Thread: What? No topic about "turducken"? Or does that have to wait until

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:24 -0600, Sky <[email protected]>
wrote:

>It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
>'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
>season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
>to the absence of its topic
>
I was so full after eating my Cherpunkle, I couldn't type anything
about terducken
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyl...dessert-table/
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bwk8x2n

>Sky, who's never even seen a 'turducken'!
>

Me either-

>P.S. Do folks really cook this 'turducken' thing?! ;D

cook? They are hard enough to raise without killing them!

Jim
[wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put
together that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]

Jim wrote:

> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put together
> that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]

It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those items
eaten individually.

Bob

"Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> ha
> Jim wrote:
>
>> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put together
>> that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]
>
> It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
> chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those items
> eaten individually.

Hey! What about bacon, tomato and mayonnaise?

On 11/25/2011 7:12 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:24 -0600, Sky<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
>> 'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
>> season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
>> to the absence of its topic
>>
> I was so full after eating my Cherpunkle, I couldn't type anything
> about terducken
> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyl...dessert-table/
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/bwk8x2n

I heard that out of the corner of my ear yesterday and it sounded
about as appealing as turducken.

Me, I happily had a piece of homemade spice cake with roasted walnuts
and cream cheese frosting and slivers of store bought strawberry rhubarb
pie and pumpkin pie.

I don't go crazy eating a ton of food on T Day but everything
was really good yesterday. The turkey was moist and tasty, the
green bean almondine came out great, yummy stuffed mushrooms
etc etc.

Best of all, the company was excellent.

nancy

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> "Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> ha
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> >> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put together
> >> that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]
> >
> > It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
> > chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those items
> > eaten individually.

I love all 3 but have had to give up eating any combo of chocolate with
orange; gives me a headache. Separately they don't.
>
> Hey! What about bacon, tomato and mayonnaise?

Strawberries with raw raspberry sauce (raspberries pushed through a
seive with a little fine sugar).

Chestnuts with brussels sprouts and melted butter.

Crusty bread, smoked salmon, lemon juice.

Janet

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:23:41 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:

>Jim wrote:
>
>> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put together
>> that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]
>
>It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
>chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those items
>eaten individually.

That works for me. I think there are lots of ingredients that do
that. [and I guess chicken, turkey, and duck could be called
ingredients] Onions, celery & carrots certainly belong
together.

I thin 'entree' would better reflect what I was thinking.

Jim

On 2011-11-25, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:

> I heard that out of the corner of my ear yesterday and it sounded
> about as appealing as turducken.

As if we need proof thanks has been replaced by greed, in the form of
gluttony, as the motivating factor for this holiday.

nb

On 11/25/2011 9:16 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2011-11-25, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:
>
>> I heard that out of the corner of my ear yesterday and it sounded
>> about as appealing as turducken.
>
> As if we need proof thanks has been replaced by greed, in the form of
> gluttony, as the motivating factor for this holiday.

I don't know that people eat any more food because they
might have those things, they just don't appeal to me. And
I like having separate slivers of dessert than trying to squeeze
all the flavors into one.

I'm not above overeating once in a while, but not on Thanksgiving
so much.

nancy

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On 2011-11-25, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
>
>> I heard that out of the corner of my ear yesterday and it sounded
>> about as appealing as turducken.
>
> As if we need proof thanks has been replaced by greed, in the form of
> gluttony, as the motivating factor for this holiday.
>
> nb


I love ya, nb, but I respecfully disagree. I don't think Thanksgiving is
about gluttony. It's about family and friends. I may not have family
living nearby but I talked with my oldest brother, my nephew and one of my
aunts (she's 90-something, that's all she'll admit to). John called on his
way to a neighbors house for dinner. (I even watched a 1993 version of 'The
Waltons Thanksgiving Reunion'. That was weird. LOL) It's not about greed
(??) or gluttony. I don't eat more on Thanksgiving than I do at any other
meal. And I'm a small person so I don't eat a lot.

Jill

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:24 -0600, Sky <[email protected]>
wrote:

>It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
>'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
>season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
>to the absence of its topic
>
>Sky, who's never even seen a 'turducken'!
>
>P.S. Do folks really cook this 'turducken' thing?! ;D

I ordered one this year. It is in the freezer. I'll make it within the
month and report back.

I have a long-standing habit of ordering at least one nutso epicurean
adventure this time of year.

Boron

On 2011-11-25, jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:

> I love ya, nb, but I respecfully disagree. I don't think Thanksgiving is
> about gluttony. It's about family and friends.

