I breed ornamental cochin bantams and excess roosters need to be culled. Ideally, they should be
done at 3 months of age or so. I put off killing two partrige ones and they beat the [censored] out of my
favorite rooster. :-( Not sure if he is going to survive as he is about 9 years old now. <sigh> I
tube fed him some baby cereal this morning as he is not eating...
That's what I get for procrastinating, that, and tough meat!
I processed the two culprits yesterday and fried them up with some fresh Rosemary and Thyme, and
added onion and garlic powder, and salt free lemon pepper.
The flavor was excellent, but they were tough! I could eat them but dad could not. My teeth are
better than his. <G> He is afraid of dentists, but I'm trying to convince him to get some work done
and I'll pay for it.
Anyhoo, I took the remaining chicken and put it in the pressure cooker on a moderate/high heat
and brought it up to pressure, than turned it down to low for 10 minutes, then took it off the
burner to cool.
It came out perfect. :-) Did not lose any flavor and it was tender as could be. I added one can of
Swanson's chicken broth rather than water for steaming.
Pressure cooking is fabulous for tough meat!
K.
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