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  • noun Plural form of poussin.

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Examples

  • We also had beautiful poussins, which are now roasting in the oven so the rosemary and the Pinot Blanc can sink into their flesh.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • We also had beautiful poussins, which are now roasting in the oven so the rosemary and the Pinot Blanc can sink into their flesh.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • Two 1½- to 1 ¾-pound whole poussins or small chickens

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • For example, Hamam Mahshi bil Burghul is a way of expressing one's love for someone else, but it is essentially roasted and stuffed small poultry usually poussins or chickens.

    Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009

  • In midwinter, few chickens were left on the farm; Wickstrom had recently persuaded the Joneses to send most of their young chickens to be served as poussins at a Bay Area dinner for the director George Lucas, knowing that Alice Waters and other cooks would taste them.

    Spring Chickens 2006

  • In midwinter, few chickens were left on the farm; Wickstrom had recently persuaded the Joneses to send most of their young chickens to be served as poussins at a Bay Area dinner for the director George Lucas, knowing that Alice Waters and other cooks would taste them.

    Spring Chickens 2006

  • I could not find poussins when shopping, so, sticking to the small bird notion, I bought cornish hens instead.

    Weekend Cookbook Challenge # 8 Shaun 2006

  • Shaun, the poussins sound delicious, as does everything.

    Weekend Cookbook Challenge # 8 Shaun 2006

  • I could not find poussins when shopping, so, sticking to the small bird notion, I bought cornish hens instead.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Shaun 2006

  • I could not find poussins when shopping, so, sticking to the small bird notion, I bought cornish hens instead.

    September 2006 Shaun 2006

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