Comments on: Szechuan Peppercorn Roasted Chicken

By: Florida Title Company

Florida Title Company — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:44 +0000

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By: arthur

arthur — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:08:04 +0000

In response to your comment #15: instead of a food processor to grind up the peppercorns and salt I used a Japanese mortar (a “suribachi” ) and pestle . The inside of the bowl is unglazed and has a ridged, striated pattern from bottom to top. Traditionally, the pestle was made from the Szechuan pepper tree (interesting coincidence for this dish). The suribachi (the volcano on the island of Iwo Jima, of WWII fame is named after it) and its pestle are great for any kind of food grinding activity (pesto, etc.); I find of small size most useful (about 5 1/2 in. across the top). Texture is easy to control and it grinds very rapidly. I actually prepared the chicken as a pollo al mattone (Italian butterflied chicken flattened under bricks), using a cast iron skillet and a 10 lb barbell on a pot cover for a weight (based on the recipe in Patricia Wells’ Trattoria book).

suribachi: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/suribachis.htm
Iwo Jima: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
“Trattoria”: http://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Wells-Trattoria-Inspired-Restaurants/dp/0060936525

By: P

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:12:15 +0000

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It’s illegal to give hormones to chickens in the first place. It’s like advertizing cold ice, or wet water.

By: AudBelle

AudBelle — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:45:32 +0000

Mmm…Mmmm…Mmmm…made the seasonings and roasted the “cornish hens” tonight. It all took a lil’ shy of 40 minutes, the hens came out really juicy and bursting with flavors from the stuffing and salt seasoning We wallup all. I think my hubby really liked it (either he was really hungry or plain liking the seasoning). My lil’ guy had all four of the hen drumsticks and many bites of breast meat. This is definitely a keeper! Thanks much Jaden, you rock!

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