[Sca-cooks] Stuffing birds

[Maggie MacDonald]

At 12:25 PM 12/4/2003,Lora Weems.Leofwynn atte Gos said something like:
>My question is, should I skin the 'interior' birds?  or pluck them?  At 
>issue here, is that my birds are range birds, so dont have the fat that 
>store birds have.  Also, should I put seasonings and/or grains/veggies as 
>stuffing too?
>
>All input would be appreciated!
>
>Thanks
>
>Leofwynn atte Gos

My advice is rather biassed. My dad was a tad odd, so he taught us lots of 
survival skills. If you were hungry, you went out in the yard and killed 
dinner. I _HATED_ plucking, so as a rule I skin them. Since you're sticking 
them inside another bird anyway, it makes sense to just stick them in there 
that way.

How many layers of bird did you want to go? There may not be room for 
grains/veggies inside.  If you put a small bit of grain/veggie around each 
layer of bird, that would give it something to soak up the cooking juices, 
and be very interesting!

Let us know how all this turns out.

Regards,
Maggie MacD.