On Oct 14, 7:46 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
> On Oct 14, 5:20 pm, zxcvbob > wrote:
>
> > Kalmia wrote:
> > > I spent time yesterday skinning about 35 lb. of chicken leg quarters -
> > > at 49 cents a pound, I couldn't pass 'em up .
> > > Today, I will spend many hours preparing, cooking and freezing
> > > portions of cacciatore, soup, burritos etc.
>
> > What did you do with the skin?
>
> > Bob
>
> To answer you and sqwertz, it is frozen in small packets - for some
> seagull friends at the shore. I'll take it to 'em next time I go
> there. It seems to do them no harm.
>
> I'm also saving acorns for a friend who has a stash going for
> squirrels.

I don't unterstand the problem. Love those ten-pound bags of leg
quarters. Like asaparagus - break them where they want to break, then
hit them there with the big knife. Backs and tails for stock. Skin
and fat for schmaltz and gribbens. Almost no waste.

But Kalmia - don't pamper the tree rats. Cute, but still rats.