COOKERY
COOKERY
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LESSON 1 PREPARE POULTRY AND GAME DISHES
• THIS LESSON DEALS WITH THE SELECTION, PREPARATION, COOKING, PRESENTATION,
AND STORAGE OF POULTRY AND GAME IN A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN OR CATERING
OPERATION.
• AT THE END OF LESSON YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO THE FOLLOWING:
• A BROILER OR FRYER IS
YOUNG CHICKEN,
USUALLY 9 TO 12 WEEKS
OF AGE, OF EITHER SEX,
IS TENDER-MEAT WITH
SOFT, PLIABLE, SMOOTH-
TEXTURED SKIN.
ROASTER
A CAPON IS A
SURGICALLY DESEXED
MALE CHICKEN
USUALLY UNDER 8
MONTHS OF AGE.
STAG
A STAG IS A MALE
CHICKEN, USUALLY
UNDER 10 MONTHS OF
AGE, WITH COARSE
SKIN, WITH SOMEWHAT
TOUGHENED AND
DARKENED FLESH.
HEN OR STEWING CHICKEN.
IT IS A MATURE FEMALE
CHICKEN WHICH IS
USUALLY MORE THAN 10
MONTHS OF AGE. IT CAN
ALSO BE A CULLED LAYER.
COCK OR ROOSTER.
IT IS A MATURE MALE
CHICKEN WITH COARSE
SKIN, TOUGHENED AND
DARKENED MEAT AND
HARDENED
BREASTBONE TIP.
JUMBO BROILER.
THIS IS A BREED OF
DUCK THAT
ORIGINATED FROM
CHINA AND IS NOTED
FOR ITS TENDER AND
FLAVORFUL MEAT.
DUCK OR ITIK
AVAILABLE AND
POPULAR IN MANY
TOWNS OF RIZAL
AS FRIED ITIK.
SQUAB
THIS IS A YOUNG
IMMATURE PIGEON
OF EITHER SEX
AND HAS EXTRA
TENDER MEAT.
SELECTING GOOD QUALITY POULTRY AND
GAME
1. LIVE POULTRY
• A. IT HAS CLEAR EYES.
• B. A YOUNG CHICKEN HAS FINE AND SOFT FEET. IF IT IS OLD, THE
FEET ARE THICK AND SCALY.
• C. THE BONE AT THE TIP OF THE BREAST IS SOFT IN YOUNGER
CHICKEN AND THICK IN OLDER ONE.
• D. SMALL FEATHERS INDICATE THAT THE CHICKEN IS YOUNG.
2. WHOLE POULTRY.