Soup Chickens

[Pheasant 54]

When Mrs. KDM makes chicken stock with the whole bird (sans feet) she gets that nice gel layer on top of the water too. Seems to me, having the skin, bones, and everything in between would make better stock/bone broth than just some scrawny feet IMO. Still have about 40 birds waiting for homes/pantries/hungry people.

My wife makes it the exact same way , unbeatable in my opinion

 

[Obi-Wan]

About twenty years ago I heard Michael Savage lament he had to shop alleyways to get chicken shins/feet for proper stock. According to him; stock had zero flavor/nutrients unless these parts were boiled in the broth. I'd wrap them in cheesecloth after an extensive brushing/cleaning.

He is/was actually Jewish--IDK if this adds any "old world" credibility: I always intended to try this with pheasant along with plucking. By the time I got home and saw the bloody shot holes under the ripped skin; the culinary motivation was dead. FWIW all birds were gutted upon retrieval: I'm not a British faggot: They were filleted and soaked in mild saltwater. I didn't GAF about the thighs or feet. I had to drink beers and post a lot of bullshit:

You might have a bounty in stock if you get in with the FDA:

My grandmother used to make the best oven fried chicken and gravy known to man, which I have not had in years. She probably still could make it since she is 104 but just this summer she moved into a nursing home. Her favorite part of the chicken is the feet, as a kid I remember her sitting there gnawing on the feet which I thought, and still do is odd.

 

[Davy Crockett]

My grandmother used to make the best oven fried chicken and gravy known to man, which I have not had in years. She probably still could make it since she is 104 but just this summer she moved into a nursing home. Her favorite part of the chicken is the feet, as a kid I remember her sitting there gnawing on the feet which I thought, and still do is odd.

 

[Davy Crockett]

The bones go into the pressure cooker after most of the bird is gone Both chicken and turkey . Long enough to melt the bones. The broth is the best part.

 

[Pheasant 54]

So I was brought up you boiled the whole chicken , no feet, and you cut up the entire chicken into about thumb nail size pieces with the noodles for a very large kettle of soup . My wife was brought up boiling the whole chicken and then having just noodles and broth with the chicken on the side . After getting married she saw it my way .

 

[svnmag]

 

[svnmag]

Weird post here. I have about 60 laying hens that are being culled this month. They are NOT good for baking, frying, grilling, or broiling. They do however, make the best chicken noodle soup I've ever had. The Mrs. usually takes the whole bird and puts it into boiling water until the meat falls off, then removes the bones, ads veggies and noodles, and we eat. We have plenty of soup chicken from last year. They're free, but the catch is you have to come butcher them yourself. I have the scalder/plucker/etc. so you can butcher them here if you like, but I get to mostly watch and give advice. If anyone is interested, launch me a PM and we'll see if we can set something up. I know it's a bit left of center, but I hate to see good food go to waste if someone has a need or use for it. Thanks!

 

[KDM]

Those feet came from cornish cross chickens. Which are 4 times the size of these laying hens and bred for heavy meat carcasses. The feet off my birds are just like pheasant feet. Two steps above toothpicks and about as appetizing.

 

[tikkalover]

My question is, is it the feet or the chickenshit on the feet that adds the flavor??

 

[ndrivrrat]

Will a ninja star kill a chicken?

Possibly, but nunchucks definitly will.

 

[KDM]

The first 10 found a new home yesterday. The couple had never butchered chickens before. The equipment worked to perfection and they learned a new skill. We had a great time and it was a pleasure to meet and talk with them. They did great! 50 or so to go.

 

[Davy Crockett]

We were never allowed to let the chickens jump after the heads were cut off. We had to hold them by the wings and the legs until they bled out, parents said letting them jump around like that bruised the meat.

Same here, as long as I live I'll remember the first time I suppose I was 4 or 5 mom grabbed the hatchet and turned the bent nail on the chopping block and locked the head in and wacked it off and handed me the chicken by the legs and said don't let it go. Alli could do is watch the beak open and close on the head in horror. I did eventually let one go and the bugger took of running and flopping. Google the headless chicken, the guy poured grain down the neck and it lived a long time .
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[tikkalover]

My uncle, at the farm, had a rooster that would chase us kids across the yard. If he caught you, he would beat the shit out of you with his wings. Uncle thought it was funny until he started losing tools out of the shop. Us kids would sneak in the back door of the shop and grab a wrench or two to protect us from that mean rooster, when he had to start buying new tools the rooster became chicken soup.

 

[Davy Crockett]

 

[Davy Crockett]

 

[Wall-eyes]

When Mrs. KDM makes chicken stock with the whole bird (sans feet) she gets that nice gel layer on top of the water too. Seems to me, having the skin, bones, and everything in between would make better stock/bone broth than just some scrawny feet IMO. Still have about 40 birds waiting for homes/pantries/hungry people.

I have to agree raised on farm. The older hens taste better when cooked as your wife does, wish you were closer. Can’t believe no other takers. I would pay something just because. I been getting chickens from Sundale Colony in Milner ND plus bunch other great food if any body has interest they deliver if enough interest

 

[LBrandt]

Use to get smoked chickens and smoked turkey from them. A smoked turkey on the old style round weber with a couple pounds of thick cut bacon pined to breast and slow roasted until bacon was done. Lot of beer went down with that and a lot of bullshit shoveled around. LB

 

[CatDaddy]

I have to agree raised on farm. The older hens taste better when cooked as your wife does, wish you were closer. Can’t believe no other takers. I would pay something just because. I been getting chickens from Sundale Colony in Milner ND plus bunch other great food if any body has interest they deliver if enough interest

How do you find their products/prices?

 

[Prairie Doggin']

Anyone ever smoke an old soup chicken, then boil it until it's fall-apart? The idea has me intrigued...

 

[bucksnbears]

Anyone ever smoke an old soup chicken, then boil it until it's fall-apart? The idea has me intrigued...

Do it! We Americans have become WAY TO SOFT.


Hey Kirk, post your add on Craigslist (St Paul Mn).
Somalian would be ALL over it.
Lol.