March 12, 2005

There's more than one way to mummify a chicken.
posted by forksclovetofu 19 years ago
  • /sob
  • We found that we could only reach the brain if we entered the skull from the back of the neck. They found it difficult to remove the brain in one piece, and it bothered some of the students to see it 'mushed.' Ghoulish.
  • hows this for ghoulish...i forget if its at the british museum or the met in new york but one of them has the cutest little diorama of mummies being made...a square platform about a foot and a half on a side is bisected diagonally by two walls to make four triangular rooms of equal size...there are doorways between the rooms and the whole thing represents a mummy making workshop...the different steps (removing organs, soaking in salt, wrapping, etc) are represented in each room...in the one with the salt, there are big bins along the wall full of salt with little feet peeking out (teh cute)...but the cutest bit is a little dog running away off the platform with a little human heart in his mouth. there's even a worker chasing him off, brandishing a stick...his mouth a perfect 'O'. Hilarious! they found it in the tomb of a priest who presided over mummifications ca. 2500 B.C. (or 4500 years old....wowza) its one of my favorite pieces...anyone know where it is?
  • ...and I happen to know from firsthand experience.
  • Yeah, bright idea, guys. Now we're going to be plagued with undead chicken mummys, shuffling through the streets, clucking hollowly, trying to steal our souls and take them back to the underworld. Graaaaaaaaaaaain...
  • MCT: HAH! teh funny Alex W. and his mother concocted a recipe for making a chicken mummy. Man, that's sick. Me and my kid used to make cookies. Not just chickens roaming the streets: ... mice intestines can have a bad odor (although I don't always notice) and the rats had virtually no odor at all. ...I'm not sure if it was the sight of the brain or the cracking sound that occurred as they broke through the skull. You can almost visualize the doctors and nurses of the future! Braaaaaaaains, tasty braaaaaaaains. But the cracking noise is so off-putting. Yea, I'm sure I want to be worked over by the doctors and nurses of the future when what THEY get off on is ... MUMMIFICAION! MCT: So if the naked undead go seeking underwear, do they moan, "Haaaaaaaanes"?
  • Sometime in the near future, earth is invaded by chickens from another galaxy, bent on revenge against the human race for oppressing earth chickens!
  • Mummy Generalissimo Franco is looking for Spaaaaaaaaain.
  • Those aren't chickens - those are quaagar warriors.
  • That's sacrilidge!!!!!!!!!! You demons are commiting Hereshy! Save me a drum stick. Eh what? What's this about lving dead mummie turkeys then? Dead chickens roaming the bloody streets? Thats BRILLiant! Just like one of dem 'orror flicks. Day of d' livin' drumsticks? BRILLIANT! Thats a rather fowl idea, it would be ofal. Awfually cool that is. Mumified cocks, I think they should be doing this in all the schools, I do.
  • Graaaaaaaaaaaain... Still laughing....thanks, MCT
  • You demons are commiting Hereshy So, Crackpot, is that like Chicken Mole? * 1 1/2 pound Boneless, Skinless Chicken Pieces -- cut in strips * 1 Onion -- chopped * 1 clove Garlic -- chopped * 6 ounces Dry Sherry * Salt and Pepper * Bay Leaf * Cloves, to taste * Cinnamon, to taste * Thyme, to taste * 2 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder Sprinkle chicken strips with spices. Add garlic and sherry and let marinate. Heat oil in a saucepan and brown chicken pieces. Add onion and continue cooking over low heat. Add marinade. Cook 20 minutes. Stir in cocoa. Cook 10 minutes. Remove chicken with slotted spoon. Reduce sauce, serve over chicken. Eat 'em up, yums.
  • Deep underground the chicken mole spends its life within a hole, shedding feathers as it walks while staying safe from chicken hawks.
  • Hi Nostril and beeswacky and path and Christophine... (and Decani? no, I guess he's really gone). Good to see you all around still. Who will bananize a new generation of Monkeys if the elders leave?
  • Oooh, Blue Horse, that sounds really good. I'm always looking for unusual ways to spice things, and chocolate and cinamon definitely counts. What would you suggest serving it with? And why is it called "Chicken Mole"?
