[Sca-cooks] Re: chicken plucking

[Michael Newton]

The Hasidic slaughterhouse where I am posted at does uses water - cold
water, to pluck their poulty. However, I believe that is because you have to
use water when using an automatic picker, otherwise the picker will
overheat, and the rubber fingers will melt. Since cold water isn't as good
as hot to remove feathers, kosher poulty has been given a feather exemption
by the USDA.
On the other hand, the Ostrich Plant does dry pluck their birds by hand.
Beatrix of Tanet

----- Original Message -----
From: <Devra at aol.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:53 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: chicken plucking


Just to throw a spanner in the works :-)  Among Orthodox Jews, you do not
scald the bird; you pluck it dry. I have never done this, but my own dear
mother described it to me (uck) including the disgusting feeling of the
little chicken fleas that would get onto you as you plucked.  These
dry-plucked feathers would of course be used for stuffing things--waste not,
want not.
Devra (who's relieved she doesn't have to pluck it)



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