#chickencarcass

[ronniefein]

It’s cold where I live so soup is a must at my house. This chicken vegetable soup is not only warming and comforting, I got to use up a chicken carcass and a lot of little scraps of chicken that weren’t enough for a salad but were perfect here. #wastenotwantnot Recipe is in the profile and on my website. #chickenvegetablesoup #vegetablesoup #chickencarcass #chickencarcasssoup #comfortfood https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXIULQJbBy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[my-family-our-journeys]

Chicken stew, absolutely delicious 😋 #chicken #chickenstock #chickencarcass #potatoes #carrots #brusselsprouts #onions #garlic #seasalt #mixedherbs #blackpepper #whitepepper #happytummy😋 #happytummy #happychildren #leftoversmadethis #stewchicken #stew #ecopots #water #bonesremoved Costs nothing to make as it was left overs from dinner yesterday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE-thGM2GP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[karenbaylissgbgv]

Daily menu of a raw fed dog. #breakfast #chickencarcass #snack #dehydratedfishskins #dinner #completerawformula #coconutoil #seaweedpowder #❤️#🐾 #🐶 #🐕 #gbgv #minischnauzer #frenchie #dog #rawfed #puppy #dogsofinstagram #pupsofinstagram #healthyfood #dogsloveit https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UphYRBNpO/?igshid=1tm940pvsee5l

[mygirlshirt]

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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. #chickencarcass #vegetablescraps #wastenotwantnot #chickenstock #soupinprogress #notprettynow #macbeth #witches #channelingfall (at Pasadena, California)

[gusdoinstuff]

Excuse me...mom...I found this...can I keep it...PLEEEEEEASE???? #deadthings #gus #yorkielife #yorkie #gusthedog #farmdog #chickencarcass

[maof3crooks]

Y’all.

So I decide to go the sensible way and do what I can to save money. I bought a whole chicken. I have heard you can pop one into a crock-pot and basically forget about it until dinner. The meat is usually plentiful for two or three meals. So.. I go this route. This morning, I decided to brave it. Now, y’all, get this- I have issues with raw meat, whether it be ground meat, chicken drums, slacks of ribs, pork chops- just raw meat. I ain’t never liked it. Well back to this morning, I’m feeling mighty proud of myself for trying to do the sensible thing- trying to cook more- be healthier- and save money. They are all good things. So I’m at this thing of my whole chicken. I cut open the bag, luckily I was at the sink- now them juices- that was a bit rough, but I’m doing good. Let me pause here and go back a couple of hours to when I awoke in my bed and saw on Pinterest.

So I’m doing my morning routine (lay in my bed and check things that are important- you know, Pinterest, FaceBook, and sometimes emails)... I’m laying there and I think to myself- oh yea, I need to know how long to leave the chicken in the crock-pot. I’m looking through Pinterest and I found a recipe I seem to like. Then I saw the horrifying statement--- I mean horrifying-- it said I- ME... ME!! I was going to have to empty the chicken of its insides. SAY WHAT?! Ain’t no one told me I was gonna have to do that. That’s just wrong- wrong, wrong, wrong. I’m almost tempted to go downstairs and throw my chicken out the window! We got plenty of sea gulls around here that would enjoy it.

Back to my chicken at the sink. I’m pulling and ain’t nothing coming out. I thought to myself I got me a good chicken- one that already has had its insides taken out. I look around that poor meaty carcass... I think to myself- whew, a good chicken you are- this is easy! I turn it around to get ready to put in the crock-pot, then it hit me.... I had been pulling on it’s neck, y’all! Can you imagine what it was thinking if it were alive?! “GAG!!, that’s my neckbone, you southern goob!” When I knew it was the neckbone, I knew-- there was another end... and it probably still had the insides in THAT way. I flip it over and tada- all the glorious, gag-worthy, slimy parts. I tell myself- YOU CAN DO THIS- your Granny, your mama, your Memaw-- they all done it- you can, too. Of course, they didn’t have the option of calling Zaxby’s for some chicken tenders. Anyhow- i pull some really soft fat off, then there they were- parts or organs- somethings. When I braved my hand into that cavity (as they call it) the slime of some organ touched my fingertips-- oh dear--- I was having a BARBARA JEAN (from Reba, y’all) face moment! I’m gagging- trying to breathe through this. I birthed three children-- wiped their poopy butts, cleaned their vomits which always seemed to land on ME, I can deal with this chicken!!

One part, two parts, three parts--- all in the garbage (I hope that’s where they were supposed to go)... I braved that sucker! It’s now in the crock-pot. And tonight when I cut into that golden beauty, I’m gonna be proud... because I survived it’s insides.