Turducken!

I hope your holidays have been happy. My family had a 15-pound turducken from Cajun Creations to feed 11 people for $104 (about a third of that cost was for shipping from New Orleans of a fresh frozen turkey stuffed with a boneless duck stuffed with a boneless chicken). Our turducken, (or tur-duc-hen, as the label said) had a shrimp and crawfish stuffing. Our tasters said it was pretty moist, a little salty , but tasty. Paired with Blue Moon Belgian style ale and cranberry sauce (made with fresh cranberries and orange juice, not from the can) it was a tasty dinner.

So, here's the turducken before (defrost for two days in the fridge):



and after four hours of cooking, plus some slicing and chopping, some oohing and aahing: