[Sca-cooks] Re: Peacock

[Stefan li Rous]

Pani Jadwiga asked:
> > What happens if you steam the skin, or the whole bird including the
> > detached skin? Does it still fit on the bird, with feathers not too
> > ruffled?
>
> I don't know-- but wouldn't steaming the skin enough to kill salmonella
> destroy the feathers?
I believe one suggestion made in the past was to tan the skin with the 
feathers. Then you would have a reusable "peacock", although I guess 
you have to somehow prevent cross contamination between the cooked 
peacock and the tanned skin. A plastic bag liner?
Stefan
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