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Default Pheasant under glass?

in article , Robert Klute at
wrote on 18/10/03 3:52 PM:

> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:59:00 GMT, jmarvell >
> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me about this dish?

>
> It is a presentation method, where the dish is kept under a glass bell
> or dome. It helps keep the dish hot. Although most think of an entire
> pheasant served whole under a large dome, most recipes I have seen have
> been for the breast. Vincent Price's "A Treasury of Great Recipes" has
> a recipe for Breast of Pheasant sous Clouche from Antoine's in New
> Orleans where the dish is served under a glass bell.
>
> Pheasant is another one of those game animals that require aging.
> Brillat-Savarin (of Iron Chef fame) thought that a good chicken was
> better than fresh pheasant. He recommended at least 8 days of aging.


Thanks, Much appreciated.

J