Are lungs safe to eat?

[TanithT]

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One person's gross is another person's delicacy. Cock's combs were served to Napoleon as a fancy dish. I have a penchant for medieval recreation cooking, so I've cooked cock's combs in several French styles, and they were excellent. I use them to thicken/gelatinize stock along with the feet and tongues, but I fish them out before they're quite boiled to death and retrieve them for immediate nibbling or for more gourmet preparations.

Lungs I'm not hugely fond of due to their bitterness. They're protein and I'll eat them, and leaving them in does not harm the flavor of the surrounding meat. You might leave them in and pull them once the bird is cooked. The dogs or the flock will appreciate these little morsels.

 

[scooter147]

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One person's gross is another person's delicacy. Cock's combs were served to Napoleon as a fancy dish. I have a penchant for medieval recreation cooking, so I've cooked cock's combs in several French styles, and they were excellent. I use them to thicken/gelatinize stock along with the feet and tongues, but I fish them out before they're quite boiled to death and retrieve them for immediate nibbling or for more gourmet preparations.

Lungs I'm not hugely fond of due to their bitterness. They're protein and I'll eat them, and leaving them in does not harm the flavor of the surrounding meat. You might leave them in and pull them once the bird is cooked. The dogs or the flock will appreciate these little morsels.

TanithT, your so right about chicken feet they make the best broth. I've only cooked the cornish cross feet though.

 

[TimG]

I've heard that lungs are bitter, but I've never tried them and they don't seem to leach the taste into surrounding meat or stuffing. So, I think the warnings to make sure to get them all is just a looks thing.

My dogs like them just fine and they eat them raw.

 

[plumberdale]

I fed the kidneys, livers and lungs from young cornish chickens to my girls 6 and 7. The parts were beautiful and cooked up and smelled great. Altho I about puked watching them. My wife ate all that as a kid too. It was her idea. They loved 'em. My only recommendation is to feed the animals good non GMO food and or free range them. We found tumors and really strange things in the ones that were fed typical Walmart feed (GMO). The last batch were totally free from any GMO products.