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Grossest Thanksgiving recipes

Heart stoppers, belly bombers and the just plain bizarre. Ten dishes to avoid this holiday

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Topics: rachael ray, gross, Guy Fieri, The Food Network, sandra lee, Andrew Cuomo, Paula Deen, Thanksgiving, Food,

Grossest Thanksgiving recipes (Credit: Audubon Images)

Happy Thanksgiving! Time to make sure you have everything: Brine for the turkey? Check. Marshmallows for the sweet potatoes? Check. Onions for the green bean casserole? Check. Mealworms for the cornbread stuffing? Um, check?

From insect-filled feasts to turkey done Guy Fieri-style, here’s Salon’s roundup of the weirdest, the grossest and the downright strangest Thanksgiving fare our great nation (and Canada!) has to offer. Bon appétit!

Grossest Thanksgiving recipes

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  • A lifetime of unhealthy cooking might have scored Paula Deen a lucrative gig as spokesperson for a diabetes drug, but that's not exactly a ringing endorsement for this recipe. Credit: The Food Network

    Deep-fried stuffing on a stick

  • Tubby Dog in Alberta, Canada, might not be an American establishment, but it really "gets" America. This Thanksgiving-inspired dog is smothered in cranberry sauce, gravy, sauteed onions, cheese and stuffing. And it comes with a side of pumpkin pie in case you're still hungry. Credit: Tubby Dog

    The Gobbler

  • What would this list be without a turducken? A chicken in a duck in a turkey. Tasty? Sure. But it's still the Island of Dr. Moreau in food form. Credit: The Food Network

    Turducken

  • Guy Fieri wears flames on his shirt. He puts his sunglasses on backward. He is a wild, unpredictable TV personality. And this Thanksgiving, he suggests stuffing your turkey with ham, Brie and green chiles. It's a one-way ticket to Flavor Town! (And the neighboring hamlet Indigestion Town.) Credit: The Food Network

    Turkey Cordon Bleu stuffed with ham, roasted green chiles and Brie

  • Look, bacon apple pie sounds delicious. Bacon is amazing and good on every single thing in the world. But our love affair with pig fat is killing us, people! We are lining our arteries with delicious grease and turning our hearts into the anatomical equivalent of turduckens. Don't you love your family? Don't serve this to the family that you love! Credit: Food.com

    Bacon apple pie

  • Not to be mistaken for a dessert, this turkey cake is essentially a meatloaf (in the literal sense) on a dessert stand. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and marshmallows sub in for the frosting. Terrified? Enticed? We won't judge. Credit: Chow.com

    Turkey cake

  • In an alternative universe, Rachael Ray is president, "Yum-o" is the national anthem, and standard Thanksgiving fare is this turkey with chipotle Cheddar sweet potatoes and poblano green gravy. Credit: The Food Network

    Turkey with chipotle Cheddar sweet potatoes and poblano green gravy

  • Thanksgiving sushi: Turkey, sweet potato, stuffing and cranberry sauce wrapped in rice and seaweed. It's basically turducken with Japanese flair. Credit: Foodbeast.com

    Thanksgiving sushi

  • Bugging out over hosting your family for Thanksgiving this year? Well, so are the proprietors of the Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium in New Orleans. They've topped their Thanksgiving dinner with protein-rich wax worms, crickets and mealworms. Pro: Won't give you indigestion. Con: Will give you nightmares. Credit: Audubon Images

    Buggin' out

  • Sandra Lee calls these gelatin confections "cranberry molds," but let's be real: These are vodka-soaked Jell-O shots with crushed walnuts on top. Who knew that New York's unofficial first lady was such a party animal? (Trick question: Everyone knew that.) Credit: Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee via iVillage

    Cranberry "molds"

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