"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:51:17 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
>>In article >, "cybercat" >
> OR big fat Perdue
>>> "oven stuffers" (capons?) of 8-9lbs for 79 cents a pound.
>>
>>I don't think I've ever roasted a capon. Do they taste different from a
>>non-neutered roaster or are they just larger? Seventy-nine cents a pound
>>sounds like a great price!
>
> Capons are not the same as ordinary roasters. They are neutered
> roosters. The flesh, from what I have read, is much finer and the
> taste is better too.
> You usually end up paying more for a capon.
>

Do hens reach 8-9 pounds?