{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.chicken-moambe","code":"thing-q3400317","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q3400317/","name":"chicken moambe","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.MAT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Chicken moambe is a Central African chicken dish traditionally cooked in a sauce made from oil-palm fruit pulp, with ingredients and preparation varying by region and household.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify a preparation as chicken moambe, describe its recipe and condition, and determine appropriate preparation, serving and storage actions.","scope":{"in":["The relationship between a preparation and the name chicken moambe","Chicken cuts, sauce ingredients and their proportions","Palm-derived and peanut ingredients, including substitutions and their stated rationale","Preparation sequence and the resulting chicken and sauce condition","Batch handling, ingredient-derived dietary constraints and serving configuration"],"out":["Chicken husbandry, slaughter and raw poultry production","Palm cultivation and industrial processing of palm products","Peanut cultivation and manufacture of peanut products","Standalone models of accompaniments served with the dish","Restaurant operations and the broader cuisines associated with the dish"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Establish that chicken is a defining component rather than treating every sauce or dish called moambe as chicken moambe.","Identify the sauce base and the recipe evidence connecting it to the moambe name; chicken in an arbitrary red or oily sauce is insufficient.","Record palm fruit pulp, palm paste, palm oil and peanut paste separately rather than treating them as interchangeable ingredients.","Distinguish the prepared chicken-and-sauce dish from a packaged sauce base intended for later cooking.","Use an attributed recipe or culinary account to distinguish a named regional preparation from an undocumented substitution or adaptation."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"dish-identity-and-attribution","name":"Dish identity and attribution","description":"Establishes what warrants calling a preparation chicken moambe and whose usage supports that name.","layers":[{"id":"name-and-referent","name":"Name and referent","description":"Separates the chicken dish from similarly named sauces and preparations.","findings":[{"id":"chicken-moambe-boundary","name":"Chicken moambe boundary","description":"Record whether the name denotes the complete chicken dish, a sauce component or another preparation in the cited context.","questions":[{"text":"What does chicken moambe denote in the source supporting this preparation?","id":"chicken-moambe-boundary-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does this record describe cooked chicken with its sauce, or only an ingredient or sauce base?","id":"chicken-moambe-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"recipe-lineage","name":"Recipe lineage","description":"Connects a recipe variant to an identifiable culinary account.","findings":[{"id":"attributed-variant","name":"Attributed variant","description":"Keep regional, household and adapted recipe claims attached to their supporting accounts.","questions":[{"text":"Which cook, community or publication supplies this chicken moambe recipe and its attribution?","id":"attributed-variant-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which differences does that account accept within chicken moambe, and which does it describe as adaptations?","id":"attributed-variant-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"chicken-and-sauce-composition","name":"Chicken and sauce composition","description":"Describes the physical ingredients that constitute a particular preparation.","layers":[{"id":"chicken-component","name":"Chicken component","description":"Records the chicken entering the dish and the basis for its quantity.","findings":[{"id":"cuts-and-quantity","name":"Cuts and quantity","description":"Identify cuts, bones, skin and measured chicken quantity without confusing purchased mass with edible cooked yield.","questions":[{"text":"Which chicken cuts are used, and are their bones and skin retained?","id":"cuts-and-quantity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What chicken mass is recorded, and does it refer to raw, cooked or edible boneless material?","id":"cuts-and-quantity-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"sauce-base-and-additions","name":"Sauce base and additions","description":"Separates the principal sauce ingredients from seasonings and substitutions.","findings":[{"id":"explicit-sauce-formulation","name":"Explicit sauce formulation","description":"Record actual palm-derived, peanut and other ingredients instead of inferring composition from the dish name.","questions":[{"text":"Which palm-derived or peanut ingredients, if any, form the sauce base, and in what quantities?","id":"explicit-sauce-formulation-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which ingredients were substituted, and what recipe evidence supports retaining the chicken moambe name?","id":"explicit-sauce-formulation-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which additional ingredients and packaged-product constituents affect flavour or allergen status?","id":"explicit-sauce-formulation-q03","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"cooking-and-finished-condition","name":"Cooking and finished condition","description":"Links preparation operations to the resulting chicken and sauce.","layers":[{"id":"preparation-sequence","name":"Preparation sequence","description":"Captures how chicken and sauce ingredients are brought together.","findings":[{"id":"chicken-sauce-integration","name":"Chicken-sauce integration","description":"Record browning, sauce preparation, combination and simmering where the selected recipe calls for them.","questions":[{"text":"In what sequence does this recipe prepare the chicken, develop the sauce and combine