I always thought that it was the cooked chicken that was a problem for
pet, re bone splintering? I used to feed my retriever chicken and turkey
necks raw and carcasses from time to time.

"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> there are several recipes for chicken feet, and if cooked enough make
> wonderful pet snacks, you will have to google for them, and i know it
> has been discussed on rfc but its not something that ever attracted
> me, Lee
> "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 08:19:23 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>>> I am only just starting to eat real food again. It is great! I
>>>> get
>>>> "full" on just a couple of tablespoons of anything.
>>>>
>>>> Evelyn
>>>
>>>Are you still interested in cooking for others?
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>
>>
>> Hi Cheri,
>>
>> Yes, in fact it is easier, since I don't eat much now, I can focus on
>> getting the meal together for others. Just now I am only feeding
>> hubby, so it is even easier.
>>
>> Yesterday I got a very good deal when I shopped for my cottage cheese
>> and yogurt and such. I noticed that a local market had huge bags of
>> chicken legs (grade a) for sale very cheap. For about $3.40 I got 8
>> very fresh chicken legs with thighs. (Wendy will know about ADAMS
>> market).
>>
>> I went home and made an awesome chicken-vegetable soup. I made 8
>> quarts of really delicious soup out of it. It helped me get rid of
>> a
>> lot of soup veggies that were laying around a while. Still good, but
>> not for much longer if I didn't use them up.
>>
>> At the store, I noticed there was also for sale, some chicken feet. I
>> have heard that they are good in soup, so I bought one package and
>> tossed them in with the chicken legs when I made the soup. It was
>> wonderful!!! It jelled up when cold very nicely. Very rich.
>>
>> I also put in that soup, two cans of diced tomatoes, 1 cup marsala
>> wine, salt, pepper, dried thyme, red pepper flakes, a bunch of fresh
>> basil my neighbor gave me, a sprinkle of dried oregano. Chopped
>> onion, celery (with the tops), carrots, one parsnip, a couple of
>> smallish potatoes.
>>
>> First I cooked the legs and feet in the water along with the wine,
>> herbs and canned tomatoes. When they were cooking, I chopped all
>> the vegetables, and added them as I went along. Because I need
>> everything chopped very small, I used my food processor to chop the
>> vegetables, by pulsing it. Ordinarily I would use about a half inch
>> or less, dice.
>>
>> When the legs seemed to be separating from the bone a bit, I removed
>> them to a platter, let them cool down, and removed the meat from the
>> bones and chopped it in nice bite size pieces, to add back to the
>> pot.
>> (Tossed away all the skin and bones).
>>
>> I removed the chicken feet and put them aside also, but there didn't
>> seem to be much I could do with them, so I tossed them too. But it
>> did make an incredibly rich broth. I can see why people use them
>> for
>> broth!
>>
>> I added some cooked barley and a can of kidney beans to the pot and
>> let it all cool down till I could put it away in the freezer. Good
>> lunches for the future!
>>
>> Today we had some for lunch and it was absolutely AWESOME. Because
>> it is mostly liquid I was able to eat about 1 cup of it. I have to
>> chew the meat and barley and veggie bits very thoroughly. But it
>> was
>> really good!!!
>>
>> I make incredibly delicious soups, if I do say so myself.
>>
>> We share a quart of soup every day at lunch, sometimes also splitting
>> a sandwich or a buttered roll. I can't eat that now, so hubby ate a
>> whole roll himself with it.
>>
>> Evelyn
>>
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