To an American chicken is just chicken. Chicken breast, chicken wings etc...
But Dominicans know the types of chicken. I am looking for the English name/translation for the following.
My mom goes to the vivero (where they sell live poultry) here in the Bronx to buy fresh chicken on Saturdays. My aunts also do this in the DR. I always hear the terms Pollo Criollo and Pollo Gringo when they are buying. I attempted to ask one of the employees at the vivero how do you say pollo criollo or pollo gringo in English but he didn't know because he doesn't speak English.
I bring lunch from home once in a while and today I brought in Gallina Guisada with some Moro. One of my buddies across from me said "that smells good, what is it" I said "it's hen stew with rice and beans". He fired back "hen stew???" with a puzzled face.
Did any of you expats living in the DR know the different types of chicken when you lived back home? And did you eat hen?
I asked around and most people here have never eaten hen. Only a few of the Americans I work with have had it.
But Dominicans know the types of chicken. I am looking for the English name/translation for the following.
My mom goes to the vivero (where they sell live poultry) here in the Bronx to buy fresh chicken on Saturdays. My aunts also do this in the DR. I always hear the terms Pollo Criollo and Pollo Gringo when they are buying. I attempted to ask one of the employees at the vivero how do you say pollo criollo or pollo gringo in English but he didn't know because he doesn't speak English.
I bring lunch from home once in a while and today I brought in Gallina Guisada with some Moro. One of my buddies across from me said "that smells good, what is it" I said "it's hen stew with rice and beans". He fired back "hen stew???" with a puzzled face.
Did any of you expats living in the DR know the different types of chicken when you lived back home? And did you eat hen?
I asked around and most people here have never eaten hen. Only a few of the Americans I work with have had it.