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  • When my angelheart Eric pointed out the dish, not only was I keen to try another version of spatch-cocked chicken that is to say, a whole chicken flattened once its backbone has been removed, which cuts down on cooking time, but I was also intrigued by the notion of a Pollo alla Diavola that didn't only rely on dried red peppers and black pepper as its seasoning condimento.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Shaun 2007

  • As the thirsty men quaffed huge quantities of drink and boasted about their day's efforts, Justinus and I, each gnawing rather daintily on pieces of spatch-cocked grilled game, were led off looking sheepish so we could meet the man in charge.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • "You'd keep the hen and have it spatch-cocked," said Grubb.

    The War in the Air 1906

  • I am hungry enough to be interested even in minced mule and spatch-cocked locusts, after all this.

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • We also had a Chicken Flattee, a whole spatch-cocked chicken in a plastic bag ... the plastic bag makes it cook quicker and nicer apparently!

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • “You’d keep the hen and have it spatch-cocked,” said Grubb.

    The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

  • Do you remember the words of the editor: 'In the spavined and spatch-cocked ruin to which our inhuman enemies have reduced civilization, we of the island shine with undimmed effulgence in all those qualities which mark man out from the ravening beast'? "

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • Do you remember the words of the editor: 'In the spavined and spatch-cocked ruin to which our inhuman enemies have reduced civilization, we of the island shine with undimmed effulgence in all those qualities which mark man out from the ravening beast'? "

    The Burning Spear John Galsworthy 1900

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