[Sca-cooks] ABOUT CHICKEN PLUCKING

[Seton1355 at aol.com]

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I asked "those who know" on my Jewish list. This is the reply I got (and
she's orthodox):


--- seton1355 at aol.com wrote:
> We are discussing chicken plucking on my medieval
> cooking list. Does anyone
> know the reason why Jews "dry pluck" their birds?

Yes, of course,
To pluck chicken, non jews plunge the slaughtered
animal in boiling water.
We can not start cooking process before it is
koshered (salted and rinsed).