I don’t really love chicken drumsticks. I love lamb, so I’ll pick up the bone to chew off all the goodness. But if i get stuck with a drumstick, I’ll just eat the parts that are easy to remove with a fork and knife.
We usually buy whole chickens, and the drumsticks often end up in the stockpot.
Good point. I was thinking fried.
Poached chicken legs? Is this really a thing?
Poached whole chicken is certainly a thing, and you might have been served the leg. For that matter, poached chicken thigh (including the leg) is something I’ve seen on restaurant menus.
When I poach chicken/parts it’s because I’m going to strip off all the meat to use in a recipe.
Mmm! Save me that rubbery chicken skin!
The lamb poll didn’t have a choice for “yuck.”
I’ve had garlic oil poached chicken, so, yeah, it’s a thing, and quite good if you’re in the mood for it. Although I do note that to improve the appearance it was either seared first, placed under a salamander briefly or hit with a torch after very carefully.
I had to look this up. I was pretty sure it didn’t refer to either the amphibian or the fire elemental.
Salamander: Cookery. A circular iron plate which is heated and placed over a pudding or other dish to brown it.
-bolding of ‘fire elemental’ added by me-
The fact that this comes to mind for posters here is one of the reasons I love this place.
I took the term “good restaurant” to mean white cloth tablecloths, heavy silverware, and general upscale dining. Knife and fork for just about everything (all BBQ ribs are meant to be picked up, regardless of the restaurant),
In truth, when I am out for lunch, I often got for a quarter chicken, dark meat at a local fast casual mediterranean place (so roast chicken). That’s a leg, a thigh, a drumstick, and a wing. The wing gets picked up, the drumstick and thigh get cut up and eaten with a fork. It helps that the chicken is fall off the bone cooked.
Lambchops properly cooked can be eaten with a knife and fork without leaving much meat behind, though as a child, we ate a lot of lamb and lambchops were always eaten by picking them up (why would you give food a handle if you didn’t intend for it to be eaten by hand?).
– if “celebrate” means “call me up and sing happy birthday to me, and maybe (or maybe not) send a card and occasionally a present”.
More likely it’s a salamander oven which is a high temperature broiler found in restaurants. Not an iron plate. Basically, the same function though
My gf’s family all have this tradition where we all call people on their birthday and they know not to answer. Then, at the end of the day the birthday boy/girl has a dozen or so different Happy Birthday songs recorded.
I so don’t care about my birthday, and haven’t for as long as I recall, but the family always gets together on birthdays and I do like that.
Eh, BBQ ribs are greasy and usually covered in sauce. I prefer using a knife and fork.
The poll doesn’t say anything about the number of candles on the cake. It’s been quite a while since anybody tried to fit a number corresponding to my age on there; but I think that every year there’s been a birthday cake (which isn’t every year) there have been candles, though sometimes the candles were rummaged out of my cupboards. – come to think of it, that might be wrong. I did get a cake in 2024, but I think no candles were involved. It was very good cake, however.
My wife and I spoil each other on our birthdays by many presents. Possibly at my next gaming session with my friends, they will have cupcakes or something,
I can’t recall if I ever had a cake with birthday candles on it, but presumably?
Bad poll on parties- I go up to the host and or birthday boy and thank/congratulate them and leave.