When I first saw these things in the meat market, I couldn't decide if I should try to scrub my brain or come back with my camera. The first picture shows chickens that have been blanched to remove feathers. It never occurred to me that chickens with black feathers might have black skin underneath! The second photo was more troublesome for me. I could not figure out what kind of animal had a tail that long. My imagination got the best of me as I guessed giant mutant rodent, monkey, alligator and even kangaroo. It turns out that it is nothing more than the tail of a cow. We see it in our grocery stores chopped up and labeled ox tail, and Mark reminded me that it makes great soup stock. That's a pig's foot to the left (but I'm sure you've all seen that before). Now that I am better informed, I think I will have to have a go...
did you eat it? did you barf at the sight? have you ever tasted it before? i am very curious!
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I've never seen black chickens ... that is pretty interesting. The 'ox tails' look rather funny in a long piece. We miss all these adventures here in the US where they package everything in plastic wrap and foam trays.
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