Why doesn't chicken get a second name?
Cows get beef and pigs get pork, but chicken is just chicken.
What's the deal?
Why doesn't chicken get a second name?
Cows get beef and pigs get pork, but chicken is just chicken.
What's the deal?
@SecularJeffrey Sorry about going all pedantic, but:
The Normans (Norsemen from Normandy) invaded and conquered southern Britain in 1066. Animal names remained Anglo-Saxon, while foods they provided got Norman French names. The peasants had to care for the animals, the Norman elite ate them. So:
chicken = pullet (from poulet), although that has mostly disappeared
sheep = mutton (from mouton)
cow = beef (from bouef)
swine = pork, and I don't know where "pig" came from