spatchcocked

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The variety and quality on offer was stunning - not just mutton, but poussin, whole fish, prawns, crabs, spatchcocked quails as well huge assortments of mushrooms and vegetables - all laid out and waiting for to be cooked to order.

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  • Fraser is already known as the author of two parenting-ish books, The Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide and the Yummy Mummy's Family Handbook, upon publication of which a lot of people in the media spatchcocked her like a quail (or any other fine-boned, posh bird). —  The Guardian World News
  • And for the main dish, I do a version of the spatchcocked chick from Ruhlman's website, and for the basting sauce I use a whole lime and a whole lot of tarragon. —  Everydaystranger
  • The variety and quality on offer was stunning - not just mutton, but poussin, whole fish, prawns, crabs, spatchcocked quails as well huge assortments of mushrooms and vegetables - all laid out and waiting for to be cooked to order. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • He ordered the staff to select a defensive line eastward from Estcourt which his army might occupy until the end of the hot season His message to White in Ladysmith was still more pessimistic, and with an intention that was chivalrous but was not war he "spatchcocked"[25] into it a suggestion that White should surrender, and even indicated how the gain to the enemy could be minimised. —  A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans
  • I spatchcocked (butterflied) the turkey so the 16 pounder cooked in less than —  Rancho Gordo: Experiments from my mostly New World kitchen and gardens
 

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