tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post8218309263840119120..comments2024-03-10T01:57:38.017-08:00Comments on NorCal Cazadora: America's obsession with breast meatHolly Heyserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-86071555180601520312009-12-19T18:10:26.779-08:002009-12-19T18:10:26.779-08:00Enjoyed the post Holly, now if you could tell me h...Enjoyed the post Holly, now if you could tell me how to get to the meat on Chuckers. Chucker meat is the very best upland game bird, but those legs I have given up on. I guess you could boil the little meat off them and make a stew, but they seem to have an over abundance of what you call a splay of tendons. No question they are tasty.garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146805637459962923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-85738250811210338702009-12-17T12:54:47.932-08:002009-12-17T12:54:47.932-08:00Not fair, Holly: Most people CAN'T do what Han...Not fair, Holly: Most people CAN'T do what Hank does with your birds. <br /><br />A great post. I'm a meat-on-bone person, and I seemed to have passed down that predilection to my progency. I'm tickled pink about it.<br /><br />As for the fat conversation, I'll just throw in that it isn't the fat that's the problem, it's the variety. We need a greater variety of Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-1623863942979880032009-12-17T12:00:59.386-08:002009-12-17T12:00:59.386-08:00You know, Sportingdays, I almost went there in thi...You know, Sportingdays, I almost went there in this post, but decided not to so I could keep it focused.<br /><br />I'm absolutely with you on this. I think breasting out a bird is morally criminal, and in this state, it's also considered wanton waste, which is illegal.<br /><br />Hank once hunted with some guys who, at the end of their hunt, started breasting out their <em>canvasbacks</Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-1668939464874869382009-12-17T11:50:41.318-08:002009-12-17T11:50:41.318-08:00Great post, Cazadora. I could run with this discus...Great post, Cazadora. I could run with this discussion in a number of different directions, but here's one burning question:<br /><br />What's up with all the hunters who breast out their birds -- ducks, geese, pheasant, even doves -- and toss the rest? To me, this seems lazy, wasteful and disrespectful yet I increasingly find myself in the minority of hunters who actually pluck, cook andsportingdayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871216533973980940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-74928452852542894202009-12-17T10:28:28.583-08:002009-12-17T10:28:28.583-08:00Braise a pair of wild turkey legs w/ some vino and...Braise a pair of wild turkey legs w/ some vino and aromatics in the crock pot....shred and serve on a warm bun w/ your favorite bbq sauce and cole slaw. You WILL go bonkers.Carolina Righttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811559955234482659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-72043295448999102742009-12-16T09:17:49.729-08:002009-12-16T09:17:49.729-08:00And food is once again a joy,
Exactly. Life is s...<i>And food is once again a joy,</i><br /><br />Exactly. Life is short, enjoy it.<br /><br />And I agree with Mary - keep this to yourself - I like my thighs and drumsticks on the cheap!Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-14710088565636785752009-12-16T08:25:36.714-08:002009-12-16T08:25:36.714-08:00Hil, that's awesome! Out of the mouths of babe...Hil, that's awesome! Out of the mouths of babes...<br /><br />Simply, you must have some real athletic turkeys there! I've only gotten one here in California and his legs seemed pretty normal. But like pheasants, they've got that ridiculous splay of tendons and sinue that makes eating them less than fun. That's one reason I'm not totally bonkers about hunting them - I can makeHolly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-10855487075240773872009-12-16T06:58:37.444-08:002009-12-16T06:58:37.444-08:00Animal fat (yes, even the saturated kind) is one o...Animal fat (yes, even the saturated kind) is one of the healthiest sources of calories on the planet. It will be 10 or 20 years before mainstream science accepts that completely, but some are starting to come to their sense and realize that people on an extremely low-fat diet are not healthy (even if they ARE thin). When I roast a chicken or a turkey I have to fight my 4-year-old for the legs. Hilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775749994796917520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-59722905444432719052009-12-16T05:16:10.545-08:002009-12-16T05:16:10.545-08:00I do eat chicken breast from time to time, but our...I do eat chicken breast from time to time, but our diet consists of a lot of venison, so chicken and pork take a back seat because of that.<br /><br />I will be honest, though, and tell you that we only cut out the breast meat from the turkeys we shoot. The birds are so mobile here that the legs have little meat - if any - on them.<br /><br />Wild turkey breast is one prime cut of meat, though.SimplyOutdoorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074585345161430068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-66999622363690821442009-12-15T20:54:40.144-08:002009-12-15T20:54:40.144-08:00Oh, if only I had time!
