Poultry Cookery | L2 Flashcards
Poultry and game birds need to be _______ before they can be cooked.
processed
The process of preparing birds for cooking involves _______ that begin from the time they are collected from the point of production to the time right before they are cooked.
several steps
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
- enumerate
• slaugthering and bleeding
• scalding
• plucking and removing the feathers
- scalding and picking
- dry picking
- waxing
• evisceration
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
This stage involves killing and bleeding the birds.
Slaughtering and Bleeding
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Slaughtering and Bleeding involves…
killing and bleeding the bird/s
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
What practices is done when slauthering/bleeding poultry?
• there should be a slaugther house
• funnel is a must (position the bird downward)
• slit the jugular veins/neck first
• drain the blood
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
What are the purpose of funnel when slaughtering?
• so that the blood flows down easily
• secures the bird’s body, preventing it from moving and flapping its wings
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
It secures the bird’s body, preventing it from moving and flapping its wings.
Funnel
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
First, the bird’s head is positioned downward in the funnel so that …
the blood flows down easily
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Describe the process of slaugthering a poultry/game bird before:
Butchered through their wings, causing bruises
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
The most humane way of slaughtering the bird is by…
cutting/slitting its jugular vein with a sharp knife
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Difference of cutting and slitting?
• Cutting
- makes straight cuts across material to create separate pieces
• Slitting
- dividing a material into narrow strips with parallel cuts along its length.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Allow the blood to drain for …
1 ½ to 2 minutes
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
The bird’s body is immersed in hot water that is about 60 degrees Celsius for about 40 to 60 seconds. This opens the shaft that holds the feathers, and makes plucking the bird easier.
- what do u call this process?
Scalding
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Purpose of scalding:
This opens the shaft that holds the feathers, and makes plucking the bird easier.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
In scalding, what water do we need to use. Boiling or hot? Why?
The chicken will be cooked if boiling water is used. So, we should use HOT WATER only.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Another way to remove the feathers is by using a tool/rubberized machine called as…
[plucking and removing the feathers]
- chicken plucker
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Purpose of chicken plucker:
To remove the feathers from the chicken.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
Three most common methods in removing feathers.
- enumerate
• scalding and picking
• dry picking
• waxing
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
(Three most common methods in removing feathers.)
-involves briefly immersing the bird in hot water to help loosen feathers.
Scalding and picking
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
(Three most common methods in removing feathers.)
IIt involves pulling out the major feathers with the hands and using tweezers to grip and pull out the remaining feathers.
Dry picking
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
(Three most common methods in removing feathers.)
It makes use of paraffin wax.
Waxing
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
(Three most common methods in removing feathers.)
Waxing is done by…
• The wax is placed in a pan and warmed over moderate heat until it softens.
• The bird is dipped into the hot wax, coating all feathers with the wax.
• It is then dunked in cold water to harden the wax, which is then peeled off. Taking the feathers with it.
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
[Plucking and removing the feathers]
(Three most common methods in removing feathers.)
Among the three this method is not common in the Philippines.
Waxing
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
This stage involves removing of the head, feet, and visceral organs of the bird.
Evisceration
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
Describe/enumerate the process of evisceration:
• remove; head, feet and tail
• loosen; craw/crop
• one clean cut; through the hip bones
• open; using ur hands
• sweep; using ur fingers
• separate the liver and heart from gallbladder – pinch and twist it away
• cut vent from guts – using knife
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
(Evisceration)
Where part can u find the craw/crop of the chicken?
It is attached on the left side of the breast
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
(Evisceration)
Guts that need to put away are;
• heart
• liver
• craw/crop
• windpipe
• gallbladder
• lungs
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
(Evisceration)
What is the safest way to separate the heart and liver away from the gallbladder?
- pinch it between the liver and twist it away
PROCESSES OF PREPARING POULTRY FOR COOKING
(Evisceration)
What is the effect of gallbladder when it accidentally popped?
Will cause a bitter taste
STEPS IN CUTTING A WHOLE CHICKEN
(Legs)
Step 1.
_____ the leg from the body and slice through the skin to expose the leg’s interior.
Extend
STEPS IN CUTTING A WHOLE CHICKEN
(Legs)
Step 2.
Forcefully bend the leg back from the body until…
the ball joint pops free from the socket
STEPS IN CUTTING A WHOLE CHICKEN
(Legs)
Step 3.
Cut the leg from the ____, through the ____, as close as possible to the backbone. Repeat with the other leg.
body; joint
STEPS IN CUTTING A WHOLE CHICKEN
(Legs)
What is the important note in step 3, that we should always remember?
do not let the bones crack