Chicken

A chicken raised by Bringloidi settlers. (TNG episode: "Up the Long Ladder")

A chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a small domesticated avian animal originally native to the planet Earth.

As animals

Chickens have been brought out into the galaxy by Human colonists living on other planets. One such extra-Solar settlement was the Bringloidi colony on Bringloid V in the Bringloid system. (TNG episode: "Up the Long Ladder")

Scotty once jokingly claimed to have sacrificed a chicken and two goats to a computer in order to convince the technology to function again, in reference to an ancient practice of those who believed Lucien's magic. (TAS - Log Three novelization: The Magicks of Megas-Tu)

When describing the walking huts of Baba Yaga on the planet Mussourgsky, Spock said that they had "chicken legs". (TOS novel: The Galactic Whirlpool)

The USS Stargazer's security chief, Peter "Pug" Joseph, felt that Binderian anatomy looked like that of a plucked, beakless chicken. He suggested that Binderian Ensign Obal would be happier in a different department, but Obal was resolute in his resolve to be a security officer. Obal was also subjected to cruel remarks about his chicken-like anatomy from Ensign Joseph Caber. (STA novel: Gauntlet)

In the year 2380, Q referred to the USS Enterprise-E as a "de-boned chicken of a starship", a derogatory reference to the vessel's hull damage that had required a major refit after collision with Scimitar, the previous year. (TNG novel: Q & A)

As food

Chicken meat and eggs are widely eaten on Earth, and are a main component of many Human foods. (ST reference: Star Trek Cookbook)

Although preparations of chicken notably are from the Human civilization of the planet Earth, where chickens originate, the spread of Human culture (and chickens) throughout the galaxy has probably made this available many other places. This is presumably also a food originated on planets with parallel development to Earth and parallel universes as well.

An ancient Human joke is one which an exotic or unfamiliar type of food is said to taste "just like chicken." David Rabin and Spock invoked this joke repeatedly while stranded in Vulcan's Forge on Vulcan, referring to hayalit, Starfleet-issue ration bars, and plomeek soup. (TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge)

When Robin Lefler's father explained plasma to her in 2354, she kept thinking he was talking about a gooey sauce for her chicken. (NF - No Limits short story: "Lefler's Logs")

William Riker theorized that the chickens cultivated by the Bandi had an alternative diet than their Earth cousins, the eggs available in his Farpoint Station breakfast were distinctly green, and didn't appear appetizing. (TNG novelization: Encounter at Farpoint)

Riker seemed to have reason to believe that the Bandi's chickens were of the Earth variety, raised on the Bandi world. Although he didn't realize it at the time, the green eggs were probably created by the station itself.

Chicken dishes

• arroz con pollo
• asparagus chicken
• almond chicken
• barbecued chicken
• cashew chicken
• chicken cacciatore
• chicken Kiev (TOS novel: The Three-Minute Universe)
• chicken à la King
• chicken paprikash (VOY episode: "Course: Oblivion")
• chicken parmigiana (TNG short story: "Echoes")
• chicken and rice (STA novel: Progenitor)
• chicken salad (TOS novel: Federation; TOS - Constellations short story: "Official Record")
• chicken sandwich
  • chicken tuna sandwich (TOS episode: "The Cage")
• chicken à la Sisko
• chicken soup (TNG novel: Metamorphosis; TOS - Strange New Worlds VII short story: "Project Blue Book")
  • chicken broth (TNG novel: Metamorphosis)
  • chicken consommé (TNG novel: Metamorphosis)
  • chicken noodle soup
  • chicken-and-quadrotriticale soup
  • chicken vegetable soup
• Chicken and sun-dried tomatoes
• chicken stovies
• Chinese walnut chicken
• chopped chicken liver
• Cornish hen
• Country Captain
• Dohlman chicken
• fried chicken
• Georgia chicken pie
• Hawaiian chicken
• Jollof rice
• lemon chicken
• tandoori chicken
• tovuk palov

Figurative references

The term "chicken" has behavioral connotations in Human language, indicating cowardice. Scotty figuratively referred to Captain Zarlo as being known to him to be "the most chicken commander in the Fleet!" (TOS comic: "One of Our Captains Is Missing!")

In similar connotations, "playing a game of chicken" is a Human term referring to engaging an opponent in a contest that ends when one side backs down, out of fear. Chakotay introduced a plan to Tom Paris of playing chicken with the computer-controlled USS Voyager while flying the Delta Flyer. (VOY - Section 31 novel: Shadow)

"Chicken" was a term used by human slaves to refer to Tseetsk, such as the Regent of Koorn Drraagh. (TNG novel: Chains of Command)

Appendices

External links

• Chicken article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Chicken article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.