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Chicken Satay Recipe
Chicken Satay
Chicken satay is a popular Malaysia dish of skewered chicken served with peanut sauce and rice cake. Easy and the most delicious chicken satay recipe.
This post was originally published in September 4, 2006. Updated with new photos.
Malaysian Satay—those little skewers of meat with satay peanut sauce and ketupat (Malay rice cake) is a very popular dish in Malaysia. Walk down any street in the country and the mouthwatering aroma of satay exudes from practically every corner you pass: roadside satay stalls, hawker centers, pasar malam (night markets), kopitiam (Chinese coffee shops), and even high-end restaurants.
Of course satay is universally loved across Southeast Asia. (It's commonly believed that satay is the region's distant cousin to the Middle-Eastern kebabs, thanks to the spice route and the culinary influence of the early Arab traders.) However each country has their own interpretation for satay, influenced by their own unique food culture and distinct palate. For instance, Indonesian satay tend to be sweeter because of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) while the Thai satay is slightly less sweet since coconut milk is used instead.
No surprise then that Malaysian Satay is made with ingredients and spices commonly found in Malaysian cooking; shallots, lemongrass, turmeric powder (kunyit), and coriander powder. The basic recipe calls for the cook's meat of choice—be it chicken, beef, lamb, or pork—to marinate for many hours or even overnight so as to lock in the flavor. In addition to the peanut dipping sauce, Malaysian satay is served with ketupat, onions, and cucumber. Trust me, the taste of these side dishes complement each other exquisitely.
When I make chicken satay at home I often save time by using off-the-shelf satay marinate powder such as Ayam brand satay seasoning (aka "cheated"), but the existence of Rasa Malaysia has motivated me to try making everything from scratch, if possible. So I will admit to modifying the traditional and authentic Malaysian chicken satay recipe with a tint of kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) and Chinese oyster sauce substituting for salt and sugar. But as you can infer from these pictures, the end result was delicious. You can almost smell the enticing aroma of the chicken satay from your computer screen, can't you?
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wow! your food (and photo's) look amazing… and enticing. you are definately a great new addition to the food blog world. we are definatelly adding you to the foodblogblog. thanks for letting us know about your site :-)
Bee Yinn,
The satay looks yummy.
Where's the pics of the peanut sauce, ketupat, cucumber & onion? Heh, heh…too much huh. Post recipe and pics oridi. Still want some more : )
KL Changs
The satays took super yummylicious, I am drooling now!
I love satay so much I almost want to taste the computer screen.
I love satay, so I'm trying not to taste my computer screen right now.
looks very yummy!
err…where are the ketupat, gravy, timun & onions??
kl changs,
Ketupat I don't know how to make yet, also, I don't even know where can I find the leaves. I am not a big fan of peanut sauce…it's too sweet and gooey for my taste, I like my Satays plain. Yes, I did capture some pictures with Timun, but Onions are kelefe, not the centerpiece I reckon! ;)
woahhhhh…. i think even satay in Mal dont look that good
Hey Teckiee,
Thanks for your kind comment. Malaysian satays usually come with dark meat, and also a little bit of chicken fat / skin threaded in between the meat pieces…very juicy and "succelent." Mine was a little dry because I used white meat (chicken breasts), but they turned out good.
whoa your satay looks great. i doubt i would make them myself hahaha
Thanks! Well, you don't have to, I am sure Kajang satays or those found in KL are way more delicious than mine!!
arrgh, after reading this post i have an urge to look for satays now :(
I love satays specially for appetizers. I love your site, I could find a lot of useful and yummy recipes here.
I was just looking around for chicken satay recipe. Yours look so delicious…
Bee Yinn – absolutely loved this!! Feel like having some satay right now!!
Any side helpings like ais kacang?
would you happen to have tried making healthier but tasty satay sauce?
i prefer eating satay without the fat i always spit it out when i eat it for some reason
Do you know how to prepare the meat for beef satay? I used beef strips but it was tough, unlike what I eat in Malay Satay stalls.
I am coming from Claude Olivier's blog. Your satays look so yummy, thanks for the recipe. And Hello from Paris.
Wow, also coming from Claude-Olivier's blog and I must admit I am trying very much to keep from licking my screen! Good thing I ate a lot tonight :-) I will most definitely try your recipe very soon. Do you think I can grind the spices by hand or must they be pulverized? Do you think replacing the kejap manis with sweet condensed milk would be tasty? I'll keep you posted with the results…
Vkeong – go have your fix now. :)
Tiga – yes, they are delicious.
