Hayward, writer/editor of Fire&Knives and frankly one of the good guys in my view, has a bit of fun in this feature for The Guardian and deep fries a turkey. Good safety tips here as well (turn off gas when lowering turkey etc). Some friends of ours do this on the regular (Mr and Mrs QuailFarm if you have been following along...) and I can confirm that it tastes damn good. Deep fried quail ain't half bad either.