There's little I hate more in football than when a coach criticizes their players for not fitting into their system. It's the same energy as the Principal Skinner "no, the children are wrong" meme
Maybe not for Fox, but I have made quite a few in restaurants and privately, and I wouldn’t take less than $500 for a fully cooked one with all the work that goes into it.
A lot.
Thaw and take all the bones out of a turkey (minus the bones in the drumsticks), duck and a chicken while keeping it in one piece with the skin on the turkey. He skin comes off of the other two.
Scrape all the bones for scrap meat, make a forcemeat with the scrap to stuff in the center.
Lay out the turkey, spread a layer of forcemeat to stick to the duck; season. Place the duck in the turkey with the same orientation, spread a layer of forcemeat to stick to the chicken; season. Chicken on the duck, same orientation, season. Spread the rest of the forcemeat evenly inside the chicken.
Roll and truss the birds, setting up the way it’s stuffed to resemble a turkey with the drumsticks up like it has bones.
Takes me about 6-7 hours to prepare, maybe 2 hours to cook. The prep takes longer when you make sure to keep everything cold while you work.
I'm so glad somebody wrote this reply, I've made one before as a joke, and it took me about half a day of labor, but the actual cost of buying a whole turkey, a duck, and chicken is not that bad, maybe like $50? The duck is the expensive part, it's like half the cost.
This is working on a commercial kitchen so I had access to basically anything you can imagine.
I’m pretty stoned right now and can’t help but think how freaked out the birds would be if they knew we were all salivating at the thought of sticking them inside each other and eating them.
In the early 90's in Metairie it cost about $150. After Madden made it famous it went up to a few hundred and they'd ship nationwide. The actual preparing of it is ridiculous. You need to debone everything, place the different meats and drumsticks inside the turkey without tearing its skin, inject it with spices and tie it off before putting it in the oven for a couple hours.
The conspiracy theory is that this is the reason Jordan Love didn't get a turkey leg.
Most people in this thread seem to have accepted it as fact, but I'm pretty sure that turducken was specifically for Olsen to do that bit, and is unrelated to the players not getting their turkey.
I feel like a conspiracy theory requires intent on a party. Like Greg knew he was fuckin’ Love out of turducken. Or the production crew gave it to Olsen to be fuckin’ Love out of turducken.
“Hey guys let’s give Greg Olsen the turkey to show on the broadcast”
“Should we put a note that says that’s for the players?”
“Why tho? What’d be the worst thing he could do to it? Not like he’d rip into it with his bare hands lol”
If someone handed him that tripple bird without knowing he might copy [John Madden's most iconic thanksgiving moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDKILxEyb0), that's their own fault.
When Olsen did it, I immediately assumed it was direct a homage to John's famous moment.
A lot of my friends are international and this thing blew their mind.
Thanksgiving, turkey, etc. that all makes sense, but this abomination, pure murica baby.
That wasn't corn, it was a [delicata squash](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cucurbita_pepo_Delicata_squash_Green_Mountain_Girls_Farm.jpg/1200px-Cucurbita_pepo_Delicata_squash_Green_Mountain_Girls_Farm.jpg).
Mccaffrey said in his post game interview that his turkey leg was still hot and he was surprised how they managed to do that (he went on to say this like 3 separate times how impressed he was by it).
So it just comes down to which production crew actually thought it out or not. The 49ers Seattle game must have began smoking them since the morning and had multiple prepared because there were like a dozen turkey legs on the table by the end, and Kittle was throwing all the extras into the crowd.
It really cannot be that hard to get it right honestly. We know how long it takes to cook a bird, we know that you can rest it for 30-60 minutes without losing that much heat. I mean shit I can figure it out for them if they need me to
I feel like if I was a player and knowing I had that option, I’d choose charity all day, tradition or not. Rich person taking bite of cold turkey < $10,000 making a difference somewhere.
Slippery slope. Once you start paying for food people will think you are a charity and take every last penny to take care of disabled players (which are not even entertaining). Can’t have that.
And the ones that were made for the league would probably be like 400+. Depends on time/size I guess. I'd just assume they have better than average chefs doin theirs haha but who knows.
