I had always thought that 'turducken' was a very modern dish - a deboned chicken inside a deboned duck, inside a deboned turkey. The birds are stuffed inside the gastric cavities and spaces are filled with poultry stuffing. There appear to be a few different earlier versions of this dish . I n his 1807 Almanach des Gourmands, gastronomist Grimod de La Reynière presents his rôti sans pareil ("roast without equal")—a bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an ortolan bunting and a garden warbler—although he states that, since similar roasts were produced by ancient Romans, the rôti sans pareil was not entirely novel. The final bird is very small but large enough to just hold an olive; it also suggests that, unlike modern multi-bird roasts, there was no stuffing or other packing placed in between the birds. Gooducken is a goose stuffe...
Fantastic tags! So glad you are back with us again! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteWow, such awesome tags!!! Thanks for the step by step directions on how you created these - I will have to give it a try!
ReplyDeletefabulous collage! xo
ReplyDeleteA great way to use small bits of paper and the texture paste gives some lovely texture.
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