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• Turducken is a boneless poultry dish, where a small, whole chicken is stuffed inside a duck which is then stuffed inside a large turkey. The birds can be cooked similarly to Thanksgiving turkey, a dish which it commonly replaces on some American Thanksgiving tables.

• Fast Facts

  1. Stuffing can be included in the center bird or within each bird separately
  2. Likely Cajun in origin
  3. John Madden promoted turducken; gave it to winning players of the Thanksgiving BowlMarketing Shift: John Madden and the Turducken: A Marketing Enigma (November 11, 2008)
  4. Variation of the turducken: pigducken—a turducken stuffed inside a pigTabasco.com: History and Background of Turduckens

• The Origin of Turducken

  The McIlhenny Tabasco company claims that Turducken was invented in New Orleans, Louisiana, either by Corinne Dunbar's, a New Orleans Creole restaurant, or by Chef Paul Prudhomme. Though Prudhomme has popularized turducken for many years, he has never claimed to have invented it.Tabasco.com: History and Background of Turduckens

• Turducken Comedy

  Turducken references are frequently made concerning non-food elements "stuffed" into others. On Comedy Central's The Daily Show, correspondent Aasif Mandvi suggested that the Kurds, Iraq and Turkey should form a single nation and call it Turducken. Stephen Colbert claims that his Peabody Award is the "turducken" of awards, as it combines the best elements of several others.Let's Become Famous: Gobble Gobble Colbert Nation: Stephen Wins a Peabody (April 2, 2008)

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