For Thanksgiving 2003, I got the bright idea to make a Turducken. That's a duck inside a chicken inside a duck. It was a huge amount of work, and the result wasn't exactly spectacular. This is my photo log.<br> You can find more of my turducken story here: <a href="http://www.cheesepipe.com/turducken.html"> www.cheesepipe.com/turducken.html </a> http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0159-52/104199731_LKo5q-Ti.jpg http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/gallery/2031514_USwn6/ 2006-10-21T03:53:50Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Seasoning the turkey.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104199731_LKo5q" title="Seasoning the turkey."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0159-52/104199731_LKo5q-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Seasoning the turkey." title="Seasoning the turkey." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:09:39Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0159-52/104199731_LKo5q-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 01:59:52 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Some assembly required.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104199795_3GmCR" title="Some assembly required."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0231-35/104199795_3GmCR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Some assembly required." title="Some assembly required." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:13:20Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0231-35/104199795_3GmCR-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:31:35 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />The excitement starts to wane.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104199888_fkNAE" title="The excitement starts to wane."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0231-44/104199888_fkNAE-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The excitement starts to wane." title="The excitement starts to wane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:19:44Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0231-44/104199888_fkNAE-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:31:44 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Deboning poultry is hard. Good thing this project gave me lots of practice.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104200256_NrqPg" title="Deboning poultry is hard. Good thing this project gave me lots of practice."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031126-0141-46/104200256_NrqPg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Deboning poultry is hard. Good thing this project gave me lots of practice." title="Deboning poultry is hard. Good thing this project gave me lots of practice." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:47:05Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031126-0141-46/104200256_NrqPg-Th.jpg 2003-11-26 01:41:46 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Giant stack of poulty and meat magic.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104200601_cAppU" title="Giant stack of poulty and meat magic."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0221-46/104200601_cAppU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Giant stack of poulty and meat magic." title="Giant stack of poulty and meat magic." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:12:39Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0221-46/104200601_cAppU-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:21:46 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />A closeup of the meaty layers.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104200727_H7keR" title="A closeup of the meaty layers."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0222-26/104200727_H7keR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A closeup of the meaty layers." title="A closeup of the meaty layers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:38:41Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0222-26/104200727_H7keR-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:22:26 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Ethan struggles to stay awake for the grand finale of putting the bird in the oven.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104200910_iQSqg" title="Ethan struggles to stay awake for the grand finale of putting the bird in the oven."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0222-46/104200910_iQSqg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ethan struggles to stay awake for the grand finale of putting the bird in the oven." title="Ethan struggles to stay awake for the grand finale of putting the bird in the oven." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:11:40Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0222-46/104200910_iQSqg-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:22:46 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />I was just barely able to hold it together using a bunch of giant wooden skewers.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201089_TVhTQ" title="I was just barely able to hold it together using a bunch of giant wooden skewers."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0239-18/104201089_TVhTQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I was just barely able to hold it together using a bunch of giant wooden skewers." title="I was just barely able to hold it together using a bunch of giant wooden skewers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T19:09:55Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0239-18/104201089_TVhTQ-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:39:18 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a> </p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201182_Yy7iP" title="brettcoon's photo"><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0239-49/104201182_Yy7iP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="brettcoon's photo" title="brettcoon's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-14T18:57:32Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0239-49/104201182_Yy7iP-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 02:39:49 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />About to enter the oven. I took the thermometer out before baking, of course.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201391_tuyUc" title="About to enter the oven. I took the thermometer out before baking, of course."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0333-17/104201391_tuyUc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="About to enter the oven. I took the thermometer out before baking, of course." title="About to enter the oven. I took the thermometer out before baking, of course." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:20:04Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-0333-17/104201391_tuyUc-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 03:33:17 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Proudly displaying the result.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104199989_L3ySb" title="Proudly displaying the result."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-1904-08/104199989_L3ySb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Proudly displaying the result." title="Proudly displaying the result." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:10:26Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-1904-08/104199989_L3ySb-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 19:04:08 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Ta-da! The birdstrosity emerges from the oven.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201307_wBv6Y" title="Ta-da! The birdstrosity emerges from the oven."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-1905-24/104201307_wBv6Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Ta-da! The birdstrosity emerges from the oven." title="Ta-da! The birdstrosity emerges from the oven." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:21:04Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-1905-24/104201307_wBv6Y-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 19:05:24 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />A cross-sectional slice.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201593_zv4G6" title="A cross-sectional slice."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-2012-23/104201593_zv4G6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A cross-sectional slice." title="A cross-sectional slice." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:13:26Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-2012-23/104201593_zv4G6-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 20:12:23 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />Another cross-section.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201594_UyZVp" title="Another cross-section."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-2049-06/104201594_UyZVp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another cross-section." title="Another cross-section." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T20:08:46Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031127-2049-06/104201594_UyZVp-Th.jpg 2003-11-27 20:49:06 <p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com">brettcoon</a><br />After the meat had cooled down, the various bird layers were easier to see.</p><p><a href="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/2031514_USwn6#104201684_2Sdco" title="After the meat had cooled down, the various bird layers were easier to see."><img src="http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031130-2123-07/104201684_2Sdco-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After the meat had cooled down, the various bird layers were easier to see." title="After the meat had cooled down, the various bird layers were easier to see." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-11T07:22:49Z brettcoon http://brettcoon.smugmug.com http://brettcoon.smugmug.com/Food/Turducken/031130-2123-07/104201684_2Sdco-Th.jpg 2003-11-30 21:23:07