How to use the whole animal (waste not want not)

[AtropineCaffein]

Im listening.....

Aha...

If you were the one asking about bear meat flavor, at least in Alaska, bear that have been eating fish taste very strongly. Those that have fed on berries and such have a much more pleasant flavor.

If you were not the one asking, just disregard

 

[bamadude]

Ok

 

[vehve]

Mmm, tongue is delicious.

 

[hennible]

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There are some Mexican dishes made with tongue that look great... Can't remember their word for that cut though...

 

[LindaB220]

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There are some Mexican dishes made with tongue that look great... Can't remember their word for that cut though...

http://whatscookingamerica.net/CynthiaPineda/Lengua/Lengua.htm

Thanks for the tip. I looked it up. I'll make this and if great I'm using this one for canning. Served with spanish rice and beans. Yum

 

[hennible]

Lengua! Yes thank you that was bugging me

 

[ladywhynott]

We are on our first round of meat birds. I was leery of getting the cornish cross because getting to butcher weight in 6 weeks is just not natural to me. We are trying to get back to nature not supply the government with more of our business. I did buy 5 just to try them out. We got others as well (red rangers). The trick with the cornish is to feed them like twice a day. We chose to raise ours to 11 weeks which is the time to process the rangers. Our cornish are big but they do get to free range for about 15 minutes a day. They aren't lazy but they aren't active either. They are missing feathers because they do have a harder time walking. I think it may be easier for people to process these birds because they are not attractive like a heritage breed. You don't become attached to these birds. They are aggressive at feeding time and they have pecked not only each other but 2 of the other birds in their pen. They also eat ALOT so if you are trying to save money by raising your own birds over store bought, cornish are not the way to go.

 

[hennible]

Some people say they have good results feeding CCs fermented feed and letting them free rang. I will stick to my heritage and dual purpose birds though.

 

[CrazyTalk]

They also eat ALOT so if you are trying to save money by raising your own birds over store bought, cornish are not the way to go.

If there's any bird that comes close to saving money (which none of them really do), it's the Cornish Cross.

Properly raised cornish cross will get you 1 lb of meat per every 2.1 lbs of feed that they eat (overall, at about 10 weeks). Typical heritage birds are closer to 1lb meat to 5-10lbs of food. Even birds like Red Rangers are up over 3:1.

Cornish Cross eat "ALOT" because they grow ridiculously fast. Because of their fast growth rate, they don't waste a ton of food just maintaining themselves - a higher percentage of what they eat goes into growth, and meat.

 

[Amberjem]