Post #480610 by little lost tiki on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 8:07 AM

On 2009-08-28 17:25, MadDogMike rambled:
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?

First...
i think you got too much brain and not enough "thought".
People do like to "spin" and "brand" their products/wares
because the actual product is not enough...
Check out the book "Adcult" to get a 20-year history of Branding products
thru images and celebrity lifestyles
instead of what it actually is....
there's really nothing EXTREME in Doritos
they're just corn chips with flavoring in a bright bag...
the only thing EXTREME is what these flavors on steroids
are doing to your insides...
Back to the question....
After intensive all-night research..
i have discovered that
Cornish Game hens served in American restaurants
are actually pigeons
or as we call them... "street chickens"
Seagulls have a gamey fishey taste
not unlike their favorite food
whereas pigeons eat practically anything
and provide a more robust flavor....
that's what i think,Mike!