As nouns the difference between poultry and spatchcock
is that
poultry is domestic fowl (eg chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs) while
spatchcock is chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking (see below).
As a verb spatchcock is
to cut poultry along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.
poultry English
Noun
(-)
domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs)
the meat from a domestic fowl
Related terms
* poult
* poulter
* poulterer
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spatchcock English
Noun
( en noun)
Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.)
A rushed effort.
Verb
( en verb)
To cut poultry along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.
- spatchcocked chicken
To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into)
*1922 , Joyce, Ulysses ,
- Why is the underplot of King Lear in which Edmund figures lifted out of Sidney's Arcadia and spatchcocked on to a Celtic legend older than history?
To prepare in haste.
Usage notes
* Also known as Frogging the chicken.
See also
* butterfly
* spitchcock
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