# Motherfucking Menstruating Chicken! (long, unfortunate) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747 "2005-11-06T04:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/21 "2005-11-06T16:10:40Z")
There are brands of chicken that have no giblets inside. Otherwise, just deal with it. Keep a box of latex or nonlatex gloves in your kitchen. Or buy dissassembled chicken parts - you can get just legs, just thighs, just wings and just breasts, or a whole chicken just already cut up and it takes less time to roast when parted out. I have the cutest little roasting pan from a toaster oven that is perfect for 2 pieces of chicken [or about 6 wings] Try feeding the giblets to the evil cat, cats love giblets=) And besides, with no giblets or neck, how do you make giblet gravy? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/22 "2005-11-06T16:22:32Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I hope you didn’t actually scoop the neck into the disposal. That’s a fabulous way to break even the toughest garbage disposal. I’m sure I’ll have to deal with that later. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/23 "2005-11-06T17:14:17Z")
Back in my days of poverty I used the inner bits and giblets to make chicken broth and gravy and stuff. mmmMmMMMMMMmmmmm… Chicken livers wrapped in bacon with a slice of water chestnut… mmmmm… But yeah, if you find Inner Chicken Parts to be gross I can see how that would make for a bad evening. Me, it’s raw pork bits I can’t deal with. It’s the smell. Raw just about anything else I’m OK with. ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/24 "2005-11-06T17:18:20Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > NO ONE EATS THEM. I DO. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/25 "2005-11-06T17:31:23Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I use the liver and a bit of the heart as a base for stuffing. Mmmmmm. > > I hope you didn’t actually scoop the neck into the disposal. That’s a fabulous way to break even the toughest garbage disposal. No, I put that in the trash. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/26 "2005-11-06T17:42:52Z")
I can’t recall ever feeling so much empathy for a pitter as I do right now. We get our chickens, range fed, from a local farmer. Apparently I’ve never experienced organs stuffed in the cavity (for turkeys yes) so perhaps the farmer saves them for himself. Maybe you should find your own chicken farmer or remove the detestable objects while the chicken is still frozen if that is possible. You don’t want to go through that experience again. ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/27 "2005-11-06T18:37:24Z")
When I cook chicken, all raw bits that aren’t used (neck, giblets, empty wrappings, etc.), go into an airtight ziploc bag and then into the trash. I don’t want them lingering in my disposal. I don’t want them smelling up the trash can. It’s kind of wasteful to use a clean ziploc, but oh well. I do use my hands to remove them though and then wash well with soap afterwards. Using my hands just seems less messy and accident-prone than any other method. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/28 "2005-11-06T18:40:49Z")
My cats used to go bonkers for the giblets! I swear, they looked forward to Thanksgiving all year. I’m surprised EvilCat didn’t make this known to you. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/29 "2005-11-06T23:45:42Z")
I love the gizzard & heart; hate the liver. I will not permit that vile stuff to be cooked in my kitchen. It goes STRAIGHT into the garbage. Half the folks in my family like the giblets. I am not usually into soup-making, but the neck of a chicken or turkey is excellent as a starter for broth. When I cook a turkey, I set the neck and non-liver giblets cooking in a pan with celery, onion & bay leaves. When the turkey’s done, we retrieve the giblets and I split them with daughter #2. The strained broth makes fantastic gravy. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/30 "2005-11-06T23:52:31Z")
Which is why I only buy boneless, skinless, chicken breasts. Very funny rant. I foresee a great future here in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/31 "2005-11-07T00:15:15Z")
**inkleberry** , if it makes you feel any better, the last time I made a whole chicken so that I could make chicken curry, I completely FORGOT that you have to remove the giblets. I boiled the chicken. With the giblets inside. And then I wondered why the hell my boiling water cooking the chicken was turning red. I do feel your pain. And then ElzaHub laughed at me. A lot. I don’t do anything with the giblets either, so I’ll have to look for the giblet-less chickens. E. ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/32 "2005-11-07T01:42:23Z")
I’ve cooked the turkey with the giblets still inside, inexperienced chef that I am. Raw chicken necks are great dog tucker by the way. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/33 "2005-11-07T03:22:15Z")
I won’t detract from the OP. Some people just don’t like the idea of seeing/touching/smelling the “gift” you get when prepping a full bird. But I must say I have this giddy vision of having you assist in cleaning a fresh-caught Walleye. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/34 "2005-11-07T03:28:51Z")
I love giblets. Heart, neck, liver, and anything else you throw my way is simply wonderful. I empathize, but not too much. Freaks. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/35 "2005-11-07T03:30:20Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > But I must say I have this giddy vision of having you assist in cleaning a fresh-caught Walleye. :eek: Or field-gutting a deer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/36 "2005-11-07T09:59:51Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Back in my days of poverty I used the inner bits and giblets to make chicken broth and gravy and stuff. mmmMmMMMMMMmmmmm… Chicken livers wrapped in bacon with a slice of water chestnut… mmmmm… Rumaki, right? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/37 "2005-11-07T11:02:19Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Rumaki, right? Yes, rumaki. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/38 "2005-11-07T11:42:17Z")
Whilst I have nothing but the utmost sympathy for the struggles the OP had in dealing with her chook, can I add (and I expect to be howled down with derision here) that I find the thread title to be strangely offensive? Gawd only knows why…I can’t figure it out myself…but every time I read this title I really get my knickers in a knot and want to jump up and thump you **Inkleberry** for being so gratutiously profane. I’m serious, and I’m worried that I’m going insane because I’m offended by a fucking THREAD TITLE. 😕 It’s all _your_ fault **Inkleberry**. I blame you. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/39 "2005-11-07T13:04:58Z")
Meat is made from dead animals which - during their probably brief and uncomfortable lives - possessed entrails. Deal. But in what ogforsaken backwater do you live that you canot buy a whole chicken without giblets? I can’t find a chicken _with_ giblets here. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747/40 "2005-11-07T13:56:50Z")
As the mother of a toddler and an almost-preschooler I feel your pain. Did I miss the part where your toddler’s about to do something incredibly dangerous, and your hands are completely covered with slimy germ-infested chicken goo and you have about 5 seconds to decide whether to wash said slimy germ-infested goo off your hands first or wash off the slimy germ-infested toddler after? That’s my favorite part of cooking. I use parts, usually leg quarters, to avoid the innards dilemma. Of course, that doesn’t stop the toddler from destroying the house or the cats or himself while I’m covered in chicken germs and trapped at the kitchen sink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-menstruating-chicken-long-unfortunate/329747.md?page=3)