shinobi said:
Here's a brief description.
Gooducken
I find that article to be a reflection on the "more money than sense, always in a hurry" mentality that is gradually infecting more and more of our world. Linked to this, is the loss of traditional culinary skill and the breakup of traditional family structures.
The same thing is true of the increased sales of mince pies mentioned in the article. Christmas cakes are going the same way.
My grandmother, and after that my mother, would make sevebn or eight dozen mince pies about the first week of December, and make as many again on about the 22nd or 23rd of December, because we'd eaten them all :yum: But my family is in the same boat as the "more money that sense" brigade... this year my mom will be serving up supermarket mince pies and Christmas cake. I'll wait till I get back to Paris for proper home-made Christmas cake and mince pies.
But back to Gooducken!
Sounds like a great idea for a big family get together
A good butcher takes a whole 45 minutes to prepare this thing, and people are going to pay £80 (an more) for it, when they could no doubt get the three birds for around £25 to £40 and put in, let's say, an hour and a half.
I do much more meat preparation than any of my friends and relations, and even I couldn't do it in less than an hour, but I'm prepared to put in that amount of time, even though I'm off to work at 08h00 each morning, rarely get back home before 19h30 or 20h00, often more like 20h30.
I seem to remember somebody on here (maybe RovingArcher) mentioning a dove inside a hen inside peacock...
Keith.