them?","id":"chicken-sauce-integration-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"What cooking times, heat conditions and liquid additions were actually used for this batch?","id":"chicken-sauce-integration-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"finished-chicken-and-sauce","name":"Finished chicken and sauce","description":"Assesses the chicken and sauce using separate observations.","findings":[{"id":"completion-evidence","name":"Completion evidence","description":"Keep temperature evidence, chicken tenderness and sauce texture distinct when judging readiness.","questions":[{"text":"What internal chicken temperatures were measured, where and at what time?","id":"completion-evidence-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How do chicken tenderness, sauce thickness and visible oil separation compare with the attributed recipe's intended result?","id":"completion-evidence-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What further cooking or sauce adjustment, if any, is supported by those observations?","id":"completion-evidence-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"serving-and-batch-suitability","name":"Serving and batch suitability","description":"Connects the finished chicken-and-sauce batch to portions, ingredient constraints and handling decisions.","layers":[{"id":"portion-and-accompaniments","name":"Portion and accompaniments","description":"Defines what is included in a serving of the dish.","findings":[{"id":"served-dish-boundary","name":"Served dish boundary","description":"Describe chicken pieces and sauce separately from accompanying foods.","questions":[{"text":"How much chicken and sauce does the serving contain, and are bones included in its stated mass?","id":"served-dish-boundary-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which foods are accompaniments rather than ingredients cooked into this chicken moambe?","id":"served-dish-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"ingredient-and-handling-evidence","name":"Ingredient and handling evidence","description":"Supports serving and storage decisions for the actual chicken moambe batch.","findings":[{"id":"batch-suitability-evidence","name":"Batch suitability evidence","description":"Connect sauce ingredient verification and cooked-chicken handling records to the intended serving decision.","questions":[{"text":"What ingredient labels and preparation records establish peanut presence, other allergens and possible cross-contact?","id":"batch-suitability-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What time and temperature history is available for the chicken-and-sauce batch after cooking?","id":"batch-suitability-evidence-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Given that history and applicable guidance, may this batch be served, cooled, stored or reheated?","id":"batch-suitability-evidence-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of chicken moambe this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of chicken moambe this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of chicken moambe this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of chicken moambe this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of chicken moambe this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe chicken moambe as a Central African dish cooked in palm-fruit sauce, and its regional variants.","Flag palm oil, peanut and chilli ingredients to diners."],"mustNot":["Serve a version containing peanut to a diner with a declared peanut allergy.","Present one regional or household version as the only authentic one.","Hold the stew at warm temperatures for long periods.","Describe the palm sauce as low-fat."],"requiresHuman":["Adapting it for a person with a medically restricted diet."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Moambe is a national dish in several Central African countries and deserves accurate credit.","Palm oil sourcing can drive deforestation and affect communities that produce it."],"affectedParties":["Diners with peanut allergy","Central African cooks and families","Palm fruit producers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The cook or food business that prepares it; food safety authorities set the rules for sale.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q27994917","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.chicken-moambe","Wikidata: Q3400317 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3400317)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Culinary attribution: Named recipe, cook, community or publication supporting the preparation's identity","Chicken form: Whole bird cut into pieces; named bone-in cuts; boneless pieces; skin present or absent","Sauce base composition: Explicit ingredients identifying palm fruit pulp or paste, palm oil, peanut products and other base components","Chicken-to-sauce proportion: Grams of cooked chicken and grams of sauce per batch or 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sauce development separately before serving.","Describe a serving with its chicken cuts, sauce quantity and separately identified accompaniments.","Determine a batch's next handling action using its recorded history and applicable food-safety guidance."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Peanut allergic reactions in versions that add peanut.","Foodborne illness from stews held warm.","Burns from hot oil and sauce."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The General Principles of Food Hygiene, CXC 1-1969, issued by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, provide hygiene and hazard control principles applicable to preparing and serving this dish."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Chicken moambe is prepared in Central African households and restaurants as a savory chicken dish with an oil-palm fruit sauce.","It is served in everyday meals and communal occasions with accompaniments that vary across regional and household 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