poultry and meat Flashcards
refers to several kinds of fowl that are used as food and the term includes chicken, turkey, duck, pigeon, and quail. These are usually domesticated raised mainly for meat and/or eggs. Birds such as smites that are hunted for food and games
poultry
is young chicken, usually 9 to 12 weeks of
age, of either sex, is tender-meat with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin.
broiler or fryer
is usually 5 to 6 months of age.
roaster
is a surgically desexed male chicken usually under 8 months of
age.
capon
a male chicken, usually under 10 months of age, with coarse
skin, with somewhat toughened and darkened flesh.
stag
is a mature female chicken which is usually more
than 10 months of age. It can also be a culled layer
hen or stewing chicken
is a mature male chicken with coarse skin, toughened and
darkened meat and hardened breastbone tip.
cock or rooster
This is a large chicken about 4 kg. dressed weight which are on
sale especially during the Christmas holiday.
jumbo broiler
This is a breed of duck that originated from China and is noted for its tender and flavorful meat.
peking duck
is available and popular in many towns of Rizal as fried itik.
duck or itik
Dark meat and the most prepared is the
broiler or roaster duckling
boiled incubated duck’s egg.
balut
oldest known birds to human
pigeons
This is a young immature pigeon of either sex and has extra tender
meat.
squab
has white and dark meat and when prepared without its skin has little fat.
turkey
classes of turkey
young tom
hen
is very fatty dark meat bird. It is usually roasted
goose
is a domesticated game bird popular in Europe.
guinea
is a popular game bird in the U.S
pheasant
live poultry characteristics
It has clear eyes.
A young chicken has fine and soft feet. If it is old, the feet are thick
and scaly.
The bone at the tip of the breast is soft in younger chicken and thick in
older one.
Small feathers indicate that the chicken is young.
These are slaughtered birds that have been bled and de-feathered.
whole poultry
whole poultry ch.
Their head, feet and viscera are still intact.
They are clean, well fleshed.
They have moderate fat coverings.
They are free from pin feathers and show no cuts, scars or missing skin.
These are slaughtered birds that have been bled, de-feathered, and the visceral organs are removed.
dressed poultry
dressed poultry ch.
The skin is smooth and yellow in color
The breast is plump
The thighs are well-developed
It has no objectionable odor
It is heavy and the skin is not watery