So what is spatchcocking?

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hahabogus asks:

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

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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:
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:46:33 GMT, hahabogus <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

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?

A 'Spatchcock' is a young chicken as well as a preparation
method, the later being the more familiar. I think
spatchcock, the actual bird, is/was a mostly British-ism.

-sw

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Quoted message said:

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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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.

hahabogus said:

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

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

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hahabogus said:

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.

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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.

Quoted message said:

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

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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

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Quoted message said:

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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Quoted message said:

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.

Victor Sack said:

hahabogus said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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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

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I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined
below. But I have

many

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recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those
recipes spatchcocking

is

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basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the
backbone and flattening out the chicken prior to
grilling/roasting. Used mostly as

a

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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

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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?

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> 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.

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> 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