Post #480032 by MadDogMike on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:25 PM

Kinny,

I have a sneaking suspicion that Cornish Game hens are actually seagulls, this is why:

No one I know has ever seen a live Cornish Game hen. Sure there are photos on the internet but there are also photos of unicorns and leprechauns.

I don't believe you could identify a seagull without it's head, feet, and feathers.

"Cornish" designates something from the area of Cornwall, England - with poor soil and few natural resources, Cornwall is practically a peninsula - surrounded on 3 sides by rocky coastline. Seagulls are fat & plentiful, can easily be caught using nothing more than a fish head for bait.

We have a custom of taking unwanted and inedible organic matter, renaming it, and selling it at a premium as "gourmet" Cases in point; Squab (flying rats), Calamari (slimy squids, no insult intended Dave), Rocky Mountain Oysters ('nads), Truffles (fungus dug up by pigs), Escargot, Salisbury Steak, etc.

What do you think LLT?