What is a Turducken?
According to Wikipedia, a Turducken is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture or sausage meat, although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird.
I have never eaten one before, but this weekend I received my Turducken from Cajun Grocer. It arrived via UPS in a tightly sealed styrofoam package with ice pack inserts. The Turducken arrived frozen. I had ordered the Turducken with Creole Sausage & Cornbread Stuffing.
We put the Turducken in the refrigerator overnight to thaw out. The next day, we set the oven to 325 degrees for 4 1/2 hours. We did this right before we went to play tennis on Saturday. PERFECT TIMING! All we had to do was remove the packaging, place the Turducken in a pan and cover with aluminum foil. That was it! The Turducken came out perfectly moist and seasoned. It was so delicious to taste the cornbread dressing and the different flavors of meat. We loved every BITE of it.
I shared with my twin brother and his son, and they loved it as well. We ate on this meal three times and we still have plenty for left overs. The best part of the meal was that it was already prepared. All you have to do is stick it in the oven and the work is already done for you! For someone like me who is shy about cooking something so big for a lot of guests... this is PERFECT!
Thanks Steve at Cajun Grocer for sending me something SO delicious. We very much appreciate it and we'll remember your kindness forever. You guys should check out his website for some wonderful Cajun products. I am going to encourage my big family to look into ordering Turduckens from Steve for Thanksgiving!
posted by Brettcajun at Monday, August 20, 2007
13 Comments:
OMG - I'd love just to see it getting prepared. There's something freaky about shoving a bird in a bird in a bird.
I can only imagine it tastes delicious, though!
I was a bit worried at first and thought you finally did Rocky in!
Sounds delicious! I can almost smell it.
Okay, boys, down here....down boys...down! I mean, I'll put a lot of things in my mouth, but this is not one of them. Every time I see something like this, I'm quickly -- and vehemently -- reminded of why I'm nearly a vegeterian. Poor little birdies. Now....GIVE ME SOME REAL MEAT
That is nasty. Your friend, the vegetarian.
I say let the vegetarians eat cake!
I'd love to sink my teeth [brought to you by Crest] into that! Looks delicious! Almost as delicious as new and improved Nacho Supreme Doritos! It's like a Mexican restaurant opened up in your mouth! And speaking of restaurants, Applebees 'new Taste Sensations are sure to hit the right spot! I know our family loved them!
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That does sound tasty...even though I just had chicken (no skin, low fat) for lunch! I hope you don't eat like that often though - you need to be lean and strong to play the best tennis. ;-) Though, based on your jockstrap pictures, it looks like you are in pretty good shape - though they don't say a thing about your aerobic stamina. *WINK
I am very interested in trying one of these. I am sure it is great! Did you give any to Pierre and Beaudreax (sp?)?
The vegetarians are really missing out.
Sounds gross. Gross, but delicious. I wonder how far they can ship? NY?
I had my Christmas Eve dinner almost ruined by the Cajun Grocer’s incompetence.
I ordered a complete meal from them on December 13. They had said on their web site that they ship on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays so that orders will be received on the following weekend. Christmas Eve was a Monday so that left me with the entire weekend to make sure that the turducken would be completely thawed by Christmas Eve.
They shipped my order on Wednesday, December 19. I took a day off of work on Friday, December 21 since that was the day that the Fedex web site said was the delivery date.
I was nervous about shipping it with only two days to get from Louisiana to Chicago but I trusted that they knew what they were doing .. even at the busy holiday season.
When Friday came and went with no update from Fedex as to the progress of my package other than it had left Louisiana on December 19, I began to get nervous.
Saturday morning, I saw that my package had arrived … in St. Paul, Minnesota!! Now, Chicago is not like a small town where you can easily miss the exit on the interstate for us.
I tried to contact the Cajun Grocer on Saturday to see what they could do to help me. They had been promoting their products for holiday dinners, so, on the weekend just before the big holiday, of course, they were not working at all.
I saw later on Saturday that my package had left Minnesota on Saturday morning at 5am. It had arrived somewhere in Chicago on Sunday evening but, after that, there was no further information. By 11:30am on Christmas Eve, when there would be no time to defrost the bird for dinner, I called Fedex to tell them that I would refuse delivery of the package and then called American Express to dispute the charge for the dinner that I never had.
I had to throw something together at the last minute for my kids and their dates. Because my guests were my kids, they understood. But, as for the Cajun Grocer, they will never get my business again. As far as I am concerned, they are an outfit that is not big enough or organized enough to handle a large volume of orders in a time crunch.
I will stick to local food providers from now on. I advise you to do the same.
I had my Christmas Eve dinner almost ruined by the Cajun Grocer’s incompetence.
I ordered a complete meal from them on December 13. They had said on their web site that they ship on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays so that orders will be received on the following weekend. Christmas Eve was a Monday so that left me with the entire weekend to make sure that the turducken would be completely thawed by Christmas Eve.
They shipped my order on Wednesday, December 19. I took a day off of work on Friday, December 21 since that was the day that the Fedex web site said was the delivery date.
I was nervous about shipping it with only two days to get from Louisiana to Chicago but I trusted that they knew what they were doing .. even at the busy holiday season.
When Friday came and went with no update from Fedex as to the progress of my package other than it had left Louisiana on December 19, I began to get nervous.
Saturday morning, I saw that my package had arrived … in St. Paul, Minnesota!! Now, Chicago is not like a small town where you can easily miss the exit on the interstate for us.
I tried to contact the Cajun Grocer on Saturday to see what they could do to help me. They had been promoting their products for holiday dinners, so, on the weekend just before the big holiday, of course, they were not working at all.
I saw later on Saturday that my package had left Minnesota on Saturday morning at 5am. It had arrived somewhere in Chicago on Sunday evening but, after that, there was no further information. By 11:30am on Christmas Eve, when there would be no time to defrost the bird for dinner, I called Fedex to tell them that I would refuse delivery of the package and then called American Express to dispute the charge for the dinner that I never had.
I had to throw something together at the last minute for my kids and their dates. Because my guests were my kids, they understood. But, as for the Cajun Grocer, they will never get my business again. As far as I am concerned, they are an outfit that is not big enough or organized enough to handle a large volume of orders in a time crunch.
I will stick to local food providers from now on. I advise you to do the same.
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