C'est important la Potence

We celebrated a friend’s birthday at Grizzly’s in Grand Saconnex, my old stomping grounds, with a Potence. Potence is French for "Gallows", and consists of a fascinating blackened iron contraption, covered with long narrow spikes, hanging from a chain. Meat is skewered onto the spikes, set over a bowl of rice that welcomes the drippings, taken to the table and flaming brandy poured over the top. Various dips and garlicky butter are along the side to enhance the flavours.When all the meat is eaten, it would not be unreasonable to expect a Knight in armour to swing the device unseat his opponent in combat, that is if he weren’t too stuffed from all the eating