To my mind, chicken feet seem relatively benign compared the roadkill, squirrels, opossums, haggis, and other things members on this forum rave about.
Do Folks Really Eat These
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It is quite surprising what one can stomach when one is famished and dims the dining room lights.
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.
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.
Love em' with collards and spam.
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.
Chicken feet? Never!
Now Mud bugs are a great delight!
Now Mud bugs are a great delight!
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!
I remember having them when I was a kid. Depression days were tough.
Mom reserved the feet and the parson's nose for Fido.
ancient-one
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Short answer is yes.
As several others have said, use them when making a stock. Gives a lovely texture and color.
Never any other way. Seems like too much effort for little return.
As several others have said, use them when making a stock. Gives a lovely texture and color.
Never any other way. Seems like too much effort for little return.
No squirrel, but lots of rabbit; grandparents raised them for meet and pelts. Living and working in Asia, I've consumed some interesting fare, including rat. Had to impress a gal in Thailand.
Please explain how you prepare them.
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Picky, picky, picky.....
NO, I am not gonna eat chicken feet. I've seen where they walk around!
HOUSTON RICK
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Just getting us ready for Soylent Green and the new supply chain issues...
Never had them, but I'd try them at least once............if something tastes good I'm not picky about what it is, looks like, or the texture of it.
Don
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Who doesn't eat them? LOL
Apparently plenty of folks.
Both of us here have eaten before, not my first choice.
Apparently plenty of folks.
Both of us here have eaten before, not my first choice.
Soylent Green, the ultimate in recycling.
smoothshooter
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I have always been able to afford better food than that.
sigp220.45
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I take them out of the bag and toss them to him.
A Guide to Chicken Feet for Dogs (by Jo the Vet) - Kip & Twiggy's
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Piwo
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I used to eat chicken heart stew and and soup as a kid. I thought that was the most inedible part of a chicken that people ate. Until now.
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Urban myth. Tyson makes McNuggets from breast meat.
Pisgah
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Properly prepared, the tastiest morsel on the bird.
nicky4968
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Man at Arms in the He Man movie (the things we do for our children), "Don't think while you're eating."
Mr. K
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Makes one of the best Greek egg/lemon soups out there. Cut the nails before you boil. My mom made this for my wife when she got pregnant. When we married she was a vegetarian. When she got pregnant her body DEMANDED meat. This was the first step. She never knew what was inside the soup.
If I see some at a restaurant I'll try some. Just like I did with gizzards and rocky mtn oysters. Like them a lot. Only when I ate the oysters My girlfriend wouldn't kiss Me.
Ate nutria gumbo one time. Not that good
After living in Louisiana, southern china and traveling all over Europe, there is not too much I haven't tried. Curious item on the menu in uk was 'spotted dick'. Asked and got some. It was a nice pastry roll. Pretty good. My take from china was 'nothing's off the menu'. Pretty much they will eat anything. Kinda like Cajuns.