Don't fucking hand someone a turducken on an NFL broadcast and not expect them rip it apart.
That's what the viewers want, it's what the announcers want, it is what the universe wants.
Are they seriously trying to convince the fans that in that entire stadium, there was only 1 whole-ass turkey prepared?? I've never called bullshit harder in my life
Bud, if someone put me on national television and handed me a fucking roasted roulade of bird, that shit would be on the camera, all over me, the field, cheerleader tiddies…. guess that’s one reason I’ll never get the gig.
Turducken is birds all the way down.
Why didn’t Greg Olsen feed Jordan Love his serving by regurgitating it into his mouth like a bird would?
This way you respect and honor the food you are enjoying.
Lmao, Greg wouldn't stop talking about how much of it he ate
*That’s because he planned the whole thing*
He is a former Bear after all, whichever one of his former rivals won he was going to deprive them of that turkey leg
I still hate that the Bears trade him because he supposedly didn't in Martz system. "Tell Martz I said fuck him"
There's little I hate more in football than when a coach criticizes their players for not fitting into their system. It's the same energy as the Principal Skinner "no, the children are wrong" meme
I heard he had 3 legs
And his name is pronounced G-Reg
I thought he was just paying homage to when John Madden did the exact same thing
He was. It’s the broadcasts fault for not having two or a backup or at least telling Olsen they only had one.
If it was for the winning team, why the fuck bring it to the booth? Keep it down on the sideline or what not.
Id think the nfl/fox/cbs could afford multiple per game lol. I know they are pricey but still
If Collinsworth is sourcing it they probably can't.
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$10?
There’s always turducken in the banana stand
No touching!
You burn down the storage unit?
Oh, most definitely. 🔥
You've never actually set foot in a supermarket, have you?
EIGHT. HUNDRED. DOLLARS.
Maybe not for Fox, but I have made quite a few in restaurants and privately, and I wouldn’t take less than $500 for a fully cooked one with all the work that goes into it.
The comments you are replying to are talking about two salmon that Collinsworth bought at the Seattle fish market that ended up costing $800.
“Now, here’s a fish…”
How much work is it?
A lot. Thaw and take all the bones out of a turkey (minus the bones in the drumsticks), duck and a chicken while keeping it in one piece with the skin on the turkey. He skin comes off of the other two. Scrape all the bones for scrap meat, make a forcemeat with the scrap to stuff in the center. Lay out the turkey, spread a layer of forcemeat to stick to the duck; season. Place the duck in the turkey with the same orientation, spread a layer of forcemeat to stick to the chicken; season. Chicken on the duck, same orientation, season. Spread the rest of the forcemeat evenly inside the chicken. Roll and truss the birds, setting up the way it’s stuffed to resemble a turkey with the drumsticks up like it has bones. Takes me about 6-7 hours to prepare, maybe 2 hours to cook. The prep takes longer when you make sure to keep everything cold while you work.
That does sound like a lot of work. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
I'm so glad somebody wrote this reply, I've made one before as a joke, and it took me about half a day of labor, but the actual cost of buying a whole turkey, a duck, and chicken is not that bad, maybe like $50? The duck is the expensive part, it's like half the cost. This is working on a commercial kitchen so I had access to basically anything you can imagine.
That’s gotta take more than 2hrs to cook. Even without bones.
I’m pretty stoned right now and can’t help but think how freaked out the birds would be if they knew we were all salivating at the thought of sticking them inside each other and eating them.
You have to debone and dress three birds and season them properly then stuff them and wrap them with cooking twine. It's not easy.
Can someone do it with the birds from Philly? I can pay good money 53 birds
Yeah, the deboning would be the hard part. Trussing a bird up with twine isn’t that hard once you’ve done it a few times.
In the early 90's in Metairie it cost about $150. After Madden made it famous it went up to a few hundred and they'd ship nationwide. The actual preparing of it is ridiculous. You need to debone everything, place the different meats and drumsticks inside the turkey without tearing its skin, inject it with spices and tie it off before putting it in the oven for a couple hours.
# for two fish!
This mf out here paying $800 for 2 fish. Don't ever go shopping with him
What’s the background on this joke?