Param – no ice kacang yet, will have to try making them soon.
Lyn – I like my satay without the peanut sauce because it tends to cover the flavor. I do not really have a healthy and less fatty version of satay sauce, but I will try to make one with the satay sauce the next time. ;)
Simcooks – I don't really eat beef so sorry. :(
Gracianne – welcome and thanks for your comment. Hello from USA. :)
Marie-Helene – Thanks and welcome.
You can pound the spice paste using a mortar and pestle but it's very hard to grind by hand. Do not replace the kejap manis with sweet condensed milk because it taste totally different. If you do not have kejap manis, you can always use soy sauce, but add sugar to it. Do let me know the results. ;)
i cannot imagine oyster sauce with satay. how close to the original taste is your satay?
Simcooks:I Used to live in Indonesia where much of the meat was water buffalo and intrinsically tough. The locals recommended wrapping it overnight in papaya leaves (they have some enzyme in them)…although I don't know how easy they are to get your hands on! Another tip is to give it a good bashing with a hammer.
Rasa: recipe looks great…will try it out tomorrow!
OMG! everyone has to try making this , i was able to make it at school and it turned out to be delicious, i strongly strongly recomend it !
There is no relation between Kebab and satay. The origin of Satay is from Indonesia, Java Island. I am a Malay and I know which food originated from Malay and which one is not.
Your pictures look gastronomically Yummy! Inspire me in some ways to cook again. Thank you.
However, my recipe for satay is slightly different from yours, which is the Singaporean version. It includes galangal (lengkuas), brown sugar (gula merah), fennel seeds, ginger & tamarind paste.
could you tell me what the satay man brushes on the satay when cookog the satay. Thank you
RasaMalaysia, I just want to let you know that I tried your satay recipe over the weekend and BOY IT WAS MO TAK TENG!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome recipe. This recipe tastes so much better than those instant powder that you get from the Asian Grocery store. You made me a better Malaysian cook! ;)
I'd love to have the recipe of the satay sauce. The ones from the store does not taste good.
Pls. help!
I myself recommend Bango brand for kecap manis. Most Indonesias like Bango brand better than ABC, but since Bango is not as popular as ABC in abroad, sometimes we just pick whatever we have in the market :)
i am a chef for over 30 years i cook alot of food and created my own menu i born in malaysia i work in holland and germany now live in uk 18 year now the food change anot in cantonese food i cook as well and english i like malaysia food like nesi lemak malaysia is the best i try to build of of my new business on my own do do home delivery in uk i wil start up bussiness in jan 2008 all my menu is malaysia food only at the moment in uk cannot buy baba curry powder over here the curry powder there sell here is useless is not that kind of curry powder cann cook good curry everytime i go back to malaysia i always go to bangkok bank to eat nesi lemak and pudu is a malay people sell is the best nesi lemak i eat i like the samba and i will go to kejag is the best to eat satay in uk alot of people use malaysia name do run take aways food there are not that kind of food there cook like in malaysia in china town here have a shop call malaysia delight i try the food is not good enough is rubbis i try to show to the people my food i can cook better that the china town one you can go to my website to see my carving http://www.uniqueartzone.piczo.com or http://www.davecarving.piczo.com all my carving i lean by myself and some of the food menu is my own food
No joke, Satay is the signature dish of Malaysia Airlines' Business Class (Golden Club Class) and has been awarded SkyTrax signature dish award before.
So get in on the act and do yourself a good satay.
If you want to go an extra step, grill the sticks over charcoal – try bringing back a satay brazier from Malaysia. The aluminium satay burner is a good souvenier – a bit bulky but light, you can pack things inside it so it doesn't waste space in your suitcase.
my mother-in-law taught me to use honey to sweeten the satay…it's aroma is fantastic…I will definitely try kecap manis sometime
Finally a chicken satay recipe without weird ingredients! your chicken satay looks exactly like those i got when i was holidaying in Malaysia.
I am so glad I found your recipes, I am always on the look out for authentic malaysian and indian foods so I will be looking at your recipes often.
hey, i love ur site so much! i just try the satay recipe and got to wait for 12 hours to grill it… i feel so warm when i see ur site full of malaysia food recipes for me who are staying alone at oversea.
Hey You!! Thanks for this site, M glad i found it, simple recipe for satay. Really wanna try it coz my daughter love it. Living abroad in the US, i crave Malaysian food more than ever. Thank you again. Keep coming with new recipe and simple to follow. Appreciate it highly.
