Just T
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Post by Just T on Sept 12, 2019 16:23:36 GMT
I'm not entirely sure that I really want to know the answer. LOL
I recently noticed that my Walmart sells packages of chicken feet. They look sooooo gross. They still have the claws/nails/whatever they are called, and I can't for the life of me figure out who would eat them. And why.
Enlighten me, peas!
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 12, 2019 16:28:00 GMT
I'm not entirely sure that I really want to know the answer. LOL
I recently noticed that my Walmart sells packages of chicken feet. They look sooooo gross. They still have the claws/nails/whatever they are called, and I can't for the life of me figure out who would eat them. And why.
Enlighten me, peas!
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Post by Belle on Sept 12, 2019 16:28:39 GMT
Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food).
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Post by Montannie on Sept 12, 2019 16:30:05 GMT
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Post by disneypal on Sept 12, 2019 16:30:31 GMT
My co-worker was from another country and she and her family ate them. Not sure how they were prepared but they liked them.
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Post by Just T on Sept 12, 2019 16:30:38 GMT
Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food). Well, I do love Chinese food, and I have never eaten dim sum. And now I know I never will. |
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Post by ~summer~ on Sept 12, 2019 16:33:40 GMT
I’ve had them with dim sum.
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Post by belgravia on Sept 12, 2019 16:33:42 GMT
I think dogs that eat a raw diet probably enjoy them.
They completely gross me out. I’ll never forget seeing a huge pile of them at the Asian grocer 🤢
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Post by Just T on Sept 12, 2019 16:35:47 GMT
I knew there had to a logical reason for Walmart to sell chicken feet.  I'm glad I asked! |
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Post by basketdiva on Sept 12, 2019 16:47:11 GMT
Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food). Well, I do love Chinese food, and I have never eaten dim sum. And now I know I never will. Dim sum is wonderful- "Dim sum is a style of Chinese cuisine. It is prepared as small bite-sized portions of food served in small steamer baskets or on a small plate"
The servers walk around with various trays of food and you choose what you want to eat-skipping the chicken feet. You pay by the number of steamer baskets on the table.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Sept 12, 2019 16:50:44 GMT
If you watch one of the 90-Day Fiancee shows, you'll find out pretty quickly that what you DON'T do with them is serve them to your American daughter-in-law and her family when they come to visit you in the Dominican Republic! #thefamilychantel  |
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Post by Julie W on Sept 12, 2019 16:52:43 GMT
I love a good dim sum!
One of my favorite things I've had in NYC is xiao long bao, aka soup dumplings. It's not dumplings in soup, it is actually soup in dumplings! How do they get soup inside? They make a broth with ingredients that gels like a jello when chilled. Then they put the jello into a dumpling wrapper along with some meat and steam it, and it becomes soup again. SO GOOD!!!! I haven't been able to find a restaurant here that actually makes them vs. reheating something they've bought.
I tried to recreate them, but it is very hard. I have actually mastered the soup/jello part but not the dumpling wrapper.
But I digress. I've seen several recipes that make the broth with chicken feet.
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Post by chitchatgirl on Sept 12, 2019 16:53:34 GMT
Supposedly they make an amazing bone broth because they are high in collagen. Came across it one day when trying to find out how to make a more flavorful chicken stock.
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Post by schizo319 on Sept 12, 2019 16:57:29 GMT
Supposedly they make an amazing bone broth because they are high in collagen. Came across it one day when trying to find out how to make a more flavorful chicken stock. Yup. I got a couple extra Turkey feet when I bought a free range turkey at a farm a few years ago. It really did make a super rich broth. I'm going to have to look for chicken feet for the next time I do broth, I had no idea you could buy them at Walmart. |
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Post by hop2 on Sept 12, 2019 17:05:21 GMT
Growing up we fed them to the pigs. But I ‘hear’ you can pickle them. Not sure what exactly your eating off chicken feet they are all skin & bone. I’m not into eating skin & bone, I’d have to be really hungry.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 12, 2019 17:06:03 GMT
Supposedly they make an amazing bone broth because they are high in collagen. Came across it one day when trying to find out how to make a more flavorful chicken stock. yup, that’s about it. Broth. |
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Post by hop2 on Sept 12, 2019 17:07:34 GMT
I love a good dim sum! One of my favorite things I've had in NYC is xiao long bao, aka soup dumplings. It's not dumplings in soup, it is actually soup in dumplings! How do they get soup inside? They make a broth with ingredients that gels like a jello when chilled. Then they put the jello into a dumpling wrapper along with some meat and steam it, and it becomes soup again. SO GOOD!!!! I haven't been able to find a restaurant here that actually makes them vs. reheating something they've bought. I tried to recreate them, but it is very hard. I have actually mastered the soup/jello part but not the dumpling wrapper. But I digress. I've seen several recipes that make the broth with chicken feet. My favorite soup dumplings were at Dim sum garden on Race st in Philly. Very inexpensive too. |
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Post by mrsp on Sept 12, 2019 17:09:20 GMT
I have seen them used for bone broth as has already been mentioned. I can’t bring myself to actually buy them though!
