What can I do with a meat grinder?

[Scot1458]

In laws gave us a one, just a small electronic one. We raise chickens, quail, some turkey's in the future and rabbit.

Help me out, can I make ground out of chicken/rabbit/trukey?

 

[paddock36]

you could ground turkey to use instead of hamburger or make turkey sausage. It would be leaner than regular sausage.

 

[Cindiloohoo]

Oh yes gound turkey in spaghetti is wonderful. You could also grind chicken and make chicken patties to fry for sandwiches. I thought of doing that since my DD13 is allergic to all the preservatives in store bought. She really misses chicken sandwiches too! If you try it and it's good, please let me know! If I get to it first I'll keep you posted

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

The grinder is the starting point for duck sausage

Steve

 

[Dogfish]

We ground up 257 lbs of elk this year. Very lean. With turkey or chicken you may want to add olive oil while cooking, as that works with our elk.

 

[terri9630]

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My daughter has the same problems. Making/growing everything at home has made a huge difference for us.

 

[Scot1458]

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Wow! Might have to get some ducks now!

 

[dancingbear]

We have a meat grinder, we grind venison, turkey, and pork, it's all good. I want to try a mixture of deer and pork for cured and smoked jalapeno and cheddar sausages.

You can add fat while grinding to prevent dryness, with leaner meats, if you want. You can grind any kind of meat you want. I saw some turkey burgers on Oprah that looked killer. I'm sure the recipe's on the web. they had some kind of fruit chutney mixed in, instead of extra fat, to keep them moist.

Any ground meat, or combination of ground meats, is great for anything you'd use hamburger for. Just make adjustments to allow for leaner meats, so you don't get something that tastes like sawdust.

Ground turkey, or ground pork, is great made into patties, dipped in flour and fried. Yummy! I haven't ground up chicken yet, but I don't see why it wouldn't be just as good.

 

[TimG]

I use store bought ground chicken in burgers (mixed with bread crumbs and Worcestershire sauce, sometimes I toss in an egg or a little hot sauce) and tacos. When I make meatballs, I always use a combination of ground meats.

I have read about people grinding up the solids (including bones) leftover from making chicken stock and feeding the mash to their dogs. Whole cooked chicken bones aren't good for dogs, but once ground the bones are fine.

 

[dancingbear]

I wouldn't try to put bones through the meat grinder, you'd be likely to jam it up, damage the blades, etc. You can pressure cook or crock pot the bones until they get soft, though, then grind them up in a blender, (or just give them to the critters) and add to pet food. Or to the garden compost, all those minerals are great for plants, too.