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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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
...WESTWARD THE LAND Samuel James and his Cornish Family on the trail to Oregon and the...Arizona. As well as several other books on Cornish and American history his publications include The Cornish Miner in America, Truro, 1967. CONTENTS...
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The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions
Book by Ronald L. Eisenberg; Jewish Publication Society, 2004
Subjects: Judaism--Encyclopedias
...having the mother drink water from the inverted finials ( rimonim ) crowning the staves of the Torah scroll; and (8) swinging a hen in circles around the mothers head to atone for her sins (a Kurdistani practice), similar to the kaparos ritual performed on...
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Story Medicine: Multicultural Tales of Healing and Transformation
Book by Norma J. Livo; Libraries Unlimited, 2001
Subjects: Healing--Cross-Cultural Studies, Medicine--Cross-Cultural Studies, Medicine--Miscellanea
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Ice Palace
Book by Edna Ferber; Companion Book Club, 1959
Subjects: Fiction
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Life at the Bottom: The People of Antarctica
Book by John Langone; Little Brown, 1977
Subjects: Antarctica
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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
...Archaiology, p. 22, cf. Jacobs, "`Englynion" y Misoedd, Testun B, pp. 20-1. (60) See Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, s. vv. `hydref, hyddfref; the cognate forms in Cornish and Breton suggest that the second form is indeed a sophisticated re-formation.
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Tolondron. Speeches to John Bowle about His Edition of Don Quixote, Together with Some Account of Spanish Literature
Journal article by Joseph Baretti; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Bowle, John--Discursos, ensayos, conferencias, Crytica--Siglo XVIII, Editores, El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Redacciyn
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Books Received
Journal article; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Book selection, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Renaissance literature
...faincant: The Origins of an Historians Commonplace"; "I principi negligenti di Dante e le concezione medioevale del rex inutilis"; "Hen ry II of Cyprus, rex inutilis: A Footnote to Decameron 1.9"; and "Non legitur in historia Francorum: Stephen of Tournai, the...
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Perceptions of the Past in Welsh Folklore Studies
Journal article by Juliette Wood; Folklore, Vol. 108, 1997
Subjects: Celtic antiquities--Analysis, Folklore--Analysis, Wales--Folklore, legends, etc.
...Wales Press, 1991. Dorson, Richard. The British Folklorists: A History. London: Routledge, 1968. Edwards, Hywel Teifi. Codir Hen Wlad yn Ei Hol 1850-1914. Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer, 1989. Ellis, Peter Berresford. The Celtic Revolution: A Study in Anti-Imperialism...
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Assessing Potential Risk of Heavy Metal Exposure from Consumption of Home-Produced Vegetables by Urban Populations
Journal article by Rupert L. Hough, Neil Breward, Scott D. Young, Neil M.J. Crout, Andrew M. Tye, Ann M. Moir, Iain Thornton; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
...Roberts P, Smith N. 2000. The definition of brownfield. J Environ Hen Manage 43:49-69. Ambrose AM, Larson PS, Borzelleca JR, Hennigar...The Stationery Office. Jinadasa KBPN, Milham PJ, Hawkins CA, Cornish PS, Williams PA, Kaldor CJ, et al. 1997. Survey of cadmium levels...
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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
...the grill and set a disposable drip pan in the center. If using a gas grill, turn off the center burners. Arrange the Cornish Hen halves on the hot grate above the drip pan and away from the coals, skin-side down. Cover and grill until done, turning...
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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
...fruit-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-virgin...
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The Draw to Memphis
Magazine article; Business Perspectives, Vol. 19, Fall 2007
Subjects: Memphis, Tennessee--Economic aspects, Sales promotions--Analysis, Tourism promotion--Analysis, Tourism--Economic aspects, Travel industry--Analysis, Travel industry--Economic aspects, Travel industry--Industry sales and revenue
...barbeque with their most popular sandwich, sliced beef with a thin, vinegary sauce, and the house special, barbequed Cornish hen. A few blocks away from Beale Street, Gus looks far from legendary, but this unassuming eatery serves up what many folks...
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An Old-Fashioned Christmas Dinner with a Twist
Magazine article by Charlotte Lyons; Ebony, Vol. 58, December 2002
Subjects: Christmas cookery--Menus and recipes
...4 Rock Cornish game hens...pieces with back of spoon. Tie legs of each hen to ether with string and turn wing tips under back of each hen. Brush hens lightly with glaze and arrange...
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The Week
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 55, September 15, 2003
Subjects: Buffett, Warren E., California--Political aspects, Current events--Analysis, Gubernatorial candidates--Political activity, Moore, Roy, Political recall--Analysis, Rosenbaum, Yankel, Schwarzenegger, Arnold, Simon, Bill, Specter, Arlen
...departments, demands for reparations, and an angry terrorist fringe setting off car bombs. And you thought "Cornish" was just a kind of hen! -- Nabil Hilmi, dean of the law faculty of Egypts University of al- Zaqaziq, has announced that he will...
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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
...yesterday when she tried her first traditional Cornish pasty. Louise, 24, of The Moorfield...Patricia Kinmond, 56, unemployed, of Hen Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry, said: "I can...the amount of salt used. In the case of Cornish pasties, it is also about the batter for...
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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
...straightthrough Nothing To Declare, bold as brass, with their contraband. I have another surreal day of contrasts out on the stump.I pass a hen partyfrom London, already steaming drunk, falling off the train. Then, a convoy ofAston Martins passes heading away from a local...
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A Harmonious Holiday High Schools Make Madrigal Dinners, Songs a Merry Mainstay
Newspaper article by Jennifer Patterson; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 3, 2004
...castles for traditional madrigal dinners, to serve an evening of entertainment fit for a king and his queen. "Its a mean Cornish hen supper, and the kids sing their hearts out," said Ken Whitney, choral director at Crystal Lake South High School...
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White-Tablecloth Meal in Green Countryside; Sophisticated Menu at Patowmack Farm
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 6, 2007
Subjects: Restaurants, Restaurants--Restaurant reviews
...greens. The dish was pretty, but mushy. Herb-marinated Cornish hen, one of the two main courses on the menu - the other...with the same prosciutto-and-melon relish adorning the Cornish hen. The chef, gracious and solicitous, accommodated a diner...
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Lower-Cost Tickets a Benefit for Folger
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 3, 2003
...tunic-clad waiters assisted guests choosing from a groaning board of Tudor-esque delicacies that included roasted pig, Cornish hen, venison sausage, lacquered duck breast and great salmon pie. As an Elizabethan quartet played in the musicians gallery...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cornish Hen  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Cornish Hen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORNISH HEN or Cornish chicken, breed of poultry...Although relatively slow-growing, the Cornish hen has excellent meat qualities and is used...marketed for its delicious meat, is the Rock Cornish game hen. This is actually a standard meat-type...
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Poultry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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-and-egg breeds...


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