A while back, Bob Evans started selling broasted chicken. Well, I thought the neologism was a combination of "broiled" and "roasted." I was wrong. Last night we had some broasted chicken from Bob Evans. It came in a box shaped like a barn, which would have made the chickens very happy if they weren't dead and broasted. When I opened the box it looked like fried chicken. So why isn't it called "froasted" or "bried?" Well, according to that wonderful, well respected source, Wikipedia, "broasting" is a method of cooking that is the exclusive right of, guess what, the Broaster Company.
The result is really fried chicken, but the chicken is fried under pressure. I don't know what kind of pressure the chickens are under, but that is how it works. Maybe we can take advantage of this method when we are in negotiations. "Sign this agreement or we will broast you."
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ReplyDeleteFrying chicken under pressure is what a man named Harland David Sanders did over 75 years ago and people liked the taste. I passed the colonel on the street one time in Louisville, wearing his white suit and string tie. He never wore anything else in public the last 20 years of his life.
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DeleteApparently the only difference between broasted chicken and KFC is in the spices because they both use a pressure fryer. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
ReplyDeleteApparently the only difference between broasted chicken and KFC is in the spices because they both use a pressure fryer. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
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