Will post you a comments again. Keep up the good work. You ROCK!!
i did a search for recipes and thought this was awesome. I'm Malaysian and have lived abroad for the last 26 years. I still miss the satay man with the grill on the back of his modified vespa!! Growing up in the 'burbs of KL, you watch TV with the grills locked and the doors and windows open and wait and wait for the satay man … Things were good back then, even if we had 3 English movies and TV3 recycled them over and over. I'm definitely going to make this satay this weekend as I often cook OUR food still despite the Mat Salleh husband..LOL. I especially love the fact you don't have "weird" things in it and I can get all the stuff from the local grocery store. thanks for the lifeline…Missing M'sia.
I like "kecap bango" sweet soy sauce brand better than "kecap ABC" ;)
Had a satay party using your recipe and everybody loved it. Have to cook over coal though. Tried both coal and fry pan. I found that the flavour comes out from the smoke from the coal. it lost alot of its flavour when I tried frying it on the frypan.
I want to know how to make a tasty peanut sauce for teh satay as its key! I was sad to see it not posted with this reciepe.
Made this for 'malay get together' at my place… it was super tasty!! everyone loved it! will definitely made some more. i made them again the other day and freeze them. so i can have satay whenever i want ahahhaaa… what a dream!! thanks again!
Missus – thanks for trying the satay recipe. I am quite sure it taste even better as it gets marinated in your freezer.
Came across your satay recipe while looking for something special to make for my daughter's 1st birthday – needless to say, I kept my sanity, the guests were happy and I thank you so much for sharing this with everyone! The satay looked great, people were raving about it and best of all, the ingredients were readily available in California where we live. You are a lifesaver, terima kasih!
I just made this today with your recipe for satay sauce. It was unbelievably easy to make and delicious to eat! Thanks. I want to post a picture of it too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/premilamathews/?saved=1
Hello, I am a fellow Malaysian living oversea and was asked to make the satay to entertain our friends. I followed main part of the recipes using what you have listed here plus a hint of cumin and curry powder. It was a big hit. Thanks. :)
Bee here are some pics of your awesome satay..THANK YOU!..[IMG]http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/matt74_photos/DSC00054.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/matt74_photos/DSC00055.jpg[/IMG]
I made this along with the peanut sauce the other night when I had company over. Simply divine. My guests and husband enjoyed the meal thoroughly. I also made some beef satay with the same marinade ingredients. I used beef tenderloin. The texture was different from what I am used to in Asia….. a little too tender. What part of the beef would you recommend?
Hey Bee! I've been always wanting to make this and now I am. Will this scale proportionally? I plan to make this for my sis-in-laws gathering this coming Sunday. There will probably be 10-12 people.
I think so but can't guarantee. ;)
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Malay Satay is made of Chicken but Thai Satay is different… Maybe if i have a good chance, i will try this…
Hi Rasa Malaysia! Your Satay recipe is fantastic! Thank you! I did it a few months ago and it turned out really well like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44447024@N07/4091022000/in/set-72157622646554325/
I also made it for a party with my colleagues from UK and they loved it too.
Just two questions please, how long do you grill it for in total? I use an oven and at 180degree celsius, I leave the satay in for about 13mins, flipping it once at the 7th minute… It turns out tender which is the way I like it.
Will try your recipe soon. Was looking for the satay recipe and will try yours first. I am going to cook the Malaysian style or way.
Sweet…) Love Malaisian cuisine
"Satay may have originated in Java, Indonesia. It is popular in many other Southeast Asian countries, such as: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the southern Philippines and Vietnam and in the Netherlands, as Indonesia is a former Dutch colony."
It is not Malaysian. it's just popular in many countries, including Malaysia. so please don't say that it's Malaysians k.
@Alex, Rasamalaysia made no reference specifying that these Satay's were exclusively Malaysia. In fact, she even acknowledged how satay recipes varies in taste in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. She merely pointed out this specific recipe she has posted is as close and authentically matched to Malaysian Satay. And unlike what you have done, quote a paragraph and not give credit, I'm going to put the link that you plagiarized from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satay
You have also failed to mentioned that the word Satay in Indonesian and Malaysian is of Tamil origin, suggesting that it's an adaptation [stolen is too crude of a word to use here] of an Indian kebab; which Rasamalaysia also mentioned.
Read, comprehend RasaMalaysia's paragraph first and cite your sources accurately without any bias before you make a fool of yourself. Everyone is entitled to a bit of patriotism, but nobody likes a patriotic wanker.
