Change of Subject

[Chicken Dinner]

Since some seem to think we've been spending too much time talking about ball games, I thought is chance the subject to...cooking!

I decided to spatchcock a chicken last night an here's the results. Over on the Eastern Shore a lot of the VFD's do road side BBQ's to raise money from the folks going home from the beach. I've been trying to match the flavor for years. I'm getting closer, but it's still a work in process. (I end up cutting them in half as they're easier to work with on the grill.)

[Thumper]

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH! Youse dufes absolutely HATE us "normal" people ... like Cappy and myself for example! :banghead

[BarryBobPosthole]

Meh, go back to selling your cookware Thump.

Hank, isn't a spatchcock chicken one with the bones removed? I'm not at all familiar with how that's done or what it does for the flavor.
Can you splain?
BKB

[Thumper]

Cooking and baseball ... this place is going straight into the toilet lately! :slaphead

[Chicken Dinner]

I "think" spatchcock is an old English term for butter flying a bird. You start by cutting the backbone out with some kitchen shears and then I was taught to remove the sternum. I think the main advantage is uniformity in cooking and more surface area to soak up your marinade or rub. It sounds complicated, but it only takes five minutes and there are videos in YouTube.

[Chicken Dinner]

Cooking and baseball ... this place is going straight into the toilet lately! :slaphead

This from a guy who examines other people's turds and then posts about it. Jeez!

[Thumper]

:biggrin:biggrin:biggrin

[BarryBobPosthole]

Len has mentioned it before but I never got past chuckling about it (heh heh.....he said cock) to try it. so the rib bones stay in it?

BKB

[Big Muddy]

I got spatchcocked, last night....twice, as a matter of fact....hope word of it doesn't get back home. ;)

[Thumper]

Many years ago, I cold-cocked a guy after he grabbed my girlfriend's ass on the dance floor ... is that close?

[Chicken Dinner]

Yes, the ribs stay in. But, thinking about it I may try to remove them as well next time and see what happens.

[Bwana]

Color me hungry, that looks good!

[HideHunter]

I've gone off half-cocked a number of times..