turducken

noun

tur·duck·en tər-ˈdə-kən

: a boneless chicken stuffed into a boneless duck stuffed into a boneless turkey

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You can probably guess the origins of turducken just by looking at the word; it is a portmanteau (a word whose form is derived from a blending of two or more distinct other words) created by combining the words turkey, duck, and chicken, and the dish does indeed incorporate all three varieties of fowl. Turducken was first noted in print in 1982, although it may have been in use before that. The dish is a cousin of ballotine, a less familiar food item consisting of deboned meat, poultry, or fish stuffed with seasoned meats or vegetables, rolled and tied into a bundle shape, and usually braised. (The word ballotine derives from the French word for "bundle.")

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Chainalysis also had to calibrate for the ways that DeFi tends to become a bit of a turducken of investments within investments. —

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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 June 2024 Recipes: How to make Cheddar Bay Biscuits The foodie community at Food.com has recipes for just about everything — from simple meals like mac and cheese all the way up to preparing turducken. —

John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2024 The movie is something of a turducken: not exactly flavorless and certainly laugh-getting at times, but also overstuffed (and, in this case, a little undercooked). —

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 When Fetterman emerged in his casual-business-formal turducken, another senior staffer rejected the bulky look. —

Kara Voght, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023 One of our guests told us that our Sierra Beauty was fantastic with their Thanksgiving turducken. —

Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022 Judy Labrasca buys a 15-pound turducken at Thanksgiving to serve four people. —

Suryatapa Bhattacharya and Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022 The result is a 196-square-foot galley that is both large enough to cook a massive turducken and seat the boat’s guests for the breakfast Miller cooks to order between seven and nine. —

Hannah Selinger, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2022