# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/41 "2007-11-13T19:18:12Z")
Build a large bonfire. Place many large rocks on the bonfire (careful – they may explode, particularly if they are river rocks), Dig a large hole. Place about half of the now very hot rocks into the hole. Wrap the flock or whatever the hell you call the bird-dog-pile in banana leaves, with copious seasoning between the leaves and the meat. Lower the leaf-wrapped meat into the pit, preferably with non-coated metal wires so that you can use the wire to later recover the food. Bury the sides and top of the meat in the pit with the remainder of the very hot rocks. Bury the top of the hot rocks with dirt. If you are hoity-toity, consider landscaping. Wait six or eight hours (or more, depending on the volume of the flock), then exhume the meat. It will be fully cooked and succulent, but not excessively greasy. The feast may now begin, unless one of the birds was a merganser, in which case just throw it out in the trash. ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/42 "2007-11-13T19:33:59Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Build a large bonfire. Place many large rocks on the bonfire (careful – they may explode, particularly if they are river rocks), Dig a large hole. Place about half of the now very hot rocks into the hole. Wrap the flock or whatever the hell you call the bird-dog-pile in banana leaves, with copious seasoning between the leaves and the meat. Lower the leaf-wrapped meat into the pit, preferably with non-coated metal wires so that you can use the wire to later recover the food. Bury the sides and top of the meat in the pit with the remainder of the very hot rocks. Bury the top of the hot rocks with dirt. If you are hoity-toity, consider landscaping. Wait six or eight hours (or more, depending on the volume of the flock), then exhume the meat. It will be fully cooked and succulent, but not excessively greasy. The feast may now begin, unless one of the birds was a merganser, in which case just throw it out in the trash. [/QUOTE] Been there, done that\*. I wasn’t all that impressed. \*Maui HI September 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/43 "2007-11-13T19:37:34Z")
A tuduckinoostrich sounds interesting, but it’s a bit common. At the Dextrin household this year, we’re going to try out a DodAukPeckgeon - a Passenger Pigeon stuffed in an Ivory Billed Woodpecker stuffed inside a Great Auk all wrapped in a Dodo. (best served very rare) ---
**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, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/44 "2007-11-13T19:44:37Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] A tuduckinoostrich sounds interesting, but it’s a bit common. At the Dextrin household this year, we’re going to try out a DodAukPeckgeon - a Passenger Pigeon stuffed in an Ivory Billed Woodpecker stuffed inside a Great Auk all wrapped in a Dodo. (best served very rare) [/QUOTE] Can I borrow your time machine? I want to go bitchslap someone about 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/45 "2007-11-13T19:54:06Z")
[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] Where did you get your ostrich? I have had some great ostrich - juicy, and rare, more like beef than poultry. Yum Si ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/46 "2007-11-21T18:27:58Z")
And who ordered the dog, anyways? Don’t you know what those things _eat_? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/47 "2007-11-21T19:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] This year, I’m having a Peregrine Falcon, stuffed inside an Anteater, stuffed inside a Shih Tzu. I call it a ShitEatingGrin. [/QUOTE] If you can somehow manage to fit an anteater into a Shih Tzu then you sire are some sort of god. ---
**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 21, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/48 "2007-11-21T19:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And who ordered the dog, anyways? Don’t you know what those things _eat_? [/QUOTE] Dog is a bit too gamey for me. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/49 "2007-11-21T20:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Dog is a bit too gamey for me. [/QUOTE] Mmmmmm. Roastin’ dog. The smaller the better. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/50 "2007-11-21T20:10:19Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] 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. [/QUOTE] No, that’s a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey stuffed into [Charles Osgood](http://www.nndb.com/people/651/000023582/). ---
**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:** [November 21, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/51 "2007-11-21T20:40:36Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] If you can somehow manage to fit an anteater into a Shih Tzu then you sire are some sort of god. [/QUOTE] Or Shih Tzus are stretchy. ---
**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 21, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/52 "2007-11-21T21:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] No, that’s a chicken stuffed into a duck stuffed into a turkey stuffed into [Charles Osgood](http://www.nndb.com/people/651/000023582/). [/QUOTE] Thanks for setting him straight on that. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/53 "2007-11-21T21:14:58Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] That’s ok, goose is extremely fatty and greasy. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Mangetout] I heard that too. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] Iv’e read somewhere that goose is incredibly greasy. [/QUOTE] In case all of you masters of the vicarious would like a first-hand report, I’ve cooked goose for holiday dinners a number of times, and as long as you prepare it properly, it’s not overly greasy at all. I’ve barbecued it (yummy) and done it in the oven like a turkey. The legs certainly aren’t an epicurean delight, but goose breast is quite tasty. [QUOTE=picunurse] Smith, I hate to tell you, since you’ve already purchased the bird in birds, but ostrich is very dry and tasteless. [/QUOTE] I’ll disagree with this one, too. I’ve had ground ostrich in burgers. They weren’t as greasy as beef-burgers, which is fine with me! I’ve also had ostrich jerky and liked it quite a bit. It was dry, of course, but jerky is _supposed_ to be dry. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126/54 "2007-11-22T00:39:43Z")
Google ads are getting into the spirit. On page 1 they’re all for Thanksgiving recipes, and on page 2 they’re all selling Shih Tzu puppies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuduckinoostrich-for-thanksgiving/426126.md?page=2)