Ask the butcher to split the chicken into two halves.

Otherwise, joint the chicken as usual. . Rub the chicken with salt and pepper, and a cut clove of garlic. Melt the butter in a frying pan and brown the chicken in it, together with the chopped onion, ham or bacon, and finely chopped garlic. Lay the chicken pieces and the other ingredients, including all the hot butter, in a casserole or other fireproof dish. In a separate pan, heat the milk to boiling point, with the coriander seeds and a pinch of basil or marjoram. Now pour it, with the seeds and herbs, over the chicken. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper. Bring the milk to simmering point again and keep simmering, uncovered, at a moderate pace - the milk should bubble visibly but not fiercely - for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Don't touch it during this period, and you should see a golden skin forming over the contents of the pot while the milk bubbles away underneath. At the end of this time, stir the skin into the milk, together with any crusty bits sticking to the sides of the pan. The milk will have reduced quite a bit now, and will be getting thick. Continue simmering for another 1/2 hour, till the sauce has reduced to a cupful or so, watching carefully to see that it does not "catch" and burn. . This dish can be eaten either hot or cold. If hot, serve the chicken from the pan, as it is, with some of the thick sauce. Nice with noodles and peas. If it is to be eaten cold, lay the chicken pieces out flat on a plate amd coat them carefully with the remaining sauce, before leaving them to cool.

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~- Fd 2.00 * Origin: Kestrel Ridge (the home of that soda bread recipe) (2:263/164.0) ===================================================================== ====== Bbs: Colossus Date: 10-31-92 (14:41) Number: 1543 From: Phillip Wade Refer#: None To: All Recvd: No Subj: Cajun recipes Conf: (125) Cook