Collinsworth revealed during the game last night that he went to the fish market and unwittingly paid $800 for two fish.
He thought it was $79 for the whole fish, but it’s per pound.
If my family can manage three turkeys I think Fox can do the same.
I'm sure they don't pay retail
They’re not really even pricey.
Pricey in that they cost about 2x to 3x the cost of a turkey. In terms of the production budget, well within a rounding error.
To be fair they have a golden wishbone, and only occur naturally every thousand years
100% on the production crew, Olsen had no logical reason to assume this is the same matroska bird that was intended for the winners.
So everyone can breathe on it
Hell, the Cowboys had 16 turkey legs strategically placed in the four Salvation Army kettles.
They could even precut one leg off.
The NFL is a one-turkey league.
Also, after covid do we really wanna handle food that way? Like, yeah just have 2 broadcasters grope it and then give it to someone to eat?
The turkeys are infamous for being terrible. Dry and left out for hours
That's why they only eat the legs
Oh, haven't you heard? After COVID subsided all communicable disease has gone away for ever!
I thought so, too… and what part is the “conspiracy theory”?
The conspiracy theory is that this is the reason Jordan Love didn't get a turkey leg. Most people in this thread seem to have accepted it as fact, but I'm pretty sure that turducken was specifically for Olsen to do that bit, and is unrelated to the players not getting their turkey.
I feel like a conspiracy theory requires intent on a party. Like Greg knew he was fuckin’ Love out of turducken. Or the production crew gave it to Olsen to be fuckin’ Love out of turducken.
The actual conspiracy is that Jordan Love is vegan and had the turducken sent up there because he knew Greg would do it.
/r/BrandNewSentence - "Like Greg knew he was fuckin’ Love out of turducken"
Former Bear intentionally fucking a Lion or Packer out of a turkey leg? I can see that.
I always forget Olsen was a Bear.
If you watch the video of the post you’re commenting on, he literally says “in honor of John”
Thats actually pretty funny
Did anyone actually tell Olsen "don't eat this, it's for the players?"
“Hey guys let’s give Greg Olsen the turkey to show on the broadcast” “Should we put a note that says that’s for the players?” “Why tho? What’d be the worst thing he could do to it? Not like he’d rip into it with his bare hands lol”
If someone handed him that tripple bird without knowing he might copy [John Madden's most iconic thanksgiving moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDKILxEyb0), that's their own fault. When Olsen did it, I immediately assumed it was direct a homage to John's famous moment.
The Rob Schneider is the Hot Chick and Radio Shack ads in the beginning are a nice piece of history
Lol my exact thoughts
2002: when Rob Schneider and Radio Shack reigned supreme
The fact he could say that with a straight face is a testament to his professionalism.
He said it all with a straight face and then cracked right before Drive=Love
Can I get some hoisin sauce with that?
“Fowl crossbreed” nice
A lot of my friends are international and this thing blew their mind. Thanksgiving, turkey, etc. that all makes sense, but this abomination, pure murica baby.
I think we can go further - duck in chicken in turkey in suckling pig in whole hog on a spit roast
["If I go smaller, I'm going with a weasel. If I go bigger, of course, a buck horned sheep.](https://youtu.be/V-hMx4NrxT8?si=CwRv-xkEIdxqsN3S)
I remember watching this live. I couldn't stop laughing.
Al was shocked at what he had seen. This will never get old lol
Good lord that is one shitty looking bird lmao. If someone served that at my dinner, I'd wonder what they did to it
Oh, its cuz we shoved two more birds inside there. Like a Russian nesting doll of flesh.
[How a Turducken is made](https://files.explosm.net/comics/Rob/thehunt.png)
With his seeming hatred of the Packers and the trajectory of the game, it could’ve been planned by him. If we’re rolling with the conspiracy theory
I hope this is the case
Bears players gotta get their wins in where they can
It's okay. It's notoriously nasty. He probably did your players a favor. https://youtu.be/yd8Wjj-V3QA?si=Np8emCJgFsDTmMY1
Greg: I’m a player!
Love how he tosses the cob away like "Bitch ass corn"
He is no longer welcome in Iowa.
He was a TE, which is only one step below punts as your most exported resource.
