'No Stupid Questions' (NSQ) Self-Sufficiency Edition

[Sammich]

Where do I find good recipes/ cooking methods for old laying hens. I have chickens and so do my neighbors, they've been bringing their chickens to me instead of letting them loose when they get to old and I can slaughter and process them just fine but I cooked one for the first time today and it was tough as shit. Barely edible, skin like jerky.

I kinda knew this would be the case but I didn't know it would be this bad. What's the easiest way to cook old laying hens too deal with the toughness?

Buttermilk soak is how col sanders used to do it, the acid in the buttermilk breaks down the muscle fibers. You can also cook it in a crock pot. I was going to link a recipe, but they are super easy to find on your favorite search engine.

 

[Smashed & Slamed]

I kinda knew this would be the case but I didn't know it would be this bad. What's the easiest way to cook old laying hens too deal with the toughness?

You could make soup with them and then pull out the meat and bones and feed to animals or re use it in something like pastries or chicken salad.

 

[God's strongest milkman]

What I ended up doing was cooking then in a Dutch oven with wine and letting them stew for like half the day. Pretty good.