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How to pronounce capon in English?

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Type Words
Type of chicken, gallus gallus
Derivation caponise, caponize
Type Words
Type of chicken, poulet, volaille

Examples of capon

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Allow capon to rest 20 minutes, then carve it and serve warm with the vegetables.
From the jsonline.com
I'll do a goose, though I've also cooked capon before, with a white truffle.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Holiday specials include capon with polenta and house-made panettone with zabaglione.
From the bloomberg.com
The macaroni was cooked in capon stock flavored with saffron, showing Arab influence.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yes, we will have a plump capon, but we will buy it in plenty of time.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Capon notes that in many parts of Asia, for example, skirts on men don't raise an eyebrow.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
In Sicily, where Mr. Salleo grew up, tortellini in capon broth is a common Christmas dish.
From the washingtontimes.com
If vegetables aren't browned, transfer capon to a platter and cover with aluminum foil.
From the jsonline.com
Capon said the quiet car is generally self-enforced on East Coast trains.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • Flesh of a castrated male chicken
  • A capon is a castrated cockerel (rooster). Caponisation produces a bird prized for its tenderness, and takes the stringiness out of a cockerel's meat.
  • A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table
  • (Capons) For those of you less familiar with traditional farm life, a capon is a neutered rooster. Its compensation for a life without hens is that its sole job is to eat itself plump on gourmet grains, until rotund enough to grace some fortunate person's dinner table. ...
  • A rooster that has been castrated.
  • Stands for C-terminal PDZ ligand of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)
  • The culinary term for castrated chicken that is fed on a special diet until it is slaughtered at the age of 6 to 9 months. Considered by most to be the best eating chicken available.
  • A castrated rooster that makes a good roasting bird. It ranges in size from four to ten pounds and has plenty of breast and thigh meat. Its size makes it an ideal choice for serving eight to twelve. Buying capon may prove to be difficult; try to special order it from your butcher.
  • A surgically unsexed male chicken under 8 months of age that is tender-meated with soft pliable, smooth textured skin.