yet.

If we were enjoying tea/coffee . . .
Imagine my surprise when I was all the way across the store and the same worker brought me my Turducken! Talk about service. Granted, it’s a small store, but still, nice job! He asked if I wanted cooking instructions, then said they were back at the pickup. I thanked him and wished him a Happy Thanksgiving.

If we were enjoying tea/coffee . . .
I’d tell you I’d left a comment when I ordered the Turducken, asking for a small one, preferably 4 lb (they came in 4-6 lbs). In the way of online comments either it wasn’t read or was ignored, and I took home a 6 lb Turducken.

Easy to cook

If we were enjoying tea/coffee . . .
I’d tell you the plan had been to cut it into several sections, freeze one or two (for New Years) and cook one section. Except as you can see it above it come in its own webbing. So we cooked the whole thing in our toaster oven. Very easy.

But where’s the stuffing?

It did cook faster than expected, but that’s pretty standard in the toaster oven. So we actually ate relatively early for a Thanksgiving. I’d bought some appetizers, too, but there wasn’t time really and neither one of us really wanted dinner (even though I do not stuff myself at Thanksgiving). We are now all set for New Years.

No, that’s Mr. Judy’s family stuffing that he made (veggies courtesy of moi)

If we were enjoying tea/coffee . . .
I know what you’d be asking: but how was it?

First let’s talk about what’s in it: it’s duck breast, wrapped in chicken breast, wrapped in turkey breast. There are some generous slices of Andouille sausage, too, but extremely mild Andouille sausage. Blink and you’ll miss the stuffing — there’s barely any. Which I’m okay with, I don’t dislike stuffing but it’s not my thing.

Mr. Judy liked it. He thinks if we turned it upside down to cook, the fat from the duck breast might moisten the drier chicken and turkey breasts some.

I thought it was okay, but we’re not that fond of Turkey, and other prepared items were much more expensive. We’ll see how I can doctor it up on New Years. In case you forgot, we found out about a week before Thanksgiving that we wouldn’t be going to my spend it with my mom after all, which is part of why this was a low key Thanksgiving.

Yes, we still could have gone to my mom for Thanksgiving, but it would have been a very long day, Bandit would have had to be left with a pet sitter (and wouldn’t have had his turkey tidbits), and last but not least I’d just been there the previous Sunday and the Monday of Thanksgiving week.

Do you ever go rogue with Thanksgiving Dinner? When we lived in TX, we sometimes hosted Friendsgiving. You never know what might end up on the menu — one year Prime Rib, one year Goose.

Would you try Turducken?

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27 thoughts on “Presenting Turducken: Tea/coffee Date December 2023”

  1. I do love duck but I think I’d stick with the traditional turkey. My favorite part of the dinner is the stuffing and sweet potatoes and of course pumpkin or apple pie.

    Since my MIL is old we always go there and she orders from Whole Foods. Not tasty but hey it’s about family not food.

    Sounds like your choice worked well for you.

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      1. kinda dry since you have to re-heat and no pumpkin or apple pie and no sweet potatoes.

        I prefer to have home cooked food esp for the holidays.

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  2. We went rogue this year with a surf and turf menu — scallops and New York strip. I lucked out because my son likes to cook now, so he did all the cooking—except the pies I made the day before. We had a pan of my Mom’s stuffing in the freezer from last year and it actually heated up well (moistened with broth during a long heating process). We’ll probably do a ham at Christmas.

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    1. Mr. Judy would be down with that menu. You know it’s been a long time since I’ve made scallops . . . probably because it’s so darn expensive!

      I usually end up throwing out some of Mr. Judy’s stuffing in the next Fall!

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  3. I’m not a big fan of duck so I probably wouldn’t buy a turducken myself, although I’d probably try a small piece of it if someone else was serving it. I’ve always been pretty traditional for Thanksgiving dinner and I don’t think I’ve ever made anything other than turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potato casserole, pumpkin pie, bread, etc.

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  5. I never go rogue with Thanksgiving dinner. Many, many years ago, though, before kids, we were visiting Grand Rapids (potential relocation endeavor), and stayed with some friends. The husband was a resident doc at a hospital, and had to work…so we (along with his wife) cooked all the food & took it to him. We camped out in the lounge, and had a few of his fellow residents join us as well. Not traditional, by any means, but a fun way to extend some holiday cheer to others.

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  6. I do remember my husband making one of those turducken a number of years ago. Can’t remember if he liked it! It is fun to mix it up! Glad you had a nice thanksgiving

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  7. Sometimes we add or subtract things to our Thanksgiving dinner, but it’s always along the traditional lines. We do Italian for Christmas (lasagna and garlic bread) so figure we might as well keep Thanksgiving “normal.” Sounds like you had a nice, relaxing day!

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  9. I had to look up Turducken before you explained it further down in your post. I had never heard of it but it might be something I would like to try. I am not a turkey fan and would rather have a “non traditional Thanksgiving” dinner. Give me some Chinese food, pizza, tamales, etc., and I am happy.

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    1. Turducken is mostly turkey & it was somewhat dry, so if you don’t like turkey may not be the best choice. We had sushi & Thai food one year when my sister hosted. My parents were not real happy. And unfortunately day old sushi isn’t really great. But my sister works retail so we just let her do what worked (sort of) for her.

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  12. Not tried turducken and probably never will because, well, duck. BUT, I’m all for going rogue at Thanksgiving!! I made lasagna one year for me and my sister (homemade sauce, boiled noodles and everything!). My brother felt so bad he had to rush us over plates of turkey… little did he know, we LOVED it!

    Happy Holidays, my friend. I was thinking of you recently when James and I visited Bellevue Square.

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    1. Hi Paula! Nice to hear from you. My MIL & SIL are still there in Bellevue, but I haven’t been in several years (my husband had). Was all set to finally go with him this year but then Bandit was very sick & couldn’t easily be left at home so I didn’t go. He is a lot better now though.

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  13. I didn’t know you could order one of these! My friends and I decided to be ambitious about a decade ago and made one together — it was super tasty but definitely a lot of work. (Since then, I acquired pet ducks and can no longer bring myself to eat duck anymore as a result, so I’m unlikely to have it again.)

    Since it was just the four of us this year, we went rogue and just went to a Chinese restaurant to avoid all the time to setup/cook/clean since I had to work the next day. It was nice, although I did miss having all the traditional Thanksgiving sides!

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