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To wonder why my chicken is floating?

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 18:45

Have never poached a chicken before. Followed JO’s online poached chicken recipe. All fine until I checked it after about 20 minutes gentle poaching to find it floating on the water instead of sitting on the bottom of the saucepan and covered with water.

Does it matter?

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 19:03

Have just worked it out. 🙄

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TinySaltLick · 09/09/2023 19:04

Was your chicken made from wood?

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 09/09/2023 19:19

Cavity full of air?

DPotter · 09/09/2023 19:20

well they do have wings

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/09/2023 19:26

Anyone picturing a pet chicken dicking about in a child’s paddling pool?

I was going to offer that her feathers might be hot.

fairyfluf · 09/09/2023 19:27

Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 19:03

Have just worked it out. 🙄

What did you work out?

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 20:06

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 09/09/2023 19:19

Cavity full of air?

Almost this — I forgot to take out the plastic bag full of bits.

All previous replies made me 😂.

Happy Saturday! (Why am I in a hot kitchen preparing food for self invited visitors tomorrow is the other question 😳😊)

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EarringsandLipstick · 09/09/2023 20:07

I've never had chicken sit on the bottom when being poached - the act of heating the water will mean the chicken is further up in the water

But not on top of the water either!

I'm also curious as to what you worked out?

user1473878824 · 09/09/2023 20:08

I mean it would float without that too…..!

EarringsandLipstick · 09/09/2023 20:08

Ah sorry, it's a whole chicken you were poaching, not chicken pieces.

AgnesNaismith · 09/09/2023 20:08

Fancy chicken with the giblets!

ghostyslovesheets · 09/09/2023 20:22

TinySaltLick · 09/09/2023 19:04

Was your chicken made from wood?

and therefore a witch!

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 20:26

AgnesNaismith · 09/09/2023 20:08

Fancy chicken with the giblets!

Yeah - Fancy Chicken !!

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Hellocatshome · 09/09/2023 20:31

I too was imagining a pet chicken and hoping it hadn't drowned in s horrific paddling pool incident.

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 20:35

I’m on a roll of stupid tonight.

I bought some M and S work trousers. They are slightly too short but 🤷‍♀️. The hem has come down on one leg. I have just mended the hem IN THE ORIGINAL position before it occurred to me to add half an inch by letting them down.

I need an early night. Even if it is Saturday.

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 20:36

Hellocatshome · 09/09/2023 20:31

I too was imagining a pet chicken and hoping it hadn't drowned in s horrific paddling pool incident.

😳😳

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fairyfluf · 09/09/2023 20:42

How do you poach a whole chicken? Do you have a massive pan?

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Izzy24 · 09/09/2023 20:46

fairyfluf · 09/09/2023 20:42

How do you poach a whole chicken? Do you have a massive pan?

It wasn’t a huge chicken…. but I did inherit a large pan from my Mum!

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