Cornish X for Thanksgiving dinner

[Slinkytoys]

Since there were only 3 of us for dinner, I didn't want to haul out one of my 25# turkeys-----so I cooked a Cornish X in the FlavorWave. Ohhhhh, YUM!! It was an 8.4 pounder which left us with plenty of leftovers for sandwiches and chicken salad. The carcass is on the stovetop in a pot of water to make some "fixins" for the dogs.
It was a good day.

Carrie

 

[al6517]

Glad you had a good day.

AL

 

[Slinkytoys]

Thank you. I hope your holiday was a good one as well. Did you have to cook?

Carrie

 

[Bossroo]

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Please watch out for the long bones from the chicken carcass... one would then expect a HUGE Vet bill after the "fixins" mingle with the "inards".

 

[jaku]

Yeah, one of those big Cornish X's could easily make a Thanksgiving dinner for a small group! In fact, we'll be doing the same on Christmas.

 

[cassie]

I stuffed and roasted an 11 pound Cornish X for Thanksgiving. I like turkey, but I really like the chickens better. My chicken was bigger than my neighbor's turkey. I got a kick out of that.

 

[MissPrissy]

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Love it!! The first year I raised them up here in Va. we had 25 cornish cross that went to 13 - 17 lbs. LOL

 

[cassie]

How old were your 17 pounders? I think I might like to try for a few of those this year.

 

[MissPrissy]

There is a thread here when I did that first batch. Some of them were 26 weeks - like turkeys. LOL

 

[MissPrissy]

Oh, and I did not feed those chickens to give them a optimum life span and added health for long term. I cared for them and fed them well to feed my table and finished them off with corn to have nicepads of fat which I harvested and rendered for schmaltz.