Why do I have a photo of food on my blog you ask. Well this is one of the hens from the first batch of chickens from the Children's Home (and it was sooooo good!)
Cut back to a few days ago....
We have 50 chickens and we slaughtered 18 of them on the first day. Believe it or not, my Texan-Iowan-country-boy-husband had actually never killed a chicken! The way they do it here is not the most humane or clean way so we decided to youtube it and found some easy, quick techniques. It worked like a charm, the chickens were dead in a matter of seconds after cutting their throats.
Next we dipped them in scalding water (140-160 degrees) for a few seconds
Then they were plucked, the feather pretty much just wipe off
Then we cleaned them, of course nothing goes to waste here, head, feet, even the intestines are all eaten. I am now an expert chicken cleaner!
We had all the older kids helping, this is a great skill for them to know. The littler kids were hanging out watching and being silly.
Jude enjoying his chicken dinner
So our goal is for the orphanage to have two chickens a week and then sell the rest to to cover all the cost of feeding and raising them. With this first batch we have sold well over half already. Chicken is probably the choice meat for Cameroonians, it is what you always have at weddings, church events, or when you go over someone's house. It is one of the most expensive meats. Generally our kids only get it at Christmas. We ourselves have it very rarely as it is costly and you have to buy them live at the market so it's just not very convenient. We seriously haven't had chicken for like 4 months, which I know is weird as chicken is so cheap in the States. Anyway, now we have a great source to buy from! We will be getting the next batch of day-old-chicks next week.
1 comment:
Great job guys. Ok, so that is VERY different than Mozambique because that is about ALL we ever ate because it was the cheap meat. Feasts included goat, which was a treat for most. Interesting, huh?
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