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[misspennyloise]

Good Morning, I finished putting up eight quarts of the finest stock ever. I can mine and follow the directions for a soup/broth. I also use the necks,skins, bones, giblets, ( no feet this time...didn't know about them but probably will in the future)

Enjoy,

 

[Sam208]

how do you pile the feet do you have to dip them in hot water to??

sam208

 

[antlers]

Never did feet. Never GOING to do feet.

Don't have to, don't want to. I'll raise another 2 birds to sacrifice to soup first. Much easier to me.

The rest of you can do as you please. Just don't invite me over for dinner.

 

[ke_ben]

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I scald the whole bird at once and 'test' my scald when the skin breaks free from the leg, then after plucking or skinning and evisceration you cut the feet at the leg joint and undress/peel the skin from the joint to the toes and pinch each toenail off. It is real easy and you end up with a very, very clean foot full of collagen and great for stock. You don't have to use them if you don't want too but I like getting my money and nutritional value's worth and there is absolutely nothing unclean or gross about them.

 

[vermontgal]

Dogs will eat the feet, and can also eat chicken bones (raw only, NOT cooked). I had a request to save the feet for someone's dog, but couldn't bring myself to do it.

 

[Mosti]

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Right, the idea of canning is preserving without the use of a freezer no? I'll try and google it and see how proper canning is carried out.
Cheers.........................................!

 

[chicken ridl]

Amazon has the Ball canning book.
The is a recipe for both beef and chicken stock and how to pressure cook both.
I am going to try the chicken one using the neck and backs. Preserving is another one of my hobbies. I think is fun.
I wasn't planning on the feet.
I worked on a hog farm many years ago.
I don't see how any one could eat pigs feet.
There is no way you could get that tast out of those feet. YUCK!

 

[jaku]

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Yes, as she said, RAW BONES ONLY!! Unfortunately, my dogs do nothing with raw meat but throw it around and play with it. Absolutely no interest in eating it. They can't get enough of grease or cooked scraps though!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

my dogs do nothing with raw meat but throw it around and play with it.

thats what the barn cats are for, jaku!!!

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[GBov]

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Yes, as she said, RAW BONES ONLY!! Unfortunately, my dogs do nothing with raw meat but throw it around and play with it. Absolutely no interest in eating it. They can't get enough of grease or cooked scraps though!

All my dog does with raw bones is get 5 days of the runs, usually on the carpet

Do you HAVE to skin the feet for stock? I just prosessed some roosters and the kids had a blast playing with the feet ("Look mum, if you pull this white bit the toes curl up!") but I wasnt sure about how to cook them and my back was hurting more than a bit by the last one so just threw them away.

Regretting it now, even though the stock from backs, necks and gibblets was fab and best yet, it all cooked till after the kids bedtime so I didnt have to share

mmmmmmm gotta love them necks and gibblets but if it can get better - hard to believe - I am all for it