CORNISH HEN

or Cornish chicken, breed of poultry that originated in Cornwall, England, but gained prominence only after it was established in the United States. Its body shape is quite different from that of other chickens. Both males and females have short legs and broad muscular breasts. Although relatively slow-growing, the Cornish hen has excellent meat qualities and is used extensively in breeding programs today. Its cross with the fast-growing Plymouth Rock chicken is responsible for most of the broiler and frier types currently on the market. An increasingly popular form of Cornish poultry, marketed for its delicious meat, is the Rock Cornish game hen. This is actually a standard meat-type chicken packaged at a smaller size.

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books on: Cornish Hen  - 64 results

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Ever Westward the Land: Samuel James and His Cornish Family on the Trail to Oregon and the Pacific North West 1842-52
Book by A. C. Todd, David James; University of Exeter Press, 1986
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--North America, North America--Social Life And Customs
...only the Indians could navigate it. The Cornish family, their two travellers and the Indian...desolate over the loss of the rooster and hen they were bringing as their possessions...it down to rejoin the children. But the hen was gone for good and the Indians gave...
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Life at the Bottom: The People of Antarctica
Book by John Langone; Little Brown, 1977
Subjects: Antarctica
...over, and it is somewhat unnerving as we dine on Rock Cornish hen with sherry sauce and lemon and apple pie to have to...the obvious remark about eating pussy, its better than Cornish hen, and Dr. Wirtz, digging into a slab of pie, says...
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Ice Palace
Book by Edna Ferber; Companion Book Club, 1959
Subjects: Fiction
...for you. I heard Mom say at breakfast that were having Cornish hen for dinner. Ill take you down to Greasy Jos in Skid Row instead." "We can get Cornish hen at Nicks Caribou Cafe." "Wheres that?" "The Ice...
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Catching Sense: African American Communities on a South Carolina Sea Island
Book by Patricia Guthrie; Greenwood, 1996
Subjects: African Americans--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island--Social Life And Customs, Saint Helena Island (S.C.)--Social Life And Customs
...that is killed in the marsh. Miss Betty boils them whole, seasoned with pork. It is really very good and a lot like Cornish hen. Also Miss Mildred, Miss Betty, and I went to the packing house where fall cucumbers were being sized and packed...
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Worlds without End: The Exploration of Planets Known and Unknown
Book by John S. Lewis; Perseus Books, 1998
Subjects: Extrasolar Planets, Life On Other Planets, Planets
...roasting a three-thousand-pound apatosaurus haunch would be by no means the same thing as roasting the leg of a Cornish hen, and baking a one- thousand-pound cake is very definitely not like baking a cupcake. Size matters. Imagine a set...
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journal articles on: Cornish Hen  - 10 results

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The Role of Science in Agricultural Education: a Student's Perspective
Journal article by Kendra Butters, Kara Butters; The Agricultural Education Magazine, Vol. 74, 2002
...conducting experiments with animals. In addition, we performed many dissections, including those on a fetal pig and a Cornish hen. This allowed us to visualize the reactions that take place in animals and to identify their different organs. After...
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The 'Stanzas of the Months': Maxims from Late Medieval Wales
Journal article by Nicolas Jacobs; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Englynion y Misoedd (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry, Medieval--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Time in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Welsh--Literature
...first four of the stanzas in Canu Llywarch Hen beginning `Baglan brenn (in which the...cuckoo in the passage from Canu Lllywarch Hen, referred to above, though in a notorious...principle of Ifor Williams in Canu Llywarch Hen (Cardiff, 1935) in numbering the lines...
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Books Received
Journal article; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Book selection, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Renaissance literature
...Bulgatella, "Catalogue of the Exhibition." Cornish, Alison and Dana E. Stewart, eds...The Body in the Commedia"; Alison Cornish, "Telling Time in Purgatory"; Warren...concezione medioevale del rex inutilis"; "Hen ry II of Cyprus, rex inutilis: A Footnote...
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Literary Genealogy, Virile Rhetoric, and John Gower's Confessio Amantis
Journal article by Diane Watt; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 78, 1999
Subjects: Dante Alighieri--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gay literature--History, Gower, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Inferno (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Latin philology--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Men--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Middle Ages--Historiography
...cock, / Sometime unto the Laverock, / Sometime kacleth as a Hen, / Somtime spekth as don the men: / And riht so as hir jargoun...1914), 1.52. (66) Catullus, ed. and tr. Francis Warre Cornish, rev. G. P. Goold, Loeb Classical Library (London: Heinemann...
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Songs and Stones: Iolo Morganwg (1747-1826), Mason and Bard
Journal article by Mary-Ann Constantine; The Eighteenth Century, Vol. 47, 2006
Subjects: Masonry, Music, Personal profiles, Poetry, Poets, Williams, Edward (1747-1826)
...Pughes 1792 translations of medieval poems attributed to Llywarch Hen, and in a lively essay in his own Poems, Lyric and Pastoral...looks like a deliberate antiquarian act. His version of the "Cornish May Song" (a stanza from the famous Helston "Furry Dance...
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An Ear for the Best
Magazine article by Ann Anderson; Stage Directions, Vol. 16, October 2003
Subjects: Academic degrees, Cornish College of the Arts, Graduate studies, North Carolina School of the Arts-Winston-Salem, Sound design, Yale University
...where you can learn the craft. Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle offers...offers an IhFA. Its Not Just A Hen At Cornish College of the Arts, students learn...people here at every level." At Cornish, students design the shows, which...
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Summer Satisfaction
Magazine article by Charlotte Lyons; Ebony, Vol. 61, August 2006
Subjects: Salads--Recipes and menus, Shrimp (Food product)--Recipes and menus, Soups--Recipes and menus
...stir in cilantro. Place the Cornish Hens in large shallow glass or ceramic dish. Pour marinade over the Cornish Hens and turn to coat the pieces thoroughly...the center burners. Arrange the Cornish Hen halves on the hot grate above the...
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Dove Air Force Base Gets Culinary Delight
Magazine article; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 37, September 2002
Subjects: After school programs, Cooking, Dover Air Force Base, Students
...work and getting a dinner of Greek spinach phyllo triangles and stuffed eggs with chervil as appetizers, colonial rock Cornish hen with orange sauce, Namibian baked sweet potato, Finnish paistetut sienet and French caramelized braid bread. Thats...
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The Joys of Jumby Bay: A Luxurious Resort off the Coast of Antigua Offers the Option to Do as Much-Or as Little-As You Desire
Magazine article by Sheila Rothenberg, Robert S. Rothenberg; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, November 2001
Subjects: Antigua and Barbuda--Description and travel, Hotels and motels--Antigua and Barbuda
...sorrel glaze and roasted tomato tart; island jerked grouper filet with spinach, bay shrimp risotto, and chile sauce; Cornish hen stuffed with polenta and enhanced by warm cabbage slaw and thyme jus; and penne with heart of palm artichoke and extra...
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Down on the Farm
Magazine article by Peter Fish; Sunset, Vol. 202, January 1999
Subjects: Corporate profiles, Farmers markets, Hilty, Hank, Los Angeles California
...about the same time. "Ive been scooping for 62 years," Gill says. "Im good at it by now." You can still buy a Cornish hen at the Farmers Market-and copies of Daily Variety and Frankfurter Allgemeine, and miniature Oscar statuettes. But...
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newspaper articles on: Cornish Hen  - 75 results

