Turducken: Freak of Nature, or Culinary Delight?

It might look like any other Turkey, but this ain't your momma's Thanksgiving recipe!

You remember that song "There was an old lady that swallowed a fly?" Well, Turducken is what happens when a Turkey swallows a fly: It swallows a duck and chicken to kill the fly.

I seem to recall one or two people mentioning a weird Thanksgiving recipe involving stuffing a chicken, and then putting the chicken inside a duck, and then putting the duck inside the turkey. I had something completely different in mind. Turducken, a creation of Chef Paul Prudhomme, is a deboned poultry delight stuffed with three kinds of stuffings. Follow the link for illustrated step-by-step instructions.

Check out the assembly process! If I ever try this, I'll wind up with Frankenducken.

Only 5 hours preparation time, 8 hours cooking time, and 1 hour sitting time! The preparation time is insane, the thought of deboning all that poultry makes me fear for my didgets...and yet I'm strangely drawn to the Turducken. It's really cool that it looks like a normal Turkey, but you cut right through it (no bones!!). I'm convinced anything this complicated must taste like sin coated chocolate. Has anyone out there ever tried this?