Spatchcock vs. Poussin: What's the Difference?

A dressed and split fowl for roasting or grilling.

A chicken reared to be eaten at a few weeks of age.

To prepare (a dressed fowl) for roasting or grilling by splitting open.

A Cornish game hen.

To introduce or interpose, especially in a labored or unsuitable manner

French painter in the classical style (1594-1665)

Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking.

(cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking.

(figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing); to sandwich (something within another thing).

See Spitchcock.

Flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed)

Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock;

Interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story