Birds of a feather

Birds of a feather
A panel of experts sample poached chicken.

The Age newspaper reviewed the flavour of Victorian chickens today and I was disappointed to discover the one I buy was rated the least tasty of them all. Hmmmph! I'm hoping they just got a bad Free Range Lillydale - usually tastes pretty good to me.  Interestingly there was not much difference in flavour between them, although free range birds fared better on the whole. The winner was:


FIRST
Bannockburn Free Range 67/100 $7.30/kg
FROM the people who brought you La Ionica comes this well-formed chook that ticks the free-range and chemical-free processing boxes, described by one of the panel as having ''juicy, sweet, flavoursome flesh''.


Read more: 
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/birds-of-a-feather-20110822-1j66p.html#ixzz1VrSzK3dK

They also discussed issues of chicken breed and methods of processing chickens which may sway how you eat.