Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Defleshing Stage Two - Hot Water Maceration

After I removed as much meat from the carcass as I could, I decided I would try the hot water maceration technique for removing the rest of flesh.
In a medium sized saucepan (that I don't want to be using for food preparation ever again) I bought water with a few squeezes of dishwashing liquid to the boil and plopped what was left of my toad in.

I found it near impossible to remove the skin and meat from the feet and toes, so I figured the boiling would make it a case of "meat falling off the bone".

Drowning in the bath is a common fear, not just for the drunk.  Also, 
the smell of boiling toad is somewhere between dog food and muddy wet socks


This was not the case. I boiled the bones for about 45mins and nothing much changed. In fact, I actually think the skin got tougher.

1 comment:

  1. Dog food and wet socks eh? That doesn't sound nearly as bad as I would have imagined...

    No soup for me? Just as well I suppose.

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