cornish game hen

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what is the difference between a cornish game hen and a cornish hen? And what breed of chicken do they use for brown skin chicken that is sold in asian restaurant?
 
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I believe a "cornish game hen" is actually a cornish x that was processed at 3 - 4 weeks of age instead of 6 - 8 weeks of age.
 
Well the brown skinned or black is a silkie and a cornish game hen sold for soooooo much around here is only a young cornish cross butchered at a small wieght.
 
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Something I will probably never be able to wrap my head around is how they charge soooo much money for cornish hens when they use half the amount of feed and it takes half the amount of time to get them to size! So why do they cost 2-3 times more per pound?
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Something I will probably never be able to wrap my head around is how they charge soooo much money for cornish hens when they use half the amount of feed and it takes half the amount of time to get them to size! So why do they cost 2-3 times more per pound?
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It's a gimmick that people have bought into. I'm sure once upon a time the cornish game hen was really a game hen of some sort, but anymore they're just very young cornish x. At least, here in the US they are.
 
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Something I will probably never be able to wrap my head around is how they charge soooo much money for cornish hens when they use half the amount of feed and it takes half the amount of time to get them to size! So why do they cost 2-3 times more per pound?
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It's a gimmick that people have bought into. I'm sure once upon a time the cornish game hen was really a game hen of some sort, but anymore they're just very young cornish x. At least, here in the US they are.

IMO they're over priced , but the processing costs per pound are much higher than a larger bird . I can't help but wonder if the processing cost per bird is actually higher on the young ones ; I'm not sure they are well suited to some of the mechanical processes used on the more mature birds .
 

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