"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>I was totally surprised to find packages of chicken feet at the local
>supermarket yesterday. I had not seen them in years. I bought one. The kid
>at the register was really grossed out by them.
>
> I separated them into two packages and froze them. They make awesome
> chicken soup/stock/broth all that gelatin and such.
>
> It is nearly impossible to find any meat or poultry product here that
> would not be part of the Mexican culinary culture, hence the dismay at
> finding them.

You are fortunate, and like you I enjoy watching the reaction
of some of the supermarket kids at the more esoteric stuff
that I buy. The last one I had to explain was sweetbreads.
But did you mean "dismay" in the last sentence??

pavane