Well, as long as the result tastes good I’m not a purist about how one gets there.
I’m willing to experiment.
But the first rule of my kitchen is that cleanliness is next to Godliness, and darned if I can figure out how I’d get that bird flattened out without sliming me and my tiny kitchen in the process.
Well, tastes good and doesn’t send anyone home with anything they didn’t arrive with...
Other than leftovers, of course.
I’m the experimenting type, she likes to go with what she knows.
Put it on a super clean bath towel, or several layers of newspaper, with paper towels over them.