Rumor has it…

By no_chris
November 16th, 2006 @ 10:33 AM Only in New Orleans

…that there is a family of wild pigs roaming around City Park. Numerous sightings have been reported. The nola.com Mid City Forum is abuzz over it.

So with Thanksgiving coming up, this reminds me of the “Fowl de Cochon.” By now, most of the USA has heard of the Turducken– a Louisiana creation in which a chicken is stuffed into a duck, and the duck stuffed into a turkey. It’s a novel creation, but somewhat of a letdown when you actually dig into one. I’d much prefer just a plain old duck. Anyway, I always find myself being sucked into boring turducken conversations during the holiday season– they are quite a conversation piece, but it gets tired after a while. If you have this problem as well, fear not! You can brighten up this dull conversation by sharing your knowledge of the Fowl De Cochon, a De-Boned Pig stuffed with a De-Boned Turkey, a De-Boned Duck, De-boned Chicken, and De-Boned Quail with two dressings of your choice.* Predictably, the conversation will then venture toward putting this creation inside of a veal calf or something. At this point, excuse yourself by going to get another plate of sausage balls or cheese fudge.

*quoted from shrimpshrimp.com of Kenner, LA, who sells the fowl de cochon for a mere $300. See http://www.shrimpshrimp.com/specialtymeats.htm

3 Comments so far

  1. heather (unregistered) on November 16th, 2006 @ 4:40 pm

    i almost barfed when I read the recipe for cheese fudge. i will probably make it next week, however.


  2. Chris Martel (unregistered) on November 16th, 2006 @ 7:34 pm

    I have never made nor consumed the cheese fudge, but I am somewhat fascinated by it. according to those who have tried it, the cheese flavor is unrecognizable behind the truly heroic quantities of sugar, butter, and chocolate. the velveeta just acts as a cheap way to give it the fudgy texture..


  3. rickingentilly (unregistered) on November 16th, 2006 @ 11:42 pm

    i went to a party many years back that had a suckling pig stuffed with a turducken.

    after many abitas me and the host (also a cook) started talking about how we would create the most absurd creation we could think of.

    i remember it starting with an elephant and ending with a crawfish stuffed with a cocaho minnow stuffed with a single chouxpic roe.

    thanks for bringing back that memory.



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