Comments on: Chicken Tabaka Recipe

By: Lola

Lola — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:00:30 +0000

yay, yana! thank you for your comment!

By: Yana

Yana — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:44:44 +0000

My dad makes this for us too! He grew up in Suhumi and learned his cooking there. I agree that cornish hen is the best for moist meat. Great post!

By: Lola Mansurov

Lola Mansurov — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:49:26 +0000

Oh Anthony! Thank you for being so motivated to try something new and choosing my recipes I really appreciate it!

As for the corrections, I made couple of them in the recipe. This particular recipe is more about coriander. The less cumin added, the better

I will add your comment to the notes, so that everyone can see your measurements of the skillet and how cooked the chicken!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:24:13 +0000

Hi again Lola! I’m slowly making my way through your recipes and tried out this one tonight for a party of 7. I ran into a couple things:

“1/2 cumin powder” — Did you mean 1/2 Tbsp or 1/2 the coriander amount (1.5 Tbsp)? I did the later and it turned out fine, but since cumin is so potent I could easily see only 1/2 Tbsp being used.

“Grind the cumin powder, mix it with cumin and black pepper.” — I understood what you intended here, but you should correct the text for future readers: grind the coriander seeds into a powder then mix it with cumin and black pepper.

skillet + plate + weight: While making 4 Cornish hens I used one 12″ skillet and two 10″ skillets. The hens took up the full 10″ but had a little room to spare in the 12″ skillet. I found that the hens from the 12″ skillet browned very nicely while the 10″ skillets cooked without browning. I think this has to do with the liquids from the chicken having room to evaporate rather than build up inside of the pan. Along those lines, make sure to use a plate/weight that does not fully cover the top. I also tried to time the cooking so the last round of cooking was with the skin face up so that it remained nice and crisp.

Thanks again for the recipe, everyone liked it!

P.S. One comment I received was that it was better than the Chicken Tobaka she had at a restaurant in Kiev.

By: Lola Mansurov

Lola Mansurov — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:02:07 +0000

You are more than welcome Alec!!! Priatnogo appetita!

By: Alec

Alec — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:32:52 +0000

Thanks, I made this last night and it was delicious. Cnacubo.

By: Lola Mansurov

Lola Mansurov — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:01:52 +0000

That could be the case, Jeremy. But I have never tried Satsabelli Bazha! You are giving me some nice ideas to think about.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:57:46 +0000

Eureka! I must have confused Chicken Tabaka with Chicken Bazha (Satsabeli Bazha) – which seems to fit the description of the Georgian dish I tried. All these years I thought it was Tabaka.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:30:46 +0000

This person must have been a trouble maker. Your English is erudite. It is clear that you have a very accomplished command of language, per se. I would ignore this person’s comments, since he (?) was probably referencing colloquial speech as his yardstick (that, or he was plainly ignorant). I remember a professor of mine in Moscow who would often use terms like “it is high time” in everyday conversation. The reason her English struck people as unusual was her rich use of idiom. Your use of idiom is similarly rich. I see it as accomplished.

By: Lola Mansurov

Lola Mansurov — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:06:10 +0000

Jeremy, the site is not opening for some reason. Walnuts are widely used in Georgian dishes. But the smetana (yogurt/sour cream base sounds very intriguing to me I have a lot of Georgian friends, too. I will drop them a line and find out more about walnut and smetana combo.

Thank you for the compliments and thank you for visiting my blog! It means a lot to me.

As a linguist can I ask you for your opinion? I recently received a comment from a reader who did not identify himself. Since his nick name was Max, I assumed he was not a lady. He complained about my English and said that it was pretty bad. Did you notice anything like that? and if yes, can you make any suggestions on how to improve my English?