Ballotine Chicken THROWDOWN-- winner gets BIG prize!

Jeremiah · January 2015

It's throwdown time eggers!

@NPHuskerFL‌ called it: ballotine chicken.

Yeah I had to look it up: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballotine

Per husker: "Contest to begin Friday 1-16-15 thru Sunday 1-18-15 up to the wee hours into 1-19-15 w/in reason. Last vote to be cast on 1-20-15 by say noon."

Rules:
Vote once damnit.
2 pictures per entry, one on the egg, on plated. (Forks optional)

CELL PHONE pics only. Gives us rookies a shot.

PRIZE: One bottle ($10 at my local store) of the winner's favorite Dizzy Pig rub/seasoning. --sorta following in @SmokeyPitt‌ 's tradition. Not as great as his----sorry but I'm dirt poor. :(

This will be the unofficial thread so ask your questions, make suggestions here, and I'll make an official entry thread Friday.

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

\m/ Rock out with your ballotine out! Sounds like a winner boss.

Little Steven · January 2015

Now that took a while

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

Little Steven said:
Now that took a while

Still egging so, I delayed.

blind99 · January 2015

Keep your ballotine in your pants please X_X

Jeremiah · January 2015

Little Steven said:
Now that took a while

Hey! You know the saying; "everything moves slower in the south" >:D<

DMW · January 2015

Whole chicken only, or are parts (thighs) acceptable?

Little Steven · January 2015

DMW said:

Whole chicken only, or are parts (thighs) acceptable?

It starts

Jeremiah · January 2015

I say go for it Dwayne... @NPHuskerFL‌ ??

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

Ballotine by definition would be deboning the chicken. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballotine
I see no problem with this. Have at it @DMW‌

DMW · January 2015

OK, not sure if I'm in or not, but we'll see what this weekend holds. Just might be stuffed chicken of some sort for Saturday...

stemc33 · January 2015

@DMW‌, I'm hoping to give this a shot as well, but I just gotta say "I will not be voting for thighs". This is the 21st century and thighs just don't cut it.

DMW · January 2015

stemc33 said:

@DMW‌, I'm hoping to give this a shot as well, but I just gotta say "I will not be voting for thighs". This is the 21st century and thighs just don't cut it.

I just checked the Wikipedia link above and Ballotine by traditional definition is a deboned thigh, tied or trussed.

The reason i asked is in the other thread Galantine Ballotine chicken was mentioned. I'm not super clear on the definitions, but i thought Gallantine was a whole whatever sliced and served cold, and Ballotine was a single serving size piece served either hot or cold.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galantine

Just need to make sure we are clear on the particulars, these things are serious.

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

@DMW‌ I was speaking more of a whole chicken....Galantine Ballotine.

blind99 · January 2015

@dmw you're right! I bet a lot of us were introduced to this from the Pepin YouTube video, where he uses the terms galantine and ballotine interchangeably to describe a whole deboned stuffed chicken. So that's what I thought the throwdown was about.

Anyhow, it's @NPHuskerFL‌ 's fault because he controls YouTube.

DMW · January 2015

NPHuskerFL said:

@DMW‌ I was speaking more of a whole chicken....Galantine Ballotine.

I assumed that was the case. I was just being pedantic because Little Steven mentioned rule setting and details, so I figured I would run with it last night. And then I had to post my Wiki links this morning...

@dmw you're right! <------I need to save this quote for my wife for when she thinks I'm wrong 8-}

THEBuckeye · January 2015

NO FORKS!!!

[-X

Legume · January 2015

THEBuckeye said:

NO FORKS!!!
[-X

No way man, my whole strategy hinges on forks.

Jeremiah · January 2015

NPHuskerFL said:
@DMW‌ I was speaking more of a whole chicken....Galantine Ballotine.

That was my fault. I thought the two terms were interchangeable. Sorry. I keep telling y'all I'm a complete moron.

tarheelmatt · January 2015

I am polishing my forks up right now! I cannot wait!

MadcapMagician · January 2015

I don't even know what this is so, as they say in Shark Tank...I am out.

sumoconnell · January 2015

I have a big forking idea. Is gratuitious nudity OK in my 2 phtotos?

tarheelmatt · January 2015

MadcapMagician said:

I don't even know what this is so, as they say in Shark Tank...I am out.

Mangle a chicken... Pull the bone out... Stuff with anything you can find (put cream cheese in it), wrap with bacon, cook on Egg, plate it, place a fork on the plate, snap picture with your phone, submit, and win big thangs!

EDIT - Thanks @blind99

blind99 · January 2015

@tarheelmatt‌ you forgot a crucial step: wrap in bacon

tarheelmatt · January 2015

blind99 said:

@tarheelmatt‌ you forgot a crucial step: wrap in bacon

Big mistake! Fixed and edited! Thank you

saluki2007 · January 2015

Would love to get in on this, but going to be in Chicago this weekend. :((

SmokeyPitt · January 2015

Here is the vid referred to earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku5p1CcGn70

SmokeyPitt · January 2015

"It should only take a minute to debone a chicken". Famous last words!

Video is 10.5 minutes

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jlsm · January 2015

Great! Hoping I can use a game hen instead of a chicken and cook it on the mini. I love these and I'm working on a new stuffing recipe.

SmokeyPitt · January 2015

jlsm said:

Great! Hoping I can use a game hen instead of a chicken and cook it on the mini. I love these and I'm working on a new stuffing recipe.

Qualifies:
In the United States, a Cornish game hen, also sometimes called a Cornish hen, poussin, Rock Cornish hen, or simply Rock Cornish, is a hybrid chicken sold whole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_game_hen

grege345 · January 2015

Let the mutilation begin

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