poultry - one of the most popular food items all over the world
poultry is the highest source if protein
games - birds that are hunted and used as food
chicken is the most consumed of all poultry
poultry farming - one of the more profitable businesses just like livestock
poultry has 22.6% protein, 76.3% water, and traces of fats, vitamins, and minerals
dark muscles - found in those parts which are always used (legs, thighs, wings, neck, and rib cage)
white muscles - found manly in the breast
steps in slaughtering a chicken
slaughtering and bleeding
scalding
defeathering
eviscerations
before slaughtering, the chicken is not fed one day
slaughtering - performed by slitting the jugular vein in the chickens throat with a shark knife. the blood flows from the vein is caught in the bowl for about 2 to 3 minutes
scalding - the bled chicken is dropped in the hot water for 30 to 60 seconds depending on the size of the bird.
defeathering - picking the big feathers and rubbing on the body to remove tiny feathers.
eviscerations - slitting the abdominal cavity, the entrails are removed.
market forms of poultry
live poultry
whole poultry
dressed poultry
drawn poultry
poultry cuts
frozen
ready-to-cook
precooked
whole poultry - all parts still intact but not alive
dressed poultry - slaughtered bird that have been bled and defeathered
drawn poultry - dressed poultry in which the internal organs have been removed and cleaned
poultry cuts - parts of chicken that are cut and packed then sold frozen or fresh
frozen - whole or chicken parts that are packed and frozen
ready-to-cook - sold whole, split in halves, quartered without backbone