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I did see good videos on skinning, and tried it like that. But it seems I lack the arm strength to do a good quick job like the man in the video, I had to tug & wrestle with it for a lot longer than it takes me to pluck. And then there would be chaff from the feathers that would get stuck on the sticky membrane exposed on the skinned parts -- maybe because I didn't work as efficiently as the video guy -- and it was difficult to remove before cooking. Once I get a good scald on the birds the feathers wipe off as easily as removing the lint from a clothes dryer trap.
I did see good videos on skinning, and tried it like that. But it seems I lack the arm strength to do a good quick job like the man in the video, I had to tug & wrestle with it for a lot longer than it takes me to pluck. And then there would be chaff from the feathers that would get stuck on the sticky membrane exposed on the skinned parts -- maybe because I didn't work as efficiently as the video guy -- and it was difficult to remove before cooking. Once I get a good scald on the birds the feathers wipe off as easily as removing the lint from a clothes dryer trap.