I mean there are ways to feed yourself without murdering several animals and playing tetris with their carcass'.

but seriously for example: whats the difference between eating three types of meat prepared at once slowly over three days vs a different type of meat each day for three days. Three things are going to end up dead either way. Plus, you don't know how many people he cooked this particular meal for.

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I mean there are ways to feed yourself without murdering several animals and playing tetris with their carcass'.

Stop being a gay hippy.

Wow you're a bunch of angry kids, go drown some cats or whatever you do...

by the same token scuzzy there doesnt seem to be any point to this particular dish apart from "cause you can"

does it taste better than just cooking the three birds

does it taste better than just cooking the three birds

I belive that is the point, combining different foods for new tastes.

Ha, check this s*** out

The largest recorded nested bird roast is 17 birds, attributed to a royal feast in France in the early 19th century (originally called a Rôti Sans Pareil, or "Roast without equal") - a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an Ortolan Bunting and a Garden Warbler. The final bird is small enough that it can be stuffed with a single olive; it also suggests that, unlike modern multi-bird roasts, there was no stuffing or other packing placed in between the birds. This dish probably could not be legally recreated in the modern era as many of the listed birds are now protected species.

Now that is most definetly a "Because you can"

its an affront to nature :P

mmm, lapwing

back on topic..

that looks really nice stinky. makes me hungry now.

back on topic..

shut up, its all about the off-topic-ness

You're a f***ing idiot if you aren't trolling.

Not following your logic here. I would have thought he was a f***ing idiot both ways.

I think he means that you could of made a meal out of one bird instead of four birds and a pig. Anybody know of a restaurant that serves this?

lol d-sub, you had me in tears with this one

Meat is murder.
Delicious tasty murder.

protected species are the tastiest

They're only protected cause they taste too good for public consumption.

i ate quail the other day

it was just like little chicken!

Look damn good my man, as usual.

Recipe bitches...

Turducken is an amazing dish that is virtually unknown creation here in Australia, but over in the USA it has a cult following, especially with the cajun and BBQ enthusiasts. A Turducken is a whole turkey, stuffed with a whole duck, stuffed with a chicken. There can be as many as 3 different traditional stuffings throughout the bird as well.

An important health warning goes here, with our high ambient temperatures it can be quite dangerous to prepare and cook a Turducken from scratch as you run the risk of the poultry spending too much time at the dangerous temperatures where bacteria grown quickly ( 4 to 60 Celcius. To reduce these risks you should ask your butcher to debone the birds for you, as they have a cold-room to work in. To further reduce these risks you should also brine your birds, creating a slightly salty environment that bacteria don't like.

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Ask your butcher to completely debone a chicken and a duck. You also want a Turkey deboned but with the leg bone and the wing bones left intact. Emphasize to the butcher the importance of keeping the birds, especially the turkey in a single piece. Deboning a bird can be quite a difficult task, but most butchers should be capable of it.

Smoked Turducken with Spicy Pork Stuffing

• 1 whole deboned turkey


• 1 whole deboned chicken


• 1 whole deboned duck


• Basic BBQ Rub


• 2 kg pork mince ( preferably mince it yourself from pork belly or shoulder ).


• 2kg rindless bacon

You'll want to start preparing the turducken 36 hours before cooking. Assuming you're cooking it Saturday, you'll want to start on Thursday night by brining the birds. First check all the birds that all the bones have been removed. Brine each bird separately in large ziplock bags for 12 hours. Brine is basically a salty water mix that the birds soak in, this helps tenderize the birds and keep the whole turducken nice and moist. If you don't know how to make a brine check here.

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24 hours before cooking it's time to prepare the stuffing. To make it easy I chose to do just a single stuffing. mix your pork mince with a fair quantity of the BBQ rub. Use as little or as much as you like to achieve your preference in spicyness. Have a hot frypan handy and fry up small amounts to taste as you add more seasoning.

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Once the pork is to your liking, grab out your turkey. Given the size of the birds I've found it's best to plastic wrap your whole benchtop and work with it on that. This helps keep gross raw food off the bench, and also helps you close up the bird when assembled. Sprinkle the plastic generously with the BBQ rub and Lay your turkey skinside down on it. Cover the turkey inside with a thin layer of stuffing.

Lay the Duck skinside down on the turkey, and cover this with a thin layer of stuffing also.

Finally Lay the chicken skinside down on the duck and cover with a thin layer of stuffing.

This next bit can be tricky and is best done with some assistance. You need to close the turducken up. I found the best way to do this is to close each bird in turn ( chicken, then duck, then turkey ) by folding one half over the other half. Once this is done use some cooking twine to tie the bird closed. It can be useful to tie the legs together at this point as well.

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Sprinkle the BBQ rub over the turkey trying to make sure the whole bird is covered with it. Wrap the Turducken with the plastic wrap it's sitting on, or use fresh stuff if there's a lot of raw juices and liquid.

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Refrigerate the Turducken for about 24 hours. This helps firm the bird into shape.

Get a large foil baking dish and punch some holes through it. This will allow excess fat to escape. Layer the bottom of the dish with bacon. Put the Turducken in the tray with the closed up side facing down. The weight of the bird should assist in keeping it closed. Layer bacon over the turducken, this total coverage of the Turducken with bacon helps keep it moist, and also helps make sure the turducken doesn't burn ( the bacon is sacrificial and can be thrown out after cooking ).

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Put the turducken in a smoker or oven pre-heated to 105 C. Cook it until it reaches an internal temperature of 82 C. This could take up to 8 hours depending on the overall size of the Turducken. Oh and don't forget to put a tray under it to catch the fat dripping out of the holes in the pan.

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When the Turducken is cooked, rest it covered with foil for 30 minutes and then slice lengthways down the middle. Slice again the other way so that the bird is in quarters. Take each quarter and slice into reasonably thick slices ( too thin and the layers of birds will threaten to fall apart ). You can leave the bacon on, or throw it out taste it and decide. You'll also want to remove the wings and legs, I'm sure you'll find somebody willing to eat them.

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mmm delicious murder