Drying/preserving chicken feet.

[Shura]

So hubby and I processed some of our Barred Rocks today, and I kept their feet separately. I have a crazy idea that I want to dry 2 of them, so I could send them to an anthropologist friend of ours that would get a kick out of it. At the moment, the feet are in the freezer. How should I go about drying them so it will be safe to mail and safe for him to keep for years to come?

 

[dancingbear]

Do you have a food dehydrator? I've dried chicken feet for craft items (yes, there is a market) in mine. They take about 3 days. Make sure they're good and dry, and wrap a paper towel around them and check for oil oozing out. If oil still oozes, they aren't quite done.

You could also try burying them in a container of desiccant granules, I think some craft stores carry them for drying flowers. You could put them in a sealed container with the granules, in the fridge, if you wanted.

 

[hildymarie]

Um, what crafts do you use chicken feet in?

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I put mine in a container of coarse salt - like kosher salt. The desicant stuff would work well, also.

I make "hoodoo chicken feet" - they sell on ebay pretty well, you just pretty them up with feathers, beads etc.. hang them on a fishline or a leather strap and folks hang them from their car rear view mirrors, etc...

I sold one to a guy who wanted it for his ren faire pirate costume (ala Johnny Depp) to hang in his hair.


different strokes... and all that

meri

 

[fasbendera]

DH kept the wild turkey legs one season to show someone and they were forgotten in our front entry and they never smelled but dried beautiful nothing but dry air.

 

[jaku]

Mojo Chick'n :

I make "hoodoo chicken feet" - they sell on ebay pretty well, you just pretty them up with feathers, beads etc.. hang them on a fishline or a leather strap and folks hang them from their car rear view mirrors, etc...

I sold one to a guy who wanted it for his ren faire pirate costume (ala Johnny Depp) to hang in his hair.



meri

Don't tell me that! I have an endless supply of chicken feet and am always looking for stuff to sell on eBay!​

 

[LarryPQ]

hoodoo chicken feet--the new fashionista barrett. Buy a "Bump-it" get a "Trendy Talon"?

 

[fasbendera]

Mojo Chick'n :

I put mine in a container of coarse salt - like kosher salt. The desicant stuff would work well, also.

I make "hoodoo chicken feet" - they sell on ebay pretty well, you just pretty them up with feathers, beads etc.. hang them on a fishline or a leather strap and folks hang them from their car rear view mirrors, etc...

I sold one to a guy who wanted it for his ren faire pirate costume (ala Johnny Depp) to hang in his hair.


different strokes... and all that

meri

Pictures! Hmmm. . . I wonder what my DH would do if I started drying the feet?​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I'll have to see if I have any around I can take a pic of. I haven't sold them in a while.

I do have two or three feet laying around I could make up, however, if someone wanted to see one and I cannot find one already done.


eta - if you "pose" them before drying - you can make them clutch onto things or even "give the finger" to passing motorists (if it is hung on your rear view mirror

)


meri

 

[fasbendera]

I can only imagine the look on peoples faces when they see a chicken foot flipping them the bird.