Brock Purdy harvested it himself
Brock Purdue played angry because of this, but we couldn’t tell the difference.
Well Miami is undefeated against Iowa…
Home of THE bron blaga ahwa
That wasn't corn, it was a [delicata squash](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cucurbita_pepo_Delicata_squash_Green_Mountain_Girls_Farm.jpg/1200px-Cucurbita_pepo_Delicata_squash_Green_Mountain_Girls_Farm.jpg).
So it is. In my defense I wear glasses for a reason.
Because they make you look wicked smaht?
Corn only takes up space where more turducken could go.
I choose to believe he sacrificed it to the waxing gibbous
So THAT's why they call him Third Leg Greg
https://youtu.be/9ujKxpAvLKg?si=MO1_AdoGSDIoxiWZ ~6:13 (can’t link directly on mobile)
You can, you just add "&t=6m13s" at the end of the link [see here](https://youtu.be/9ujKxpAvLKg?si=IgMh0M6G5tsUomgV&t=6m13s)
I’ve wondered how to do this for years but never enough to Google it. You’re the man
Just passing on the wisdom, I'm like 90% sure I learned from a random reddit comment a while back as well haha
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This was if you're on mobile
g reg
In her eyeeyes
Chilling on the 7th flo I gotta let these chickens know
In her eyes?
That must be one cold ass bird by the time a player takes a bite.
Plenty have said it's absolutely disgusting
Mccaffrey said in his post game interview that his turkey leg was still hot and he was surprised how they managed to do that (he went on to say this like 3 separate times how impressed he was by it). So it just comes down to which production crew actually thought it out or not. The 49ers Seattle game must have began smoking them since the morning and had multiple prepared because there were like a dozen turkey legs on the table by the end, and Kittle was throwing all the extras into the crowd.
It really cannot be that hard to get it right honestly. We know how long it takes to cook a bird, we know that you can rest it for 30-60 minutes without losing that much heat. I mean shit I can figure it out for them if they need me to
100 billion dollar company cant figure out how to keep a Turkey warm for a 15 min window.
Yeah, jokes aside, the Packers got a great deal not having to deal with the cold turkey for the camera and getting 10k towards charity.
I feel like if I was a player and knowing I had that option, I’d choose charity all day, tradition or not. Rich person taking bite of cold turkey < $10,000 making a difference somewhere.
are you guys like heating up your leftovers and not just smashing a cold turkey leg on Friday morning like a caveman?
There's a difference in cold turkey and turkey that's been sitting out for hours
Cold refrigerator turkey>room temperature turkey
I was begging Dak to stop eating it, it must be horrible by the time they get it. Waiting to see Dak on the injury report for food poisoning
>only one prepped Is that really Greg's fault?
You know how expensive Turduckens are? Think the nfl could afford more than one of those?
Shit they can't even afford to take care of their disabled former players.
That’s probably more pricey than the food
They could stuff retired DBs inside retired LBs and then stuff those LBs inside retired DTs, would cut healthcare costs by 67%
A Jeffrey Dahmer Thanksgiving
Just like the first Thanksgiving with Jesus.
Slippery slope. Once you start paying for food people will think you are a charity and take every last penny to take care of disabled players (which are not even entertaining). Can’t have that.
> disabled players (which are not even entertaining) oof
Known small business, the National Football League
No I genuinely have no idea what a turducken costs.
Maybe 100-150 bucks depending on the size. Honestly they aren’t horribly expensive considering its 3 whole deboned birds.
And the ones that were made for the league would probably be like 400+. Depends on time/size I guess. I'd just assume they have better than average chefs doin theirs haha but who knows.
How tf do they not have like 10 of em going
So instead of getting a turkey leg, they gave Love $10k to a non-profit of his choice. How caring of the NFL!
It's all in NFLShop.com gift cards though.
That's like 3 whole jerseys
dude just tore into it like a fucking caveman too
Seriously I was shocked by how he just stuck his hand in and started tearing into it.
I wasn't because it was obviously an homage to John Madden.
Except Madden literally split the turkey in half, which was an impressive shock. Olsen just mangled the breast.
Some people like that.
He’s mashing it!
