Crispy 'whole' chicken (pics may be offensive to some, viewer discretion advised ;))

Canugghead

johnmitchell said:

Back in South Africa the local indigenous people call the feet and head "Walk-ie-talk-ie" and is considered a delicacy..

Interesting, learn something new everyday!

Canugghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cool cook, and great discussion.  Never seen chicken feet cooked before, but I do like tacos made from the head meat.

Never heard of chicken head meat tacos, I wonder if they include meat from the neck because there's hardly any meat on the head!

Botch

XC242 said:

When I was growing up in the 60's my parents would make soup using chicken feet. I really couldn't understand why cause about all they were were skin, fat and tendons. They didn't taste bad but I never saw the point of it. We weren't rich but certainly weren't poor so I don't know what My parents were thinking. 

I'm guessing that feets have a lot of collagen/gelatin, just like wings and oxtails, so it's the soup itself, not so much the footies, that benefits.  
 
EDIT: and in the very next post Little Steven says it makes great stock.  

Little Steven

Botch said:

XC242 said:

When I was growing up in the 60's my parents would make soup using chicken feet. I really couldn't understand why cause about all they were were skin, fat and tendons. They didn't taste bad but I never saw the point of it. We weren't rich but certainly weren't poor so I don't know what My parents were thinking. 

I'm guessing that feets have a lot of collagen/gelatin, just like wings and oxtails, so it's the soup itself, not so much the footies, that benefits.  
 
EDIT: and in the very next post Little Steven says it makes great stock.  

And when you roast them for stock they are incredibly good right off the pan. I guess I tend to roast stock meat darker than I would if I was cooking a meal. Kind of like the skin on good wings.

Ozzie_Isaac

Canugghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Cool cook, and great discussion.  Never seen chicken feet cooked before, but I do like tacos made from the head meat.

Never heard of chicken head meat tacos, I wonder if they include meat from the neck because there's hardly any meat on the head!

I'm not sure.  I used to get them from a taco truck in Tucson.  Pollo Cachet (sp?).

May have been neck too.  A bit greasy, but good.

FLgrillinGirl

Looking good, Gary.  Thanks for sharing, and, no, I don't think it's too graphic to show here, just what anyone would see if they went to an Asian market.

Canugghead

Thanks Faith, good to see you here, hope all is well!

Eggcelsior

It's a beautiful chicken, it really is... But you see, it's smiling at me!

Jai-Bo

That looks AWESOME!  I raise chickens not to eat though, so not sure that would be accepted at my place....

I'll stick with Vienna Sausages fer all my pieces parts of critters!!!!  hahaha