a year old ok meat ?

[blk90s13]

would a year old rooster taste good still ? I cant take my big rooster anymore he is getting in everyone's way picking on the little chicks trying to mount the meat birds and running after my older hens


he will see the pot soon only if he will still taste yummy

 

[canada-goose]

He'll be edible but I've heard older roosters are pretty tough.

 

[vatterpa]

crock pot

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

yep crock pot on low all day

 

[blk90s13]

ohhh low flame all day simmer oh I can taste him already lol

honey where is my knife

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Granny always said that the older the rooster, the better the chicken & dumplins

 

[al6517]

Yes he could be great at the table, but you have to be honest about your cooking skills, if not it won't be edible.

AL

 

[nonseq]

Crockpot all day and finely chop or shred the meat. They tend to be tough and have a lot of dark meat. But tatsy.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I have eaten year old roos before - delish!


Here is what I do - process - I am a chopper not slicer, let "rest" in lightly salted water in the fridge for 7 days (most say 2-3 for rigor to pass - but I had an accident and was unable to lift the pot of water/birds out, so left them until I could. They were fantastic - no smell, not a smell like store bought chicken has - they smelled as fresh as the day I processed, so I now let my roos rest longer), then I used the crock pot. One I used teriyaki sauce and extra water as a broth to cook the bird in over night (on low). The other I season with poultry seasoning, put water/broth in the crock pot and again low over night. Morning I pull the bones from the pot and use the meat how I want.



I will say, I do not find the birds “tough”; they do have muscle texture because the birds have built muscle. Cornish x birds have “large muscle mass” but it is young baby muscle – so it is very tender (just like veal vs. steak).


This is a great article on homegrown birds, ages and cooking:
www.albc-usa.org/documents/cookingwheritagechicken.pdf

 

[stuckinthecity]

Is there anyway you could serve it as a whole roast chicken? Like bake greek chicken?