Comments on: Roger the rooster is now in the roaster

By: A tale of three recipes « Smith Family Weblog

A tale of three recipes « Smith Family Weblog — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:34:45 +0000

[...] just as it was intended, with a actual, live rooster. Well, strike the “live” part, but he used a rooster from his own farm—Roger, to be exact—not the pre-disassembled chicken I picked up at the Hy-Vee meat [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:26:07 +0000

Now that raising chickens is becoming more popular as a hobby, I am guessing (live) roosters will become readily available. Most people who raise chickens as a hobby are after eggs. Occasionally they will end up with a rooster. They probably do not want to go through the ordeal of butchering it. They also probably do not want to wait until the rooster dies of old age.

Roosters can be loud and annoying. They harass the chickens. Fight with each other if you have more than one. So I am guessing that anyone who is willing to take the rooster away - will get the rooster for free.

Now that I am known in these parts as a rooster slayer. My landlord offered me his roosters. And I saw a sign in the place where I buy chicken feed where someone was trying to give away their rooster.’

Chuck, the Hatchet

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:09:58 +0000

I am trying this recipe, but with regular old chicken thighs. If I happen to come across a rooster, though, he’s toast.

By: irolwolerts

irolwolerts — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:44:43 +0000

He was delicious. Yum!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:44:01 +0000

I am really excited about this Coq au Vin. It turns out that the chickens you buy in the grocery store are all females. But the word Coq is french for rooster. I have made Coq au Vin before, but this will be the first time I have made it with rooster meat.

The difference between rooster meat and chicken meat is rooster meat has more connective tissue. This all breaks down in the slow cooker to basically make chicken stock.