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Dude. “Japanese prince named senior chicken researcher.”..? Really? Really?!?
I saw this headline and just had to share it. I mean how often does royalty get inducted into the higher echelons of chicken researchers? Exactly.
Dean of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture’s School of Husbandry did Prince Akishino the honours at the institute’s campus in Bogor, West Java last week.
Here’s what the institute’s spokesman Agus Lelana had to say according to The Jakarta Post: “Prince Akishino has shown his great concern for research of Indonesia’s local chicken, which has helped us describe in detail the genetics of the animal.”
Now I’ve dug around a bit and I can’t find exactly what it is that the Japanese prince did that was so valuable to local chicken breeds. But I’m sure it was pretty significant?
In any case it would make sense that the chicken breeds of Indonesia are of particular interest to chicken researchers, seeing as their initial domestication probably happened here some odd 5,200 years ago according to the delightful and forthright website Food Timeline. Seriously, it’s an amazing website. It can tell you that teriyaki chicken was first served in the 16th century. And chicken kiev in 1938. The same year “chicken and waffles” cropped up (I don’t know what this is. Nor do I want to. But I am glad to know about it).
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I had chicken and waffles for the first time a couple of months ago at a Belgian restaurant here in NYC. I, too, had looked at the menu in disbelief, only to have my boyfriend look at ME incredulously and say, “what do you mean you’ve never had chicken and waffles???” So I tried it (them?). Fried chicken on top of waffles, and yes, there was maple syrup involved. It was interesting, sure, but needless to say, next time I’m going to stick with fried chicken & mashed potatoes. Or french fries. Or onion rings. Or all of the above. Yum.