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What are the 10 types of poultry?
Chicken, turkey, wild turkey, duck, geese, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, squab and pigeon, rarities
What is a ratite and examples
A bird that does not have a breast bone, such as chickens, turkeys, and ducks
What type of muscle is white meat and what is it usually used for?
Fast twitch muscle, and it is used for powerful movements, such as flapping
What is the composition of white meat?
Few slow twitch muscle fibers, and contains little or no fat
What type of muscle is red meat and what is it used for?
Slow twitch muscles in it is used for endurance, such as long periods of standing and walking
What is the composition of red meat?
Few fast twitch muscles, contains lots of flavor, generating enzymes, fats in cells and around fibers give it extra flavor
What is the main difference between Dark and white meat
Dark contains more myoglobin than white meat
What are the factors that have contributed to chickens and turkeys being bigger than they used to be?
Genetic selection, animal nutrition, and environmental control (less stress)
What are broilers/fryers
Chickens that are raised for meat production
What are some examples of chickens that we eat?
Roosters, hens, fowls, baking chicken, stewing chicken
Name the order of most consumed meat between beef, pork, broiler, turkey
Broiler, beef, pork, turkey
What is the rate of turkey consumption since 1970
Intake has nearly doubled (8.2lbs to 15.3lbs)
Why has turkey consumption increased?
Consumer awareness, nutritional value, taste
What is the rate of chicken intake since 1970
Doubled (40 pounds to 98 pounds)
Why has chicken intake increased?
Availability, cost, health
Which muscles are white meat, and which muscles are dark meat on a chicken?
White meat - Wings And breast
Dark meat - Thighs And drumsticks
What are the three impacts of heat on chicken?
Skin caramelizeS
Protein denatures
Fat deposits melt
When protein denatures during heating, what happens to the flavor of dark meat
It becomes stronger due to the iron
During protein denaturation what happens to the color of dark meat and white meat
White meat goes from pink to white
Dark meat, lightens faintly
What are the four components of the USDA food safe campaign
Clean, separate, cook, chill
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