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[drumstick diva]

Perchie at least send us a smoke signal please

 

[microchick]

Okay all you home grown chicken chefs. I slow cooked my first cockerel. Meat is delicious but a bit dry in spite of cooking him in ample stock for 7 hours.

How do I make the meat moister? Slow cook longer on low setting? More stock or is this just the nature of 1 year old rooster meat?

 

[drumstick diva]

I'm no cook sorry

 

[getaclue]

I use a little soft butter, or mayo with a meat injector.

 

[getaclue]

Well, Dh gave me my Mother's Day present today. (In part it's because he's been a real PITA lately too, and he knows it). He got me a Milwaukee Battery Pack operated Staple Gun, and the battery pack. It has increasing power levels, so knots in wood are not a big problem. You can do it manually, pulling the trigger each time, BUT the best part is, you can do it automatic. You pull the trigger, and hold it, then lightly bump the staple guide where you want the staple, and keep going. It takes pretty much all size T50 staples. I have the battery pack charging. I'll test it out tomorrow. I think I'm going to LOVE this thing.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...-in-Crown-Stapler-Tool-Only-2447-20/302652845

 

[getaclue]

Me, my grandson, and 1/3rd of our community showed up at The Peach Truck yesterday. It was fun, and the peaches are some of the best, most flavorful, I've tasted in years. Oh, I got a couple pounds of shelled Pecans too. Tomorrow morning, I'm going to pick a mess of Conch peas from our garden, and shell them for tomorrow night's supper. I am sooooooo looking forward to eating them.

 

[drumstick diva]

I'm envious Geta - thinking of all the damage I could cause with that stapler

 

[ronott1]

Okay all you home grown chicken chefs. I slow cooked my first cockerel. Meat is delicious but a bit dry in spite of cooking him in ample stock for 7 hours.

How do I make the meat moister? Slow cook longer on low setting? More stock or is this just the nature of 1 year old rooster meat?

Brine it first.

and you might need to go an hour or two longer

 

[ronott1]

Well, Dh gave me my Mother's Day present today. (In part it's because he's been a real PITA lately too, and he knows it). He got me a Milwaukee Batter Pack operated Staple Gun, and the battery pack. It has increasing power levels, so knots in wood are not a big problem. You can do it manually, pulling the trigger each time, BUT the best part is, you can do it automatic. You pull the trigger, and hold it, then lightly bump the staple guide where you want the staple, and keep going. It takes pretty much all size T50 staples. I have the battery pack charging. I'll test it out tomorrow. I think I'm going to LOVE this thing.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...-in-Crown-Stapler-Tool-Only-2447-20/302652845
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I want one of those too!

 

[ronott1]

I use a little soft butter, or mayo with a meat injector.

I might try this next time