Re: Re: Chicken Feet....EEEEEEWWWW BLECK!

[Guest guest]

At 11:55 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote:

>I had my first chicken feet as Chinese Dim Sum. It was fabulous. Very

>tasty.

>

>As for chicken stock, I could not imagine making any without them. I

>just wash them real good and ozonate them prior to tossing them into

>the pot. They are a great source of flavor, gelatin, and minerals.

>

>Take that big step (ha, ha) and use those feet.

>

>jo

>

just what them prior to tossing them into the pot?

-katja

[Guest guest]

You mean I have to actually *touch* them (to wash them good). And what is

ozonating? I told my dh he has to pull those suckers outa there for me when the

stock is done tonight. They are EVIL!!!

The farmer I bought them from says he has a Russian woman who buys the feet

too....he said she quickly boils the feet in water. Dumps that water, cuts off

the toes, then brings them to a boil again quickly and dumps that water. THEN

she adds them to her stock (which she also uses to make gravy. She claims it

isn't gravy unless it's made with chicken feet stock.)

I'm watching the livers turn grey in my fridge....tapping my fingers, hoping for

a stroke of bravery to hit.

And my yogurt was a complete flop. I cooked it. Mc's is looking pretty

appealing to me about now.....

Re: Chicken Feet....EEEEEEWWWW BLECK!

I had my first chicken feet as Chinese Dim Sum. It was fabulous. Very

tasty.

As for chicken stock, I could not imagine making any without them. I

just wash them real good and ozonate them prior to tossing them into

the pot. They are a great source of flavor, gelatin, and minerals.

Take that big step (ha, ha) and use those feet.

jo

[Guest guest]

>The farmer I bought them from says he has a Russian woman who buys the feet

too....he said she quickly boils the feet in water. Dumps that water, cuts off

the toes, then brings them to a boil again quickly and dumps that water. THEN

she adds them to her stock (which she also uses to make gravy. She claims it

isn't gravy unless it's made with chicken feet stock.)

I dump them in hot water, then take off the outer skin. Underneath it's nice and

clean. And the outer nail

comes off too (or clip them). The skin just slips off after a good hot dunk (and

yeah, it means

you have to touch them ... plus after cleaning 10 chickens or so I am soooo

tired of handling

chicken!).

-- Heidi Jean

>

[Guest guest]

just what them prior to tossing them into the pot?

-katja

Ozonate them..

I use an ozone generator that pulses O3 into water for sterilization.

It's a great way to clean vegies and all foods. While I'm not too

obsessed with all microbes (I'm more in Sandor's Wild Fermentation

camp), it's a good tool for cleaning chemical residues off of

agricultural products. Chicken feet, given their functional history,

inspires me to 'ozonate' them prior to stock production.

Here's a URL to see the device:

http://www.newspirit.com/literature/techbulletins_anyzonegold.asp

If you google AnyzoneGold you will get multiple hits. I did not

realize this when I purchased it, but evidently it appears to be some

kind of MLM product. It's a great, truly multipurpose device that I

highly recommend.

jo

[Guest guest]

>I use an ozone generator that pulses O3 into water for sterilization.

>It's a great way to clean vegies and all foods. While I'm not too

>obsessed with all microbes (I'm more in Sandor's Wild Fermentation

>camp), it's a good tool for cleaning chemical residues off of

>agricultural products. Chicken feet, given their functional history,

>inspires me to 'ozonate' them prior to stock production.

They are using ozonators for a lot nowadays, including treating

sewage and drinking water. It's an interesting technology, seems

like hocus pocus but it really works. It's actually based on what

the sun does ... anything left out in the sun is sterilized, it kills

microbes. It's basically like immersing the thing in bleach water,

except there is no residue.

-- Heidi Jean