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Poultry - Table of Contents

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Diagram of Meat Cuts
Skeletal Diagram
Meat Cut Nomenclature and Description

1. Poultry
2. Dressed Poultry Carcass
  2.1 Poultry Half
    2.1.1 Front Quarter
    2.1.2 Hind Quarter
  2.2 Wing
    2.2.1 Wing Drumette
    2.2.2 Winglet
  2.3 Leg
    2.3.1 Thigh
    2.3.2 Drumstick
  2.4 Breast
    2.4.1 Half Breast
    2.4.2 Wishbone
    2.4.3 Trimmed Breast
      2.4.3.1 Half Trimmed Breast
    2.4.4 Breast Fillet
  2.5 Whole Back
    2.5.1 Back
      2.5.1.1 Stripped Back
    2.5.2 Neck
3. Poultry Giblets

Variety Meats
List of Meat Cut Modifiers



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