HamsterJenn
Hatching
- Jan 17, 2018
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Plucking takes forever. But we prefer to cook chicken with the skin on, so I would prefer not to skin the carcasses. I need to process a BUNCH of birds so I won't have time to pluck them all at the same time.
Is there any reason I can't kill/eviscerate/chill/rest the birds and leave the feathers on? And then remove the feathers as I have time? Say, remove feathers after the 'rest' period before freezing, or even freeze them with feathers on and pluck when I thaw them before cooking?
If it is possible to pluck days after butcher with no ill effects, do I still need to scald or will muscles have loosened by then without scalding?
Thanks.
Is there any reason I can't kill/eviscerate/chill/rest the birds and leave the feathers on? And then remove the feathers as I have time? Say, remove feathers after the 'rest' period before freezing, or even freeze them with feathers on and pluck when I thaw them before cooking?
If it is possible to pluck days after butcher with no ill effects, do I still need to scald or will muscles have loosened by then without scalding?
Thanks.