Stuff This: Birds Of A Different Feather
10 White Castle hamburgers, no pickles
1 ½ cups celery, diced
1 ¼ tsp. ground thyme
1 ½ tsp. ground sage
½ tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
¼ c. chicken broth In a large mixing bowl, tear the burgers into pieces and add diced celery and seasonings. Toss and add chicken broth. Toss well. Stuff cavity of turkey just before roasting. Makes about 9 cups (enough for a 10- to 12-pound turkey). Note: Allow 1 hamburger for each pound of turkey, which will be the equivalent of ¾ cup of stuffing per pound. Of course, "exotic" stuffings are nothing new. That gaping hole in a dressed turkey has invited all manner of culinary inventiveness over the centuries. Ever had fruit in your stuffing? There are recipes out there for everything from fairly rational fruits like raisins and currants all the way up to full-bore oddity like mango and durian. Stuffing meat with more meat is popular, especially down South. There are all manner of sausage stuffings, oyster dressings and the like. Turducken fans will no doubt be familiar with the Cajun jambalaya stuffings very popular in those creations. You haven't lived, according to many Cajuns, until you've had a turducken stuffed to the gills with spicy shrimp jambalaya. Also in the Cajun vein, although not done by Cajun method, is Blackened Turkey. While you may not want to follow the recipe, it's worth a read. Perhaps the oddest, though, are certain recipes calling for UNPOPPED popcorn to be used, in fairly good quantities, as part of the stuffing. There are dozens of different versions, but they all end with the turkey's hindquarters being blown off by exploding popcorn to indicate the bird being done. Allow me to be a food nerd for just a moment and point out that, if the stuffing reaches the proper temperature to cause the popcorn to pop, the bird will be a carbonized hulk, probably immune to explosion, fire or blunt instrument. Got a weird or unusual stuffing recipe? Drop us a line..
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