I breed ornamental cochin bantams and excess roosters need to be culled.
Ideally, they should be done at 3 months of age or so. I put off
killing two partrige ones and they beat the crap out of my favorite
rooster. :-( Not sure if he is going to survive as he is about 9 years
old now. <sigh> I tube fed him some baby cereal this morning as he is
not eating...

That's what I get for procrastinating, that, and tough meat!

I processed the two culprits yesterday and fried them up with some fresh
Rosemary and Thyme, and added onion and garlic powder, and salt free
lemon pepper.

The flavor was excellent, but they were tough! I could eat them but dad
could not. My teeth are better than his. <G> He is afraid of dentists,
but I'm trying to convince him to get some work done and I'll pay for it.

Anyhoo, I took the remaining chicken and put it in the pressure cooker
on a moderate/high heat and brought it up to pressure, than turned it
down to low for 10 minutes, then took it off the burner to cool.

It came out perfect. :-) Did not lose any flavor and it was tender as
could be. I added one can of Swanson's chicken broth rather than water
for steaming.

Pressure cooking is fabulous for tough meat!

K.

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