  • The chicken breast fillets I see in supermarkets are longish strips and slightly pointy on one end. If you dusted them brown with coca powder, I'd guess they'd look slightly mole-shaped. Maybe.
  • Mole is Mexican, so you pronounce the 'e'. It's a chocolate-based sauce but not a dessert-type sauce, obviously. I had it once but don't remember the taste at all. You might be able to find some ready-made up your way, jb. Not so much in the UK, I bet.
  • oh, I might have had something similar, a European recipe. It was delicious. I'm going to try this soon. Probably have to make it myself - despite the fact that there are many Mexican people in my city, the Mexican restaurants are terrible. Weirdly enough, we have great Indian and Thai restaurants, though no Indian food or spices in the grocery stores.
  • sounds tastey, me thinks. The mexican rstaurants are terrible? Thats because they're run by Gwai Lohs probably. Did you know that Fajitas is just how leftovers are traditionaly eaten?
  • Hi, fuyugare! I've very much missed the glittering brilliance of your mordant humour in recent months. Hope you'll be commenting more often since the mystery of the disappeared password is re-solved.
  • Yeah! We want more fuyu!
  • Mordant? Ah, from the Latin mordēre meaning to bite. Neat word! Glad it has nothing to do with death.
  • Well, I don't mind them so much (especially having no comparison), but so was the judgement of a friend from Mexico.
  • Oh, how many eggs did chicken mole-lay? Just count the quacks from the ducks of Bombay.
  • Trac is right on, Chicken Mole is south of the border down-home style. Don't know what mole means, I just assumed it was translated as chocolate sauce. One of the fancy menus in my cookbook is this: Guacamole Soured Cream & Chive Dip Salsa Melted Cheese Nachos Vegetable Fajitas Chicken Mole Mexican Potatoes Cinnamon Fritters Fruit Platter I just serve it with rice, fajitas for dipping, and a vegie--usually corn. I'm not the greatest cook, but it all gets eaten. (I may have to try Mexican potatoes, though. They sound pretty tasty) Did anyone at all get the pun on commiting Hereshy/Hershey's chocolate/Chicken Mole? nevermind
  • Did anyone at all get the pun on commiting Hereshy/Hershey's chocolate/Chicken Mole? Me!
  • Gwai Lohs? I thought racist epithets were frowned upon around here.
  • Zombie Wright Brothers are coming for your plaaaaaaaaanes...
  • They are, rocket. I hadn't heard of that one before. Wasn't Crackpot the one who made a comment about "ragheads" a few days back?
  • Is it Chinese? "white devils"? Of course, I would call myself that.
  • OMG, it's true! nostril! we missed you!!
  • It's Cantonese. "Gwai" means "ghost", "Loh" is a colloquial term, like "chaps" or "fellas". In Mandarin, it was also common to say "Yang2 Gui3 Zi4" in the past, similarly meaning "ghosts from across the sea". I think the emphasis on the "ghost" bit was due to the paleness of Caucasian skin and the strange colouration of hair and eyes (in Chinese religion, demons and ghosts of the underworld were regularly depicted with red or green coloured hair, and weird large eyes).
  • So you're saying that Ronald McDonald creeps you people right the fuck out. He does me, too.
  • and zombies with dirty pants cry, "Staaaaains."
  • When Stephen King is zombified, he will still live in "Maaaaaiiiine."
  • Zombie Crazy Eddie's prices are insaaaaaane.
  • Zombie model railroad enthusiasts are after your traaaaaaaaaaiiiiins....
  • Zombie Eliza Doolittle sings, "On the plaaaaaaaaiins."
  • Zombie monkeys in the tropics eat plantaaaaaains.
  • Uninterested but polite zombies just feeeeeiiiigggnn...
  • Zombies in werewolf movies carry wolfsbaaaaaaane...
  • Zombie waterfowl eat craaaaaanes
  • Zombie cannibals like eating your braaaaaaaaaiiins.
  • Zombie Shirley Manson is only happy when it raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiins....
  • Zombie David Mamet is famous for his film State and Maaaaaaaiiin I could really go on like this forever.
  • Zombies calling ahead for takeout go to pick up the remaaaaains
  • Carribean zombies blow up in hurricaaaaaaaanes...