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Default Chicken Soup for Colds

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:28:26 -0500, Omelet >
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>In article >,
> Becca > wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>> > In article . com>,
>> > pamjd > wrote:
>> >
>> >> For each pot of soup I put in 2-3 chicken feet. They are the magic in
>> >> medicinal chicken soup! I take the feet out before serving the soup,
>> >> the cat's get them as a treat.
>> >
>> > I generally use chicken feet for this, but did not feel like going all
>> > the way across town to Wal-mart.

>>
>> WM sells chicken feet? I guess it is true, they do sell everything.

>
>They do here. They started doing that about 3, maybe 4 years ago.
>Sold as "chicken paws".
>
>> BTW, Japanese women cook with chicken feet.
>>
>> Becca

>
>As do chinese and Thai. :-)
>
>It's a shame so many Americans are grossed out by them. They are
>delicious and make a fantastic, very clean tasting stock.
>
>I pressure cook them for 40 minutes. Anything over that turns the bones
>to mush. I strain off the stock then go hide in my bedroom with a salt
>shaker and eat the feet myself. <g> Dad won't touch them but he's fine
>with the stock broth.
>
>I most often use it to cook rice.


i was at the store (giant, maryland) yesterday, and they had chicken
feet. are you ready for the price? $1.69 a pound.

i'm sure they were premium feet, though.

your pal,
blake