processing question

[genuck]

can anyone tell me how to remove the innards w/o chopping off the head? i found out how to kill and bleed em w/o doing it but until i get in there i'm not real sure how to get everything out the back door. i can't find any around here with the heads on to inspect myself. i usually buy them that way but never really paid much attention. my husband is gaga over the feet and brain...

tia
nuk

[dragnlaw]

Actually the first part is to remove the head, trachea, esophagus and I believe the crop comes out there too. Then the neck.

Part two; with the bird laying on its back, keel & breasts up, as if you were going to roast it, pull up the skin, make a cut straight down and around the vent, do not pierce the intestine. Remove vent and large intestine, pull out entrails. The lungs are way up against the ribs and take a bit of scraping to get them all.

Rinse with cold running water - you're done!

[RonL]

Hi nuk. Here's a site you may find interesting ..... Butchering a Chicken

[tbcross]

Dragon,
Ewwww! Just saw my whole flock shudder! LOL It's interesting to know how though but still... B-R-U-T-A-L

[Huntsman]

<my husband is gaga over the feet and brain... >

For goodness sake!

[genuck]

yeah he wants me to leave the head ON when i cook it. i just cant figure out how to leave the head on and get all the tubes an crop and stuff out. you know like the ducks for chinese bbq.

[dragnlaw]

Make a slit down the neck just thru the skin from under the 'chin' to the body. I'm guessing you should be able to pull out the tubes and crop like that.

But hey, it's hard enuf roasting Henrietta for Sunday dinner without looking at her head!

Feet wouldn't bother me... Guess it's like your first suckling pig with an apple - I remember all us kids were just staring. But the picture was a little ruined as my mom & aunt didn't have an oven big enuf, so my mom did the front half and my aunt the other. Then they put it together on a big platter - I think they made a garland of some sort to cover the split.

[genuck]

Originally Posted by dragnlaw

Feet wouldn't bother me... Guess it's like your first suckling pig with an apple - I remember all us kids were just staring. But the picture was a little ruined as my mom & aunt didn't have an oven big enuf, so my mom did the front half and my aunt the other. Then they put it together on a big platter - I think they made a garland of some sort to cover the split.

lol that's classic!

i was grossed out a lil by the head at first, playing with the legs could consume me for hours. but the worst for me was the first time i cooked a whole chicken . trying to ignore him chewing on the feet. i hear 'excuse me' and turn to see the little chicken head cracked open and him holding out half the brain for me to try! it was sweet he wanted to share his favorite part, but i just couldn't do it.