butterflying

Also known as butterflying, it's an age-old term that pertains to any fowl.

NYT > Home Page By MELISSA CLARK 2011

I'm now pestered to go out "butterflying" after tea (which turns into a general mess about in our local nature area).

Is it OK to use a butterfly net? 2010

I think I will have to try "butterflying" sometime since I am very impatient with my food.

I brined a pork tenderloin, and I liked it. Sara 2008

Churchill's lifelong secret passion for butterflies began as a young boy when he went 'butterflying' in the fields near to his school in Sussex, "he said.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

The debacle appears to have dispirited even Churchill, whose interest in butterflies began at the age of six, when he wrote to his mother, Lady Jennie Churchill: "I am never at a loss to do anything while I am in the country for I shall be occupied with 'butterflying' all day

The Guardian World News 2010

But the occasions when I went butterflying with Dad, once again, were the most enjoyable.

Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

Dad and I did not go butterflying together in earnest for nearly a decade after I went to university and was sucked into a busy world of work.

Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

We have been with the social butterflying for the last couple of days.

Calloo callay, a lovely day editormum 2008

Using a sharp knife, cut the meat lengthwise, butterflying the meat but do not cut it all the way through.

Herb Stuffed Pork Loin Jennifer 2009

The same idea can be applied to any trimsay you had chunks of lamb left over from butterflying a leg, or scraps from trimming and cleaning a beef tenderloin.

Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009