Seriously, though, it'...Oh, if only I had time!<br /><br />Seriously, though, it's heartening to know there are so many of us having these conversations. Gives me a smidgen of hope for our society.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-83166100973370501722009-12-15T20:52:29.963-08:002009-12-15T20:52:29.963-08:00BINGO. This is great and I love the contrast of t...BINGO. This is great and I love the contrast of the 1940s cookbook (not to mention the 1940s ideas of beauty, body image). I'm convinced you've bugged our kitchen and tapped into more than one conversation on exact same. There's a bluegrass song and lyrics we sing around here at the dinner table... "And the little ones chewed on the bones-oh!"RKDThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155986554881089089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-88992188331785616502009-12-15T17:52:43.758-08:002009-12-15T17:52:43.758-08:00Matt: The only birds that really concern me, taste...Matt: The only birds that really concern me, taste-wise, are the fish eaters. I suppose that's just a matter of changing what you expect bird to taste like, though. If we all like fish, there's really not much reason we shouldn't be able to like a bird that eats fish. It really is all in the proper preparation.<br /><br />But I really do love a properly raised chicken - a bird that Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-43404170351069230292009-12-15T17:32:18.311-08:002009-12-15T17:32:18.311-08:00Hmm legs! defiantly the best bit of a chook. But i...Hmm legs! defiantly the best bit of a chook. But it's the low fat bit I'm writing in about. I read an interesting piece with a leading food chemist here in london who said that while chicken used to be a low fat food todays factory farmed birds actually have the same fat content as beef due to their sedentary lifestyle. He compounded my horror by saying that the omega 3 levels in chickenThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-15261502123309926532009-12-15T17:05:44.219-08:002009-12-15T17:05:44.219-08:00Bird legs are meat with a handle, who doesn't ...Bird legs are meat with a handle, who doesn't love meat with a handle (or meat on a stick).jryounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09193725876657316237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-8064405601655025542009-12-15T16:35:26.305-08:002009-12-15T16:35:26.305-08:00I'm with you 99% of the way here Holly - certa...I'm with you 99% of the way here Holly - certainly in concept and in principle - I couldn't agree more. But I do have to say that referencing "how incredibly delicious the legs were - that's always where you found the biggest, richest flavors" based on the fact that you're eating pigeon, dove, and grouse legs is just a wee bit overstated. I mean just look at the size of Jon Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517639796366064724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-25830330429181635642009-12-15T16:24:33.508-08:002009-12-15T16:24:33.508-08:00A wonderful post! So true.
I've learned a ...A wonderful post! So true. <br /><br />I've learned a fun secret about game birds that was presaged by a survivalist book I read when I was a kid. In it the variously palatable animals and plant were listed, with cautions noted for spikes or poisons or ripeness. Under birds it said simply: "All birds are edible."<br /><br />All birds are edible. Imagine. A whole class of Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-79478724891490460832009-12-15T16:21:18.947-08:002009-12-15T16:21:18.947-08:00SHHH!!! The high demand for chicken breasts makes...SHHH!!! The high demand for chicken breasts makes my leg and thigh meat all that much cheaper!<br /><br />MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-52854984014929339572009-12-15T14:36:55.713-08:002009-12-15T14:36:55.713-08:00Yep, it's madness!Yep, it's madness!Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-77695549436540787042009-12-15T13:20:27.509-08:002009-12-15T13:20:27.509-08:00So well said, Holly. Thank you. It just kills me...So well said, Holly. Thank you. It just kills me when people tell me they only eat boneless skinless chicken breasts. All for the purpose of having bony hips!Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535761252579791323noreply@blogger.com