Poultry 101
This is the most popular poultry bird worldwide.
What is chicken?
This class of chicken weighs approximately 1.5–3.5 pounds and can be prepared using all cooking methods.
What is broiler/fryer?
This term describes the internal organs and extremities removed before an animal or bird is butchered.
What is offal?
This technique involves tying a whole bird to improve its appearance and promote even cooking.
What is trussing?
According to Food, Inc., the modern American supermarket carries approximately this many products.
What is 47,000?
This contaminated food caused Kevin Kowalcyk's fatal E. coli infection.
What is a hamburger?
This bird is native to North America and is commonly served during holiday meals.
What is turkey?
This small, immature chicken weighs approximately 16–18 ounces.
What is poussin?
These four poultry parts are commonly called giblets.
What are the neck, gizzard, heart, and liver?
These two parts make up a poultry leg quarter.
What are the leg and thigh?
The documentary says much of our food comes from these rather than traditional farms.
What are factories?
Kevin's Law was intended to give the USDA authority to take this action against dangerous meat-processing facilities.
What is shutting down facilities that repeatedly produce contaminated meat?
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This poultry bird has dark meat in both its breast and legs.
What is duck?
This mature female chicken has flavorful but tough meat and is best simmered or braised.
What is fowl?
This giblet is often used to make poultry stock.
What is the neck?
These two parts make up a poultry breast quarter.
What are the breast and wing?
This type of restaurant became popular during the 1930s and helped shape the fast-food industry.
What is a drive-in restaurant?
The documentary describes this ingredient as a major component of industrial animal feed.
What is corn?
Duck and goose belong to this category of birds.
What are waterfowl?
This castrated male chicken weighs approximately 5–8 pounds and has tender meat.
What is capon?
This young pigeon weighs under one pound and has rich, dark meat.
What is squab?
This term means separating poultry meat from the bones.
What is boning?
This fast-food corporation was identified as a major purchaser of beef, potatoes, tomatoes, and chicken.
What is McDonald's?
This company became known for patenting genetically engineered soybean seeds.
What is Monsanto?
This cooking process slowly melts and releases fat from duck skin.
What is rendering?
This mature male turkey is commonly prepared by roasting
What is a tom?
This very small game bird weighs 3–7 ounces and is often served in pairs.
What is quail?
This chicken breast cut has the first joint of the wing still attached.
What is an airline chicken breast (chicken suprême)?
This is what CAFO stands for.
What is Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation?
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his phrase means consumers can influence the food system through their breakfast, lunch, and dinner purchases.
What is 'voting three times a day'?