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engastration

Jan 23, 2012 21:47


engastration, n.  The stuffing of one animal inside another, before presenting it for dinner.

The obvious modern (American) example is turducken (turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken); I gather that the English equivalent replaces the turkey with a goose.

Etymology:  from Greek gaster, abdomen.  Although the culinary concept has been ( ... )

tags: e, noun, ersatz_read, theme food, greek

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