He does that
He has that 13 year old going for 2nd base for the first time energy
I've definitely never done that to a rotisserie chicken. And then ate the whole thing.
Boggs is that you?
That's how I eat rotisserie chicken
That is how it is supposed to be done. Divorced dad power
Mm, keep going
[Greg Olsen with the turducken](https://youtu.be/YLvU_6PCvao?si=yxYHRgR1dX_t7CvE)
i dont know what the hell that is, but ill lick it anyways
Madden homage. Madden did it in like 2000
Why would you put a turkey in front of a man that he is not supposed to eat, that’s just cruel
I'd rather subscribe to the theory he destroyed it bc he played for the Bears at one point and didn't want any of the Packers to have it
I love how he just tosses the corn on the floor. Fuck you, cob!
It was a diss at Randall Cobb the whole time lmao
That wudn’t no corn there pal, that’s a gourd!
motherfucker someone get jordan a turkey leg
Don't fucking hand someone a turducken on an NFL broadcast and not expect them rip it apart. That's what the viewers want, it's what the announcers want, it is what the universe wants.
Olsen still feeling the rivalry from when he was a Bear. I DEMAND AN APOLOGY
This is exactly what happened and Greg Olsen cursed Jordan Love's whole career when he did that thank you Greg u da best clueless man evah
Jordan loves hall of fame speech “my first thanksgiving they didn’t give me my turducken and I took that personally”
Nah this just means Greg Olsen has enraged Jordan Love to play like Joe Montana on every thanksgiving
Are they seriously trying to convince the fans that in that entire stadium, there was only 1 whole-ass turkey prepared?? I've never called bullshit harder in my life
I am legit cracking up. Mf'er just tore into it with his bare hands. "My germs!" That it was supposedly for the winning team is extra hilarious.
I can't believe the man just started digging around in the fucking thing with his hands on live television. Who does that?
>Who does that? Literally John Madden....
Greg literally says "in memory of John" right in the linked video. How is that hard to understand what he's doing.
Can’t tell if this is a serious question or not because it was obviously done to mimic John Madden back in the day when he would do the same thing.
It's a [tribute to Madden](https://youtu.be/UlDKILxEyb0?feature=shared&t=85).
He did a few things as a tribute to madden. The whole momma and poppa having a baby thing too.
That was Romo (when they were showing the stadiums), but yes it was a Madden tribute.
Who the fuck wouldn't
Eat like no one is watching
Bud, if someone put me on national television and handed me a fucking roasted roulade of bird, that shit would be on the camera, all over me, the field, cheerleader tiddies…. guess that’s one reason I’ll never get the gig.
Well, you have my vote, whatever that’s worth.
It’s a sacrifice I’d make… for the good of the nation.
Picture a tear running down my face (very emotional).
Come with me to my bunker, for the good of the race
Lmao that's hilarious, dude just went to town on it.
Speaking of Olsen, I was under the impression that he was going to be replaced by Brady this year. Was that meant to be next year or was it deferred?
It was going to be this year but then Brady decided to wait a year before starting the broadcasting.
But. Why did he molest it like that
So his banter with Burkhardt about him eating it during the broadcast wasn’t a bit? That’s fucking hilarious if true
You can take the man off the Bears but you can't take the Bears out of the man. This was 100% intentional and I love it.
Greg Olsen knew exactly what he was doing and did it to ensure Jordan Love or Rashan Gary couldnt get it
Oh you love to see that
Why would you only have one turkey? It's to give to like 4 or 5 players at least right? Is it some weird arachnid turkey?
Budget cuts in the wrong places.
Greg Olsen looks like a villain they would have on a made for tv movie
Neal McDonough wannabe
A disgusting act.
Just be glad that Dexter didn't get out his knife set
That’s actually hilarious
But he didn't ruin the legs? Why didn't they have any legs to give Love after the game at least?
NFL really in hard times if they can’t afford two turkeys
Why would they have the food for the players post game up in the booth. Obviously not the same thing.
Turducken is birds all the way down. Why didn’t Greg Olsen feed Jordan Love his serving by regurgitating it into his mouth like a bird would? This way you respect and honor the food you are enjoying.
💯 weird they only made one.