There have been innumerable televisual tributes in the past couple of weeks to Oakland legend John Madden, the man who put the BAWL in FOOTBAWL, due to his entry into the FOOTBAWL hall of fame. One of Madden's contributions to Western society that I had been unaware of (or, more accurately, unaware of the extent of) is his championing of the turducken.
A turducken, as you may recall, is a turkey stuffed with a duck, which is itself stuffed with a chicken. The inestimable Madden has one every year for his Thanksgiving dinner. One can apparently purchase the mighty beast online; a 15 lb slab of solid poultry will set you back around $80, will take up to 7 hours to cook, and will feed 15-30 people. Hugo, of course, thinks this is tremendous and is insisting that we order one and throw a Turducken Party, perhaps for Canadian Thanksgiving, since it comes a full six weeks before the American one and we really don't want to wait until November.
John Madden is 250 lbs.
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