Your recipe is fantastic my chicken satay turn out really nice even though just use fan oven. Thank you very much.
Hey…these satays just turned out delicious…instead of putting them in the oven i made them on the barbi….it surely brang a smile to everyones face :) thanks for this recipe….never knew that satays are so easy to make!!!!
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Hi..staying in Damascus,Syria.A friend recommended your website.I LUV.. browsing through the recipes.Came across this satay chicken recipe and it said 1 'spoon' of oyster sauce.
Is it 1 TEAspoon/TABLEspoon.
I wuld love to tryout this recipe:)
best chicken satay recipe ever! in fact all your recipes are fail safe. never had such good website for recipes before
Hi thanks for sharing the recipe. But can you please tell me how many skewers the 4 chicken thigh and legs yield? Thanks.
Hi I forgot to ask one more question – any idea roughly how many kg 4 chicken legs and thighs weigh? The butcher at my local area sell chicken thigh fillet and chicken leg fillet separately. thanks again. Oh and almost forgot – Happy Chinese New Year :)
I made this using your recipe for my birthday and everyone loved it. it smell so nice and taste so good.
a great dish for party, a must have dish.
Thank you for the great recipe.
Tried your recipe…MUAAHH! Living abroad and eating satay from 'chinese/malaysian'restaurant is never the same, perhaps maybe they do not grill them. However, your home cook satay are bril', and my friends were impressed and started eating them even before I had the chance to serve them out! They can taste the 'burnt-charcoal' on the meat…and yes, it wasn't easy to controll the flame but I got the hang of it in the end. Many thanks again.
Love your recipes!!! I'm so happy I found this site. Going to try these awesome recipes:)))))
Beautiful chicken satay! I hope to make this soon! :-)
these looks so succulent and good. Love the colour on the satay.
Bee, these satay sticks are great appetizers. I so miss smelling them at every street corner when we were in Penang. Why don't we open a stall and just serve satay and beer? Umm…
Let us know where your stall/food truck will be and I will be queing for delicious satay!! ^^
Oh yes! I can smell it here. ;)
Hmm… satay ayam, so delicious, so tempting and a good inspiration for this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
come on. how delicious is this? Stop doing so amazing Photos.. i gain weight because of you :)
I made this for my housewarming party. It was a HUGE hit! Everyone was so impressed.
Instead of grilling, I broiled the chicken and then put it onto bamboo skewers when it came out of the oven.
This recipe inspired me to finally buy a grill – I know these satay will be even more delicious (if that's possible) cooked over an open flame.
Om nom nom nom
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Great recipe man! Will use it for my dinner tonight! :)
wow, this blog is very interesting and elegant, I love to read this everyday, thanks for sharing this to us, I definitely shared this to my friends.
I am 19 weeks pregnant and reside in London but craving Malaysian street food especially since it's Ramadan month and I know how during this time hawker stalls fill the country. I am so grateful for this recipe as I was able to devour on some really good satay and peanut sauce recipe!!!
My brother suggested I might like this website. He
was totally right. This post actually made my day. You can not imagine simply how much time I had spent
for this information! Thanks!
The recipe calls for 6 shallots (peeled). The ones at my local grocery store are golf ball size. I can't image putting in 6 for the recipe. How big should each shallot be?
I loved them and so did my son but I seem to have made a ton of satay sauce, how long does it keep?
Hi Bee, I want to try this recipe but I'm not a huge fan of "spicy hot" things. I prefer things to be mild to low (or none at all). How "hot" is this recipe?
Thank you!
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Hi Bee, Thanks for sharing your easy-to-follow and authentic Malaysian recipes. Your satay chicken and peanut sauce recipes really hit the spot! I grilled them on a charcoal barbecue and the entire experience brought back wonderful memories of my youth in Malaysia.
Can I substitute kecap manis with something else like dark daramel sauce with added sugar? Or I can just opt it out? Same for the peanut sauce too, can I choose not to put kecap manis?
Hi Bee, The tradination satay has spices but the Chinese satay has non. I still prefer the old fashion satay sold by Malay. From far you can smell the aroma of Jintan manis & Jintan puteh = Fennel & Cumin. Must add in a bit more sugar, ( Must important is to add in some water, starch powder/ tapioca flour to make them more tender and juice as I combine Chinese method in it, add in the water, stir with hand until all water adsorbed and add in some more as depends what type of chicken and parts of chicken. while we chill for 10-12 hrs all the water will be gone ) Satay sticks must be soaked for hrs too. During grilling, brush them with santan and some oil added in it please.
