Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Molpet]

He is 5 months now, so will be 6 months when butchering. I do know there are different methods for different ages. But since I haven't dived into the actual cooking stuff yet all these English terms do not mean much to me at the moment. Luckily I still got all of December to figure out the details

Sorry I forgot, I think this might help
How to Cook: Heritage Chicken — Moomaw's Kitchen https://share.google/ZoaWoNeFoSwXfoqYd

 

[fuzzi]

I dry-brine turkey, which helps keep it juicy with crispy skin, and can also be done with chickens. (Brining involves adding salt a day or more to the bird which somehow automagically keeps the bird juicy, especially the breast.)

I don't know that it's worth actual brining for roasting a chicken, but what I find great is that the herb mixture is added to olive oil or to butter and rubbed under the skin of the breast and legs, making it somewhat self-basting. So flavorful!

Here's the mix I use. I skipped the garlic and lemon, because I have found that they sometimes bring a bitter vibe. If not brining, cut the kosher salt from 3 Tbsp down to 1/2 or 1 Tbsp. Don't use table salt; the added iodine throws the flavor off. As these amounts are for a turkey, I'd probably reduce the whole thing to 1/2 or even 1/3 the original amounts. (For birds injected with a salt-water solution, cut the salt in half.) (Sorry about the vaguely contradictory math.)

Anyway, getting that oil/fat mixture with herbs under the skin is what really sends the flavor.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_dry_brine_and_roast_a_turkey/

Edit to add: and oh yes, the world will continue to revolve around the sun if you use dried herbs. If you do that, use half the amount called for with fresh herbs. Sorry, more maffs...

My mother taught me, before roasting, to rub the thawed turkey inside and out with table salt.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Debate about AI spending spreading mechanism in the US (sound familiar?)

https://www.propublica.org/article/...m_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-newsletter

Edit: this phone, I swear…

 

[BDutch]

Debate about AI spending mechanism in the US (sound familiar?)

https://www.propublica.org/article/...m_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-newsletter

Yes, I had seen this publication before. Have been reading the intro, and I thought it was inaccurate bc it says poultry in the EU is vaccinated. But these are only pilots. Didn’t read the rest of it.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Yes, I had seen this publication before. Have been reading the intro, and I thought it was inaccurate bc it says poultry in the EU is vaccinated. But these are only pilots. Didn’t read the rest of it.

Yes, it’s an article, not a journal publication.

I thought the description of USDA insisting on the biohazard approach (and its apparent futility if this strain of AI is windborne instead) rang a bell.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes, I had seen this publication before. Have been reading the intro, and I thought it was inaccurate bc it says poultry in the EU is vaccinated. But these are only pilots. Didn’t read the rest of it.

It is at pilot stage for egg laying hens in the Netherlands in the context of an EU-wide vaccine strategy.
France was the pilot for ducks and then did mass vaccination of ducks starting in October 2023. I believe in France it is now compulsory to vaccinate ducks intended for meat.
The US immediately restricted imports of duck meat from France as a consequence of the meat being from vaccinated birds but I saw that the US recently lifted some of the restrictions.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/7/24-1445_article
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/de...odities-originating-from-or-transiting-eu.pdf