spring chicken

     

Poussin, which is also known as Spring Chicken, Coquelet, an Cornish Game Hen, are young chickens which have been bred for eating and their extra flavour and tenderness; as such are sold as a whole young bird—typically enough for one adult meal or two children's meals.

Trivia about spring chicken

  • A broiler or fryer, or, metaphorically, a young person (as in "You're no...")
  • If you're old you're not this type of chicken
  • An old person isn't one of these seasonal items anymore
  • If you feel young, you feel like this kind of non-winter barnyard fowl

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