Do Folks Really Eat These

[Bekeart]

YES! I have eaten many of them.

These were in the chicken section of the grocery store.

Do folks really eat them?

When growing up, yes I actually grew up despite opinions to the contrary.

Grandmother raised chickens.
I helped clean chickens.
Most of the chickens went into bags and were frozen for later use.

The Feet (aka Paws) we scraped a scaly covering off of them.
The feet were then boiled in water.
GREAT THICK FLAVORFUL BROTH!
We sucked/knawed some small amount of meat from the bones.

Much better than any store bought "broth".

Bekeart

I cleaned chickens, I did not steal them ...

Rememberin g When Cornel Sanders was on Laugh In and quoted his current ad.

"I only buy the best chickens."
and then added "I steals the rest."

 

[fiasconva]

We have a farmer's market nearby that has those as well as beaks and any other part you can think of. It's an interesting visit every time we go there. And they have the best seasoning meat for your greens and other veggies in the area.

 

[CH4]

Very popular in Asia, especially China. Many eat them because of the collagen. For me, they are definitely not worth the effort; unless you like bone and connective tissue. There many interesting things in the meat department of an Asian market, like duck tongue. Isaw (chicken intestines) are a popular street food here in the Philippines. Chewy

 

[Autonomous]

They make the best broth, stock and soup.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Yes.
Tried to find the old post about when I did it, but to no avail.
Anyway......Was in the store and saw a pack of these and thought....chicken feet-chicken neck....ought to make a good stock for gumbo. SO I bought a package.
Decided that I was gonna smoke them first for a smoky flavor. When you smoke chicken feet they turn black, curl up and the toe nails become VERY pronounced.. ANyway back to the story. Made a stock with them and long story short, it was delicious and I whipped up a wonderful gumbo. Nobody ever would know that I used smoked chicken feet instead of smoked chicken bones.carcasses, etc. Only thing is that we were having company for gumbo and I decided that presentation is everything. So I left the chicken feet in
Picture putting your spoon in and coming up with a knarly chicken "claw". It was wonderful! The guys loved it, the wives ate nothing but 'tater salad and hot bread.
The next day in the icebox you could tell how rich it was with the collagen in the feet. I have used them again and will continue to do so but I take them out before anyone knows.
I would tell you about the perfect presentation for bar b qued nutria next (which is delicious and tastes like rabbit) but that will have to wait unil we have a nutria thread.

 

[DWalt]

I have some Nutria stories I may relate some day if I am ever in the mood.

 

[pantannojack]

Reminds me of a detective movie with Mickey Rourke.

 

[John_M52]

Loaded with collagen as other have said. I've travelled all over Asia and seen/eaten weird stuff but this is different. Use them with beef bones to make bone broth.

 

[Alpo]

Don't know about chicken feet in general, but I most certainly would not eat those. The expiration date was 2 years ago.

 

[SMSgt]

This people don't eat those things.

 

[CH4]

To my mind, chicken feet seem relatively benign compared the roadkill, squirrels, opossums, haggis, and other things members on this forum rave about.

 

[Rustyt1953]

It is quite surprising what one can stomach when one is famished and dims the dining room lights.

 

[llowry61]

I don't critique what others eat, I am sure some would look down their noses at squirrel, rabbit, dove etc. which I love.

I have never been able to eat brains, liver, braunshweiger, tongue etc. I have tried them all just don't like the consistency of them or the taste.

The chicken feet, I would give them a try but similar to crawfish as mentioned above not much to them and a lot of messy work.

 

[ladder13]

Love em' with collards and spam.

 

[oink]

I've never used them but most all of the Grocery Stores around here carry them. We have a lot of mostly undocumented residents from South and Central America as well as Southern North America so I assume they're popular with them. I just assumed they were used for making stock. We have a fair number of people of Cuban heritage also but many of them have been around since the 60s and the appearance of chicken feet in the stores is fairly recent.

 

[STCM(SW)]

Chicken feet? Never!
Now Mud bugs are a great delight!

 

[docjonson]

A lot of you probably didn't look too close but those are right-hand feet and the left hands have more meat on them!

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I remember having them when I was a kid. Depression days were tough.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Mom reserved the feet and the parson's nose for Fido.

 

[ancient-one]

To my mind, chicken feet seem relatively benign compared the roadkill, squirrels, opossums, haggis, and other things members on this forum rave about.

You must have never eaten the Roadkill at Texas Roadhouse or properly prepared fried rabbit or squirrel with good gravy. taters and hot biscuits.
Back during the Great Depression rabbits and squirrels were for the most part our beef.