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Yeah, curing is very important. A couple days in the fridge...then use or freeze.
The first batch I ever processed, I didn't know to do that. And I also didn't know not to bone out the meat before curing (didn't even know enough to chill the bird after cleaning!!) Mine still came out tender and juicy and somehow we didn't all get food poisoning!!) LOL
Only other thing that I can think of is maybe they had too much activity??? Running around a lot will make the meat tough. Although, being cornish rocks, they don't tend to be very hyperactive anyway.
Yeah, curing is very important. A couple days in the fridge...then use or freeze.
The first batch I ever processed, I didn't know to do that. And I also didn't know not to bone out the meat before curing (didn't even know enough to chill the bird after cleaning!!) Mine still came out tender and juicy and somehow we didn't all get food poisoning!!) LOL
Only other thing that I can think of is maybe they had too much activity??? Running around a lot will make the meat tough. Although, being cornish rocks, they don't tend to be very hyperactive anyway.