How to Brine and Roast a Turkey Bring a gourmet bird to your table this year with these instructions to brine a turkey or chicken and roast it to plump golden perfection! No one gets excited over a dry, overcooked turkey… blah. Keep it juicy this year with my downloadable…
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The Best Way to Cook Stewing Hens
What’s The Best Way To Prepare Stewing Hens? Old stewing hens are pretty tough birds. I have found that the following methods are the best ways to prepare them: pressure cooking pressure canning in broth boning and grinding the meat (raw or cooked) These methods work very well for making old chickens…
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Canning & Freezing My Home Raised Turkeys
Preserving Our Turkeys for Winter I raised 10 Broad Breasted White turkeys this year and all of them survived to butcher size. Seven of the turkeys are processed so far, with 5 whole turkeys resting comfortably in our freezer. I double-bagged them to help prevent freezer burn and we will use them…
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How to Make Duck & Chicken Sausage Patties
Homemade Duck & Chicken Sausage The easiest way to make your own duck and chicken sausage would be to start with ground meat and just add seasonings. However, if you’re anything like me, you’ll do it the hard way and start by raising your own birds. I had some older…
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How to Pressure Can Meat, Poultry, and Fish
Learn how to pressure can meat, poultry and fish to save money and provide healthy meals for your family. Includes directions for pressure canning!
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Slow Cooking a Duck
See also How to Use Duck Eggs & Pekin Ducks for Sustainable Meat Production Slow Cooked Duck Meat Yesterday afternoon I put a duck in the slow cooker and let it simmer on low until dinner time. I poured some cranberry walnut dressing over it for flavor. You could use Italian…
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Duck Salad Recipe
Duck Salad Sandwich If you like chicken or turkey salad, I’m pretty sure you’ll like duck salad too. 2013 was the first year I raised meat ducks for our table, and I must say, YUM! The meat is tender and tasty, resembling the dark meat on a chicken. Recently, I…