Capon In the gastronomy of Spain, capons are usually eaten during the Christmas season in the northern regions. Capons of Vilalba, Lugo are particularly famous and are sold all over the country. In China, capons are often raised specifically for consumption during Chinese New Year. Capon A capon (from ) is a cockerel (rooster) that has been castrated to improve the quality of its flesh for food and, in some countries like Spain, fattened by forced feeding. In the United Kingdom, birds sold as capons are chemically or physically castrated cocks. The origins of caponised chickens are contested. They were known
S-III Saturn I which actually flew, except that the S-V stage was never live. The original Saturn C-2 design would have been S-I stage plus S-III plus S-IV plus, for some missions, S-V. The S-III was to have been a LOX-Hydrogen stage powered by two J-2 engines. The original Saturn C-3 configuration was S-I plus S-II plus S-III plus, for some missions, the S-IV and even S-V. The S-II was to have had four J-2 engines and the S-I would have been upgraded either by increasing the thrust of its eight H-1 engines to 250,000 lb or by replacing the center