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Bacon-Wrapped Cornish Hens with Corn Couscous
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 18, 2009
Subjects: Corn--Recipes and menus
Bacon-Wrapped Cornish Hens with Corn Couscous. 1 Cornish game hen, defrosted if frozen 1 teaspoon...pilaf and set pan aside. When hens are done, remove from oven...kitchen shears, cut down spine of hen and separate into 2 halves...
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Babies Find a Bolt Hole; Successful Child-Friendly Breaks Are Rarer Than Hen's Teeth. but One Guesthouse in a Cornish Fishing Village Has Come Up Trumps
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 18, 2009
Subjects: Infants
...Successful Child-Friendly Breaks Are Rarer Than Hens Teeth. but One Guesthouse in a Cornish Fishing Village Has Come Up Trumps. Byline...Taylor at their guesthouse, Westcroft, in the Cornish fishing village of Kingsand. An immaculately...
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The Pie's the Limit; CORNISH PASTIES SO POPULAR IN CITY, BUSINESSMAN OPENS SECOND SHOP
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), August 11, 2004
...tried her first traditional Cornish pasty. Louise, 24, of The...Kinmond, 56, unemployed, of Hen Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry...of salt used. In the case of Cornish pasties, it is also about the...PASTRY PERFECTION: Owner of The Cornish Pasty Bakery Martin Dobson and...
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Confessions of a Tory A-Lister ; Breaking News ... Caroline Righton, Centre, with Co-presenters Jane Irving, Left, and Anne Diamond at TV-Am in 1987 ; Taking a Few Pointers ... Caroline, Top, Campaigning in Newquay ; True Blue ... Caroline Has Promised to Champion Cornish Causes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 8, 2007
Subjects: Cameron, David, Political parties--United Kingdom, TV-AM PLC, Television broadcasting industry
...I tell him I only want to represent a Cornish seat. Although I wasnt luckyenough to...the gays are gay! October 2006:The Cornish seats are important because the party...contrasts out on the stump.I pass a hen partyfrom London, already steaming drunk...
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IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN; Spaghetti-Loving Hens, Molehills in the Bath, Chip Fat Diesel and a Sausage Machine for Those Porkers outside. City Girl TANYA GOLD Visits the Stars of the Latest Reality TV Show, and Finds That ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 17, 2006
Subjects: Turbines
...BEING GREEN; Spaghetti-Loving Hens, Molehills in the Bath, Chip...SITTING in a warm and shabby Cornish kitchen, Dick Strawbridge is...AS WE enter the pen, the hens crowd round Brigit possessively...Chuckchuck-chuck, she sings back. Hens love spaghetti, she tells me...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cornish Hen  - 2 results

 
 
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Cornish Hen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORNISH HEN or Cornish chicken, breed of poultry that originated in Cornwall, England, but...and broad muscular breasts. Although relatively slow-growing, the Cornish hen has excellent meat qualities and is used extensively in breeding...
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Poultry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...today is a cross between the fast-growing female White Plymouth Rock chicken, and the deep-breasted male Cornish chicken (see Cornish hen ). The predominant egg type in the United States today is the White Leghorn chicken . Dual-purpose meat...


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