In the provided age order, which type is just older than roaster?

In the provided age order, which type is just older than roaster?

• A. Rock Cornish game hen
• B. Broiler/fryer
• C. Capon
• D. Hen

Answer: (C)

Understanding poultry age classifications helps you match meat texture and flavor to cooking methods. A roaster is a young chicken raised for roasting, coming before older, larger birds in the common age order. The next stage up is capon—a castrated male that’s kept to reach a larger size and develop a different, often more tender and flavorful meat due to its fat distribution and growth pattern. That’s why capon is just older than roaster. Rock Cornish game hen is a very young bird, so it sits younger in the scale. A broiler/fryer is also a young bird, placed before roaster. A hen is an adult female and generally older than a capon, so it falls even further up the scale.

Understanding poultry age classifications helps you match meat texture and flavor to cooking methods. A roaster is a young chicken raised for roasting, coming before older, larger birds in the common age order. The next stage up is capon—a castrated male that’s kept to reach a larger size and develop a different, often more tender and flavorful meat due to its fat distribution and growth pattern. That’s why capon is just older than roaster.

Rock Cornish game hen is a very young bird, so it sits younger in the scale. A broiler/fryer is also a young bird, placed before roaster. A hen is an adult female and generally older than a capon, so it falls even further up the scale.