Monday, July 28, 2008

Heads and Feet?

You know, normally the question you ask yourself in KY when buying chicken is boneless or bone-in (maybe just white or dark).  Around here you have to decide: heads and feet or not.  We actually prefer our chickens decapitated and footless, so the question is no problem for us.

Today Angie put our first headless, footless, one-legged chicken in our new crock pot (she had to sever one leg for it to fit).  It cooked up and MAN was it ever good.  At the end of the meal we were digging out the bones to store the leftovers when we noticed the neck still attached.  Hmmm, headlessness apparently starts with the chin and not the collar bone.

As the meat continued to be separated from the bones and other non-chewy stuff we found other stuff.  Heart. Liver. Gizzard.  As very committed giblet gravy makers each November we know a little bit about stuff that is usually inside a bag.  We think our delectable bird still had all her organs intact when she went into the slow cooker.

Or maybe it was like our first Thanksgiving when we cooked our turkey without ever removing the bag from inside...

4 comments:

Anthony and Sharon said...

Not sure if they taught yall this in your language classes (or if its even the same there) but here "kaki ayam" is what you call bare feet when you're outside without shoes on.

Mom said...

Cooking your turkey without removing the inside bag with body parts is no claim to fame. We all did that. Glad you enjoyed it and good to hear all kids are eating rice. Love ya all....

piano lady said...

Well, at least all the parts were cooked! Some consider those delicacies.

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