Try it may be you will like it and keep our Malaysia traditional Satay. Say to say nowadays hardly can find this aroma satay, some don't service with satay sauce any more, when asked, they said the sauce has added to the satay. Lazy to cook it.
This me my favorite one! chicken Satay or fish satay. Fish satay is one of the famous food in Bali :)
How many sticks of satay can be prepared with this recipe?
I live in So Cal but was not able to find kecap manis at 99 Ranch Market. Could you please tell me if I can substitute Chinese dark soy with some sugar for it?
Hi Bee Yinn,
Have you tried cooking these in the oven on grill/broil/bake setting? I don't own a grill pan at home.
Thank you!
Hi. I just ran into your site while googling "thai satay recipe". I ended up following your recipe because of all the reviews, and that I had the ingredients on hand. I did not have a food processor, so I used a garlic press to mince all the shallots. Whew! Let's say I only managed to pressed through 4 shallots. After all, I only had 4 hours left to marinade it til dinner time. And I had to sub curry powder instead of straight turmeric. I didn't skewer, but just pan fried 2 min on high heat, then flipped the chicken pieces for another 2 min on the other side. They caramelized and charred nicely. Chicken was super tender, event the smaller burnt pieces. And everyone loved it!
I've always tried to make chicken satay just from my own caprice, and it's always came out terribly. Dry, tough, flavorless, even chicken thigh meat. I followed your recipe with the chicken breasts and it came out perfect for the first time, ever. Thank you so much and I look forward to trying other recipes in your array.
Made this last night. Closest satay to the KL street market satay I remember so well.
I have also made a batch of my own Kicap Manis, slowly boiling equal parts brown sugar and soy sauce until it's nice and gloopy.
thank you for Delicious chicken stay. I really love it !
I would say these would be killer with your Asian noodles. I love Asian influence food. I would make a fool over myself with little guys—-well unless it was a first date. Then I might be more modest. Second date, however, back off and me at them. Ha!
wow very tasty chicken satay recipe you share with us i will try it coming sunday for my family and i hope this recipe will cook really tasty by me i think so


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I was taking care of my dying mother in the spring of 2008, when I finally answered God's call to ordained ministry. As I watched my mother take her last breath, I felt that God was communicating with me through her. Somehow, I felt that she approved and was giving me permission to go ahead and do what God was calling me to do. Rev. Diane Rew, senior pastor of St. Paul's UMC in Green Bay, was already encouraging me to pursue this call, because she saw my gifts and potential. After the death of my mother, I knew it was time.
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I was born into a Christian family. I am originally from Laos, but my nationality is Hmong. I came to this country as an immigrant in 1979, as a result of the Vietnam War. My father was a pastor and is now retired. My husband and I got married in August of 1990 hoping to become missionaries, but God had a different plan for our lives. We have three children (one girl and two boys). I have been involved with the life of the church since my youth. When I got married, I was involved with the children's ministry and the women's ministry in the church. When we joined The United Methodist Church in 2003, I served for four years as president of the Hmong Women United Methodist Association and as its communication coordinator for another four years.
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William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small village a set of luxuries that only 2 percent of Malawians could enjoy: electricity and running water. His neighbors called him misala—crazy—but William refused to let go of his dreams. With a small pile of once-forgotten science textbooks; some scrap metal, tractor parts, and bicycle halves; and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to forge an unlikely contraption and small miracle that would change the lives around him.
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"A rare and inspiring story of hope in rural Africa....William represents a new generation of Africans, using ingenuity and invention to overcome life's challenges. Where so many tilt at windmills, William builds them!" —Erik Hersman, AfriGadget.com
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Michael, get the record straight on the 2006 vulnerability. The bug only existed for two releases, not years.
We all should be thankful for the security problems closed source drivers brings us it makes the world more fun by showing us the failure of humanity.
Imagine a perfect world no one can laugh about mistakes the humanity do and all the LOLz would be lost.
Let us praise Nvidia for this kind of failure entertainment.
I hope the security hole will stay forever to show us the perfection of the Closed-Source-Creator God like and holy Nvidia.
Our salvation Nvidia, our good Nvidia, our whole Nvidia, our untouched Nvidia , our entire Nvidia all our source of creative energy, our a light in the dark Nvidia.
It sounded like you where trying to say Linus was angry at Nvidia cause that forum went down.
