Re: chicken feet anyone? (and a stock question too)

[Guest guest]

>I'd like to call up the chicken feet thread again....

>

>What was the general consensus about using chicken feet for a pot of stock?

Peeled? With or without toenails? Boiled first?

I haven't boiled them yet, but I did skin them. They look nice and clean now.;

The skin came right off after I immersed them in boiling water for like

a minute. They are in the freezer. My Mom is coming to visit, and chicken feet

in soup was always one of her favorites. I want to surprise her.

I clipped the nails too, though I noticed that a " shell " came off them too

when I skinned the feet, and the underlying nail is nice and clean. So

I guess you could leave them.

>My other stock question is what about throwing in a tub of chicken livers?

I can't imagine it would taste like " stock " ... liver is pretty pungent

and unique. I think the livers are best fried up in fat, mashed

with grilled onions and bacon and spread on a cracker, myself.

But if you like the taste of liver in your soup, then you could go

for it.

I do cook the liver in soup though, sometimes, and the gizzard,

when I'm boiling one chicken with the giblets. I don't simmer it

long though.

>Marie

>(who just plucked her first chicken)

Congrats! THAT is a turning point in life!

BTW I saved the feathers this time, putting the down feathers in

one cloth bag, and the big feathers in another. Washed the whole

bag with detergent, rinsed, and ran them thru the drier. I don't know

what I'll DO with them, but they came out very clean and puffy, maybe

I should make a pillow.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

I remember my Mom using chicken feet for stock when I was a child.

She let the actual foot part stick up out of the pot, and therefore

the toenails didn't go into the stock. I'm pretty sure she didn't

peel the feet either.

Joan

[Guest guest]

How did she keep the toe nails up and out? My stock simmers for 2-3

days. No way can I keep the feet up!

Del

" jaydeejersey " wrote:

> I remember my Mom using chicken feet for stock when I was a child.

> She let the actual foot part stick up out of the pot, and therefore

> the toenails didn't go into the stock. I'm pretty sure she didn't

> peel the feet either.

>

> Joan