#Poultry

Source: Atlas Obscura These days, pressure cookers are in vogue again in the form of the Instant Pot. But back in the device’s heyday, people were getting creative with high-speed, high-pressure cooking. One result was “Broasted” chicken, a style and term trademarked by the Broaster Company of

Source: Atlas Obscura In the United States, you can find beer almost anywhere if you look hard enough—including wedged into the rear end of a chicken. Though it may sound crude, beer can chicken is a decades-old dish that’s enjoyed at backyard barbecues, college cookouts, and renowned restaurants

Source: Atlas Obscura When ordering fast-food in Australia, you’ll likely notice your fries emitting a bit of a golden-yellow glow. This is no hunger-induced hallucination. The brightly-colored, salty coating is the seasoning of choice for many Australians when it comes to dressing up hot chips.

Source: Futility Closet Why, let me ask, should a hen lay an egg which egg can become a chicken in about three weeks and a full-grown hen in less than a twelvemonth, while a clergyman and his wife lay no eggs but give birth to a baby which will take three-and-twenty years before it can become

Source: Atlas Obscura During the Great Depression, back-alley gamblers popularized the phrase “winner, winner, chicken dinner!” At the time, chicken was such a delicacy, it was reserved for the victors. For everyone else, there was mock poultry, such as the Midwestern mimic known as City Chicken.