Posted by: chineseambassador | May 1, 2008

The Spinning Chicken

Ang fell in love with Spinning Chickens when he was a teenager - before his English had progressed to the point where he knew what “rotisserie” meant.

After we were married, I remember buying a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store on one of those (many) nights when I didn’t feel like cooking. It didn’t take me long to discover how much he loved them.

Ang: (as I unload the groceries) “*gasp* A spinning chicken! My favorite!”

Me: “A WHAT?”

Ang: “Spinning chicken. You know, how it spins around on the little rack?”

Me: “That would be rotisserie”.

Ang: “RO -tiss-eree…can I just call it a spinning chicken?”

Henceforth, the rotisserie chicken is known as the Hallowed Spinning Chicken, and the kids all know it by this name. I can only imagine how their future spouses will get a kick out of this someday, when they learn the more righteous name for rotisserie. I hope none of the kids fall in love with a French person who might be offended. ;)

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Hahaha. I LOVE that term for it. That is great!

By: ara0062 on May 1, 2008
at 3:58 am

that is too funny. My hubby also is in love with them.

By: whiteymcwheatbread on May 1, 2008
at 4:24 pm

I coudn’t spell rotisserie as a kid, I’d call it rotating chicken. My dad would try his best to correct me.

By: 6mile on May 2, 2008
at 7:20 am

this just made me laugh.

I was writing out a list for Ang to run to the store for me, and I knew one item on the list was going to be hard for him to find. So next to it I wrote “in the deli next to the spinning chickens”

and then I cracked up. LOL

By: chineseambassador on May 3, 2008
at 12:50 am

Therapist - I accidentally deleted your comment - sorry! If you know how I can get it back let me know. LOL

By: chineseambassador on May 4, 2008
at 10:47 pm

I have no idea. But, I did say something along the lines of your kids will be fine calling it “spinning chicken.” My siblings and I called VW Beetles “Tommy Cars” for decades before we realized that everyone didn’t use that term.

By: The Therapist on May 5, 2008
at 4:36 pm

Tommy cars, teddy bears, spinning chicken… I just can’t understand, what does it mean – rotisserie, – and how does it look?

By: Rishat Muhametshin on May 5, 2008
at 7:19 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AtJctqpkYYk

this is rotisserie chicken… “spinning” chicken, get it?
;)

By: chineseambassador on May 5, 2008
at 7:48 pm

I’ve not heard the term “Tommy cars” either. Though my husband used to call the trunk of a car a dickey for a while (before we met).

Rishat - you’re in Russia, right? Do they not use the term “teddy bear” there, or just say “bear?” If not, here is why we say it (at least in the U.S.):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear

By: colorblindcupid on May 5, 2008
at 8:14 pm

When I read “Tommy Cars” I pictured guys jumping out of the car holding “Tommy guns” lol and then I realized that was unlikely since it was a VW Bug haha how ganster would that be..

By: whiteymcwheatbread on May 6, 2008
at 1:20 pm

Ha ha ha! Gangsta cars. Now I know why people would look at us so funny.

Actually, when I was itty bitty my dad had a friend named “Tommy” and Tommy drove a beetle. So… Tommy Car. It was just so funny when I was in my 30s and heard my brother refer to a Tommy car going down the road.

By: The Therapist on May 6, 2008
at 3:40 pm

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