# Your favorite poultry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207 "2011-03-28T01:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/1 "2011-03-28T01:51:29Z")
Chicken: mild, versatile, can be cooked a million different ways. Duck: the King of Poultry. Turkey: Thanksgiving necessity, but great year-round. Goose, pheasant, quail: not always commercially available but excellent birds. Tastes better when you catch/kill them yourself IMHO. Turducken: why choose when you can put them together? Other: emu, ostrich, pigeon, others. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/2 "2011-03-28T01:54:14Z")
I gotta go with duck. Hail to the King. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/3 "2011-03-28T02:01:58Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Goose, pheasant, quail: not always commercially available but excellent birds. Tastes better when you catch/kill them yourself IMHO. Goose is kinda greasy, though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/4 "2011-03-28T02:28:03Z")
I’ll go with turkey, though duck is close. I also like chicken, but it’s not as flavorful. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/5 "2011-03-28T02:40:05Z")
Chicken in my favorite, but I like turkey too. I’ve had wild and domestic turkey, they were different but tasty. I’ve also had wild and domestic duck. Didn’t like the domestic, too bland and fatty, but the wild was great. But only had it twice. I’ve never had the others but with I could try them so I could compare. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/6 "2011-03-28T02:57:54Z")
As far as what I eat and versatility, definitely chicken. I don’t get turkey. I like turkey exactly once a year: Thanksgiving. And that’s about all the turkey I ever need to have for a year. Duck and goose are awesome, but I just can’t eat them with the frequency of any other poultry. So I have to go chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/7 "2011-03-28T03:06:12Z")
Just looked in the freezer. I have: 3 whole chickens 2 whole turkeys 1 frozen turkey breast. Based on weight I went with turkey. I love both chickens and turkeys, but chickens are less work. I also love duck and goose, but I have heard a rumor that goose can be greasy. Anybody know the straight dope? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/8 "2011-03-28T03:12:16Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I also love duck and goose, but I have heard a rumor that goose can be greasy. Anybody know the straight dope? Further up the post it was mentioned that domestic seemed fattier than wild. And that makes sense, considering the differences in diet and activity. I’ve never had any birds but chicken and turkey, so I voted chicken. Chicken is also my favorite meat in general; if I had to get my protein from just one source, forever, it’d be chicken. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/9 "2011-03-28T03:25:05Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I also love duck and goose, but I have heard a rumor that goose can be greasy. Anybody know the straight dope? Some folks [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356653&highlight=goose) seem to think so. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/10 "2011-03-28T03:37:11Z")
Ptarmigan. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/11 "2011-03-28T03:52:44Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Further up the post it was mentioned that domestic seemed fattier than wild. And that makes sense, considering the differences in diet and activity. > [@runner pat](#): > > Some folks [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356653&highlight=goose) seem to think so. That loud whooshing noise you hear is a greasy goose flying by. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/12 "2011-03-28T04:08:29Z")
Turkey. I eat chicken, because it’s often the healthiest thing on the menu…but I love turkey. And I’m starting to cook and eat a lot of ground turkey, too. It’s tasty, and it’s easier to digest than ground beef. I’d be happy to roast a turkey breast every week, but I don’t think that my husband would like to have it that often. My husband and daughter prefer duck, and when she comes to visit she will usually roast a duck for the both of them, while I go out to eat, because I really don’t care for duck. I’ve had goose once, and didn’t like it either. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/13 "2011-03-28T10:58:42Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Goose is kinda greasy, though. All depends on how you cook it =) I guess I am the only one that voted for goose =( ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/14 "2011-03-28T11:02:56Z")
I wasn’t really a fan of chicken until I found a recipe for roast chicken that knocks my socks off. I make it with one of them spendy organic free-range chickens, and it’s super-flavorful. Also I’m not much of a poultry connoisseur. So I went with chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/15 "2011-03-28T12:32:04Z")
Had pheasant for Christmas. Hoo boy. Lots of meat for the size, not like duck. More flavour than chicken, although the bones are joined pretty ruggedly. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/16 "2011-03-28T12:34:24Z")
Whyn’t you mention Rock Cornish Hen? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/17 "2011-03-28T13:00:13Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > Whyn’t you mention Rock Cornish Hen? That falls pretty squarely under “chicken.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/18 "2011-03-28T13:58:06Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > That falls pretty squarely under “chicken.” Originally, [they were a hybrid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_game_hen), but who knows what you’re getting these days. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/19 "2011-03-28T19:22:00Z")
For easy availability, versatility and reasonable cost, I had to go with chicken. Even though the breast meat is preferred by most, I’m more likely to use the thigh; it’s tastier (IMHO), less expensive, and just as versatile. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207/20 "2011-03-28T19:25:30Z")
Something else: Grouse Divine poultry, the best! It’s a lot like chicken, chicken turned up the 11, really intense, delicious flavor. Cornish game hen is a close second. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-poultry/576207.md?page=2)