When I eat chicken, I call it chicken. Chicken wing; chicken drumsticks etc.

When I eat lamb, I call it lamb. Lamb shank; lamb cutlets.

So why do I not eat pig or cow? I eat pork or beef. Is there a reason for that?

  • ren (a they/them)
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    182 years ago

    Tagger below explains it but also wanted to chime in that chicken is often “poultry”, but over time, we became comfortable with “chicken”.

    • 6xpipe_
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      182 years ago

      Not exactly. The poultry family includes other fowl/birds, including turkey and duck.

      • ren (a they/them)
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        32 years ago

        true! I poorly was thinking about poultry as a derivative of french words.