Is the smallest edible bird Cornish Game Hen? Anyone ever eat "Pheasant under glass" or Pressed Duck? What's with the glass?

Cornish game hen is just a made up name, is just a very young chicken and may not be a hen. (I got that from a cooking show.) Pheasant is under glass to keep it from flying away. Ducks are pressed to get duck oil.

I had pheasant at my Grandma's rich friend's house when I was a kid. IT was very bird-tasting.  It tasted like wild chicken.

The glass looks classy.  IT keeps the heat in.


Pheasant under glass is a poultry dish generally composed of the breast of pheasant with shallots in a reduced wine sauce, although recipes will vary.^[1] While the dish has waned in popularity over many decades,^[2] it remains a cultural icon for many in westernized countries. Pheasant under glass is traditionally served on a plate that is covered with a glass dome.^[1]

This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at November 19, 2019 3:16 PM MST

Cornish Hen is normally as cross between the Cornish and White Plymoth Rock chickens.  Cornish Rock chicken (Why they say hen IDK)
They grow fast and the breast meat is larger in that breed.  But they butcher it at 5 weeks so it is small.  If allowed to grow it would grow to the same size as other chickens. 

• Poussin: (European) Chickens less than 4 weeks and normally 14-16 oz but less than 26 oz
• Cornish Hen:  Chickens 4-5 weeks and weighing less than 2 pounds
• Broilers: Chickens 6 to 8 weeks old and weighing about 2 1/2 pounds
• Fryers: Chickens 6 to 8 weeks old and weighing 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds
• Roasters: Chickens less than 8 months old and weighing 3 1/2 to 5 pounds
• Stewing Chickens: Chickens (usually hens) over 10 months old and weighing 5 to 7 pounds
• Capons: Castrated males that weigh 6 to 8 pounds
• Cock/Rooster: Male chickens over 10 months old weighing 6 to 8 pounds

So Poussin is smallest of chicken.

Other birds to compare depend on age of course. Dove/Pigeon are small birds.