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Giant Legs of Vietnam's 'Dragon Chicken' a Lunar New Year Delicacy
Channel News Asia ^ | 17 Jan 2023

Posted on 01/17/2023 1:27:10 PM PST by nickcarraway

On a farm close to Hanoi, Le Van Hien picks out the best bird among his flock of "dragon chickens" - a breed with legs as thick as a brick that can fetch up to US$2,000 a head.

The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken - named after the commune where it is bred in northern Vietnam - are considered a delicacy, and are particularly popular among the wealthy during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known as Tet.

Hien's prized 4kg bird, whose enormous legs make up around a fifth of its body weight, was sold for about US$150 - but especially large pedigree chickens have been valued at more than 10 times that. Some are even entered into beauty contests. The key to the bird's taste is its diet of corn and rice and the freedom it has to roam, Hien told AFP.

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TOPICS: Food; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chicken; lunarnewyear; vietnam
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To: MtnClimber

ISWYDT...................


21 posted on 01/18/2023 5:32:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: telescope115

Had a friend with gout and his feet and legs looked like that.............


22 posted on 01/18/2023 5:33:43 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Ouch!


23 posted on 01/18/2023 5:35:00 AM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: dinodino

If you could cross these chickens with some Jersey Giants you'd be a rich man!..............

https://cs-tf.com/largest-chicken-breed/

24 posted on 01/18/2023 5:37:49 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t know why but that chicken really creeps me out....


25 posted on 01/18/2023 5:42:19 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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