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Cornish hens
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(Pinstripe Sniper) wrote:
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
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> >Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Cornish hens supposed to be
> >"baby chickens" i.e. 5-6 weeks old and not over 2lbs in weight? I ask
> >because when I was out food shopping today, one of our local supermarkets
> >had "Cornish hens" on sale that weighed around 6-7lbs each... They looked
> >like ordinary chickens to me, just a bit bigger than the ones I normally
> >buy. <g>
>
> Well in your case, as it seems you are in the UK, perhaps the hens
> were indeed raised in Cornwall? :-)
In the UK? Just yesterday we learned she was in Australia! That's
really world traveling!
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