Comments on: the space shuttle turkey

By: chefectomy

chefectomy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:39:05 +0000

Just laughing, nothing to say…

By: krysta

krysta — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:10:12 +0000

that is so cool…

“and i had myself a little smile. because for better or worse – it was just me, being me.”

i totally get it… my family is the same with with me they don’t understand that some things just make me happy!

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cook eat FRET - venison with cherry mostarda and chanterelles — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:17:11 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:26:00 +0000

Nearly One Year Later:

I am grateful to Claudia for executing my recipe so nicely – and for all the world to see.

It started for me some 2o years ago when I was informed at 10:00pm Wednesday that we had four (4) more guests for Thanksgiving, the turkey was thawed and ready to go, a larger bird was not in the cards. Earlier that day, I had seen news coverage of the Space Shuttle being transported from its landing site in California back to Florida ( http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/Misc/Sts117/Shuttle1030.jpg )

And there you have it.

Thanks again, Claudia!

Peter Wieck

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:52:06 +0000

Yeah… good luck stacking THAT in an oven!

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:46:17 +0000

I love this and the pictures speak volumes.
Next year, add a chicken for a three-part tur-duck-en.

By: FireDog

FireDog — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:49:14 +0000

Kewl!
You know birds DO-IT in the air about 1/4 inch from each other.
Thanks for being YOU!!

By: Flora Rosefsky

Flora Rosefsky — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:39:26 +0000

Claudia:
Your creativity continues to amaze and inspire me. A roasted duck with a roasted turkey – in good company…..innovative for sure, and I bet it tasted grand. What fun to begin new holiday traditions! Grandma Julia would be very proud of you for your culinary gifts in not only with preparing great food but with what also comes through with your witty writing.
Aunt Flora

By: lcreekmo

lcreekmo — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:08:48 +0000

You are my food hero. And I LOVE the comment about the French. Classic.

By: melissa

melissa — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:59:49 +0000

I’m with the other melissa, one of my first thoughts being it looked vaguely obscene hahahaha.

NICE JOB!!!

By: J

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:18:32 +0000

C — I’ve been away too long from your blog, and what do I find when I return but poultry porn. I am amazed. And just a little titillated. Great job!
As for the “hate the pastry” thing, I understand. I cheated and used frozen puff pastry to make apple/pear tarts with an apple brandy syrup drizzled on top. Taste-tested Granny Smith v. Cortland v. McIntosh, and decided Cortlands win and that a McIntosh apple really will break down into mush, just like they tell you.
Thanks as always.

By: TaratheFoodie

TaratheFoodie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:41:48 +0000

Melissa – I was gonna say the same thing! haha…

Claudia – what a creative way to cook your turkey and get a fabulous duck on the side as well. I’ve never seen anything like this. Soy muy impressed!

By: claudia

claudia — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:32:46 +0000

dan – hmmm. i’m trying to figure that one out…

yes everyone – i stayed away from sexual inuendo on this post… but it was hard not to go there!

butta – i am too old to remember back that far… sad but true!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:46:50 +0000

hm. the sight of those two glistening birds in such close proximity… let’s just say that my first thought was, wow, this brings a whole new meaning to the term “food porn.”

By: Butta Buns

Butta Buns — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:51:52 +0000

Whoa! When I saw the picture from your Thanksgiving post, I just thought it was the reflection of the turkey on the oven ceiling. In some very strange way the shuttle birds remind me of that scene in Dirty Dancing where they’re practicing the life in the water.

If the French hate us for something like this, I’d like to see them top it and your birds are one impossible act to follow.

By: Mary Coleman

Mary Coleman — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:26:54 +0000

I’m speechless! Only you!

By: lucy

lucy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:24:30 +0000

wow. i don’t even know what else to say. just…wow.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:03:52 +0000

You made me not need coffee this morning, in a shockingly acceptable manner.

By: claudia

claudia — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:17:59 +0000

loved your post. and i keep rewriting this one! i publish the post and then edit… silly…

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:07:14 +0000

Hee. You know, there are times it’s fun to get the French to hate us. It may be childish, and we may look like philistines, but… still fun (the British like to taunt them, too, so perhaps it’s a aEnglish-speaking cultural thing). I just posted about other food blogs; I should have included you and your space shuttle poultry.