Ah, Cornish hens.... back in the days when I was a Martha Stewart acolyte, and taking hostages, I made my poor husband de-bone eight of the critters for a dinner party. There were no bones left except for the wings and legs. The first one took him over half an hour, and the time reduced with each one until he had it down to ten minutes. That was about 17 years ago, and he's barely been able to look at one since. :)
And we won't dwell on the stuffed snow peas, either.
Gotta admit I've never stuffed a snow pea, but it sounds like a good idea.
And as much as "Martha" urged *me* to de-bone something, anything, I resisted! As long as more and more commercial places and local butchers are making turduckens, I can't foresee "needing to know" de-boning techniques for my own use in any other venue, lol.
My young butcher did tell me it was the very first "pop quiz" they had in butcher school.