On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 1:48:44 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 12:44:32 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > I've never cooked a stewing hen. These days they aren't sold in stores. Beats the heck out of me where all the old hens go. My guess is that they go to some island somewhere to laze in the sunshine.
> >
> > If I did have a stewing hen, I probably stick it in the pressure cooker and cook the shit out of it. Yeah, that's the ticket.
> >
> They don't usually let them reach that maturity after their peak laying days.
> They head off to be made into chicken noodle soup, pot pies, etc.

The stewing hens I get are very lean; not a whole lot of meat or fat, although some of the fat is nice and yellow. At our local farmers market, they sell necks and backs and also chickFeet. I missed out last Saturday, but maybe will purchase some this weekend.