# Tuduckinoostrich for Thanksgiving! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126 "2007-11-12T13:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/21 "2007-11-12T17:58:09Z")
Here. Start with [this one](http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1586057&guid=D765A0FCCE124C90806F66262025C99E). If you’re serious about the whale next year I’d leave it intact and just rig a bonfire underneath it for a heat source. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/22 "2007-11-12T18:13:13Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Here. Start with [this one](http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=1586057&guid=D765A0FCCE124C90806F66262025C99E). If you’re serious about the whale next year I’d leave it intact and just rig a bonfire underneath it for a heat source. [/QUOTE] Oooh! Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/23 "2007-11-12T20:23:32Z")
Google stainless steel tanks, and I’m sure you’ll be able to come up with one large enough for your needs. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/24 "2007-11-12T21:42:40Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Yes, that’s right, tuduckinoostrich. A duck stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a goose stuffed in an ostrich. [/QUOTE] WHY? In the name of Dawkins, Sagan and all that is secular, WHY??? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/25 "2007-11-12T23:10:06Z")
[Here’s](http://www.instawares.com/electric-stationary-kettle-100.cle-kel100.0.7.htm) a 100 gallon kettle for $16,614.44. Buy it today and you save $14,865.56. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/26 "2007-11-12T23:13:43Z")
\ “You can’t have the duck!” \ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/27 "2007-11-12T23:16:11Z")
I’m not eating anything with ‘turd’ in the name, no matter how delicious the item actually sounds when described. This year, I’m having a Peregrine Falcon, stuffed inside an Anteater, stuffed inside a Shih Tzu. I call it a ShitEatingGrin. I don’t think an ostrich is going to be much use though - apparently most of the usable meat is on the legs (flightless = no big breast muscles). You could of course pack some Ostrich fillets in somewhere along the way during assembly of some other Russian doll-style meat feast. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/28 "2007-11-13T13:12:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m not eating anything with ‘turd’ in the name, no matter how delicious the item actually sounds when described. This year, I’m having a Peregrine Falcon, stuffed inside an Anteater, stuffed inside a Shih Tzu. I call it a ShitEatingGrin. I don’t think an ostrich is going to be much use though - apparently most of the usable meat is on the legs (flightless = no big breast muscles). You could of course pack some Ostrich fillets in somewhere along the way during assembly of some other Russian doll-style meat feast. [/QUOTE] Indeed. Your observation regarding the ostrich meat is correct, but you fail to take the goose into account, which is _all_ breast, and tiny legs. So it even out in the end (in a manner of speaking). ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/29 "2007-11-13T15:17:55Z")
Jeez, what did all those birds ever do to you? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/30 "2007-11-13T15:20:41Z")
There’s a radio ad in heavy rotation here right now where a guy tells his wife that he’s ready to deep-fry a tudukinoostrich for Thanksgiving. After a moment of stunned silence, his wife says flatly, “We’re going to my mother’s.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/31 "2007-11-13T15:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Indeed. Your observation regarding the ostrich meat is correct, but you fail to take the goose into account, which is _all_ breast, and tiny legs. So it even out in the end (in a manner of speaking). [/QUOTE] Yes, but I understand it’s greasy. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/32 "2007-11-13T15:29:52Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] I have a canary i think we could slip in there as well for the big event. Tuduckinaryoostrich. [/QUOTE] I was actually thinking pigeon, for a Turduckengeonoostrich. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/33 "2007-11-13T15:39:57Z")
**Smith** , I hate to tell you, since you’ve already purchased the bird in birds, but ostrich is very dry and tasteless. I had it a couple years ago. I think putting all the other birds in a cardboard box will give you the same flavor and texture. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/34 "2007-11-13T15:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **Smith** , I hate to tell you, since you’ve already purchased the bird in birds, but ostrich is very dry and tasteless. I had it a couple years ago. I think putting all the other birds in a cardboard box will give you the same flavor and texture. [/QUOTE] All it needs is a little bacon salt. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/35 "2007-11-13T15:52:15Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **Smith** , I hate to tell you, since you’ve already purchased the bird in birds, but ostrich is very dry and tasteless. I had it a couple years ago. I think putting all the other birds in a cardboard box will give you the same flavor and texture. [/QUOTE] That’s ok, goose is extremely fatty and greasy. It should balance out the dryness of the ostrich just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/36 "2007-11-13T15:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] That’s ok, goose is extremely fatty and greasy. [/QUOTE] I heard that too. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/37 "2007-11-13T16:10:59Z")
Iv’e read somewhere that goose is incredibly greasy. So much so that you may not need to add anything but the bird mixture to the deep fryer. You know that saying, “If Chuck Norris jumps in the lake, he doesn’t get wet, the lake gets Chuck Norris’d?” Chuck would get greasy if he jumped in a deep fryer with a goose in it. heh heh … goose grease. _giggling_ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/38 "2007-11-13T16:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] If you’re serious about the whale next year I’d leave it intact and just rig a bonfire underneath it for a heat source. [/QUOTE] Close, the best way to cook this dish is [with dynamite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale). Then run around with a basket to catch your cooked meat as it falls from the sky. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/39 "2007-11-13T17:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] Jeez, what did all those birds ever do to you? [/QUOTE] They were the ones foolish enough to become incarnate as lower, and tasty, species on the food chain. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/40 "2007-11-13T19:01:00Z")
A turducken is a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey. It seems to me that what you’re describing should be more properly called an osgooturducken. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126.md?page=3)