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navigation, search  City chicken (also known in some locations
as mock drumsticks or mock chicken) is an entrée consisting of
cubes of meat (usually pork), which have been placed on a wooden
skewer (approximately 4–5 inches long), then fried and/or baked.
Depending on the recipe, they may be breaded.[1] Despite the
name of the dish, city chicken almost never contains chicken.
All-Pork City Chicken in Pittsburgh, PA A package of All Pork
City Chicken, found in Pittsburgh, PA.   A similar dish known as
"mock chicken" was described as early as 1908.[2] The first
references to city chicken appeared in newspapers and cookbooks
just prior to and during the Depression Era in cities such as
Pittsburgh.[1][3][4] City chicken typically has cooks using meat
scraps to fashion a makeshift drumstick from them. It was a
working class food item. During the Depression, cooks used pork
because it was then cheaper than chicken in many parts of the
country, especially