TrapperReady
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My typical method to cleaning gamebirds has been as follows:
1) cut the wings off close to the body
2) fold the head back and hold it in place
3) make a small slit at the top of the breastbone
4) peel the skin and such back until the breast meat is exposed
5) insert thumb in hole above breast bone and pull forward
This will give you all of the breast meat, with the rib-cage still attached. On some birds, I may follow steps 1-4, and then use a filet-knife to remove the breast meat.
However, I've read recently about a more straightforward method, which involves simply extending the wings, standing on them and pulling slowly but firmly on the legs. This is supposed to leave you with the breast meat attached to the wings, and only take a few seconds.
Has anyone tried this method? If so, how effective is it? Is there any trick or problem to be aware of when doing it? What size birds can it be done with? I'm particularly interested to know if it works well for dove, grouse and pheasant.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
BTW, PETAs got to hate stuff like this.
1) cut the wings off close to the body
2) fold the head back and hold it in place
3) make a small slit at the top of the breastbone
4) peel the skin and such back until the breast meat is exposed
5) insert thumb in hole above breast bone and pull forward
This will give you all of the breast meat, with the rib-cage still attached. On some birds, I may follow steps 1-4, and then use a filet-knife to remove the breast meat.
However, I've read recently about a more straightforward method, which involves simply extending the wings, standing on them and pulling slowly but firmly on the legs. This is supposed to leave you with the breast meat attached to the wings, and only take a few seconds.
Has anyone tried this method? If so, how effective is it? Is there any trick or problem to be aware of when doing it? What size birds can it be done with? I'm particularly interested to know if it works well for dove, grouse and pheasant.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
BTW, PETAs got to hate stuff like this.