farmerjan
Super Self-Sufficient
Those tub pluckers are a god send for doing the chickens. Good for you getting them all done and in the freezer!
The plucker was so easy and definitely worth every penny. No more 45 seconds and two were plucked. Plus very inexpensive to rent for a day. The deposit was a little hefty but we got that back when we returned the plucker the next day, so it was all good.Those tub pluckers are a god send for doing the chickens. Good for you getting them all done and in the freezer!
I found gizzards to contain stones and a grass salad when I cut them open. I'm unsure how they sell them in the stores clean. We cook them whole, debone and can the meat. Dogs get trimmings that don't go into the canning jars. FB makes broth with the peeled feet and the bones.I borrowed a plucker last spring and it sure cut down on time and effort! What a marvelous invention. @CrealCritter i see y’all bag the chickens whole. I go ahead and part them out. Boneless skinless breast, 1/2 breast to each package. I cut off wing tips, cut wings in 2 pieces and vacuum seal for buffalo wings. I vacuum seal the drumsticks. Sometimes I package the thighs as boneless, skinless and sometimes not. I cut some chickens in half and vacuum seal and I package a few whole. It makes preparing a meal a lot easier. By parting the chicken and vacuum sealing it all, it saves a lot of room in the freezer and vacuum sealed, it never gets freezer burn.
I can the back pieces for the dogs. Canning turns the bones to mush. Livers, gizzards, I package some for me and drop the rest in canning jar along with hearts and wing tips. I go ahead and cook skins and other tidbits for the dogs and spoon it over their kibble.
Dogs got so spoiled to chicken over their kibble that I now buy 10 pound bags of leg quarters on sale for the dogs. I just cooked a bag yesterday. There is a half gallon jar of meat in the refrigerator, 2 quart jars in the freezer and 5 quart jars of broth in the freezer. I cooked the bones down in the crock pot all night, they crumble to mush now and I’ll process them later today.
I slice the gizzard lengthwise and clean all the gunk out - then peel off the thick yellow membrane. They're ready to go after that...I found gizzards to contain stones and a grass salad when I cut them open. I'm unsure how they sell them in the stores clean.
Don’t worry, it’s confusing for this twenty something too.I've been having a really tough time these last two weeks. I'm scattered and forgetful and distracted. One thing I thought about last nite, while tossing and turning, was that there are toooo many ways to communicate now. I'm having a difficult time trying to sort out what was said where.
ie: one renter sends me texts.. I could not for the life of me find his message about renters insurance, and four days later stumbled across it in a vm.
Landlord I work for leaves very long voice mails, so that she has to call back to continue to talk on the phone message machine. She also sends emails, but in a jumble of timelines.
Fair lady sends phone texts, two different messenger groups texts, emails and phone messages.
Luckily, DD only uses messenger. Son only uses text. Hubs never answers, so there's that.
Hubs stands in front of me to tell me stuff, but rambles alot.
Fair lady said to start to use Google calendar. I use a paper calendar. Clearly I screwed up myself when I had Poppy on Monday for her spay, instead of today. I have a fair meeting on the 24th, but learned yesterday that it was cancelled.
Its very very confusing to this 69 yr old.
I slice the gizzard lengthwise and clean all the gunk out - then peel off the thick yellow membrane. They're ready to go after that...