Can anybody make a list of the different chickens and how they taste?

[greyfields]

They all taste the same. The largest difference is raising your own birds you don't inject the meat with brine or additives. So, it can appear 'tougher' or 'dryer' than artificial grocery store chicken. But, as far as difference amongst the breeds, there isn't. It's only influenced by diet and activity level.

 

[Peeps]

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[RobinEgg]

In the past we have raised the Cornish x for meat, this time we opted to try the dual purpose heavy breed assortment, knowing ahead of time they wouldn't be like the Cornish x. My thoughts were along similar lines, I wondered if by getting the assortment if maybe there would be different qualities about different birds that I liked more so than others, not necessarily the chicken taste.

 

[Lobzi]

I was told that beef taste depends on what the cow has eaten....grain-fed tastes very different from grass-fed. My grandpa raised and slaughtered a cow he raised on grass and it tasted horrible to me because I was used to eating the grain-fed beef. I am guessing it is the same for chicken, but Im just guessing....

 

[greyfields]

When I converted to grass fed lamb/beef I couldn't figure out why the meat tasted so 'gamey'. It was a real shock in England. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with their beef, until I realized we were eating at places where feedlot beef just isn't "the norm". Now, I can't go anywhere near a grain fed beast because they just don't taste right... like how they ought taste. You can totally tell a grass fed steak from a grain fed, and I know which I prefer (and which is healthier for you).

 

[DougD]

Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes are listed on the "Slow Foods Arc of Taste"

http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark/buckeye_chicken.html

 

[morelcabin]

Okay I really want to know....have any of you ever eaten a silkie? I wonder if that tastes like chicken? Not that I would ever even try it because I wouldn't be able to stomach black meat...or is thier flesh black?

 

[silkiechicken]

Silkies taste just like chicken to me. Well, tastes like home grown chicken that is. Any collagenous connective tissue is black. Other proteins are not.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

We finally tried our Freedom Rangers. This was my first ever taste of "real" chicken:

Did a whole one the "beer can chicken" method on the grill. It was about 5 lbs and kept falling over; beer kept spilling. We weren't sure how long it would take and kept testing the legs to see if the meat fell off the bone. It didn't. After 2 hours (on low) I figured it HAD to be done, so we brought it in and cut the leg by the thigh. Still bloody. Wings were dry and over cooked. Cut the meat up and put it in the oven with the juices for a little while but overall, tough and I wasn't happy.

Saturday I brined pieces in salt water and herbs/spices for 1 1/2 hours. Rinsed off well and put on the grill to slow cook, brushed with BBQ sauce at the end. Result: it was ok, a little salty for my tastes, and while it tasted like regular chicken, it had a tougher consistency. Not bad, just different. Overall I found no taste difference, just texture. My birds were all 9 and 10 weeks old.

Next weekend: roasting in the oven with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

[MayberrySaint]

Popeyes>Bojangles>KFC>Churchs