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Anonymous
| What the heck is a 'soup chicken' and where the heck do I get one? Just want to make some old fashioned chicken soup. Anybody? |
Anonymous
| No idea, sistah. Maybe a large hen that would be too tough for just roasting and eating? Why don't you search wikipedia? FWIW, I find when I use a kosher chicken I somehow end up with a better soup. It's the only kind my mother ever uses when she makes hers (which is amazing). And don't forget the parsley...it makes all the difference.! |
Anonymous
| You can buy soup/stewing chickens at the farmer's market (although not all the time). These are just old laying hens that no longer produce sufficient eggs. I buy them whenever I find them because I find that they are tastier and don't fall apart when braised for a long time. I find that with a regular chicken, if you braise it for any longer than an hour to an hour and a half, you end up with mush. These chickens are FIRM -- you really need to cook them for several hours. |
Anonymous
| What about removing the 'giblets' whatever they are and all? Can someone do this for me or do I have to do it myself? It'll be difficult because I don't know what giblets are. I thought they had something to do with the male anatomy if memory serves but all hens are girls, right? I need some direction here. |
Anonymous
Why go to Wiki when I can ask the experts here? With all the human psychology diagnoses going on around here I thought this would be an easy one. PS-one thing I do know is it's fresh dill, not parsley. You must be a gourmet sock puppet.  Side note-where do I get a kosher chicken? Will I know it's kosher by the way it looks? Will it look guilty? Again, need some direction here.
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