### meat:

Dark meat
* Most dark meat has nutrients
  - other nutrients
* can be strong-tasting and tough
  - stand up to longer cooking times than white meat
* has more fat than white, but also more B vitamins, iron, zinc, and other nutrients
  - muscle with a greater blood supply and a supply of fat
* is part of birds
  - drumsticks
  - slightly higher than pork both in calories and in fat

Duck meat
* Most duck meat contains calories.
* is rich in blood, and blood is sweet.

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Duckling
* Most ducklings turn into ducks.
* Some ducklings have claws
  - regulate areas
* are able to swim and feed themselves soon after they hatch
* begin learning to swim and catch food within a day of hatching.
* continue to grow.
* grow extremely fast and the niacin helps their bones develop correctly.
* includes bone cells
  - corpi
  - ground substances
  - marrow
  - mast cells
  - second joints
  - wishbones
* leave the box immediately after hatching.
* love to have fresh greens and weeds.
* require fresh water for drinking until their salt glands develop.
* usually leave the nest the day after they are hatched.

### meat:

Emu meat
* compliments the diets of health conscious people the world over.
* healthy alternative to beef for red meat.
* heart healthy, red meat.
* heart-healthy alternative to conventional red meat.
* is free from growth hormones and antibiotics
  - high in iron, high in protein, and low in fat
* is low in fat and cholesterol, and high in protein
  - fat, calories and cholesterol
  - low-fat, high in protein, and high in iron
  - similar in taste and texture to that of lean beef
  - very low in cholesterol and very high in protein - an alternative to red meat
* mild flavored meat that accepts most seasonings.

Escargot
* dish that originated in.
* is meat
* tend to be eaten on special occasions as an entree.

Game meat
* are apt to be drier and less tender than domestic animals, but richer in flavor
  - excellent sources of protein and are similar in composition to domestic animal meats
* has a distinctive 'wild' taste and is almost always marinated.
* is also popular in Louisiana cuisine, including rabbit and wild turkey.

### meat:

Ham
* Many hams like to build their own radios and antennas.
* Most ham comes from pigs
  - hams belong to what is known as a Net
* Some hams make spacers out of acrylic plastic to prevent tangles.
* are the ones who drove the technological advances and research when no one else was doing it
  - well known for their role in providing communications during emergency situations
* call each other by their first names.
* come from nearly all walks of life.
* is cut of pork
* operate on emergency power when commercial power is lost so reports can still be received.
* send and receive messages by linking their radios to computers.
* share fascination with communicating.
* tend to give their first name and callsign.
* use a variety of frequencies for communications
  - larger radios to talk all around the country, even around the world
  - several methods to communicate with each other
* vary in size by several pounds.

### meat | ham:

Canned ham
* boneless cured ham section that is canned, vacuum-sealed, and then fully cooked.
* have more real meat than bacon, are precooked and have less grease.

Country ham
* is dry-cured with no water added.
* tradition found on many holiday tables.

Fresh ham
* has a delicate flavor that teams well with herbs, onions and garlic.
* is an uncured cut that tastes like a fresh pork roast.