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Turducken is a Louisiana Cajun butcher shop specialty that became entwined with football and holiday traditions thanks to NFL legend John Madden. Here's the story of how it all happened.

Late NFL football coach and broadcaster John Madden arguably put the turducken on the map.

Madden ate his first on-air turducken on December 1, 1996, during a game between the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams at the Louisiana Superdome.

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Late NFL football coach and broadcaster John Madden arguably put the turducken on the map.