I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
time saver.


So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?


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1.8 Meats

If a recipe calls for spatchcocks, you can use Cornish game hens

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> hahabogus asks:
>
>So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?

http://www.nakedwhiz.com/spatchdef.htm


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"hahabogus" > wrote in message
...
> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> time saver.
>
>
> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?

According to the dictionary, it is the splitting open of a dressed chicken
prior to cooking. Here is the link:
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...patchcock&r=67

Vox Humana wrote:
>
> "hahabogus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> > recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> > basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> > flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> > time saver.
> >
> >
> > So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
>
> According to the dictionary, it is the splitting open of a dressed chicken
> prior to cooking.

Wouldn't that damage it's clothing?
I'd probably spatchcock my chicken naked (the chicken
not me).

Kate

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hahabogus > wrote in message >.. .
> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> time saver.
>
>
> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 1.8 Meats
>
> If a recipe calls for spatchcocks, you can use Cornish game hens
>
> ----------------------------------------

Spatchcocking is the butterflying method you mention - perhaps it's
one of those things where the verb is now the noun...English language,
ever changing. ;-)

N.

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:46:33 GMT, hahabogus
> wrote:

> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> time saver.
>
>
> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
>
>

www.dictionary.com
spatchcock

n : flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back
and grilled

Go to www.google.com toggle the "images" tab and enter
spatchcock into the search box. The very first image you
get is a spatchcocked bird on a webber grill.

HTH


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

"Kate Connally" > wrote in message
...
> Vox Humana wrote:
> >
> > "hahabogus" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have
many
> > > recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking
is
> > > basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> > > flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as
a
> > > time saver.
> > >
> > >
> > > So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
> >
> > According to the dictionary, it is the splitting open of a dressed
chicken
> > prior to cooking.
>
> Wouldn't that damage it's clothing?
> I'd probably spatchcock my chicken naked (the chicken
> not me).

But there lies the irony. A dressed chicken is actually naked. Who makes
up this stuff?

Vox Humana wrote:

> "Kate Connally" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Vox Humana wrote:
>>
>>> "hahabogus" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But
>>>> I have many recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those
>>>> recipes spatchcocking is basically butterflying the chicken
>>>> by cutting out the backbone and flattening out the chicken
>>>> prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a time saver.

Not so much a time saver as a way to assure even cooking. A
spatchcocked chicken is about the same thickness throughout. It would
cook at the same rate that way.

>>>> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
>>>
>>> According to the dictionary, it is the splitting open of a
>>> dressed chicken prior to cooking.
>>
>> Wouldn't that damage it's clothing? I'd probably spatchcock my
>> chicken naked (the chicken not me).
>
> But there lies the irony. A dressed chicken is actually naked.
> Who makes up this stuff?

Versace?

Pastorio

Nancy Dooley wrote:
>
> hahabogus > wrote in message >.. .
> > I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> > recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> > basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> > flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> > time saver.
> >
> >
> > So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 1.8 Meats
> >
> > If a recipe calls for spatchcocks, you can use Cornish game hens
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
>
> Spatchcocking is the butterflying method you mention - perhaps it's
> one of those things where the verb is now the noun...English language,
> ever changing. ;-)
>
> N.

UK supermarkets sell spatchcocked small chickens, usually poussins. The
birds have been split, flattened and cross-skewered into shape for
grilling. Not certain if small game birds are also sold that way.

It's the method of roasting a chicken recommended by Good Eats,
America's Test Kitchen, and Me.

--Blair
"Because it's good."

hahabogus > wrote:

> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting.

Indeed, and you can also split the breastbone instead.

> Used mostly as a
> time saver.

Not only. In such recipes as the Georgian/Armenian chicken tapaka
(chicken under press) and the Italian pollo al mattone (chicken under
bricks) the method is essential and not just a time saver. The results
are very pleasing indeed.

> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 1.8 Meats
>
> If a recipe calls for spatchcocks, you can use Cornish game hens
>
> ----------------------------------------

In my personal experience in England, the word 'spatchcock' is
occasionally used as a synonym of 'poussin' or 'young (or baby)
chicken'. The entry was put in the FAQ by Amy Gale, a Kiwi, which makes
me think the term is/was used likewise in NZ. The entry is still there
mostly for nostalgic reasons.

Victor

Victor Sack wrote:
>
> hahabogus > wrote:
>
> > I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> > recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> > basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> > flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting.
>
> Indeed, and you can also split the breastbone instead.
>
> > Used mostly as a
> > time saver.
>
> Not only. In such recipes as the Georgian/Armenian chicken tapaka
> (chicken under press) and the Italian pollo al mattone (chicken under
> bricks) the method is essential and not just a time saver. The results
> are very pleasing indeed.
>
> > So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> > 1.8 Meats
> >
> > If a recipe calls for spatchcocks, you can use Cornish game hens
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
>
> In my personal experience in England, the word 'spatchcock' is
> occasionally used as a synonym of 'poussin' or 'young (or baby)
> chicken'.


Yes only occasionally. Normally the bird must be split and skewered for
the term to be used.

>The entry was put in the FAQ by Amy Gale, a Kiwi, which makes
> me think the term is/was used likewise in NZ. The entry is still there
> mostly for nostalgic reasons.
>
> Victor