Friday, November 21, 2008

Chicken Foot Soup

Jamaican food is excellent. There have been very few things that I have tried and not liked. One item that we get at social functions a lot is chicken foot soup, and it is always delicious. So, we decided to give a shot at it (after a brief lesson from a local).

The first thing is, it is weird to work and cut chicken feet. I kept having an odd feeling of cutting the fingers off little children. Yes, quite odd. But the results are well worth it. The soup was fantastic and probably one of our best attempts at a Jamaican dish (although I think we make a really good stew peas with pig tail).

I eat chicken feet in the soup when it is fresh cooked and they are hot. I don't like it as much as pig tail, but it's not bad. I'm not sure I can do it in leftovers and I know I couldn't choke down cold chicken feet. Just how it goes. They are a key ingredient in the soup though. I like a thick soup so full of vegetables it is almost a stew and it seems that the feet release gelatin during cooking that makes for a perfect soup consistency. Lovely!

17 comments:

daimon said...

What I want to know is, how often have you been cutting the fingers off little children? Is that an integral part of yet another Jamaican dish?

Anonymous said...

How long have you been JAM? I'm scheduled to come in 2009, with PC group of about 35 people. What are your job titles?
Any suggestions on what you wished you'd brought and didn't and what you did bring that is not needed?
Tks
Ann

Scott said...

Ann

We have been in Jamaica since July 2007 and are part of group 78. I guess you are with group 80. Send me an email at smemontana@gmail.com and I will answer any questions you have.

Scott

Reilly Marie said...

Check out this link for the Recipe

Reilly Marie said...

Check out this link for the Recipe

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Reilly said...

Check out the link for the recipe http://hongkong-scoop.blogspot.com/2009/04/eat-your-way-to-glory-chicken-feet-soup.html

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