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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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1 posted on 01/17/2023 1:27:10 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 01/17/2023 1:28:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
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3 posted on 01/17/2023 1:28:42 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Does Walmart sell Ding Dong Tao chicken?


4 posted on 01/17/2023 1:32:50 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Going to be hard to fly with cankles as big as Hillary’s.


5 posted on 01/17/2023 1:48:41 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Looks more like chickens afflicted with “elephant man syndrome”


6 posted on 01/17/2023 1:50:02 PM PST by RedMonqey
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7 posted on 01/17/2023 1:53:49 PM PST by xp38
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Looks like they have elephantiasis.


8 posted on 01/17/2023 1:54:59 PM PST by packagingguy
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How bout some fats Waller?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI


9 posted on 01/17/2023 1:57:56 PM PST by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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I suspect the dinosaurs looked a lot like that.


10 posted on 01/17/2023 2:06:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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It’s just a chicken with fat legs, no big deal.


11 posted on 01/17/2023 2:08:53 PM PST by Fungi
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I would like to eat one.


12 posted on 01/17/2023 2:11:00 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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That’s a heckuva drumstick!


13 posted on 01/17/2023 2:13:10 PM PST by Boogieman
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Did somebody say "Dragon Chicken"??

BTDT in GOW3. d;^)

14 posted on 01/17/2023 2:30:39 PM PST by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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What my legs looked like before my liver transplant….


15 posted on 01/17/2023 2:35:08 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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Lol!


16 posted on 01/17/2023 2:35:53 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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I can totally see the avian link to dinosaurs.


17 posted on 01/17/2023 2:39:52 PM PST by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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A man was driving along the motorway when he noticed a chicken running alongside his car. He was amazed to see the chicken keeping up with him, as he was doing 60 mph. He accelerated to 70, and the chicken stayed right next to him. He sped up to 75 mph, but the chicken overtook him.

Then the man noticed that the chicken had three legs. So he followed the chicken, speeding all the way, and ended up at a farm. He got out of his car and saw that all the chickens on the farm had three legs.

When he spotted the farmer he asked him, “Where did you get these chickens?”

The farmer replied “Well, everybody likes chicken legs, so I bred a three-legged bird. I’m going to be a millionaire.”

The man was impressed and asked him how they tasted. The farmer said, “Don’t know, I haven’t caught one yet.”


18 posted on 01/17/2023 3:41:23 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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I’m in VN for Tet…will have to see if I can find these.


19 posted on 01/17/2023 4:21:31 PM PST by dinodino ( )
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Birds are the descendants of dinosaurs, or so the ‘scientists’ tell us..............


20 posted on 01/18/2023 5:28:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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