Something I was surprised to see in a Michigan grocery store

What do you do with chicken feet, Nutrax?

Did you check the sell-by date on the spotted dick, nutrax? Tony tells us it must have been before 1980.

bjd, chicken feet, which I used to get for free from a chicken farmer, make good crab bait (not as good as the heads, though) and excellent stock. I've also had them boned and stuffed in a Chinese restaurant in Bangkok, but that looked like an awful lot of work for a mediocre result.

Nutrax has told us she used them for stock.

I don't doubt that 50% chicken feet and 50% Hispanic would be more interesting, Nutrax.

Did you check the sell-by date on the spotted dick, nutrax? Tony tells us it must have been before 1980. If ye were not already in the running for at least one LPTTGS award this year, dear Vinny, I'd invent an award just to honour ye for the afore-noted; make that afore-quoted!

:)

Maybe I should look at that thread. Remind me.

I hit a different supermarket today. Much smaller British section, but I was able to check the Spotted Dick. Expiration date was July, 2012. That's an amazing shelf-life for something canned in 1980.

Chicken feet are mostly composed of connective tissue, which adds a lot of gelatin & collagen to the broth. That adds body to the broth & ensures that it will gel without having to add a package of gelatin. Calcium leaches out of the feet into the broth as well.

#51."Chicken feet" is scrumptious stewed until soft and tender with fresh/dried shitake mushrooms,chicken/duck gizzard/liver in dark soy sauce,whole bulb of garlic,a couple of star anise,whole pepper corn,dried hot chillies,sliced fresh ginger,a very light drizzle of dark vinegar, a tiny bit of brown sugar/honey/dry dates,cloves and a touch of rice wine/dry sherry.
Very popular street hawkers fare in many East Asian cities.Yummy:-))

So if you left the chicken feet out, it would still taste pretty good. That's going to great lengtht to hide something that's not food anyway. I bet you like okra too.

I hit a different supermarket today. Much smaller British section, but I was able to check the Spotted Dick. Expiration date was July, 2012. That's an amazing shelf-life for something canned in 1980.

Very good, Nutrax! But I'm just hoping you're OK - not because of the spotted dick but because of your tendency to hit supermarkets - sounds painful.

#58.Okra is delish and healthy too.Like it steamed and dipped in melted butter,browned diced garlic and cracked pepper.Great in a spicy hot sourish curry with fish head as well.