We didn't hear so often about severe AMD Catalyst driver flaws. Probably they just hide their secret security holes better than Nvidia.
A key developer in the BSD kernel team also put security holes into the source-code for the CIA and NSA in the past I'm 100% sure they do have the same people inside the Linux kernel team.
Be sure these people do have people everywhere but with closed source there is no chance to find the security hole just in time.
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The Health Plan part of the agreement is important as Swedish has experienced 9 – 12 percent increases per year in healthcare costs. Future increase in our healthcare costs will automatically be shared between Swedish and employees through plan design changes. The new contract also allows us to manage costs with premium share for dependents on par with local competitors. In addition, there is now an employee-only premium share, which can be reduced if employees participate in a new wellness program. The new health plan will become effective on April 1, 2012 and will be introduced in the first quarter of next year. More information on the new health plan, which will include another Open Enrollment, will be provided beginning in early 2012.
Wages and Premiums includes a lump sum payment for the first year, with modest wage increases over the remainder of the contract but no changes to any premiums over the next 4 years. This will significantly help Swedish manage costs in the future and will realign us to be more competitive with the local labor market, while still providing employees a map for pay increases in an uncertain economic climate.
Pension was agreed upon as part of the entire package of benefits. Swedish and SEIU developed a compromise that allows for SEIU members who wish to remain in the defined-benefit plan that ability with a "pay to stay" component. While we recognize there are other employees not covered by the SEIU contract who were not given this option, this was the best choice because the financial concerns regarding the pension are addressed while balancing the restrictions about the defined benefit plan that were negotiated as part of the 2005 SEIU contract. Additional information regarding the defined benefit pension plan will be communicated to remaining active participants beginning in early 2012.
Other significant non-economic tentative agreements reached include:
- Improved flexibility for moving employees where and when they are needed most
- Consolidation of many existing labor management committees into one committee for all bargaining units
- Improvements and standardization of contract language addressing: job posting, employment practices, restructures, preceptor, grievance procedure, acquisitions and floating in all three agreements
- Ability for employees to transition employment between Swedish Edmonds and Swedish Medical Center and preserve their hire dates and seniority
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Swedish Edmonds also ratified their RN and Pro/Tech agreements yesterday.


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Discussing: Plagairism and Accusations
Plagairism and Accusations
Message: 49187
19 Nov 06 7:20 PM
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On Tuesday, 14 November, I received quite a surprising email from the Site Managers at HASA, informing me that veiled accusations had been made against my novel-length Silmarillion story Another Man's Cage. The accuser claimed that Chapter Sixteen had been plagiarized from her own work.
Needless to say, I was quite surprised! Quite surprised but nonetheless calm, for I knew that AMC is far from plagiarized.
AMC is an intensely personal story to me. For one, the chapter in question was written more than two years ago and sat on a floppy disk in my desk drawer at work for another year before I had the courage to share it on my LiveJournal. It was only shared here, on HASA, a few weeks ago. AMC was a story that I wrote, thinking it would never by seen by anyone but me. In fact, at the time that Chapter Sixteen was being written, I refused to even admit to anyone--even my husband--that I was writing the story. I'd convinced myself that writing was a bad idea for me, so AMC was something of a dirty little secret for a long while.
AMC was never a story written for an audience other than myself or for any sort of acclaim. In fact, I have had to cut bits that I felt too personal to share, even with friends. Such a story does not serve to benefit from plagiarizing from even the finest authors in great literature, much less a relative unknown on a fan fiction archive.
I do not know my accuser, and I have never read any of her stories. For a variety of personal reasons, I am not yet a reviewer on HASA, so her conspiracy theories about a connection between the alleged plagiarism and her story's failure to pass review is clearly false. I am not an admin or a person with any sort of "power." I am just an ordinary user who appreciates the resources and audience that HASA provides for my work.
The part of AMC said to be plagiarized was "Chapter 16 - ...in which Macalaure comforts the guilty Tyelkormo." Reading the official site statement on the incident, I find that half of the accusations made were based on this theme: the younger sibling being comforted by the older sibling. Indeed, this is a plot device that I use a lot in my stories. Most of my work is character-based and centers very little on dramatic events. I often tell potential readers that if they like big battles and epic scenes, AMC will not be the story for them. It is a family drama where scraped knees and adolescent love gone bad truly are the crux of the action. AMC was written with the intention of showing how an Elven family in the Blessed Realm could be corrupted to perform the sorts of deeds common to the Feanorians' later history. Macalaure (Maglor) and Tyelkormo (Celegorm) are important to this story for several reasons.
