Again, they're not MY birds - the man had about a dozen left in a pen that was maybe 8*16...
I was slow - of course, but we did two birds in an hour and a half - that included lots of slow motion for instructing me.
I think with a some practice I could do a bird from start to finish (or pen...
Thanks Sandra (guess you found me - huh? )dangerous, JustUs, Ninja.
Fredster - with the throat cut, I had to pinch off everything BUT the windpipe and insert the knife -at- the windpipe, but not into it. and slice away from the windpipe through the skin. This leaves the head intact, but opens...
I dipped them in 155 degree water- swooshed them around dunking up and down for about 20 seconds. The skin didn't get cooked, but it did dry out from being in the air so long - it took me a while to get hem plucked and take out the innards.
We didn't dip them in cold water, but I'm not sure...
I'm very proud of myself.
I posted and ad online, and a guy responded that he wouldn'tmind showing me how to 'do it right'.
He demonstrated and explained each step. First, he put the chicken in a cone, stretched out his neck and sliced the artery - not removing the head.
He held the head and...