Who in the the world would BUY & EAT these?????

[flowerchild59]

Groooosssss.

 

[saddina]

In asian cooking, you peel the skin off and use the feet in soups and broths.

 

[CowgirlJules]

I do that too. They add a nice amount of gelatin to stock. I have several packages in my freezer, but those are from my own birds.

I did try to eat them, but didn't find anything much to eat. All bones and tendon.

 

[Czech's_chicks]

We bought 4 pounds of them from the local latin market. Used three different sauces and baked them. Nothing really to eat on them, so we did what we could and then decided probably not to do it again.

In this economy, and being a big fan of Bizaar Foods, we decided to not knock it until we tried it, and try not to let anything go to waste. Not that I will be eating snake bottom any time soon, but you never know.

 

[Ridgerunner]

The US exports somewhere around $300,000,000 to $400,000,000 worth of chicken feet, called paws, to China every year. To some people, they are a delicacy.

I use my chicken feet when I make stock. If you scald the feet, the toe nails and the outer skin slide right off, giving you clean chicken feet.

 

[MandyH]

Oh good God. I am imagining all the stuff that chicken feet get into while they are alive GROSS! But I'm from the south and people down here don't throw away nothin and I know of people that do eat them.

 

[ranchhand]

The local grocery store, (lowcountry SC) sells them fresh. Not my speed, but I would go so far as to say Gross, Ick, Disgusting, etc. To each their own.

 

[ImStillMags]

Chicken feet make great chicken stock. Just be sure they are squeaky clean, clip off the ends of the toes and nails, peel the skin if you wish or not. Use them like you would chicken bones or carcass for stock. They make exceptionally well flavored stock. If you raise and kill your own chickens you shoudl be making your own chicken stock. It's easy. On my website I have some cooking tips. Making chicken stock
is one:

http://www.hizzoners.com/cooking-tips/249-make-your-own-chicken-stock

 

[Momagain1]

They make the most wonderful chicken broth!!!!!

 

[caspernc]

really!