For one, in terms of both canon and fanon, they are foils of each other. Maglor is often portrayed as the gentlest of the brothers while Celegorm is the most depraved. While I agree wholly with neither characterization, I believe that there is some small kernel of merit: Maglor is less impetuous, more of a thinker than a fighter, while Celegorm is more apt to act on his emotions without as much thought. I spend 350,000 words in AMC trying to develop this idea without coming right out and saying it. I believe that it is important to understanding each brother's role in events that follow in First Age history.
In the accused chapter, Maglor does comfort Celegorm, who does feel extraordinary guilt. While riding on a journey with their family, young Celegorm (the equivalent of a Human seven-year-old) decided to show off and ride his pony without hands. When his pony was spooked, he would have fallen but for the unexpected heroics of Maglor (the equivalent of a fifteen-year-old), who dove from his own horse to save Celegorm's pony from bolting, dislocating his shoulder during the fall. Often, in my stories, I try to show Maglor as an "accidental hero" in hopes of hinting to his later heroics in the First Age. Celegorm, the more obvious hero at this point, is more prone to bad judgment, hinting at his own more sinister fate. This chapter was written with such a purpose in mind.
Maglor was the only witness to Celegorm's antics, yet he stayed silent and allowed his family to blame his injury on "just another incidence of Macalaure being klutzy." Celegorm's guilt at this--his brother's injury and his willingness to accept even playful derision when he is in fact a hero--is paramount. It is an important moment for him: when he recognizes that his father's key flaws--his impetuosity and his pride--are also his own.
In a family-based drama about the House of Feanor, it is scarcely possible to have a story where Maglor and Celegorm never interact. Indeed, they interact perhaps the least of my characters--being such polar opposites, neither has much regard or need for the other--but their occasional encounters are some of the most powerful in my stories. For even as they are foils, they are also the most alike of Feanor's sons in one important way: the fact that they are so vastly different from their father. With Maglor's music and Celegorm's connection to nature, neither believes himself to be much of a source of pride to his father, and so they often connect--as they do here--on that level, on accepting their individuality and dealing with their shame in being the "lesser" sons of Feanor.
A friend of mine said of this incident: So you plagiarized this one chapter and wrote fifty-one others around it? That is perhaps the most absurd thing of all, for me, about this incident. Anyone familiar with my work will attest to the fact that the encounter between Celegorm and Maglor in Chapter Sixteen is something that is developed throughout AMC and other stories as well--I recently wrote a birthday gift for a close friend that explored their relationship in great detail. It was, again, centered around Maglor comforting Celegorm. Am I to assume that this is plagiarized as well? And while I will admit that I have seen few stories that explore deeply the relationship between these two brothers, I know that I am not the only one to consider it. And hardly the only one to use their special status as brothers relatively close in age to explore how this relationship might have developed. In that sense, the rather banal scene where Maglor comforts Tyelkormo is but a means to a much, much larger end.
Truly, I am left after the dust settles a bit with two prevailing emotions.
One: great pity for this "PV," who clearly believes her work to be of such great importance to the Tolkien fandom that myself and five authors who are some of the most highly respected in this fandom--who already have considerable followings of their work--would commit perhaps the greatest "sin" as writers: plagiarizing the work of another writer. That we felt so threatened by her greatness that we saw that we had no other options than to try to steal some of her spotlight while there was still time. Never mind that we all have a pretty fair share of the spotlight already. Yet, despite her greatness, I've never heard of the girl, and judging by Ang's post, she'd never heard of her either. To at least 33% of us, this girl was not even a blip on the radar before this week's events. As a Silmarillion author, one quickly learns of and meets the most talented Silmarillion authors in only a short time. If she'd written and story about Maglor and Celegorm as she'd suggested and it was truly as wonderful as she'd suggested, I likely would have known it. It is hard to be unknown in this corner of the fandom, especially if you truly have talent so earth-shattering as to warrant plagiarism by--not just me--six independent and well-known authors. As PV seems to believe that she did.
Two: I must underscore how calm and confident I was during this whole ordeal. I knew that AMC was not plagiarized, and I knew that HASA would recognize this too. Never did I fear being accused wrongly or even being asked to justify myself. I was emailed almost daily to be kept up-to-date on the Site Managers' progress with the issue. As soon as HASA had new information, it was shared with me and the other five accused authors. We were asked to hold our tempers, that the incident would be taken care of for us. I never felt the need to get angry or defensive. In fact, my prevailing thought was to wonder how I ever got included alongside five authors of such extraordinary talent!
