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Cookbook club - May challenge - learn to joint a chicken!

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Curioustiger · 01/05/2013 17:22

This is a follow on thread from the cookbook club threads for April and May. As you may know by my obsessive food fuelled postings we choose two cookery books a month, and then cook a minimum of two recipes from each, so four recipes a month. As a spin off some of us are interested in also trying some specific techniques, for example making macaroons or gnocchi or pasta. The idea is that we will:

  1. pick one technique a month (I think... but tbd)
  2. try and either learn something new or help others improve (eg by pointing out websites with good tutorials or your own experience or whatever)
  3. chat about it.

Everybody's welcome and we will try and pick techniques that don't require lots of kit, or at least mix it up a bit. You definitely don't need to be on the other thread to do this one.

As a starter I would really like to know how to joint a chicken. So that can be our first technique but very happy to take suggestions for later ones. I realise this is not very veggie friendly so perhaps we can do some veggie ones next!

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Curioustiger · 08/05/2013 18:13

That looks much better than the Delia method - which admittedly I definitely cocked up, but even if I'd done it correctly I think Gordon's way is better! I'll try that next time (hopefully this week).

Btw all I think we should do a new technique from next week... Any preferences? Shall we do artichokes?

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ELR · 08/05/2013 18:22

Are thy in season yet? Not sure where I would get them to be honest.

Curioustiger · 08/05/2013 18:28

Just checked and ocado stock them - not sure if they're in season though as they also stock raspberries year round! Happy to do artichokes or something else if the consensus is now is not the right time.

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piebald · 08/05/2013 20:34

A chicken is really easy to joint -honestly once you have done it a couple of times you wont go back to buying separate portions. I often buy 3 at a time and do them and make a big pan of stock. One tip is when you lay the leg out to separate drumstck and thigh there is a line of white fat and if you cut along that you will get the middle of the joint. You can separate the wings into smaller pieces too to cook like Buffalo wings

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