TammyM > wrote:

> I don't much care for how she writes recipes. She took a whole paragraph
> (which I condensed in my first sentence) to instruct one on precisely how to
> cut up chicken. Goofy.

You have to consider the audience. I assume that Julie Sahni writes for
Americans, who can be of any ethnicity or habits. "Western-oriented"
cooks usually can be assumed to know how to cut up chicken, even if only
theoretically. Koreans, on the other hand, seem to chop up their
chicken any which way, without regard to joints and such (and if the
chicken is already cooked and hot, they cut it up with scissors -
Koreans *love* scissors - the same ugly way). Ever had a samgyetang
chicken cut up for you at a Korean restaurant?

Victor