# Cthurkey: bizarre holiday dinner of the elder gods **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549 "2013-12-17T14:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/1 "2013-12-17T14:06:38Z")
[Cthurkey.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524951/Behold-Cthurkey-Horrifying-Christmas-meal-crab-turkey-octopus--served-plate-complete-Nazi-swastika.html) What happens when this whole stuff one meat dish inside another inside another goes horribly, horribly wrong. > [@](#): > > It is not quite the nightmare before Christmas but the outrageously bizarre Cthurkey could put many festive diners off their holiday meals this year. > > The frightening hybrid of crab, turkey and octopus was put together by database administrator Rusty Eulberg and to add an air of menace to the proceedings is served on an old Nazi plate complete with Swastika. > > Despite the unappetizing insectoid appearance of the feast, Eulberg swears that turkey, crab and octopus taste great together and is even threatening to deep fry this years offering. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/2 "2013-12-17T15:18:41Z")
I swear, if those octopus tentacles moved during dinner, I’d fail my sanity check. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/3 "2013-12-17T15:24:49Z")
They went too far with the plate, but I like the dish. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/4 "2013-12-17T15:46:29Z")
[…you gotta be fucking _kidding_.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fP-0-dEHhA) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/5 "2013-12-17T16:24:34Z")
Just beautiful, **Ranchoth**. (Love the movie, quote that scene every chance I get.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/6 "2013-12-17T17:31:35Z")
Tentacles… why is it always _tentacles?!!_ ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/7 "2013-12-17T17:33:46Z")
Mmmmmmmmm. Cthurkey, the dark…_dark_ meat. ---
**Author:** ![AnthonyElite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/8 "2013-12-17T19:20:39Z")
Wow, I am just getting into the Cthulu Mythos and as soon as I saw the title to this thread my heart leaped! That thing looks freaky! Could you imagine if that thing were made real? I’d grab the nearest rock and brain myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/9 "2013-12-17T19:50:52Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I swear, if those octopus tentacles moved during dinner, I’d fail my sanity check. A suggestion to the creator: add a clockwork widget to the cooked meal that, every little while, _gently moves the tentacles_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/10 "2013-12-17T19:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Eulberg swears that turkey, crab and octopus taste great together and is even threatening to deep fry this years offering. Yeah, like deep-frying it is going to make it any _safer_. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/11 "2013-12-17T20:33:06Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Tentacles… why is it always _tentacles?!!_ I’ve seen enough hentai anime to know where this is headed… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cthurkey-bizarre-holiday-dinner-of-the-elder-gods/676549/12 "2013-12-17T22:47:15Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > **Wow, I am just getting into the Cthulu Mythos and as soon as I saw the title to this thread my heart leaped!** That thing looks freaky! Could you imagine if that thing were made real? I’d grab the nearest rock and brain myself. 😃 If you’re just getting into all things Cthulhu, be sure to check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=534691) from a few year ago!