Someone explain me the bird dish
"It's high. Been left to hang a couple of weeks."
"Close to rotten, really."
What's the deal?
If a game bird is described as "high" it means that it has been hung and dry-aged to allow the its tissues to break down. It's supposed to make the meat more tender and flavourful.
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That led me to wondering whether the same might apply to chicken or pork. A blogger notes that the kinds typically bought in a Western grocery these days are very young animals (unlike much game fowl), so the meat is already naturally tender.
http://honest-food.net/2012/10/20/on-hanging-pheasants-2/