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I skinned mine, the smell of wet feathers grosses me right out.
X2 I can handle gutting and all but the smell of wet feathers is horrible, I thought maybe my birds were sick or something... is there any way to lessen the smell other than rubbing your nose with vapor rub or something...
And to the person who was asking whether scalding was necessary to pluck, no, it's not, but apparently it makes it a lot easier. We couldn't quite figure out the logistics of getting hot water outdoors - we don't have a propane campstove and I didn't want to use the good pot (which we use for...
Very nice. Could you go into more detail about cleaning heads? I assume you use them for stock? I've been discarding them but I really feel that is such a waste that I want to start doing something with them, at least feeding them to the dogs if nothing else.