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Skirza

  • Joined Mar 2011
Plucking
« on: December 10, 2011, 02:01:22 pm »
We dispatched our 1st turkey this morning and I plucked while it was still warm. It went well but I seem to be left with some tiny black quills under the skin on the breast. Did I do something wrong...is there an easy way to remove them? Advice would be greatly appreciated  :-[

robert waddell

  • Guest
Re: Plucking
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 02:07:29 pm »
a pair of pliars to grip them :farmer:

Skirza

  • Joined Mar 2011
Re: Plucking
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 02:13:22 pm »
but they're tiny and right under the skin. I can squeeze them  out a little way and grip them with tweezers, but it's painstakingly slow  :(

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Plucking
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2011, 04:15:00 pm »
That is the only way I know. I think they're new feathers on the way through.

deepinthewoods

  • Guest
Re: Plucking
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2011, 05:08:23 pm »
leave them!! they just go crispy (and tasty) when cooked and you cant really see them.

manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: Plucking
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2011, 05:57:27 pm »
just leave them
they dissolve on cooking,
just warn people about them and explain that they are normal in norfolk backs
Mx :turkey: :turkey: :yum: :yum:

JEP

  • Joined Oct 2011
Re: Plucking
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2011, 07:58:48 pm »
i squeeze the out
worst ones are the norfolk blacks but the best tasting and just right for us

princesspiggy

  • Guest
Re: Plucking
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2011, 08:04:08 pm »
i use tweezers.
thats why white birds are so popular - cos they are still there not not as obvious.
say its proof they are the real macoy!

 

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