You may be right, Jill. I forgot that total blind naked greed was
temorarily postponed until today, Black Friday. My bad.

nb

On 2011-11-25, Boron Elgar <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a long-standing habit of ordering at least one nutso epicurean
> adventure this time of year.

I almost went completely nuts and bought a whole smoked ham, after
reading a great ham baking article in an old Fine Cooking issue. I'm
starting to jones for some GOOD ham, fer putting between biscuits and
such. I decided to wait for Easter. The Thanksgiving turkey meal was
enough of a meat cheat for one week.

nb

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:36:15 +0100, "Giusi" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> ha
>> Jim wrote:
>>
>>> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put together
>>> that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]
>>
>> It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
>> chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those items
>> eaten individually.
>
>Hey! What about bacon, tomato and mayonnaise?

On filbert orange chocolate... TIAD dago.

Actually nothing improves quality chocolate, it's the chocolate that
improves the nuts and citrus at the expense of demoting the chocolate.

Giusi <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> ha
>> Jim wrote:
>>
>>> [wondering if there is *any* combination of three good foods put
>>> together that is an improvement on any of them eaten individually]
>>
>> It's a matter of opinion, obviously, but I think the combination of
>> chocolate, hazelnut, and orange is an improvement on any of those
>> items eaten individually.
>
> Hey! What about bacon, tomato and mayonnaise?

Or hot dogs, mustard, and sauerkraut?

Sky <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
> 'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
> season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
> to the absence of its topic
>
> Sky, who's never even seen a 'turducken'!
>
> P.S. Do folks really cook this 'turducken' thing?! ;D

I was in the venerable McGonigle's meat market one day when a guy came to
the meat counter and announced in a New Englander accent that he wasn't from
around here, and wanted something they surely did not have and had probably
never heard of, but maybe they could order it...

A butcher asked him what he was looking for and he said "turducken".

Nobody spoke, but knowing glances were exchanged by everyone behind the
counter and some of the customers and then finally everyone burst out
laughing... except the east coaster, of course.

Then the butcher led the guy to a freezer case where they keep the
obligatory turduckens for tasteless dorks, especially the ones from the east
coast who figure everyone in the midwest is a clueless rube. It was classic.

MartyB

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:24 -0600, Sky <[email protected]>
wrote:

> It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
> 'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
> season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
> to the absence of its topic
>
> Sky, who's never even seen a 'turducken'!

Me either, although I've seen it listed for sale somewhere that I
don't remember now.
>
> P.S. Do folks really cook this 'turducken' thing?! ;D

No idea. I tend to shy away from things with the word "turd" in it.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:39:06 -0600, "Nunya Bidnits"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> A butcher asked him what he was looking for and he said "turducken".
>
> Nobody spoke, but knowing glances were exchanged by everyone behind the
> counter and some of the customers and then finally everyone burst out
> laughing... except the east coaster, of course.
>
> Then the butcher led the guy to a freezer case where they keep the
> obligatory turduckens for tasteless dorks, especially the ones from the east
> coast who figure everyone in the midwest is a clueless rube. It was classic.

Are you saying "turducken" is an East Coast thing?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

sf wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:24 -0600, Sky <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> It's rather surprising there's been no mention recently about
>> 'turducken' over the past week or month since it's been the harvest
>> season and "Thanksgiving" - so to speak. Just something to notice due
>> to the absence of its topic
>>
>> Sky, who's never even seen a 'turducken'!
>
> Me either, although I've seen it listed for sale somewhere that I
> don't remember now.
>> P.S. Do folks really cook this 'turducken' thing?! ;D
>
> No idea. I tend to shy away from things with the word "turd" in it.
>
I saw turducken at Whole Foods, perhaps last year. I haven't yet
examined the freezer cases this year.

Oh yes, I heard Mark Bittman opining on the origin of the dish,
and he thought it was first done by Paul Prudhomme. BUT there was
a similar recipe in an African cookbook I was just reading, and I
suspect you will find the origins there.

Now, though, I am wondering about those extravagant banquets in
the distant past and am wondering whether such ideas were ever
seen at them. Seem folks were casting about for astonishing dishes.

--
Jean B.

sf <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:39:06 -0600, "Nunya Bidnits"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> A butcher asked him what he was looking for and he said "turducken".
>>
>> Nobody spoke, but knowing glances were exchanged by everyone behind
>> the counter and some of the customers and then finally everyone
>> burst out laughing... except the east coaster, of course.
>>
>> Then the butcher led the guy to a freezer case where they keep the
>> obligatory turduckens for tasteless dorks, especially the ones from
>> the east coast who figure everyone in the midwest is a clueless
>> rube. It was classic.
>
> Are you saying "turducken" is an East Coast thing?

Not even close.