Flight of Chickens - Data

Flight of Chicken: A Tasting

5/26/2013	Commercial			Free Range (Goffles)
	Control	Cornish Game Hen	Silkie Chicken
	Cornish X	(Young chicken)		Cornish X	Sasso Chicken
	A	B	C	D	E
Raw	Blue band on leg			White band on wing
Weight	4lb 6oz	1lb 13oz	1lb 9oz	3lb 13.25oz	5lb 4.75oz
CV	American Choice (A&P brand) fryer, up to 3% retained water. $1.69/lb	Tyson brand  less than 4% retained water, frozen & thawed $2.49/lb	V&Ts, frozen & thawed $8.99 each	Killed Friday night, $2.19/lb, hen	Killed Friday night, $2.49/lb, rooster
Appearance	flabby skin, yellowish skin tone (fed marigolds?) lots of fat, overall shape round	pinkish white, a lot of fat, overall shape round	blackish blue skin, a little grayish yellow fat, keelbone prominent (like Anne's retired layers?), very angular	very white skin, some fat, crisp skin, the skin on the edge of the wing was very defined , overall shape round	bright yellow skin, very fat, fat around the gizzard, overall shape more oblong, not as much breast meat
Cooked	About 20 minutes/lb
Cooking Time (h:m)	1:25	0:40	0:30	1:10	2:00
	30 min. after E	30 min. after D	10 min. after B	15 min. after A
Appearance	Falling apart, pale yellow, bone pulled out	falling apart, whitish	not falling apart, grey, bone difficult to eat, very little meat	falling apart, very white, pinkish	mostly falling apart, bone pulled out, meat is yellow
Weight	NA (forgot to re-weigh)
Broth	Blue band on pot handle	Green band on pot handle		White band on pot handle	Yellow band on pot handle
Appearance of Broth	slightly yellow, obvious fat on top, clear	pale, little fat on top, gray	pale, little fat, clear	pale, little fat, clear	lots of fat, yellow
Taste of broth	chicken, salty, watery, oily, slight chicken flavor	little flavor, watery	chicken flavor, not from oil, watery less oil, complex flavor	good, vegetable notes, richer chicken taste, good chicken flavor	most flavor, rich chicken taste, VG chicken flavor, more fat
Taste
White Meat	dry, mild/bland, full taste on upper palate, lingering, shark meat texture, like chicken, less flavor, slight metallic	mild, dry, more side of mouth flavor, dry flaky, grassy, greasy, tastes like commercial chicken breast, bland, light chicken	tasty, richer chicken taste, gamier, nutty, moist, chicken flavor mild, strong chicken flavor	good chicken taste, slight lemony notes?, fresh, greasy, papery, dry, strong, metallic, best flavor	fresh nice taste, roasted chicken taste, burst of flavor, white bread, mild chicken flavor, not as strong flavor
Dark Meat	mild, sharper metallic taste on upper palate, tastes like alligator, more flavor, moist, chicken moist	mild a bit more taste, a little gamey, slippery texture, pepperish - mushroom,  nutty, extremely mild, strong chicken	less taste than the white, stronger tasting, nice, tangy, papery, oily, not particularly flavorful, fatty, strong chicken	chicken, meat near bone yummy, gristlely, stringy like tendons, slight olive taste, tastes like domestic chicken, strong chicken, best flavor	chicken, gamy, taste on side back of tongue, mild, flavorful
Texture
White Meat	Dry, firm/powdery, oily, denser	firm, dry, dense, chewy, less stringy than dark, rubbery, mushy	chewy, overcooked codfish texture, firm	moist, tender, chewier meatier than control, dry, thick, chewy, tends to stick to the mouth, firm	tender/musky, less dry than the other, dry, tough
Dark Meat	moister, not juicy, mushy, softer texture	moist, firm, soft, somewhat stringy, moist	chewy, rubbery, stringy, tougher, mottled color, oily, softer	moist, firm, slightly chewy, dense like thin steak, strong firm, smooth	firm, moist, chewy, soft, a bit stringy, dry, tough
Bones	Friable, somewhat brittle	friable, soft	strong, thinner bone than the others, strong, brittle	strong	really strong, hard to chop through.

These are the combined observations of 7 tasters.
I did the best I could deciphering the handwriting.  If I couldn't read it or guess, I left it out. This is also just the raw data. More information and analysis to follow.