On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:07:17 -0800 (PST), rosie wrote:

> On Dec 23, 6:57�am, jay > wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:24:49 -0800, Mickey Zalusky wrote:
>>> Has anyone tried baking Cornish game hens using the low-temp, long bake
>>> method from the famous Mimi's Sticky Chicken recipe (250 degrees for 5
>>> hours? �I'm assuming less than 5 hours would be needed for the smaller
>>> Cornish hens but I'm wondering if they would dry out rather than getting
>>> wonderfully tender as the meat gets for a 3 or 4-lb. chicken in the
>>> original recipe.
>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mickey
>>
>> IMO that is good way to ruin them. �Use a traditional roasting method.
>> They are baby chickens and will be tender without cooking them into mush
>> the MIMI way.
>>
>> jay
>
> What??? Game hens are BABY CHICKENS ??? I thought they were small
> birds , like quail.
> I don't need this first thing in the AM before my coffee..I have been
> eating baby chickens???
> Please tell me this is not true.
> Rosie

http://www.zenreich.com/ZenWeb/cornishhen.htm

Most of these in the USA come from Tyson I have read. There may be
different varieties of these birds marketed but they are immature birds.
Youthful chickens.

jay

jay