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To realise I've completely misunderstood this Christmas dish

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:52

Bear with me as my excuse is I'm vegetarian.

With friends who were talking about their Christmas dinner. Said they were having a three bird roast, and I really thought the birds were all stuffed into each other.

I just couldn't figure out how that happened.

Blush
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EVHead · 13/12/2022 22:52

I thought the same. What is it then?!

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:54

I think it's like each bird ground up into like a pate thing then wrapped around each other. Bit like a sponge roll

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UnsolicitedOpinions · 13/12/2022 22:54

They are!

Hopeful16 · 13/12/2022 22:55

Nope it's different sized birds inside each other, usually boned, and then tied and roasted.

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:56

UnsolicitedOpinions · 13/12/2022 22:54

They are!

Eh?

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Savoretti · 13/12/2022 22:56

I thought it was three birds stuffed into each other. Never heard the pate idea

UnsolicitedOpinions · 13/12/2022 22:56

strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:54

I think it's like each bird ground up into like a pate thing then wrapped around each other. Bit like a sponge roll

They’re not ground up! There are also not just pushed inside one another as a whole bird. They’d be deboned, opened out and then wrapped around the one smaller etc

Swingwhenyourewinning · 13/12/2022 22:56

They are deboned and rolled together

Theunamedcat · 13/12/2022 22:56

No they are literally deboned and stuffed into each other

Dotcheck · 13/12/2022 22:56

Hopeful16 · 13/12/2022 22:55

Nope it's different sized birds inside each other, usually boned, and then tied and roasted.

I thought it was this too…?

EVHead · 13/12/2022 22:57

Fucking disgusting either way, but each to their own.

NewBootsAndRanty · 13/12/2022 22:57

Sounds like maybe some kind of terrine or something?

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:57

I'm totally confused now Blush

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Hopeful16 · 13/12/2022 22:57

See description...

To realise I've completely misunderstood this Christmas dish
HowVeryBizarre · 13/12/2022 22:58

Usually called a Turducken, you can get them from butchers.

UnsolicitedOpinions · 13/12/2022 22:58

strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:56

Eh?

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To clarify as you posted again something very quickly- I mean they are three birds one inside the other.

Banjoman · 13/12/2022 22:58

I also think it’s three birds boned and stuffed into each other.

BedTaker · 13/12/2022 22:58

It's a bird within a bird within a bird isn't it?

It's a bit weird to be honest, and I am far from vegetarian.

NoSquirrels · 13/12/2022 22:58

In its original form it is three birds of different sizes, put inside one another from small to large.

So, deboned pigeon inside a deboned chicken inside a turkey.

The bones are removed to make it easier to carve, and cook through safely.

I can imagine a pate-stuffing type thing would also work.

EVHead · 13/12/2022 22:58

strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 22:52

Bear with me as my excuse is I'm vegetarian.

With friends who were talking about their Christmas dinner. Said they were having a three bird roast, and I really thought the birds were all stuffed into each other.

I just couldn't figure out how that happened.

Blush

Like the old lady who swallowed a fly? 😁

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 23:00

Hopeful16 · 13/12/2022 22:57

See description...

5 birds actually inside each other?

Why? WTAF?

I can't even envision what that would look like.

I'll stick to my quorn roast, thanks Smile

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FOJN · 13/12/2022 23:00

This might help, it's only a few minutes long.

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strawberriesplease · 13/12/2022 23:00

But each to their own!!!

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bellac11 · 13/12/2022 23:03

It always reminds me of Tudor excess.