On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:46:30 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 17 May 2009 06:22:30 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>
>>> In article >,
>>> Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 13 May 2009 12:30:05 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I love gizzards. But, I know how to cook them tender. :-)
>>>>> If nothing else, you could use them as a stock ingredient, then turn the
>>>>> meat into pet food.
>>>>
>>>> Just make sure you don't get free range chicken gizzards.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Because they're small and full of little rocks and dirt. FR
>> chickens actually use their gizzards, unlike caged birds being fed
>> controlled food.
>
> So iow, they've not been cleaned? Yeeks.
> I can clean a gizzard, but don't understand why they'd sell them that
> way!

They're not worth cleaning, IMO. I wouldn't eat them if they
required cleaning. Caged bird gizzards don't need cleaning.

I'll stick to chicken hearts. All meat and no rocks, just
heartworms!

-sw