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The Complete Chicken Cookbook
More than 200 chicken recipes. Written in a clear and concise style and have been double tested in test kitchens.
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Jane Price
51 books2 followers'Jane Price' is a cookbook editor. Her books have been published by Whitecap Books and Murdoch Books.
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May 30, 2018
Found this cookbook in a used bookstore for two bucks week before last. It was in pristine condition so being a bit of a cookbook hoarder, I quickly latched onto it. Over the past weekend I started going through the recipes ... yes, I know, I need a life. I mean who reads cookbooks when you could be doing other things like drinking beer or watching baseball.
Anyway, being rather astute I quickly noticed that it was written in a slightly unusual way, ah like “Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4)” At first I thought “moderate” hmmm, i hope this ain’t no stinkin political cookbook. Then I thought Aha! — these are British recipes with Fahrenheit conversions for ‘Muricans. My suspicions were confirmed when I came across a recipe for Mulligatawny which is a British adaptation of an Indian dish. Gonna try that recipe for sure. I also note that when the book uses the word capsicum it is British for Chile pepper. Okay, so for we former colonials this cookbook requires a bit of interpretation.
I especially appreciated the opening section on “Chicken Basics” which addresses such things as: buying, determining freshness, storing and more with gems such as “Do not leave it sitting in the sun in the car or car boot. The internal temperature of a car left in full sun spells disaster to all chicken products.” This might be considered tongue in cheek except for the notion that people dumb enough to leave pets in the car in the hot sun would probably also leave chicken in the boot. This section also contains precise instructions on deboning chicken. Ah, instructions that would that would put the erstwhile Alton Brown to shame.
The soups section is particularly strong ranging from the aforementioned Mulligatawny to Thai-Style Chicken and Baby Corn to basic Chicken noodle soup that is elegant in its simplicity.
Okay, this is long already, but I am actually excited about trying several of the recipes in this book like the Burmese Chicken Curry and the Indonesian Chicken in Coconut Milk.
This is, in my not so humble opinion, a great cookbook. The attention to detail is incredible.
Anyway, being rather astute I quickly noticed that it was written in a slightly unusual way, ah like “Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4)” At first I thought “moderate” hmmm, i hope this ain’t no stinkin political cookbook. Then I thought Aha! — these are British recipes with Fahrenheit conversions for ‘Muricans. My suspicions were confirmed when I came across a recipe for Mulligatawny which is a British adaptation of an Indian dish. Gonna try that recipe for sure. I also note that when the book uses the word capsicum it is British for Chile pepper. Okay, so for we former colonials this cookbook requires a bit of interpretation.
I especially appreciated the opening section on “Chicken Basics” which addresses such things as: buying, determining freshness, storing and more with gems such as “Do not leave it sitting in the sun in the car or car boot. The internal temperature of a car left in full sun spells disaster to all chicken products.” This might be considered tongue in cheek except for the notion that people dumb enough to leave pets in the car in the hot sun would probably also leave chicken in the boot. This section also contains precise instructions on deboning chicken. Ah, instructions that would that would put the erstwhile Alton Brown to shame.
The soups section is particularly strong ranging from the aforementioned Mulligatawny to Thai-Style Chicken and Baby Corn to basic Chicken noodle soup that is elegant in its simplicity.
Okay, this is long already, but I am actually excited about trying several of the recipes in this book like the Burmese Chicken Curry and the Indonesian Chicken in Coconut Milk.
This is, in my not so humble opinion, a great cookbook. The attention to detail is incredible.
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