Coffee anyone ?

[frustratedearthmother]

I wonder if pressure canning them would make them more tender. Just wondering out loud.... or at least maybe pressure cooking - or like Bay said - simmer for a week or so in the crock pot!

 

[Mini Horses]

Old ones I generally put on ice &/or cold frig -- in a bag cause they don't smell great at this point -- for 24 hrs. Then you can cook a long time, slow....or pressure cook, about 1.5-2 hrs, depending on how. i.e. parted or whole. I find chicken breast canned with raw pack, 10# pressure for 90 min is what is recommended. Yep. works. But, the meat is quite cooked....not like grilled, etc...softer. So if that tough, you will need to allow long cook. They will never be oven birds., don't waste your time. Those CCX AT 12 weeks are oven birds. Sad but true.

Alternative -- thaw, debone and can the meat. It's good for ready to use, as heat & eat, chicken & gravy, etc. Use the bones & left on flesh for broth. A young roo is less meat but, can be fried.


We have to have something to do with them! Own dogs?

 

[Blue Sky]

Thank you one and all. Mr Spanky was mr I’m running all over. I have three roo carcasses that are gorgeous. Would a post freeze thaw brining help or should I just donate them as patches for flat tires, or armor plate? nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen....

 

[Ridgetop]

Why don't you pressure cook them until the bones are soft and then use for dog food? Better than tossing or dental bills!

Back in the day I used to pay $.15 for packages of chicken necks and backs. I pressure cooked them with eggplant and a little rice then used it as dog food with kibble. You can add whatever veggies you have too much of in the garden or whatever is cheap or starting to go from the fridge to the mix. The dogs will love it and those old tough roos will not go to waste.

 

[Blue Sky]

I won’t waste them I think too much of them. I’d like to enjoy them although that looks like broth. I’ll let you know if I can sneak up on the toughness.

 

[Ridgetop]

Actually broth would be an excellent idea! Cook them in the slow cooker until they render up good broth then can the bouillon. Then use the meat if it is too tough for the dogs.

 

[Baymule]

I can all my old layer hens and old roosters. I cut the meat off the bone and pre cook it because it shrinks. I pack in jars, cover with broth and pressure can it. It comes out of the jar, tender, ready for any dish I want. My favorite is to make chicken salad with it. Then i cook the bones and can the broth.

 

[Baymule]

Coffee is ready! I watered the garden last night and saw MORE TOMATOES that needed picking. I also picked a mess of purple hull peas, going to give them to Robert. Got 3 cucumbers, left several to get big, turn yellow and make seeds. I gave away 2 jars of my BBQ sauce and got good reviews, so I will make another batch. Also got to cook down all those confounded bags of frozen tomatoes, will make more spaghetti sauce. Neighbor lady coming today to get the bedroom set, 2 living room end tables, and curio cabinet we practically pushed on her. Her husband works out of town, they are rehabbing a very old mobile home and have 3 kids under 5. They don’t have much, so we cut her a deal she couldn’t refuse and letting her pay it out. I think I’ll toss in some lamps too. Giving her the bedspread and 3 sets of sheets.

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks @Baymule
Finally got those cages cleaned. School done, mostly and out to the farm where we carried 42 bags of plaster out to the dumpster. 15 wouldn't fit so those will go in the next load. Get a temporary crown put on my tooth, I hope this is the end of my tooth issues.

 

[Mini Horses]

Sounds like you could save a lot of tomato seeds, too.

Need to finish any bushhog work this week, switch out to disc and knock that "garden" down again. Want to get some Fall stuff working. I hope to get some seeds started in there for greens, carrots, beets, garlic, etc.

And, it's time to rough some field areas to throw "winter seed" out. Found a guy with some great prices on Abruzzi rye seed but, it's possibly a 3 hr drive. Need to mapquest it. Sure will help with winter graze, so may be worth the gas & time.

Good thing my "job" work is slow.