Food products and methods of forming food products

摘要

Disclosed is a food product formed from the leg of a fowl comprising: a) a central leg bone having a foot end and a thigh end, said leg bone preferably being substantially without at least a foot knuckle; and b) a first portion of natural meat originally located around a portion of the foot-end of said bone and displaced from said foot end toward said thigh-end such that at least a portion of said foot-end bone is exposed and such that said displaced portion of meat remains indirectly attached to the bone.

主权项

1. A method of forming a food product from the leg of a fowl comprising:
(a) providing the leg of the fowl comprising a central bone having a foot-end comprising a foot knuckle and a thigh-end having a thigh knuckle and natural meat disposed substantially around said central bone; (b) removing said foot-knuckle, said thigh knuckle or both; (c) displacing a portion of said naturally occurring meet from around said central bone and toward the opposite end thereof to produce a bulbous portion comprising: (i) naturally occurring meet attached directly to the central bone and (ii) displaced meat from at least one of said ends and indirectly attached to the bone; and (d) separating at least a portion of said bulbous portion into at least two separate lobes of meat attached indirectly to said central bone.