On Sun, 17 May 2009 14:00:56 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>
>>> So iow, they've not been cleaned? Yeeks.
>>> I can clean a gizzard, but don't understand why they'd sell them that
>>> way!
>>>
>>> Have you ever processed a gizzard from the "live" state Steve? Even a
>>> cage fed bird, the inner membrane needs to be removed! I've never, ever
>>> bought gizzards that have not had that done. I could tell since I've
>>> done it.
>> I've never seen a gizzard for sale that wasn't cleaned. Isn't there a
>> USDA regulation or something about that?
>
> I would certainly hope so, but do not know for sure.

I'm sure they're rinsed off like all chicken parts, but there are no
incisions in any of the store-bought gizzards.

-sw