Cornish Game hens.. are CHICKENS??

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

Okay you can laugh..

I just realized that a Cornish Game hen

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Is a CHICKEN....

My whole life I thought is was some kind of game bird, like a quail or pheasant..

Oh my, I wonder what other life lessons got mistaken in my mind so far.

WOW. (I'm 23 btw)

 

[The Red Rooster]

Haha! Nope. Their VERY chicken!

....just don't meet them with a hatchet...

 

[booker81]

Heck, most of the "Cornish Game Hens" aren't even the lovely Cornish Game breed posted above - they're merely young Cornish X. Instead of growing to 7-8 weeks or so, they're processed at a about 30 days.

 

[EggsForIHOP]

LOL - when i told my youngest sister "the truth" she too was shocked and amazed - and then she kinda thought on it and I will never forget her response...

"That's so shady that they change the name to make it sound exotic! If they called them 'really expensive plain baby chickens' I guess no one would want to buy them!"

Funny how labels affect what we are willing to do sometimes - I think she pretty much got it right too when she called it "shady"...

 

[kfacres]

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that's not really a cornish game hen... like the post under this one, 99% of game hens, are young CX chicks butchered before time...