The Turkducken... Mission Accomplished

The Turducken was no sweat. It was easy, mostly because it came ready to pop in the oven. However, I am a little disappointed with the overall consistency, the chicken seemed to be MIA. But, for the most part the Turkducken was good and was stuffed with some fantastic cornbread stuffing! Can't complain about that!



So here it is.... the finished product. Sliced and served with 4-cheese spicy mac and cheese with cajun sausage, red beans and rice, a fresh salad and wine. Eaten with good friends and family during our first real snow of the year. It was a pretty great Saturday!

The Turducken has landed!!

I.AM.EXCITED! According to FedEx, my turducken was delivered today, at 12:24 pm. I'm planning on cooking it on Saturday for a late lunch/early dinner feast and I am pumped! And I am officially a food-geek. Alas...

Taking inspiration from Justin Wilson

This blog is to be a collection of favorite things/place/happenings/etc. It's going to be broad and random and hopefully enjoyable to someone other than me. Today, with the snow about to fall in Central PA, I am thinking of warm Cajun food. And who better to guide you into the Cajun universe than the legend, Justin Wilson.

I have very fond memories of Sunday afternoons, watching Nashville's PBS station and enjoying Julia Child and Justin Wilson with my dad. He usually slept through Julia (who I now adore), but came to for Justin's weekly offering.

This year I am calling on Justin's help in taking on a true Cajun challenge - the Turkducken. In case you are unfamiliar, the Turkducken is a huge turkey, stuffed with an XL chicken, stuffed with a big duck. Then it is sometimes stuffed with cornbread stuffing or even seafood jambalaya. A full-sized Turkducken can feed nearly 40 people, so I ordered the Turkducken roll for our Christmas dinner from Cajun grocer. The roll will feed approximately 5-7 people (so my husband plus 3) and comes stuffed with cornbread stuffing. Needless to say, we're pretty psyched!

But what to pair with our feast? Here comes Justin to the rescue again (insert "ayeee" soundbite). Checking out his site at www.justinwilson.com, I have decided on Corn Maque Chou, Boiled Okra and I might even throw in some Seafood Etoufee!

Any other menu suggestions?