Originally Posted by radview44
So my new holy grail for cooking Thanksgiving turkey is a turducken, but since I like to complicate my life, I have been planning to make my own turducken instead of buying it pre-assmbled.
When I first read about turducken I thought I'm in heaven, what a great idea.
Reality on the couple we have tried is that the skins of duck and chicken do not get crispy as they are inside the turkey so that there have been just gobs of fat inbetween the meat. I like fat as fat is where the flavor is in meat but this was disgusting.
To answer the OP, smoked is ok but not for Thanksgiving IMO, loved roasted and fried but if I have to choose, I'll go with roasted as there are just so many warm fuzzies about a big roasted dinner. As bamavol states, the leftovers are awesome.
I remember in college, bunch of friends and I were out drinking after our repsective families had their Thanksgiving dinners. We went back to my house and proceeded to have an early morning feast, finished near all the leftovers, I was NOT a popular son that Thanksgiving!