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It can be cooked with some canned potatoes (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capon

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'it can be cooked with some canned potatoes' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for capon that I've seen before include "poultry?" , "Castrated male chicken" , "Castrated bird" , "fowl fattened for pot" , "Castrated cock fattened for eating" .)

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