Cup o' Joe and Tea Too

[igorsMistress]

Just popping in with some enchiladas. We’ve been talking about them so I thought I’d share. Didn’t use either of the recipes we posted. went with the homemade sauce. So easy and I like it better. View attachment 2018179View attachment 2018183

Yummy! We have leftover chicken enchiladas to finish tomorrow.

 

[ValerieJ]

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We had eggplant parmesan that needed using up so I reheated that and made burger patties tonight. I had mine without sauce. My daughter made this, I usually add fresh basil under the cheese before baking.

That looks good! I've never made it on the stove before. Well, I grill the breaded eggplant before I bake it. I was thinking about eggplant...think it will be on the menu soon!

It looks like yours is actually fried with the cheese on it. How does the cheese not burn and stick to the pan?

 

[igorsMistress]

That looks good! I've never made it on the stove before. Well, I grill the breaded eggplant before I bake it. I was thinking about eggplant...think it will be on the menu soon!

It looks like yours is actually fried with the cheese on it. How does the cheese not burn and stick to the pan?

She fried it, then sprinkled with cheese and baked. I think it just looks like that because I reheated in the oven.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

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We had eggplant parmesan that needed using up so I reheated that and made burger patties tonight. I had mine without sauce. My daughter made this, I usually add fresh basil under the cheese before baking.

Ooh, never had that before. Looks delish, IM!

 

[igorsMistress]

the testing I read about was a feather sexing process-- likely a color-- that can be seen in the egg towards the end of incubation. It only works on sex link crosses so is limited to commercial production

With this process, a live chick in a shell is still destroyed though

Is that the one that checks the sex at 3 days of incubation? Or something like that? I found this one that says unincubated eggs so no death to a developing embryo.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21479544

 

[ValerieJ]

Is that the one that checks the sex at 3 days of incubation? Or something like that? I found this one that says unincubated eggs so no death to a developing embryo.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21479544

That would be great if that could work!

But, I have a question. Why don't they raise the cockerels to a size for meat? It seems like such a waste to kill chicks.

 

[007Sean]

Ok, where do I find the interview? I feel like a stalker sifting through your profile.

Here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-member-interview-007sean.1232780/

 

[ValerieJ]

Here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/byc-member-interview-007sean.1232780/

Oh yeah. I read that. Fabulous interview!!! Great life!!!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

That would be great if that could work!

But, I have a question. Why don't they raise the cockerels to a size for meat? It seems like such a waste to kill chicks.

It takes half of the time to raise a Cornish x or other meat bird as it does a DP Cockerel. No one probably wants to put in the time and money for a bird that's 1/2-2/3 the size and isn't quite as tender. That would be a much better use of life, though.

 

[ValerieJ]

It takes half of the time to raise a Cornish x or other meat bird as it does a DP Cockerel. No one probably wants to put in the time and money for a bird that's 1/2-2/3 the size and isn't quite as tender. That would be a much better use of life, though.

And I have heard that some recipes are just better made with cockerel. I have a cookbook around here somewhere from a CA restaurant that has some recipes for it, and she says to definitely try to get cockerel and not hen.