Preparing and Cooking Poultry (Market Forms of Poultry, Classes of Poultry) Flashcards
When buying live poultry, select those that are alert, healthy, well-feathered, and well-formed.
The first market form of poultry.
Live Poultry
This is poultry with all its parts intact but not alive.
The second market form of poultry.
Whole Poultry
This is the slaughtered bird that have been bled and defeathered.
The third market form of poultry.
Dressed Poultry
This is dressed poultry in which the internal organs have been removed and cleaned.
The fourth market form of poultry.
Drawn Poultry
These are parts of the chicken that are packed, sold, and frozen or fresh. It includes neck, breast, legs, thighs, and wings.
The fifth market form of poultry.
Poultry Parts
Whole or chicken parts that are packed and frozen; usually found in the frozen section of the supermarket
The sixth market form of poultry.
Frozen
This can be sold whole, split in halves, quartered without backbone, boned chicken breast, boned half-breasts, chicken ham, and tocino.
The seventh market form of poultry.
Ready-to-Cook
This can be sold whole, split in halves, quartered without backbone, boned chicken breast, boned half-breasts, chicken ham, and tocino.
The seventh market form of poultry.
Ready-to-Cook
Also called fryer. A chicken about 9 to 12 weeks, usually has tender meat, flexible bone cartilage, and has soft, smooth pliable skin.
Broiler
Chicken about 3 to 5 months of age, has tender meat, soft smooth pliable skin, and flexible bone cartilage.
Roaster
Male chicken that has been desized surgically, under 8 months old, has tender meat, and soft pliable smooth skin.
Capon
Mature female chicken; more than 10 months old, less tender, and hard breastbone tip.
Stewing chicken
Male chicken under 10 minutes old, tough, dark flesh, hard breastbone, cartilage, and coarse skin.
Stag
Also known as cock; mature male chicken, tough and dark meat, hard breastbone tip, and coarse skin.
Rooster
Extra large broilers about 4 kilos in weight, similar to a turkey in size. Ideal for special occasions.
Jumbo broiler