Baked Camel

From: Sue L

On May 1, 2008

I was going to make this for Thanksgiving last year in the style of Turducken, but it took so long to prepare the meats that it wasn't ready until the 4th of July. We made our "Turkamella" by stuffing the fish into the turkey, and that into the lamb, and that into the camel. (we forgot the eggs and dates!) We used the eggs and dates we had to stuff the empty eye sockets to keep the thing less creepy, and used 28 cases of Stove Top stuffing to fill the crevices of the turkey before we sewed it up. Of course, it was too hot in July to dig a pit of that size, so we loaded the turkamella on the back of a flatbed tractor-trailer and drove it over to the Wal-Mart parking lot, which we knew that in July, is hot enough to cook anything. It only took about two hours in that heat to cook it through and through. Then we discovered that we had no knives large enough to carve it, so we moved the turkamella off the flatbed into a trailer and drove through the drive-thru of Taco-Bell on the way out of Wal-Mart. We bought just one burrito which we deftly placed in the mouth of the turkamella. We quickly closed the doors to the trailer, and waited. About a minute later the turkamella exploded into bits from the gas buildup. We made skewers out of the shards of the trailer and made shish kebabs out of the bits of cooked meat. I would have posted sooner, but it took this long for the jailers and ourselves to finish off the last of it. Next time I'll get a permit to buy explosive devices first. Who would have thought a burrito was against the law?

From: Melissa and Her Pants

On Mar 11, 2008

I'm watching my weight so I substituted Egg Beaters for the seagull eggs. It was a little runny but once I realized I could just use a little date paste to seal the carp it was fine. I would also add some salt as this was a little on the bland side. Thanks for sharing!

From: LittleKiwiChook

On Oct 9, 2005

Unlike Kathy I didn't have too many problems with the lambs - they had just been shorn so it worked out well. I was able to source all of the ingredients bar the seagull eggs at my local Tesco (thank goodness for superstores). Luckily I was down in Brighton & was able to steal some seagull eggs so it all worked out well. My boyfriend got a bit upset as it took 3 days to dig the pit, the meat seemed to cook well however we had a bit of trouble getting the camel out of the pit - I would recommend using the business pages of your telephone directory to find a local crane service - luckily we had a winch guy who lived locally so that wasn't a problem either. There were lots of leftovers, but they froze well. Thanks for the great recipe!

From: Kathy228

On Jul 8, 2005

You didn't specify if the lamb should be shaved, or the turkey plucked. Also the camel, does it get skinned? Well I did all that and I'm glad I did. Because now I have lamb's wool to make winter coats, feathers for mattress stuffing, and the camel skin is on the floor in front of the fireplace. Thanks for such a versatile recipe.