spatchcock
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Noun — A chicken or other bird that has been split open along the backbone and flattened, so it cooks more evenly.
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Etymology
The noun is probably derived from one of the following: * A variant of spitchcock (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). from Middle English spiche-coke, The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: ** From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (som...
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