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Poultry is the class of Domesticated Fowl ( Bird s) Farmed for Food or for their Eggs . These most typically are members of the orders Galliformes (such as Chicken s and Turkey s), and Anseriformes ( Waterfowl such as Duck s and Geese ).

The word ''poultry'' is often used to refer to the meat of these birds. In a more general sense, it may refer to the meat of other birds, such as Pigeon s or Dove s, or Game birds like Pheasant s.


TYPES OF POULTRY



CUTS OF POULTRY

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The meatiest parts of a bird are the Flight Muscle s on its Chest , called breast meat, and the Walking muscles on the first and second segments of its Leg s, called the '''thigh''' and '''drumstick''' respectively.

White Meat has less Oxygen -carrying Myoglobin than the walking muscles, and are thus lighter in color. This is the distinction between "white meat" and "dark meat".


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