Well, don't know how you all fared with the Christmas snowstorm, but out in New Jersey, we spent the day with my in-laws, sharing a Christmas turkey. I noticed our cat, Aziza, was laying low. No doubt she had read this article, about what happens to bad cats who mess with the family feast. In a way, I had a certain sympathy for the hard justice inherent in the tale. Less comprehensible is the notion of combining a zoo and a restaurant under the same roof. I guess when I think of "preserving animals," I don't mean in pectin jelly or small jars. On the other hand, I continue to threaten to serve Turducken for Thanksgiving next year, so I'm not sure my stance on the eat-as-you-watch zoo qualifies me as an Animal Friend.
Oddly enough, we rally around our little friends when the going is toughest. For example, in Israel dogs and cats are being issued gas masks. Inventor Rafi Kishon says he was inspired by his literal take on Saddam Hussein's 1991 pledge to "eliminate Jewish dogs from the world." Frankly, I wasn't aware of the fact that there ARE any Jewish dogs. I've seen dogs eat things that I wouldn't classify as food, so I can't imagine the concept of "Kosher" means much to your average beagle.
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I remember in college, Jim, your quest to maximize the number of animals to be consumed in a single dish. The bacon cheeseburger with a slice of ham was a good start, if I recall, except that the bacon/ham combo was really a two-fer.
It think you're on to something with this Turducken. If you really want to supersize that bad boy, I have a suggestion: a haggis in the chicken. Hold onto your dreams, my friend.
I might have mentioned it before, but you can buy Turduckhen pre-made in HEB Grocery Stores in Texas. Usually it is stuck between the meat section and the BBQ section.
Comment #2 :: link :: December 27, 2002 09:00 AMI've never seen a circumcized dog. Not that I've looked too carefully or too often.
Comment #3 :: link :: December 27, 2002 09:00 AMI actually liked the simplicity of the Egg McMuffin: Chicken (egg), Pig (canadian bacon) and Cow (american cheese) working together to bring me happiness. I used to imagine a goat trodding the grain to make me the muffin.
For the record, the NY Times did an article on 11/20 about Uber-Turduckki (too old to link to - premium content). They included a 7-bird variation dating from the French Revolution (I believe quail was the smallest, and the outer layer was goose). They also reference a dish from some wacky country that starts with a vowel and ends with a "stan" that included not just a bunch of nested birds, but had them further stuffed into a sequence of grazing animals. I *think* the maximum number of nested animals the Times found in the annals of history was some atrocious number like 14 (ending in an ox on a spit).
I like the haggis idea well enough, but it is only one animal (albeit a lot of different bits of that one animal). I also kind of want to get a fish into the equation somehow. Sort of a "land, sea and air" dish.
My wife says we can do a Turducken next year, only if I have the heart to stuff the chicken with a hummingbird. She underestimates me. Oh, how she underestimates me.
