Spatch cock, abbreviation of a diſpatch cock, an Iriſh diſh upon any ſudden occaſion. It is a hen juſt killed from the rooſt, or yard, and immediately ſkinned, ſplit, and broiled.
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Spatchcock
//ˈspæt͡ʃkɒk//
Synonyms for "spatchcock" (2 found)
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10 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- perhosbroileri noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
- perhoskana noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
- leikata perhoseksi verb (to cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking)
French
1 entries- crapaudine noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
Macedonian
3 entries- раши́рена ко́кошка noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
- раши́рена пти́ца noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
- и́сече и ра́шири verb (to cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking)
Polish
3 entries- drób pieczony na ruszcie noun (poultry cut along the spine and spread out)
- przygotować drób do pieczenia na ruszcie verb (to cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking)
- przygotowywać drób do pieczenia na ruszcie verb (to cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking)
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He then slew it [a chicken], dipped the corpse in boiling water to loosen the feathers, which he stripped off in masses, cut through its breast longitudinally, and with the aid of an iron plate, placed over a charcoal fire, proceeded to make a spatchcock, or as it is more popularly termed, a "sudden death."
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For the party, he spatchcocked and grilled some chickens.
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Katniss [Everdeen] emerges alone, smeared in blood and muck and gnawing on the charred remains of a spatchcocked squirrel.
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