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Post by workingclassdog on Sept 12, 2019 17:17:14 GMT
Supposedly they make an amazing bone broth because they are high in collagen. Came across it one day when trying to find out how to make a more flavorful chicken stock. I'm pretty sure I can live without more flavorful chicken stock..  - signed, one of the world's most pickiest eaters. |
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Post by chitchatgirl on Sept 12, 2019 17:18:29 GMT
Oh! I forgot I saw them on Chopped once. Looks like the episode is going to air in a couple weeks Chopped S8E1: Trick or Treat, Chicken Feet!
I'd actually like to try them. But I do love trying weird foods. DH would die right there... |
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Post by Just T on Sept 12, 2019 17:19:37 GMT
I have seen them used for bone broth as has already been mentioned. I can’t bring myself to actually buy them though! I think I would be able to use them to make broth, but yeah, putting them in my cart...not sure I can do it. LOL And I would have to put them into the broth in a cheesecloth pouch or something.
Thanks again, Peas! I knew you would know.  |
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Post by finsup on Sept 12, 2019 17:45:29 GMT
At my local Walmart they label them chicken paws and that makes them even gaggier IMO Attachments:
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Post by katlady on Sept 12, 2019 17:52:33 GMT
Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food). Well, I do love Chinese food, and I have never eaten dim sum. And now I know I never will. Dim Sum is not just chicken feet. I’ve eaten a lot of Dim Sum and have never ordered chicken feet. The pork buns and shrimp dumplings are my favorites! |
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Post by ntsf on Sept 12, 2019 18:01:40 GMT
fried and eaten.. my dh's chinese work mates would always insist that he eat them to help with healing his broken leg bones. he did eat them... dim sum is so much more than chicken feet.
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Post by Peamac on Sept 12, 2019 18:18:34 GMT
DH had chicken foot soup in Peru- he said it was good! Apparently you suck out whatever's inside the foot as part of the soup. |
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Post by lesley on Sept 12, 2019 18:30:02 GMT
I lingered over your thread title for a little while before clicking through to see what you meant. Part of me was hoping that chicken feet was something that people could suffer from - you know, like pigeon-toed. And what you could do to make them more balanced. Or something...  |
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Post by Belle on Sept 12, 2019 18:46:39 GMT
Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food). Well, I do love Chinese food, and I have never eaten dim sum. And now I know I never will. Dim Sum can include many, many different food items and you pick what you want and skip the rest.  As for eating the chicken feet, I tried it a long time ago. I think I just ate the skin as I don’t think there is really any meat. We did not eat the bones. |
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Post by tracyarts on Sept 12, 2019 18:57:05 GMT
Yep, I've eaten them a few times. I thought they were good, but there isn't much to them. Chicken feet are often served as part of dim sum (Chinese food). |
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Post by naby64 on Sept 12, 2019 18:59:14 GMT
IF and that is a big IF I were to buy them it would only be to add to my IP with other bones and things to make my bone broths. Anything else, ewwwwww, NO!
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Post by tracyarts on Sept 12, 2019 19:05:52 GMT
You should try them. They're mostly just skin, connective tissue, and bones. The texture is interesting. The skin is fatty and very tender, and the connective tissue goes kind of gelatinous. The bit of meat is very chickeny. They were in a slightly sweet seasoned sauce when I had them. Messy to eat. You can't eat them daintily. Worse than crawfish. But tasty. You have to eat around the little bones. They're more of a "sit and savor" dish, lots of work for a few morsels of meat. I might have them again if I ever go back to a Dim Sum that serves them. Oh! I forgot I saw them on Chopped once. Looks like the episode is going to air in a couple weeks Chopped S8E1: Trick or Treat, Chicken Feet!
I'd actually like to try them. But I do love trying weird foods. DH would die right there... |
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I'm glad I asked! 
- signed, one of the world's most pickiest eaters. 
