Cornish game hen


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Cornish game hen

n.
A small chicken, usually of the Rock Cornish breed, slaughtered young and sold for roasting. Also called game hen, Cornish hen.
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Some 60 recipes offer techniques and recipes that spice up even ordinary fare, such as a recipe for Split Cornish Game hen with Chipolte BBQ Sauce.
"The households of Spanish-dominant Latinos and those with a high degree of attachment to their original culture are nearly five times as likely as food shoppers on average--and around four times more likely than bilingual/English-dominant Latino food shoppers--to have bought Cornish game hen in the past seven days," the report points out.
The food, prepared by our own chef--in this case, a college student--was superb: rack of lamb, Cornish game hen, or thick cuts of prime rib, followed by baked Alaska, key lime pie, or fresh strawberries.
Saltine's Nashville Hot Chicken features half of a cornish game hen topped with pickles and black pepper ranch over Bunny Bread.
Wright said the chef also is proud of his Pomegranate Glazed Hen, a pan-seared Cornish game hen served over roasted vegetable Israeli couscous with a pomegranate glaze.
Another food burg is Cornish, a few thousand walking calories from Claremont For the record, half a Cornish game hen adds a mere 340 calories, which you can bum off with a brisk walk to Cornish Flat just a bit north.
There are six other vegetarian dishes to choose from, as well as eight entrees that include meat--chicken, pork, Cornish game hen, beef, lamb and shrimp.
The menu features both fresh fish, with special emphasis on Florida grouper and wild-harvested Gulf shrimp, and fowl like Cornish game hen (lightly smoked, roasted, mandarin orange glaze); but the chef's heart belongs to steak, lamb and ribs.
What's for dinner: Look for elk chops and pumpkin gnocchi, oyster-stuffed roasted Cornish game hen with chanterelles and horseradish puree.
Set dinner menus offer a choice of two entrees and include delectable dishes such as grilled artichoke hearts, hearts of palm in balsamic vinegar, Cornish game hen with wild rice, grilled catfish, sliced breast of duck, boiled live lobster, and desserts such as pecan peanut-butter pie and whipped chocolate mousse in a pastry shell.
Have done reading that they are developed from crossing a White Rock or Delaware rooster with a Cornish game hen. I found Dark Cornish chicks and White Rocks at different hatcheries this summer--they are now eight weeks old and very healthy.