Fatty skin?

[Milliemay]

O.k., I have one more newbie question for you all. I processed 2 more cornish x's today. One dressed out at almost 6 lbs. My question is, he had a golden yellow layer on top of the skin. It looked like a fat layer to me, is that correct? It did scrape off when I was cleaning up the feathers.....the smaller chickens didn't have as much of it. Thanks in advance, and I promise there won't be too many more ?'s.

 

[knittychickadee]

That's a thin, outer layer of skin. It makes the carcass look nicer if you lower the scald temp/ dip longer so it stays on.

 

[Milliemay]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[jaku]

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Thanks for the info! I've wondered what that is, too. Makes sense.

You can also scrape it off with the back of your knife if you have areas where this is thick and unappetizing.