I am the owner and moderator of a Silmarillion group called Silmarillion Writers' Guild; currently, we have less than 100 members (whereas HASA has many hundred), and already, I can attest that sometimes making the right decision as a moderator is not easy. I must really commend Anglachel, Agape, and the others on the staff who made this incident so painless for the wrongly accused, often taking on hours of research and investigation themselves. It is not always easy to do the right thing. It is even harder to do it gracefully. I know this, from my own experience as a group owner who has dealt with sticky issues--and people--in the past, yet I think that the swift and diplomatic actions of the admins here truly deserve our recognition and gratitude.
This incident should not make people fear for their reputations, "omg it could happen to me"; if anything, this should re-emphasize your "safety" on this site as an author of integrity. It reminds us that the admins here are willing to take on a good amount of headache and heartache on our behalf, and that's pretty comforting for an author.
Again, I offer my sincerest thanks to the admins who handled this in such an effective manner. You have reminded me of why I continue to post on this site.
Dawn Felagund
Re: Plagairism and Accusations
Message: 49197
20 Nov 06 10:32 AM
Reply To: 49187
General Audience
I would think that when one is writing a detailed story about a family whose multiple offspring have a good relationship with each other, that writing a scene where an older sibling comforts a younger is just a natural thing to do, since this is something that would happen in families - regardless of whether one had ever seen another scene, in another writer's story, where an older sib comforted a younger sib. I mean, if we write a scene, or a paragraph, where Glorfindel grooms Asfaloth or rubs him down after returning from Nazgul-fighting, is it plagiarism because Author X and Author Y have written Eomer grooming Firefoot, or even Glorfie grooming Asfaloth? I mean, SHEEEEEEEEEESH. Let's have some common sense here!
And how many fanfic writers have had older brother Boromir comforting younger brother Faramir? There might even be some where Elladan or Elrohir comfort Arwen, or Elphir comforts Amrothos. Older siblings often give comfort and advice to younger ones, in fiction, fanfiction and in real life. It's a universal theme, for cryin' out loud!
I'm sorry you were harrassed by this person.
That being said, I am very glad to see this forum; since I have some questions on the topic.
Re: Plagairism and Accusations
Message: 49200
20 Nov 06 12:39 PM
Reply To: 49197
General Audience
Thanks, Raksha, though the harrassment never reached me personally. I was not one of the authors who was contacted by PV; my first awareness came via Agape, who let me know that there was a problem and it was being taken care of. Through it all, I'd best characterize my feelings as "morbid fascination." ;)
And you're totally right about the common scenes, imo. Some of my original fiction has comfort scenes along the lines of what was in Chapter Sixteen. I suppose that those are plagiarized as well? If that is our definition of plagiarism (and Juno's post and my understanding of it as an author and in the academic sense makes it pretty clear that it's not), then it will only be a short time before we aren't able to write anything. And if she's going with the idea that she had a sibling comfort scene first--which given the age of AMC and some of the other "plagiarized" works, I do not believe anyway--then she is also a plagiarist because that idea is faaaar from original.
All besides the point but clearly (if I may be blunt) this girl is at least one Silmaril short of a full set, so I doubt such logic would work anyhow.
Re: Plagairism and Accusations
Message: 49207
20 Nov 06 2:35 PM
Reply To: 49200
General Audience
You use the word "personal"--the first thing that popped into my head when I was told that she claimed my story contained plagiarism was that is was too "personal" for anyone to even suspect I got it anywhere but out of my own head. Secondly, my reaction was: this person is not well (although in somewhat less flattering terms).
Well, I guess what we try to do through our writing is to universalize the personal, but that sadly had nothing to do with what happened here--what we encountered here did not concern the commonality of human emotion, but either malice or delusion; doubt if we will ever know which one for certain.
Re: Plagairism and Accusations
Message: 49339
05 Dec 06 11:14 PM
Reply To: 49207
General Audience
I suppose as I reviewed and rejected some of this person's stories for the simple reason that I just did not think them good enough for the archive, it was only the fact that at that time I did not have a story in the public archive that spared me from being accused as well !
There are certain elements in fanfiction that crop up again and again, but because Tolkien inspired them.
For example, both Raksha and I have written Houses of Healing stories featuring a weary Aragorn, but the stories are very different.
I have on rare occasions been inspired by other writers to use elements I have found in their stories, but have always e mailed them for permission and credited them in a not with the story.