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 | | The favorite is a graphic illustration of three fine and brightly colored birds -- one blue, one white, one red -- with a prominent reminder that Bresse chickens are the recipients of an AOC, or appellation d'origine contrôlée, a distinction that not even those three well-rounded young ladies could claim. |
 | | The honor was officially confirmed in 1957, nearly four hundred years after an entry in the archives of Bresse noted that the local chicken enjoyed a "belle notoriété. |
 | | (I am sure that Bresse is teeming with men who specialize in judging unctuous flesh.) There are even rules about minimum weight: 1.5 kilos (3.3 pounds) for the standard chicken, 2.1 kilos (4.6 pounds) for the poularde, or more matronly chicken, and 3.8 kilos (8.4 pounds) for the capon. |
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