Thread: My Splendid Cock

^I agree with this (that you can't eat a pet which has a name).

My mom now only has 1 hen, named Blackie. Blackie had a sister, Whitie, which died of sickness early last year. Their companion male duck (Wakwak), died of old age last year. We buried Whitie & Wakwak - didn't think of eating them even when they were alive. We did eat the eggs of the hens. I think the remaining hen (Blackie) has entered menopause - she's not laying eggs anymore.

^ menopause

What good is a chicken that can’t be roasted or deep frie?

and has a dry vagina and complains of night sweats

^ Not to mention the headaches...

Originally Posted by DrWilly

What good is a chicken that can’t be roasted or deep frie?

Actually, mom's Blackie hen is more of a white elephant nowadays, since she doesn't lay eggs anymore. She just eats a lot (and sometimes destroys mom's vegetable plot because she likes to scratch the soil). But she gives some joy. When I visit mom's house, she always comes to me - to ask for food. Lol.

The remains of Whitie (hen) and Wakwak (duck) are currently serving as fertiliser in mom's backyard, so their carcasses are not useless even after death. But yeah, they cost more to feed than the value of eggs that they gave. But they also gave happiness, which is priceless.

^ Exactly!

That’s what dogs are for.

chickens = eggs and chicken legs.

After a busy day my habit is to spend an hour fishing down at the pond with a Leo and the pack of dogs. This is my relaxation time and I don't think that one hour out of twenty-four to myself is overly selfish.

After a short while tonight the dogs went mental... and a short search revealed a strange cock strutting around on the roof of the chicken run.



From where he came I do not know but it's a good job that Nelson and his flock are protected because this big guy would make mincemeat of our resident, much slighter jungle fowl.

But there's no denying he's a handsome cock.

Do you own a sling? i like them a lot in Thailand - there are so many targets, takes me back to when i was a lad.

I kinda feel like Mendy has left us lacking on this story…

^^ I can knock a fish on the head but that's about it for me these days. As I've aged I seem to have lost the ability to kill animals.

^ It got dark KW and I imagine that the cock went to roost in the overhanging trees. It's dawn now and I can hear Yogi going mental down by the chicken run so I'll go and investigate.

And…any update?

^ Sadly, no.

No cock, no pile of feathers, no nothing.

Another mystery of Isaan.

One of our hens has a bad leg. Occasionally they seem to fall off the perch while asleep during the night and hit the ground 7 or 8 feet below with a sickening thud and I guess this is the origin of this injury. I've prodded around and the leg doesn't seem to be broken but the old gal has trouble getting about and has spent the last few days sitting on the ground and only getting up for food and water.

She has her own personal water bowl and gets bedside food e few times a day and fingers crossed she'll get better.



Hens are apparently one of the few animals that show empathy and it's interesting so see a gaggle gather around our poorly hen to keep her company.




But it's not all doom and gloom. Blackie has been sitting on 3 eggs since just before Christmas...



And over the last 24 hours all of the eggs hatched... yes, 3 out of 3. Just like his name's sake, it seems that Nelson has been doing his duty!

The yellow chick was the last to hatch from a big brown 'egg layer' egg. The first generation egg layer/jungle fowl offspring often seem to be white and I'm hoping this chick is a hen and will introduce a bit more colour variety into the flock.

^ when you roast her remember which way is up when carving.

And maybe chuck the gammy leg to the dogs

^^ To be honest, my bird's upside down roasting didn't turn out too bad at Christmas.

^ I think you may well have stumbled upon something there

Stephanie Smith
Why You Should Roast Your Chicken Upside Down
October 13, 2015

Upside down roast chicken is juicier and more flavorful than right-side-up chicken.

The mark of a good chef or restaurant is how well either can roast a chicken. A moist and tender chicken is the quintessential comfort food, but an overcooked, dry bird will make you wish you’d ordered steak.

When roasting chicken at home, there’s an easy way to get a juicy roasted bird every time: cook the bird upside down.

I stumbled upon this technique when trying to multitask making dinner, checking e-mails, talking to my mother on the phone, and doing laundry. Since I wasn’t concentrating on the chicken, I absentmindedly placed my bird upside down on the rack, breast-side down. When it was ready, it was a beautiful brown color, so pretty I took a photo and showed my husband. He promptly pointed out that the breast was on the bottom, then laughed loudly at my mistake.

Nevertheless, the chicken was moist and flavorful. And very little was leftover after dinner.

I felt redemption a few weeks ago, when I took a class with chef Anita Jacobson, a 30-year veteran at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. In Jacobson’s Fine Cooking I class, each group had its own 3-pound baby roast chicken to cook with a medley of vegetables and a brown butter sauce. Before we got cooking, Jacobson went over the recipe and told us to start cooking the bird breast-side down. (”Toldya!” I texted my husband from class.)

The birds turned out perfectly golden and juicy.

Jacobson explained why she browns her birds breast down. “Most of the fat on the bird is always in the back, and when you roast it breast-side down, instead of the fat dripping to the roasting pan, it drips into the bird and not into the pan,” she said. “I find they came out juicier and crisper when they’re cooked breast-side down.”

She recommends roasting the bird for 25 minutes per pound, starting the cooking time with the bird breast-side down, but turning it right side up halfway through. I cooked my bird above breast side down the entire time, and it still turned out delicious, and I got a deeper golden color on the top.

Why You Should Roast Your Chicken Upside Down
Who'da thunk it...Mendy outdoing Stumpy's beer can chicken

I go old school and rotisserie - perfect every time

Ummm... I appreciate finally getting some due regard for my cooking skills... I have long said that I'm more of an instinctive chef rather than one to blindly follow recipes and methods.

But, this thread is supposed to be about the keeping, raising and care of chickens, not about eating the damn things.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

I go old school and rotisserie - perfect every time

You can't beat a ready seasoned one in a tin tray imho

In fact I'm gonna upload my splendid spatchcock this afternoon

^ As usual I had to Google a word from one of your posts that was new to me... with some trepidation.

I wasn't surprised. Have you no boundaries?


Spatchcocking

When you intentionally rub your backpack on a nearby stranger's genitals in an effort to sexually arouse them.

"Hey Tom, I was spatchcocking some girl standing next to me on the bus and she slipped me her number on the way out!"

Originally Posted by Reg Dingle

In fact I'm gonna upload my splendid spatchcock this afternoon

reminds me i must dust off my backpacks, i've got heavy duty one and a sport backpack for when you need to be more agile.

^^ What browser are you using?
No, I'd rather notknow