Cornish X taste

[aclee]

I guess I should have asked this BEFORE I started raising the cornish X. Since what we buy in the store is cornish X, will the ones I raise at home taste the same? Better? Worse?

I know it's opinion, but I was curious what people thought.

Thanks.

 

[CARS]

I don't know if I would say that they taste better. In all honesty, I season my chicken (bbq, injections, breaded and fried, etc) so I don't really know.

I raise my own birds instead of buying not because of taste but because I know what I am feeding them. No hormones, medications, etc. I raise my Cornish on grass after they leave the brooder and are allowed to exercise. I think that makes for a better tasting meat.

 

[Ibicella]

I think they taste better. They get more nutrients in if you let them graze and exercise a little during their short lives, plus the handling of the meat after slaughter is important for retaining taste. Large factory farms tend to us chemical dips to kill germs and then freezing, so it tends to affect the taste/texture.

But that's MPO.

 

[jaku]

They will taste the same, but will have a firmer texture.

 

[iajewel]

they not only taste completely diffrent, better but the dark meat is actually dark since your birds can walk around and the fat is yellow not gray or white.. Huge diffrance.

 

[Kim_NC]

We think they taste much better than store bought. And customers often tell us they taste much better too.

 

[blueskylen]

I think that they have more of the real chicken taste that chickens used to have in the old days ( i'm over 50 ) - now chickens seems to have a bland watered down taste to me.

i am going to do something different that I read about on here - after processing, let them sit in the refrigerator for a couple of days before freezing- it is supposed to make them a bit more tender. Altho, I don't really mind that they may be a bit tougher than store bought - at least I know that they are not full of saline and flavored water.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Informal taste test with the family gave a 3-1 preference to the home raised birds (the 1 was "no difference"). Some mentioned earlier as to the better texture and more pronounced flavor, to which I concur. Makes it hard to eat chicken away from home.

 

[pardenx3]

We just butcherd all ours, and they are soooo much better than in a store. Ours are so tender its unbelievable! It was well worth all the work!

 

[jonaedna]

The home raised broilers are better tasting. I have compared them and the meat simply has a better flavor.