plastic chicken
n.— «Chicken served in restaurants, hospitals and schools is still being pumped up secretly with water and proteins to increase its size and weight, The Times has learnt.…Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrats’ spokesman on food, is to raise questions in Parliament about the sale of “plastic chicken”.…In 2003 enforcement agencies found 10 per cent of all chicken bought from catering outlets was “plastic”» —“Chicken fillets ’secretly pumped up with water’ to increase weight” by Valerie Elliott Times (London, England) June 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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